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"When I found the skull in the woods, the first thing I did was call the police. But then I got curious about it. I picked it up, and started wondering who this person was, and why he had deer horns."
lumberzac
9:38:28 AM
4/11/08

One thing I always felt bad about was kicking grandma in the head. But what was her head doing right by the football like that? And how did the football get in her bed?
tenjen
9:43:54 AM
4/11/08

"Sometimes when I feel like killing someone, I do a little trick to calm myself down. I'll go over to the person's house and ring the doorbell. When the person comes to the door, I'm gone, but you know what I've left on the porch? A jack-o-lantern with a knife stuck in the side of it's head with a note that says "You." After that I usually feel a lot better, and no harm done."
lumberzac
9:47:48 AM
4/11/08

If you go to a costume party at your boss's house, wouldn't you think a good costume would be to dress up like the boss's wife? Trust me, it's not.
Nonconformist
9:51:20 AM
4/11/08

“It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.”
lumberzac
9:55:58 AM
4/11/08

Obviously posting Jack Handy won't get you banned. At least something is still normal on this site.
cooL breeze
9:58:52 AM
4/11/08

"Somebody told me it was frightening how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared"
lilmountaingirl
9:59:37 AM
4/11/08



There!
Geobeet
10:02:24 AM
4/11/08

Hey LMG
Hey LMG

Pennywise says hi.

8D

lumberzac
10:02:29 AM
4/11/08

What, no word from Pound Foolish?
MarkO
10:11:23 AM
4/11/08

For mad scientists who keep brains in jars, here's a tip: why not add a slice of lemon to each jar, for freshness?
Nonconformist
10:14:46 AM
4/11/08

Or.................just stick a lemon slice in your ear for the same effect.
MarkO
10:26:51 AM
4/11/08

The origin of the clown is anceint. The clown first appeared in the early church drama. Drama has long been a way of teaching to largely pre-literate societies. The Greeks and Romans used drama as did the early church. While the Greco-roman culture used masks to establish character, the early church used face paint. The "white face" clown is the earlies of the styles and was used to portray Jesus as the pure joybringer. The white was indicative of the purity and there was always a red dot somewhere in the design of the face emblematic of the blood. The characters were secularized in the middle ages chiefly through the Comedia Del'Arte in Italy. There the white face was an impish mischief maker who was constantly at odds with the "tramp" the next in the succession of clown styles. Several more style followed. But that is the anciet origins of the two most commonly used styles.
ramblinrev
10:35:54 AM
4/11/08

buncha clowns...............
chappy
11:00:00 AM
4/11/08

Hey lumberzac...
Michael Bolton loves you

:D

lilmountaingirl
11:06:13 AM
4/11/08

Nothing funnier than a sewer clown.
kleetn
11:11:52 AM
4/11/08

Man, I was kickin' back and enjoying Revs historic ride until Chappy reminded me I was just a Bozo on the bus.
salebored
11:12:57 AM
4/11/08



speaking of bozo...

i watched him every day when i was little
tenjen
11:15:15 AM
4/11/08

Another unique aspect of clowning has to do with the face and the costume. They are copyrighted to the clown or the franchise. For example.. Ronald McDonald is a unique face and costume. No one else can legally use it. The same thing with Bozo. While there have been many "Bozo the Clown" they have all used the same face. The great independent clowns/mimes like Marceau, Red Skelton, Emmet Kelly and others all have their faces copyrighted and as such they are protected. It is common practice that when a clown/mime dies they are buried with their face done on the shell of an egg.

There is much more to the art of clowning than Krusty and the various horror genre clowns. Plus so many people think all they have to do is throw on a stupid wig and slap some face paint on and the can called themselves a clown. The art form is highly structured, and the history and symbolism of the characters is very important.
ramblinrev
12:49:03 PM
4/11/08



There is a picture of Max He was named after Maximillian (many years after infact) but his family did not have very high hopes for him so they named him Maxithousand.
ramblinrev
12:54:33 PM
4/11/08

Nick Danger may also be on that bus.
MarkO
3:49:53 PM
4/11/08

Firesign Theater. Ahh the memories.... or absence of memories you know should be there.
ramblinrev
3:56:55 PM
4/11/08

I bought the Firesign Theater CD's in recent years and turned my kids onto that stuff.
MarkO
3:59:23 PM
4/11/08

oh dear.... Stay away form jimmy cheech tho... you might end up getting religion. Unless that was Chong... I never could them apart.
ramblinrev
4:01:46 PM
4/11/08

this is a test
tenjen
6:15:39 AM
4/13/08

ok, it works
tenjen
6:16:15 AM
4/13/08

It's a shame when we have to wake up and "test" the system to make sure we haven't been banned.
chili36
7:02:12 AM
4/13/08

It's like the Matrix when they take away Neo's mouth so he can't talk.
Dub
8:37:33 AM
4/13/08

"The ability to speak does not make yiou intelligent." Star Wars - Phantom Meanace
ramblinrev
8:40:53 AM
4/13/08

I've been gone for a day and a half...never know what will happen while you're gone for a period of time
tenjen
10:39:33 AM
4/13/08

I heard you could get banned for running with scissors.....
stratd00d
8:28:45 AM
4/14/08

no... only for cutting remarks. which are usually followed by running away.
ramblinrev
8:30:08 AM
4/14/08

What about boogers? Can I still eat my boogers?
stratd00d
8:32:46 AM
4/14/08

I just ate one, so I guess it's ok
tenjen
8:39:21 AM
4/14/08

Whew!
stratd00d
8:58:27 AM
4/14/08

eating boogers returns to the body the immunity microbes that would otherwise be discarded. It is a highly appropriate activity for situations such as TT.
ramblinrev
10:17:51 AM
4/14/08

test

elises comes through again ;)
last edited: 4/14/08 12:09:08 PM
thriftyhiker
12:04:43 PM
4/14/08

Have I ...?
Geobeet
12:14:48 PM
4/14/08

Nope! Not yet.
Geobeet
12:15:06 PM
4/14/08

well, bless your hart
thriftyhiker
12:34:28 PM
4/14/08

The hel heck with my hart. What about my heart?

(Man, I almost said a bad word that would have gotten me banned!)
Geobeet
12:40:11 PM
4/14/08

LOL, i was talking about your pet "dear"

hart n. pl. harts or hart
A male deer, especially a male red deer over five years old.
thriftyhiker
12:44:48 PM
4/14/08

I got banned by the dentist for not opening my mouth.
salebored
12:52:26 PM
4/14/08

There ya go, bad-mouthin' the dentist.
MarkO
1:22:39 PM
4/14/08

clown dentist
stratd00d
1:43:02 PM
4/14/08



This clown needs a dentist
tenjen
1:47:06 PM
4/14/08

I should not have opened this thread.
lilmountaingirl
2:04:52 PM
4/14/08

I can't call you all dentist anymore or I'll get another E----mail.
salebored
4:04:22 PM
4/14/08

your mother buys you a pony!
crash bang
5:08:04 PM
4/14/08

chappy
5:39:57 PM
4/14/08

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