The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #59650 Message #951976
Posted By: Uncle_DaveO
13-May-03 - 03:54 PM
Thread Name: BS: Where do jokes come from?
Subject: RE: BS: Where do jokes come from?
Every day I receive two commercial email joke letters, which will typically contain three jokes between them. If they're not objectionable to my standards, and not too old, I move them to my DRAFTS folder. I also get jokes (maybe two a week, three a week) from friends on my own joke distribution list. Again, if I like them and they're not repeats of some that I remember distributing, I'll put them in the DRAFTS folder.
Every day about five o'clock I get into the DRAFTS folder and select two of my collection. I get rid of any commercial content, and delete any marks created by previous forwarding, possibly improve the spelling and paragraphing, and send them to my own little joke distribution list--two a day, seven days a week. I used to put a joke every day on www.palplayerslive.com, but since moving to a new computer and operating system I've been unable to get into the message section there, and have given up.
I know, I know, this is thread creep, because this thread is about the origination of jokes. I only remember actually originating one real joke in my 72-year life. If I live long enough, maybe I'll write another one.
Dave Oesterreich