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Skriven 2014-04-30 03:47:00 av DAVE DRUM (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av NANCY BACKUS
Ärende: Humour
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-=> NANCY BACKUS wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 NB>> I'm not at all in favor of laughing at other people's calamities
 NB>> (although some can indeed have their humorous elements)... And perhaps
 NB>> it's better stated as things can have their silver linings... a quiet
 NB>> humor, perhaps, is the best one can get from some unhappy situations.
 ML> The hand-in-hand nature of humor and cruelty has always
 ML> distressed me, though I recognize the frequent truth of
 ML> your statement. Practical so-called jokes I pretty much
 ML> abhor and cannot find any justification for.

 DD> Cruelty and pain are *NOT* the same thing. Humour is based on
 DD> someone's pain, be it physical or psychic. That's all.

 NB> But when directed at someone else, often done cruelly...

"Jokes" directed at someone - whether verbal or physical are a particularly
vile form of bullying and have nothing to do with humour. The only person to
whom they are funny is the perpetrator - who in many cases ought to be
subjected to the same treatment as s/he dishes out. I have managed to
accomplish that only a few times - with the tag-line to the bully "Not so funny
now that you're on the other end, is it?" Probably did not inspire them to
change their ways or even cause them to see or admit that they had done
something bad. But, it certainly made me feel better.
 
 DD> Practical Jokes are not "practical" nor are they jokes. Rather they are
 DD> pranks which are often, as you say, cruel.

 NB> Agreed there.

 DD> Practical "jokers" ought to be put into a big sack with punsters, the
 DD> sack weighted and cast into a deep, fast running stream.

 NB> The punsters could be an apt punishment for the practical "jokers", to
 NB> be sure, especially if they put out particularly bad puns... ;)
 NB> Another particularly apt punishment, though, would be for them to have
 NB> to be the brunt of practical "jokes", to feel how it is to be on the
 NB> other side...

See above - although, as I said, it probably doesn't leave a lasting
mpression.
 
 NB> Puns, or more specifically play with words, is a higher pastime than
 NB> usually given credit, though...  ;)   Groaners though they may be...
 NB> (G)

The only punsters for whom I have any respect are the ones who can make a pun
that works in more than one language. Isaac Asimov (Isaak Judah Ozimov) was
such a person ... who also wrote pretty decent speculative fiction and
Edgar-winning mysteries as well as being a professor of biochemistry at Boston
University.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: The Practically Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie
 Categories: Cookies, Snacks, Chocolate
      Yield: 40 cookies

  2 1/4 c  Flour
      1 ts (level) baking soda
      1 ts (level) salt
    3/4 c  (ea) white & packed dark
           - brown sugars
    1/2 lb Sweet butter; room temp
      1 ts Vanilla extract
      2 lg Eggs
     12 oz Pkg Nestle' semisweet
           - chocolate chips

  This recipe was developed by CONSUMER REPORTS, known for
  their high standards. Here are their prefacing remarks:

  We wanted a cookie with a chewy interior, crunchy edges,
  and well-blended flavor. Above all, we wanted a cookie
  with a high overall chocolate impact to give a sensuous
  rush to the chocoholic. After much experimentation and
  perhaps a few cumulative inches to staffers' waistlines,
  we created a cookie with all those assets. Our recipe
  makes 40 medium-sized cookies.

  Preheat oven to 375øF/190øC.

  Mix the flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl and set
  aside.

  Use a stand-type electric mixer to mix the two sugars
  briefly at low speed.

  Add the butter in small gobbets, mixing first at low speed
  and then at high. Beat the mixture until it's pale, light,
  and very fluffy.

  Add the vanilla at the mixer's lowest speed, then beat at
  high speed for a few seconds.

  Add the eggs, again at the lowest speed, switching to high
  speed for the final second or so. The eggs should be well
  beaten in, and the mix should look creamed, not curdled.

  Add the flour mixture, a half cup at a time, mixing at low
  speed for about one minute, then at high speed for a few
  seconds.

  Scrape down the bowl's sides with a spatula, add the
  chocolate chips, and mix at low speed for about 10
  seconds. If need be, scrape the bowl's sides again and mix
  for a few more seconds.

  Put tablespoons of the mix on an ungreased cookie sheet.

  Bake until the cookies are pale golden brown (nine minutes
  in an electric oven, 10 to 11 minutes in a gas one).

  Remove and let cool on a rack.

  Makes about 40 medium cookies.

  From: http://www.recipelink.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

... We're upping our standards. So, up yours!
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