[Rhodes22-list] Joke: Slim: Dear Crabby

Fri Oct 29 17:22:25 EDT 2004

Slim:
In another life, in the late 70's (after my own military experience), I 
fished king crab in the Bering sea with a bunch of farm boys from Mankato. 
The one I remember most was Bill Laraway. Know him?
jw

At 04:18 PM 10/29/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>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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