Schiavo update:

Christ, people. Turn off the Offend-O-Tron for a sec. It was just a joke.

I chuckled, bob.

Hey guys, what do you get when you stick a knife in a baby?

An erection.

I saw the thread hint and thought it would be something about eating a vegetable. Oh well.

I’ll remember you said that and I’ll remind everyone else of it when I say something like this. If this is the attitude that I can expect for a joke like this I don’t want to hear ANY bitching in the future.

Just sayin… this board (MPSIMS) is not all sunshine and lollypops.

You’ll rarely see me getting offended by any joke, so whatever, partner. Have a ball.

Take your ball and go home!

This gave me more of a sage chuckle than the joke could.

This forum (board is SDMB) surely is not. However (and I say this having not read the Jesus joke thread), there’s a difference between “not all sunshine and lollypops” and the OP.

I got a chuckle out of it, but then I am a sick depraved little man. :smiley:

Thank you, my hockey loving, open minded friend. :slight_smile:

bob and Ogre, YOU GUYS ROCK!!! Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou.

The next time someone calls me the biggest douchebag on the boards, all I have to do is link to this thread to get a weepy apology.

It’s like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. Thanks again. :slight_smile:

Most of the Jesus jokes in that thread are based off general beliefs about the crucifixion: Peter going up to the cross; the holes in Jesus’ hands and feet; Jesus being dead for three days, and so forth. It’s not completely out of line to extrapolate those beliefs into a resultant inability to eat M&Ms, or someone confusing Easter with Groundhog Day.

The Schiavo joke runs contrary to everything Michael has been doing on Terri’s behalf. It’s slandering a person who has spent fifteen years of his life trying to fix it so his wife can die with dignity. Plus it’s an old, tired and crude joke that just happens to have been updated to fit a current news story. Not funny, and not appreciated.

Sometimes humor needs to be mixed in with all the bad in the world. So in that case…

What’s the Terri Schiavo drink special? A coke and rum, hold the straw!

ducks and runs for dear life

I thought it was fine to post that joke. I even found it mildly amusing once I realized he made a little mistake and was actually supposed to be performing cunnilingus rather than having her perform fellatio.

It’s no more offensive than seeing all the vultures, I mean press, hanging out outside her hospice.

When a joke’s supposed to be funny in a sick sort of way, it helps if it’s actually funny.

If it isn’t, then all you’ve got left is sick.

Hey, no problem. I’m a good humored kinda guy.

I should warn you that there is a special level of hell reserved for people who are “funny.” Thought I should give you a heads up. :stuck_out_tongue:

“Too soon?”

[/Stewie]

ParentalAdvisory, your joke made me smile. The OP’s wasn’t offensive, it just wasn’t funny because I saw the punchline coming a mile away.

Good one Bob. I feel that you might have made it onto a few hit lists right after Michael Schiavo and George Greer though. I’m more offended at a lot of the stuff that people actually believe and want done on this board than by tasteless jokes (whether funny or not).

You’re an idiot for repeating an overused joke.
You’re an asshole for doing it about a dying woman.

But, most importantly,

You’re a jagoff for the misleading title.

I, and I’m sure others, clicked on this thread expecting, oh I don’t know, an update on the Schiavo case. Instead we get an inane, hurtful, and completely unfunny joke.

Merry Fucking Christmas, Dude!

I didn’t enjoy the joke, what can I say? Too much involvement with a saddening topic for me. Got any sick jokes that don’t involves public figures?