[FRIAM] FW: Thread bender

Thu Jun 4 11:57:26 EDT 2020

Here's a dad joke that I've told at Friam a couple of times apologies to
any reader who heard it from me:

Thor was gathering wood for a fire when his wife ran out and screamed,
"There's a saber toothed tiger in the cave with mother!". Thor says, "Who
cares what happens to a saber toothed tiger?"

Some have said that it's a misogynist joke.  I think it's equally down
putting of both genders.

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Frank C. Wimberly
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On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 9:42 AM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, David.  I was beginning to think I had blotted some copy-book I
> didn’t even know existed.
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Prof David West
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 4, 2020 6:06 AM
> *To:* friam at redfish.com
> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] FW: Thread bender
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> read it and laughed. Not sure why joke was not understood. There is an
> entire category of humor "Dad Jokes" and this fits in quite well.
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> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, at 11:25 PM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
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> I note that NOBODY on the list admits to having read this post.
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> But nobody has written to suggest I see a psychiatrist.
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> And certainly nobody has seen that it’s a metaphor for thread-bending.
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> Oh, well.
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> PS: My wife suggests that it’s just in bad taste.
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> *From:* thompnickson2 at gmail.com <thompnickson2 at gmail.com>
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 3, 2020 12:16 PM
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> *To:* 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' <
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> Your discussion of the Santa Fe Plaza riots – 13 dead, 27 wounded  -- for
> some reason reminded me of the following.  Since I could think of no
> connection between the two, I did NOT append it to the thread.  See, I am
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> Though my father told few jokes, he told them frequently, and we kids
> always urged him to tell them even more, because they made absolutely no
> sense, what so ever.  I guess we thought at each new telling that this
> would be the time we would finally get the joke.   Here’s one of my
> favorites, best attached to some historical conversation and told in a
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> Forge, he was often billeted  in the homes of local farmers, hence the fact
> that all over south eastern Pennsylvania, old houses are decorated with
> signs that say, “George Washington Slept Here.”  Now on this particular
> occasion, dinner had been consumed  and the general was standing by the
> open fire, puffing on his pipe, when he happened to espy a large cat,
> dozing on the hearth.  Without hesitation, Washington strode across the
> hearth and kicked the living  daylights out of the cat.  Awed by this
> display, the master of the house inquired, “General Washington, why did you
> kick that cat?”   Now, as you know, Washington was idolized by the citizens
> and thought to be a man of great wisdom, so the family gathered around,
> ready to hear what the great man said.  He said (and I quote):
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