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<DIV>That's cool greenBubble. I like to dissect things and make sure I
understand them clearly too. My opening was basically an attempt to recognize
that while I have a high opinion of my own opinion, and I can run on and on for
ever, sometimes I just don't know how to say things right or what I should have
said. So if it wasn't clear the first time, that's my fault.</DIV>
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<DIV>Siarlys</DIV>
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<DIV>P.S. Would someone please get Jeanene some smelling salts?</DIV>
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<DIV>On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:35:52 -0400 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
List" <<A href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>>
writes:</DIV>
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<DIV align=left dir=ltr>It has been well and truly said that if you have to
explain a joke, it wasn't funny in the first place. </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV align=left dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=463562500-16102008>It truly has been said, but i don't think it was said
truly.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=463562500-16102008>Often, I may understand a joke but find it not
funny. sometimes, i might be missing a key premise behind the joke, but
had i understood that, i would have found it funny. It is true that if i
hear a joke, and then the premise, i might not find it funny, but had i
understood that premise i would have found it funny. The trick in good
joke telling is to make sure that the audience knows the premises before the
actual telling.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=463562500-16102008>That said, if i do not understand a joke i always ask
to have it explained because it i find it frustrating to have it go over my
head. if, upon explanation, i don't find it funny, so be it. but
at least i won't be frustrated.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left dir=ltr><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=463562500-16102008>greenBubble</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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