phone rings - Ferris answers
Me: “Ferris speaking…”
Caller: “Ah, hello Mr. Ferris Speaking - ha ha ha!”
:rolleyes:
Please, it’s always been lame. Continual repetition won’t somehow improve it.
I’m not a closet Keanu fan or anything, but the “Keanu Reeves is not a particularly good actor” jokes are wearing a bit thin.
Keanu Reeves was “Ted” in “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure!” Bwah ha ha, hah hah, ha . . . whooo! HA ha ha ha.
In his various roles, Keanu Reeves has said “whoa” quite a lot! Haaaa ha hah ha, ha ha, ha. Haaaa, ha ha ha ha.
In “The Matrix”, Keanu Reeves said, “I know kung fu!” BWaaaah ha hah ha hah ha . . . ha haaaaa ha ha haaaaa ha ha.
Hhhhhhaaaaaa ha ha ha ha. Hhhhhhaaaaaa ha ha ha ha. Oh my! wipes tears from eyes What witty insights! Boy, aren’t we all persons of discerning tastes for recognizing that the star of a Hollywood blockbuster is not a terribly good actor.
The worst part is that, while it will eventually taper off, it’ll start right back up again when Matrix III comes out.
Sheep Lie 
and of course:
Why does the chicken cross the road 
12:40 AM EST:
Conan O’Brien saying “We’ve got a great show tonight… wow, when have I never said that, huh?”
Bleah…
Two particular kinds of jokes have really begun to irritate me, often to the point that I completely tune out anyone who uses them.
The first is the lame attempt to skewer the French for their supposed cowardice on the battlefield. I have no strong feelings about the French one way or the other, and I have a pretty rough sense of humor myself, but this has been so badly overdone over the last few months that I’ve * really * gotten sick and tired of it. (And anyway, anyone who’s even superficially familiar with history knows it’s not so.) Listen, dude, when you make the 542,371st lame wisecrack about French soldiers running away from popguns or about how basic training in the French army includes instructions on how to wave a white flag, you DO NOT sound funny and sophisticated. You just sound stupid and mean. Got that?
The second is calling President Bush “Shrub,” “Dubya” or “Shrubya.” At least the French jokes were somewhat funny at first, but this particular bit of nastiness was never funny to anyone except the sort of adolescent dork so obsessed with political rivalries that any kind of crude abuse aimed at the object of his hatred seems witty to him. Again, it’s not funny and sophisticated. It’s just stupid and mean. In fact, it’s every bit as cretinous and shallow as calling President Clinton “Slick Willy” or “Billary.” You have no idea how ugly and small-minded you sound when you indulge yourself in this nastiness.
Could we please give both of these really, REALLY lame attempts at political humor a long overdue rest? Maybe even a well-deserved demise?