[Rhodes22-list] Joke: Slim: Dear Crabby

[Steve Alm]

Jim,
Nope.  Does he know me?
Slim

On 10/29/04 4:22 PM, "Jim White" <jdwhite at utpa.edu> wrote:

> 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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