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Skriven 2014-05-03 04:24:00 av Dave Drum (76047.cooking)
  Kommentar till text 12890 av BURTON FORD (1:123/140)
Ärende: Humour
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-=> BURTON FORD wrote to ALL <=-

 BF> I am not referring to any person or persons.  Just at what roughly
 BF> jumps out at me.  [g]  Ready?

 BF> After reading a lot of the "Humour" posts, ("Humor" to an old
 BF> red-blooded, 100% American like me)  I conclude that the Echo is very
 BF> pious about Humor. Almost every type of humor that has made me laugh
 BF> out loud has been righteously cast and condemned as vile and impious,
 BF> racial, sick, or godless.

In general you are correct.
 
 BF> The Echo **seems** to support only a very narrow, politically correct
 BF> vein of humor.   I know better.

I have never been politically correct (on purpose) a single time in my life.
 
 BF> Come on Folks, humor is humor.  No matter how sick, hurtful, or poorly
 BF> rooted it is, humor makes a wide swath of humans laugh.  If it strikes
 BF> that elusive funny bone, we laugh, it's funny.

 BF> If it's funny, it's funny.  I may feel a little ashamed of laughing at
 BF> some things, but damn it, if it's funny, well... it's human.

Hey, I'm the guy who wisecracks at funerals and hospital emergency ward waiting
rooms.
 
 BF> And I freely admit that many funny, but 'wrong'  wisecracks come full
 BF> blown to my mind.  But a deep training in civilized behavior mostly
 BF> keeps my mouth shut.  So I am just as guilty as the rest of the race.
 BF> But if it's funny...

 BF> <End of evil sermon>

Well said, Old Thing.
 
Trying to define humour is a Herculean task. With many branchings and
hair-splittings before coming to a disputable conclusion. Like you I don't
worry about it.
 
 BF> Remember, I love you all.   Well, except for.... never mind.

Nobody loves her - not even herself.  Bv)=

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Funny Cake
 Categories: Cakes, Chocolate, Pastry, Desserts
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
           Pastry for 1-crust 9" pie
           - (unbaked)

MMMMM------------------------BOTTOM LAYER-----------------------------
    1/2 c  Sugar
    1/3 c  Cocoa
    1/2 c  Hot water
    1/2 ts Vanilla extract

MMMMM-------------------------TOP LAYER------------------------------
    2/3 c  Sugar
    1/3 c  Shortening
      1 lg Egg; well beaten
    2/3 c  Milk
      1 ts Baking powder
      1 c  Sifted flour
      1 ts Vanilla extract
 
  Line pie pan with pastry. Mix sugar with cocoa, hot water
  and vanilla. Pour mixture into pie pan. Mix sugar with
  shortening. Beat in egg and milk. Stir in baking powder
  and flour. Stir in vanilla. Beat until smooth. Pour
  mixture over cocoa mixture. Bake in preheated 350øF/175øC
  oven for 40 minutes, or until top springs back when
  lightly touched.
  
  Wis/Gramma
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
MMMMM

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