The Forum Menu flashed a list of auction items available today, and on the top of the list was Bobert's keyboard. Spaw is up for auction, and I'm down a bit on the list. Of the four items available on the auction, three are gags.

I'm wondering what you think. It seems so often that we get carried away with silliness. If somebody posts a gag, twenty people post a copycat gag - and then it gets tedious.

Somebody started a song titled "Australian songs of influence," and now we have a thread called "Australian songs of flatulence."

On top of that, there are SIX "Should we care about..." threads active today. What's THAT about?

Humor is wonderful - when it's clever and original - but copycat humor soon gets tedious. So, I dunno. I don't want to make a new rule and say that humor is fine, but stupidity and obnoxious repetition are not allowed. To my mind, a rule like that would itself be stupid - and obnoxious.

While humor can be wonderful, repetition has a much lower batting average.

So, anyhow, that's what I think. Why don't you just look at this message and say, "Joe's had a hard day, and he needs to vent"; and then ignore me....

Maybe you could say, "Joe's pissed off because he hasn't had any sex auction bids lately." That's not true, though. Gweltas is the high bidder, and I'm intrigued with the idea of being owned by somebody with the exotic and mysterious name of Gweltas. I hope she's a female of the opposite sex, though. I was getting really worried when John MacKenzie was the high bidder....


love,
-Joe-

P.S. Still, be aware that perhaps too many attempts at humor in the wrong place, may not be universally welcomed by your brother and sister Mudcatters. Or, maybe Joe's just a grouch. But anyhow, do you think maybe we could reserve the auction for serious items for a while, so maybe we could use it to make money?