[FRIAM] FW: Thread bender

[Frank Wimberly]

Funny you say I was alluding to Gods.  I was thinking about what would be a
good name for a caveman.  I looked at the list of characters in the comic
strip B.C.  One of them was "Thor".

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On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 11:52 AM Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:

>
> > 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.
> Not to mention poorly characterizing Gods and prehistoric apex
> predators.   I recently read Neil Gaiman's retelling of many of the
> Norse Myths in his own very unique voice and I was reminded of the
> pleasure of godheads who had acutely human tragedies.
>
> Here's another way I'm apparently anachronistic.   I didn't learn the
> term "dad joke" until a few years ago, I'm guessing it had been around a
> while by that time.  It seems to simply replace the two tropes of the
> "shaggy dog joke" and a "groaner" or simply a "bad" or "not so good" joke.
>
> And that parallel "dad shorts"?   I think that references the generation
> that wore their shorts (and pants) relatively tight and short.   The
> anachronistic (and British) term "short pants" seems to come closer to
> what men wear for shorts now.   Every once in a while I see a photo of a
> basketball game before their shorts started dangling below the knee.
> I've never played basketball (since 5th grade?) in anything but cutoffs
> or jeans, so I'm not sure, but now *all* basketball shorts look
> uncomfortable for one reason or the other.
>
> Nick -
>
> I *did* read your joke and had to struggle a little to fully appreciate
> it.   I suppose cat or GW lovers might find it "in bad taste".   Perhaps
> what might make it a "dad joke" is that it takes more than a little
> thought to untangle the whole thing...  and the punchline once fully
> parsed was a minor letdown (aka "groaner").   Neither yours nor Frank's
> resorted to the "bad pun" which I believe also fits the category of "dad
> joke".     What I presume (also) makes it a "dad joke" is the over-reach
> of a dad trying to connect to a kid/grandkid or their friends with a
> joke that might be either too simple or too sophisticated or perhaps
> just plain dumb?
>
> - Steve
>
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