# blowero, this is how to write humor **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 31, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowero-this-is-how-to-write-humor/210581 "2003-10-31T02:38:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowero-this-is-how-to-write-humor/210581/1 "2003-10-31T02:38:09Z")
**blowero** , in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=218698) you will please notice that **Sauron** effectively uses irony, hyperbole, sarcasm _and_ humor in a humorous posting. You will also please notice that some of the replies are fairly serious in tone, and he is _not_ pitching a [fit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=220442) about it. Please also see **Nostradamus**. Where ever he went. Please also see **Scylla**. Please also see **Scylla** ’s reactions when he misses the mark. Please learn a lesson. Oh, and if you can’t take the heat, stay out of the fucking kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowero-this-is-how-to-write-humor/210581/2 "2003-10-31T03:43:56Z")
Just pointing out that the links are backwards. This public service announcement brought to you by the National Council on Switched Links. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowero-this-is-how-to-write-humor/210581/3 "2003-10-31T04:31:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by This Year’s Model \* > \*\* > > Please also see **Nostradamus**. Where ever he went. Please also see **Scylla**. Please also see **Scylla** ’s reactions when he misses the mark. > > \*\* I am not missing my mark. I never miss my mark. At such times as it may seem to you that I am missing my mark it is actually that my appeal merely grows more selective. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowero-this-is-how-to-write-humor/210581/4 "2003-10-31T09:07:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > \*\* …it is actually that my appeal merely grows more selective. \*\* Cool! Are ya gonna do “Stonehenge” on your next tour? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowero-this-is-how-to-write-humor/210581/5 "2003-10-31T11:52:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by brianjedi \* > \*\*Just pointing out that the links are backwards. > > This public service announcement brought to you by the National Council on Switched Links. \*\* Oops. Sorry, folks; and I thought I had assembled it just right. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowero-this-is-how-to-write-humor/210581/6 "2003-10-31T12:52:19Z")
No joke threads in the Pit! :eek: [sub]Except this one. And those other two. But that’s it. Except for a few others.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowero-this-is-how-to-write-humor/210581/7 "2003-10-31T13:30:02Z")
Gee, how come you’re so uptight? I can’t believe you’re complaining about this… ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowero-this-is-how-to-write-humor/210581/8 "2003-10-31T13:51:02Z")
It’s a joke, NoClueBoy. Hence the smiley. [sub]Good choice in user names, by the way[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Desmostylus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Desmostylus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desmostylus)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowero-this-is-how-to-write-humor/210581/9 "2003-10-31T13:56:35Z")
**Libertarian** is still off the meds. :rolleyes: Note the “smiley”. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowero-this-is-how-to-write-humor/210581/10 "2003-10-31T13:58:28Z")
😃 Not too bad… ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowero-this-is-how-to-write-humor/210581/11 "2003-10-31T14:05:35Z")
Somebody’s using _me_ as a positive role model? This can’t be good. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowero-this-is-how-to-write-humor/210581/12 "2003-10-31T14:20:39Z")
You did use the word “garrote” in a sentence. That counts for something. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowero-this-is-how-to-write-humor/210581/13 "2003-10-31T14:29:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*It’s a joke, NoClueBoy. Hence the smiley. > > [sub]Good choice in user names, by the way[/sub] \*\* You just got wooshed. I cut and pasted **DDG** ’s post from the linked thread. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowero-this-is-how-to-write-humor/210581/14 "2003-10-31T20:13:31Z")
Uh, This Year’s Model, you actually started _another_ thread to continue the strawman from _my_ thread? The Clue Fairy just dropped by to tell you that my other thread was not about me thinking I’m funny. To continue with that when you know it’s a strawman is on a par with schoolyard taunts, maturity-wise. Things that I have said: > [@](#): > > “I’m no Lewis Black” > > “Hmmm…I’m pretty sure I wasn’t trying to compare myself favorably to Jerry Seinfeld” > > “I don’t give a rat’s ass if you think I’m funny.” > > “You’re creating a strawman Blowero who is so enamored with his own comedy stylings that he defends them at all costs.” You _do_ realize that starting a new thread does not turn a strawman into a valid point, don’t you? Wait, what am I saying? Of course you don’t realize that, because you’re an idiot.