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clavus · 01-13-2006, 04:33 PM

I crack me up.

Mantus · 01-13-2006, 10:25 PM

naughty is good

maleficent · 01-16-2006, 05:07 PM

I'll reserve a table in my section for when you get to hell, Clavus...

You're a sick sick man...

but I laughed....

clavus · 01-16-2006, 05:17 PM

Excellent. First round is on me.

God of Thunder · 01-16-2006, 06:15 PM

Normally, I find your stuff funny, but this is just a cheap shot.

Sorry, I don't find it funny.

clavus · 01-16-2006, 10:01 PM

Thanks for reacting honestly. Doing cartoons is like telling a joke, but not hearing the audience laugh or boo. It's hard to figure out what works and what doesn't.

I thought I did a really funny cartoon that was half-pun, half sick. You thought it was a cheap shot. Who am I taking a shot at here? Boyscouts? Pedophiles? Homosexuals? People that split "brokeback" into two words (damn it!)?

God of Thunder · 01-17-2006, 02:58 AM

The cheap shot was at scouting, in my opinion.

As a long time veteran and an adult leader I have to fight that stereotype every day. Yes, I am a Boy Scout leader, but I am not a homsexual (not that there's anything wrong with that) nor am I a pedophile.

Maybe I took it too personal, but I just think it was too cheap. I place that type of humor in the same catergory as racial humor, not funny.

Daoust · 01-17-2006, 04:01 AM

.......(sagebrush blows across the street, blown by a soft wind)........

Bossnass · 01-17-2006, 06:52 AM

I laughed out loud.

That someone else is offended can either be taken as a sign that it isn't funny or, as a comedian I saw a couple years ago put it "hey, if I'm not offending someone, everyone else wouldn't laugh'.

tenchi069 · 01-17-2006, 07:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bossnass

I laughed out loud.

That someone else is offended can either be taken as a sign that it isn't funny or, as a comedian I saw a couple years ago put it "hey, if I'm not offending someone, everyone else wouldn't laugh'.

I agree, It is really funny to me, mostly because it IS a cheap shot ( and a good one at that )

cyrnel · 01-17-2006, 07:30 AM

It could have been one of those Far Side quads with a shared speech bubble:
Just add the cowboy, priest, and congressman... any other stereotypes up for grabs?

Not that I take abuse of those roles lightly, but rolling with punches goes with the territory.

clavus · 01-17-2006, 09:22 AM

Hmmm... I guess I didn't know that Scout leaders had reputations akin to Michael Jackson or Catholic Priests. They are pretty neutral in my head - right up there with bank tellers. And to me, that's kind of where the humor comes from, the unexpected.

Why did I pick "scoutin'"? Because damn few things rhyme with "mountain," and "Brokeback Fountain" isn't funny.

Anyway, I make no apologies for offense, but I REALLY appreciate the feedback, positive and negative.

Coppertop · 01-17-2006, 09:26 AM

Normally he's funny, but not when the joke is pointed in your general direction? Think about that for a bit.

Oh, and I liked the comic by the way.

Zeraph · 01-17-2006, 09:31 AM

I don't get it. I know what brokeback means (though I had to look it up) and I get the implications of what the big guy is looking for but I don't get how it's a joke...

01-13-2006, 04:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
clavus pow! Location: NorCal	Brokeback Scoutin' I crack me up. __________________ Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

01-16-2006, 05:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
maleficent Junkie Moderator Emeritus Location: Chicago	I'll reserve a table in my section for when you get to hell, Clavus... You're a sick sick man... but I laughed.... __________________ Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.

01-16-2006, 05:17 PM	#4 (permalink)
clavus pow! Location: NorCal	Excellent. First round is on me. __________________ Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

01-16-2006, 06:15 PM	#5 (permalink)
God of Thunder Talk nerdy to me Location: Flint, MI	Normally, I find your stuff funny, but this is just a cheap shot. Sorry, I don't find it funny. __________________ I reject your reality, and substitute my own -- Adam Savage

01-16-2006, 10:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
clavus pow! Location: NorCal	Thanks for reacting honestly. Doing cartoons is like telling a joke, but not hearing the audience laugh or boo. It's hard to figure out what works and what doesn't. I thought I did a really funny cartoon that was half-pun, half sick. You thought it was a cheap shot. Who am I taking a shot at here? Boyscouts? Pedophiles? Homosexuals? People that split "brokeback" into two words (damn it!)? __________________ Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

01-13-2006, 10:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mantus lascivious	naughty is good

01-17-2006, 02:58 AM	#7 (permalink)
God of Thunder Talk nerdy to me Location: Flint, MI	The cheap shot was at scouting, in my opinion. As a long time veteran and an adult leader I have to fight that stereotype every day. Yes, I am a Boy Scout leader, but I am not a homsexual (not that there's anything wrong with that) nor am I a pedophile. Maybe I took it too personal, but I just think it was too cheap. I place that type of humor in the same catergory as racial humor, not funny. __________________ I reject your reality, and substitute my own -- Adam Savage

01-17-2006, 04:01 AM	#8 (permalink)
Daoust "I'm sorry. What was the question?" Location: Paradise Regained	.......(sagebrush blows across the street, blown by a soft wind)........ __________________ I have faith in a few things - divinity and grace But even when I'm on my knees I know the devil preys

01-17-2006, 06:52 AM	#9 (permalink)
Bossnass Détente Location: AWOL in Edmonton	I laughed out loud. That someone else is offended can either be taken as a sign that it isn't funny or, as a comedian I saw a couple years ago put it "hey, if I'm not offending someone, everyone else wouldn't laugh'.

01-17-2006, 07:30 AM	#11 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	It could have been one of those Far Side quads with a shared speech bubble: Just add the cowboy, priest, and congressman... any other stereotypes up for grabs? Not that I take abuse of those roles lightly, but rolling with punches goes with the territory. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

01-17-2006, 09:22 AM	#12 (permalink)
clavus pow! Location: NorCal	Hmmm... I guess I didn't know that Scout leaders had reputations akin to Michael Jackson or Catholic Priests. They are pretty neutral in my head - right up there with bank tellers. And to me, that's kind of where the humor comes from, the unexpected. Why did I pick "scoutin'"? Because damn few things rhyme with "mountain," and "Brokeback Fountain" isn't funny. Anyway, I make no apologies for offense, but I REALLY appreciate the feedback, positive and negative. __________________ Ass, gas or grass. Nobody rides for free.

01-17-2006, 09:26 AM	#13 (permalink)
Coppertop Getting Medieval on your ass Location: 13th century Europe	Normally he's funny, but not when the joke is pointed in your general direction? Think about that for a bit. Oh, and I liked the comic by the way.

01-17-2006, 09:31 AM	#14 (permalink)
Zeraph Banned Location: The Cosmos	I don't get it. I know what brokeback means (though I had to look it up) and I get the implications of what the big guy is looking for but I don't get how it's a joke...