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From: JF Mezei on 2 Apr 2010 01:16 Howard S Shubs wrote: >> Does it count if the carpet doesn't match the drapes? > > No. A blonde can NOT dye her hair to become a brunette to gain > intelligence. :-> Why is the Blonde staring forever at the can of frozen orange juice ? Because it is written "CONCENTRATE" on it :-)
From: dorayme on 2 Apr 2010 14:25 In article <C7DB7164.422E9%ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com>, George Kerby <ghost_topper(a)hotmail.com> wrote: .... > > The blonde sees the hair salon is open due to the bright orange "OPEN" > > card inside the door. She goes in for a trim. > > > > But she was unable to leave. > > Canadian Humor... No, its not Canadian or Pom or Yank, it is just a genre of joke. Here is another with some irrelevant Mac equipment (it is not a Mac joke): <http://dorayme.netweaver.com.au/jokes/blondeHairdresser.html> -- dorayme
From: Nick Naym on 2 Apr 2010 22:02 In article michelle-A235E2.18383502042010(a)nothing.attdns.com, Michelle Steiner at michelle(a)michelle.org wrote on 4/2/10 9:38 PM: > In article <C7DC0F1F.57E35%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > >>> It's not just blondes; a dark-haired guy in my 9th grade class wrote >>> that Sherlock Holmes had been written by "Sir Arthur Cohen and Doyle". >> >> If he did, he stole the line from Allan Sherman's "Oh Boy" song (a >> parody of "The Hand Clapping Song") on his 1962 "My Son, the Folk >> Singer" album. > > He had a time machine? Sure...OS 10.4. > I was in the 9th grade from Sept 1956 to June 1957. I do believe the joke was a rather old one among Yiddish comedians, and that Sherman's parody merely popularized it. -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.3)
From: Nick Naym on 3 Apr 2010 11:59 In article michelle-25D9E5.22421702042010(a)nothing.attdns.com, Michelle Steiner at michelle(a)michelle.org wrote on 4/3/10 1:42 AM: > In article <C7DC19F7.57E43%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > >> I do believe the joke was a rather old one among Yiddish comedians, and >> that Sherman's parody merely popularized it. > > Could very well be, but this kid sincerely believed that that was the > correct answer to the question. Ethnocentric naivet�? -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.3)
From: Nick Naym on 3 Apr 2010 16:46
In article michelle-6E8FFC.11293903042010(a)news.eternal-september.org, Michelle Steiner at michelle(a)michelle.org wrote on 4/3/10 2:29 PM: > In article <C7DCDE15.57E7A%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > >>>> I do believe the joke was a rather old one among Yiddish comedians, >>>> and that Sherman's parody merely popularized it. >>> >>> Could very well be, but this kid sincerely believed that that was the >>> correct answer to the question. >> >> Ethnocentric naivet�? > > I don't know what his religion was, but we were in a predominantly Jewish > neighborhood. However, "Doyle" is not exactly a Jewish name. No...but "Conan" is close to "Cohen," which would, no doubt, be a name that his ear was especially attuned to. Once "Cohen" resonated with him, "Doyle" would then "obviously" follow as a second person's name. > > The explanation is that he heard the name, but never read it, and he > apparently did not hear it clearly. It's possible that the name "Doyle" was familiar (a common Irish-American name), but "Conan" wasn't, so he constructed "Cohen." But given that the Borscht Belt joke was around at least since my grandparents were kids, and that he grew up in a Jewish neighborhood, I think the ethnocentric explanation may be more likely. PS: he heard the name, but never read it �> he heard the name, but never read _any Sherlock Holmes_. -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.3) |