Must… not… laugh… will… go… to… hell…
No; nor did I know Carlin said it. I guess he was just repeating it; it’s still a good joke.
OK Anaamika, I’ll bite. Just what *‘standard disclaimers’ * are there? Technically, there shouldn’t be any. If one goes on to enumerate topics that are hands-off / sacred cows, they’re really no different than Ninja and are imposing their own rules of morality and what’s funny on others.
I’d guess that your answer resides in large part in how you approach picking that bar of soap up. If, like you did stretching for P.E. class, you cross your legs, bend over and bounce to get your hands to the floor then yeah, you’re probably gonna get drove like the one shiny, red Porsche in a lot full of grey Buicks.
But if you just squat on down, pick up the bar and are back to full vertical in the blink of a red eye then no, you’re probably gonna stay golden.
I’m not Anaamika, JohnBckWLD, but I would guess that the standard disclaimer is “circumstances”. Or “it depends on context”. That is, telling a prison rape joke at the funeral of someone who died during a prison rape incident would be right out. Making a joke on a message board based on the same situation is A-OK.
You suck so much. can’t help laughing at this, really honestly can’t
There are always people ready to cross ANY line, but I’d imagine that most people would acknowledge that a line exists this side of child molestation, rape, the Holocaust, 9/11, slavery, racism, aborted fetuses, you get the drift. Although Nambla is *always *funny.
I disagree. Those topics are extremely fertile ground for very guffaw-worthy dark humor, and those of us who would go there are not necessarily racist baby-eating monsters. In fact, I know a belly-buster for each of the ones you listed. But this topic has been done to death here before. Humor is relative to the audience.
Sorry, I still don’t get it.
Link courtesey of Gorillaman.
And yet, I still don’t find it funny. Perhaps my funny bone is broken.
Heh, I think it is. Want an extra funny bone? I think I’ve got some extras.
Well, what if the guy getting shivved slips on a banana peel and goes flying and knocks the bar of soap off the shelf and the soap boinks him on the head? Don’t tell me you wouldn’t laugh at that . . .
oh . . .
It occurs to me that there is a simple way to send this particular “joke” to eternal oblivion. In one word (well, one compound word):
Soap-on-a-Rope
:dubious:
Oh, you’re just being difficult. Here’s an explanation by a professional.