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Richard Neidich Richard Neidich is offline
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Default OT-meant as humor ( how about a toast to keep this on topic :-) )

what you really should do is just kill file me. Then you won't need to go
to anger managment. :-)
"Patok" > wrote in message ...
> You did read the research that bad humor provokes aggression in
> listeners, right? After reading the list I had the urge to punch you in
> the face.
>
> When the urge subsided, I tried to analyze /why/ actually I felt
> that way, and I think it is because the list is a mix of Republican
> innuendo, truths, and genuinely funny lines. Let me separate them.
>
>
> Republican hate/innuendo/lies (not funny):
>
>> 7:00 pm OPENING FLAG BURNING
>>
>> 7:15 pm PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE U.N.
>>
>> 7:45 pm CEREMONIAL TREE HUGGING - Darryl Hannah
>>
>> 11:05 pm COLLECTION FOR THE OSAMA BIN LADEN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT FUND -
>> Barbara Streisand
>>
>> 12:15 am TRUTH IN BROADCASTING AWARD - Presented to Dan Rather by Michael
>> Moore 12:30 am SATELLITE ADDRESS - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
>>
>> 1:05 am CORONATION OF BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA
>>

>
>
> Stuff that is actually true (or should be acted on); not funny:
>
>> 8:40 pm OUR TROOPS ARE WAR CRIMINALS - John Kerry
>>
>> 9.00 pm MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SADDAM AND HIS SONS - Cindy Sheehan and
>> Susan Sarandon
>>
>> 11:15 pm FREE THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM GUANTANAMO BAY - Sean Penn
>>
>> 11:50 pm HOW GEORGE BUSH BROUGHT DOWN THE WORLD TRADE TOWERS -
>> Howard Dean
>>
>> 12:45 am NOMINATION OF BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA - Nancy Pelosi
>>

>
>
> And finally, the genuinely funny part (although I agree that mentioning
> Kennedy in the context of his health is a little bit tasteless):
>
> Richard Neidich wrote:
>> 2008 Democrat National Convention
>>
>> Schedule of Events
>>
>> 7:20 pm Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
>>
>> 7:25 pm NONRELIGIOUS PRAYER AND WORSHIP - Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton
>>
>> 7:55 pm Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
>>
>> 8:00 pm HOW I INVENTED THE INTERNET - Al Gore
>>
>> 8:15 pm *** WEDDING PLANNING - Rosie O'Donnell
>>
>> 8:35 pm Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
>>
>> 10:00 pm ANSWERING MACHINE ETIQUETTE - Alec Baldwin
>>
>> 11:00 pm Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
>>
>> 11:30 pm OVAL OFFICE AFFAIRS - William Jefferson Clinton
>>
>> 11:45 pm Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
>>
>> 12:25 am Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
>>
>> 1:00 am Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
>>
>> 1:30 am Ted Kennedy PROPOSES A TOAST
>>
>> 1:35 am Bill Clinton asks Ted Kennedy to drive Hillary home
>>