lolwhut?
The previous poster had speculated about “I knew Joe Blow, and you are no Joe Blow.” I was explaining where the expression most likely originated.
lolwhut?
The previous poster had speculated about “I knew Joe Blow, and you are no Joe Blow.” I was explaining where the expression most likely originated.
It may have been true ten years ago when Windows 7 was around. But anyone who’s using Windows 10 has a frame of reference for jokes about how Microsoft products don’t work reliably.
This isn’t GD, and Bush’s (either one) competence isn’t the topic. Lay off the politics.
To be fair, madmonk didn’t bring up the topic of Bush. He was responding to a political post somebody else had already made.
I thought that the rule against political jabs only applied in GQ. When has it ever been a rule in CS?
It’s clearly a hijack in this thread. If you want to question moderation, take it to ATMB.
Colibri
My Pop told me once that back in the 30’s and 40’s there was a joke where a businessman stopped at a newsstand and looked at the front page of the morning edition. The attendant asked him if he wanted to buy the paper to which the man replied “I’m just looking for an obituary”. The newsstand attendant refuted “but sir, the obituaries aren’t on the front page”. To wit the businessman exclaimed “The sonofabitch I’m waiting for will be!”
Between the newsstand, morning edition, and the joke itself, there would be a lot to explain in that one now days.
Oh no, not at all. I turn daily to Google news…
I’ll hazard a guess here: If it was in the '30s AND '40s, and the guy was a “businessman,” he was hoping that FDR would die (because of the New Deal).
I think the specific term is “Drop Dead”, but yes.
This was a b&w episode either of Bewitched or The Munsters: it involved distracting the stodgy old boss by casting a spell to make him horny for his secretary. He starts hitting on her and eventually chases her around her desk. The perpetrator(s) get what they want and leave, then the spell wears off. The old stodgy boss regains his composure, and is obviously ashamed of his behavior. “My apologies, Miss secretary. I don’t know what came over me. It must have been a reaction to the medicine I’m taking for iron poor blood.”
Back in those days, Geritol was frequently hawked in commercials as the cure for advanced age ailments such as “iron poor blood” and became the meme of its day. It was also 12% alcohol, so its drunk-making potential was a running joke.
That boss-chasing-secretary-around-the-desk was a thing in itself; very common in jokes and cartoons, including in “family” publications. It was always presented as funny.
Yeah, “boss chasing secretary around her desk” is how we kick off the movie “Nine To Five” too.
OTOH, it was a common joke that the secretary would “steal” the husband from his wife.
What did people believe would happen if/when he caught her?
The boss was like Wile E. Coyote. He never caught his quarry (in the cartoons).
I have one that I never really understood at the time, although I’m sure it made sense to others. But I’m guessing it would need some 'splainin now. It’s from an old Mary Tyler Moore episode. Someone in the office - I think it was Ted Baxter - was trying to come up with a punchline for a knock-knock joke.
“Knock knock.”
“Who’s there?”
“Anna Marie Alberghetti.”
“Anna Marie Alberghetti who?”
I only knew Anna Marie Alberghetti from her “Good Seasons” salad dressing commercials at the time. Was she a semi-obscure actress doing TV ads, like Rula Lenska having friends over for coffee?
Anyway, at the end of the show he finally comes up with his punchline, which was a line from a song, and went something like “Anna Marie Alberghetti in a taxi, baby…”
So a two part explanation:
The song is The Darktown Strutters’ Ball. One of the worst puns ever. Of course, nowadays, we don’t use the term “Darktown” so much…
Yes, she was a minor actress best known for her salad dressing commercials.
Apparently, Dean Martin recorded “DSB.” The first verse is
I’ll be down to get you in a taxi, honey.
You’d better be ready around half past eight.
Ah, baby, don’t be late; I want to be there when the band starts, honey.
Well, just remember when we get there, honey
Wow, yeah that’s pretty lame…