[Rhodes22-list] Joke: Slim: Dear Crabby

[Jim White]

Slim
I spent a very misspent portion (spring thru fall in 1972-1973 farmed 
out....literally) of youth in a little town near Winona (Houston) My cousin 
(like a brother to me) still lives there. Might go up for Tgiving just to 
give thanks for living in the tropics.

Hey...we have a minor league hockey team down here, called the Hidalgo 
Killer Bees...pretty well supported too. Does anyone up there do Mariachi 
music?
Cheers
jw


At 02:51 PM 10/29/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Jim,
>
> >From the North Star State to the Lone Star State: I used to be mad at you
>for stealing our hockey team, but then my brother-in-law, Dave Tippett, was
>hired as the head coach for the Stars.  8-)  I feel better now.  Too bad
>about the lock-out.  http://www.dallasstars.com/stars/bio-tippett.jsp
>
>Slim
>
>On 10/29/04 1:06 PM, "Jim White" <jdwhite at utpa.edu> wrote:
>
> > It's not Bushes name sir....it's Texas. And yes, we can laugh at ourselves
> > here, but it's beyond chiding to classify us as bucolic, perverted,
> > parviscient,uneducated buffoons, even in a joke. Why promulgate vile jokes
> > at all? Yea I know, just set my email filters...but then it eliminates
> > other jokes with less inflammatory motives.
> >
> > Ah well...maybe you won't get it anyway, it's kind of a "do unto others"
> > thing. Now that I've said my piece, and expressed the indignation of a
> > proud Lone Star citizen, I'll go back to my ivory tower and plan this
> > weekends sail - We're looking at continued SSE winds here through Sun, then
> > a turn towards the north, so I'm going to try and sail up to Port Mansfield
> > (about 35 miles up the coast along the ICW) then back (remain over night
> > there), and time it so I have favorable winds the whole way. Will leave
> > Sun, and return Tue in order to cast my "vote".... I will feel more like
> > grieving than celebrating regardless of outcome. It's the gospel from the
> > coast
> >
> > BTW that "boneheaded action" won Texas its eventual freedom and ultimate
> > sovereignty from an oppressive dictatorship. Must we descend into bitter
> > battle again?  Please, no pissing on the Alamo!
> >
> > jw
> >
> > "I have sworn to be a good Texan and that I will not forswear. I will die
> > for that which I firmly believe, for I know it is just and right. One life
> > is a small price for a cause so great. As I fought, so shall I be willing
> > to die. I will never forsake Texas and her cause.
> > -I am her son" -
> > (Jose Antonio Navarro, upon being tortured by Gnl. Santa Ana as a "traitor"
> > for his belief in freedom)
> >
> >
> >
> > At 01:38 PM 10/29/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> >> You know, Jim, it's an amazing thing.  Vile jokes about Bill Clinton were
> >> defended on this list by George Bush supporters with the same "It's just a
> >> joke--get over it" mentality.  But now that these same jokes are told with
> >> Bush's name in the punch line they are not funny, and an attempt to divide
> >> the nation.
> >>
> >> We had long discussions on this list about political jokes--I opposed
> >> them.  The consensus was that any joke that is OK in a barroom is OK here.
> >>
> >> It's just a joke.  Get over it.
> >>
> >> Bill
> >>
> >> PS -- Seems to me Davy Crockett wasn't in Texas for very long before he
> >> got involved in a bonehead military situation waiting for reinforcements
> >> from Texas which never came, and met his untimely demise.  Whether he
> >> rejoined his fellow Tennesseans in Hell is not recorded.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Are You Safer Today Than You Were 4 Years Ago?"
> >>
> >> www.QuoteWithoutComment.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: Jim White
> >> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> >> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 12:26 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Joke: Dear Abby
> >>
> >>
> >> Gosh, we sure have descended into a pretty low place. I don't know if the
> >> Texas references here are intentional, attempting to define the population
> >> in a less-than average American manner, find no humor in this and simply
> >> see it as a further attempt to divide a deeply divided nation. Was it you
> >> who quoted Eldridge Cleaver (was he related to Theodore and Wally?): "if
> >> you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem".....
> >>
> >> jw
> >> Jim White
> >> Le Menagerie
> >>
> >> "You all can go to hell....I'm going to Texas" - Davy Crockett
> >>
> >> At 11:10 AM 10/29/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> >>> Dear Abby,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I am a crack dealer in Beaumont, Texas who has  recently been diagnosed
> >>> as a carrier of HIV virus. My parents live in Fort  Worth and one of my
> >>> sisters, who lives in Pflugerville, is married to a  transvestite.
> >>>
> >>> My father and mother have recently been arrested for
> >>> growing and selling  marijuana. They are financially dependent on my
> >>> other two sisters, who  are prostitutes in Dallas.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I have two brothers, one  is currently serving a non-parole life sentence
> >>> at Huntsville for the
> >>> murder of a teenage boy  in 1994. My other brother is currently in jail
> >>> awaiting charges of sexual misconduct with his three children.
> >>>
> >>> I have recently become engaged to marry a former prostitute who lives in
> >>> Longview,
> >>> She is a part time "working girl." All  things considered, my  problem is
> >>> this: I love my fiancé
> >>> and look forward to bringing her into  the family.  I certainly want 
> to be
> >>> totally open and honest with her.
> >>>
> >>> Should I tell her about my cousin who supports George Bush for President?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Signed,
> >>> Worried About My Reputation
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Are You Safer Today Than You Were 4 Years Ago?"
> >>>
> >>> www.QuoteWithoutComment.com
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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