[Rhodes22-list] Joke: Slim: Dear Crabby

Fri Oct 29 17:18:59 EDT 2004

Jim,
I grew up in Mankato - also a southern MN town and I've done a little fly
fishing on the Root River near Houston.  Pretty area.  Didn't catch
anything.

There's a fairly substantial Latino population in Minneapolis but what I
hear them play most is Salsa.  There are also a lot of Brazilians here - one
is our house guest as we speak - so I also hear a lot of Samba and Bossa
Nova too.  Muinto Obrigado!

Slim

On 10/29/04 4:03 PM, "Jim White" <jdwhite at utpa.edu> wrote:

> 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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