Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sunybcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rochester!rocksvax!sunybcs!forys From: forys@sunybcs.UUCP (Jeff Forys) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Jokes (and folks) Message-ID: <255@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 10:41:21 EDT Article-I.D.: sunybcs.255 Posted: Mon Aug 20 10:41:21 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Aug-84 02:48:00 EDT Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science Lines: 24 From edhall@randvax.UUCP (Ed Hall) Posted: Thu Aug 9 01:26:55 1984 > I usually sprinkle my conversation with puns, wry observations, and > sometimes just plain silliness. Nothing is sadder than someone who > can't respond in kind (or worse, doesn't understand that I'm joking). I am always doing the above. It's like a game and not everybody knows how to play. I don't find it sad that someone doesn't understand, they probably just got a different sense of humor. A friend of mine spent an entire day speaking in absurd cliches (You can lead a horse to water...) just to amuse himself. *None* of his co-workers caught on, but he had a great day. I like to throw sarcasm around and mutter silly stuff under my breath (a la Basil Fawlty). If they don't understand you, just keep it up -- they'll probably think you're nuts or stupid, but you'll be having a great time. I think everyone should get into a silly mood on a regular basis. Just let yourself go and don't worry how other people will react. A good rule, however, is to *never* direct sarcasm at a person (unless, of course, they started it :-), use it instead on inanimate objects and situations. Jeff Forys UUCP: {cmc12,hao,harpo}!seismo!rochester!rocksanne!rocksvax!sunybcs!forys {allegra,decvax}!watmath!sunybcs!forys ARPA, CSnet: forys.buffalo@rand-relay Albatross!