Cannonpointer » Today, 3:03 am » wrote: ↑ I will share something else that comics do when they chill in green rooms after shows - or in bars or waffle houses.
They write jokes.
Not formally. There's no spoken agreement. But what happens is, you tell the war stories, and the conversation flows, and the next thing that happens is that someone speaks an excellent punchline. Immediately, everyone knows that a punchline was just born. And the cool thing is that the guy who spoke it doesn't own it. The room owns it. It's considered a product of the group - not a product of whoever spoke it. And there will be this immediate silence, and then someone will say, "That's so and so's." And then the members of the group will think about that guy's act, laugh, and agree. OIr else someone will say, "**** that - that's mine." Or, "That's Bob's." And everyone will stop, look up to summon THAT guy's act, and then laugh like hell and say yeah that's yours or that's Bob's.
A million punch lines have been born that way, and those punch lines never, ever belong to anyone until ownership has been assigned by the group. And I have never once seen a disagreement in assigning title of a punchline.
I used to do comedy, by the way.
Cannonpointer » Today, 2:51 am » wrote: ↑ I never went to Hawaii. I know too many people who did, and too many people who had lived there. The locals hate us. Also, too expensive. I can fly all the way to the Canaries, dropping by for a two or three day visit to Amsterdam on the way, and stay twice as long on the same dollar. And in the Canaries, I can stay in the not-so-touristy areas, and plan the trip so that friends that live in Europe show up. Hawaii is too far from everything and too expensive. And me? I'm a budget traveller. Strictly off season and generally off the water. I more often than not stay with friends. In Morelia, I stayed with friends. Same with Florianoplis in Brazil. When I'm not chilling with friends, I split expenses with a traveling companion - usually one of two buddies of mine who also enjoy regular travel.
I keep planning an extended trip to Ecuador, and life keeps getting in the way. I will either rent an apartment, or more likely rent a room in a house. It's cheap as **** to stay that way - and my idea of a good time is a hike in the country side followed by a meal in a local restaurant, then drinks with friends, old or new - all of which is dirt cheap in the third world. Sleep, shower, do it again. Maybe fish or swim or ride quads or horses, visit some old churches or museums - whatever is unique in the area. Ya know what that rental horse in Morelia cost me, when I rode up the mountain to see the Monarch butterflies in their millions, like leaves on trees?
Five **** bucks.
We had our first negative net migration in 2025 in over a century.Cannonpointer » Today, 2:51 am » wrote: ↑ I never went to Hawaii. I know too many people who did, and too many people who had lived there. The locals hate us. Also, too expensive. I can fly all the way to the Canaries, dropping by for a two or three day visit to Amsterdam on the way, and stay twice as long on the same dollar. And in the Canaries, I can stay in the not-so-touristy areas, and plan the trip so that friends that live in Europe show up. Hawaii is too far from everything and too expensive. And me? I'm a budget traveller. Strictly off season and generally off the water. I more often than not stay with friends. In Morelia, I stayed with friends. Same with Florianoplis in Brazil. When I'm not chilling with friends, I split expenses with a traveling companion - usually one of two buddies of mine who also enjoy regular travel.
I keep planning an extended trip to Ecuador, and life keeps getting in the way. I will either rent an apartment, or more likely rent a room in a house. It's cheap as **** to stay that way - and my idea of a good time is a hike in the country side followed by a meal in a local restaurant, then drinks with friends, old or new - all of which is dirt cheap in the third world. Sleep, shower, do it again. Maybe fish or swim or ride quads or horses, visit some old churches or museums - whatever is unique in the area. Ya know what that rental horse in Morelia cost me, when I rode up the mountain to see the Monarch butterflies in their millions, like leaves on trees?
Five **** bucks.
Never more than a few hundred.
Interesting.roadkill » Today, 1:12 pm » wrote: ↑ I just want to see the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor.
P.S. I'm not sure about this, but I think there way be a mountain in Ecuador that is closer to the moon than Mt. Everest.
Oh come now, JYN, you know we all visit your mommies "cave"... it's deep dark and delicious in a very unusual way...JohnnyYou » Yesterday, 7:20 am » wrote: ↑ Well if he went to @murdock s cave it's the only word allowed..
Cannonpointer » Today, 2:49 pm » wrote: ↑ Never more than a few hundred.
I toured the southeast and the midwest - never made it farther than that.
I quit comedy for more than one reason, of course. We never do anything for one reason, though we like to fool ourselves.
Ironically, a big reason was that I hated the travel. I like to travel for leisure, not business. Another reason is that I considered myself quite good - which sounds wonderful. But to be a household name, one must be great. Another reason was that I genuinely did not want to be a household name, even if I DID have the chops. I had tasted fame in a region, and I understood the costs.
I booked comedy clubs, and so it was my actual job to book acts every week who were better than I was, smarter than I was, more likely to grab the brass ring than I was. But I wasn't bitter about it. Those were very happy years.
Most likely you weren't funny except to laugh at...
It's a slow and ugly death. Too high a price even if I COULD have got fame, which I doubted then and still doubt.
Cannonpointer » 7 minutes ago » wrote: ↑ It's a slow and ugly death. Too high a price even if I COULD have got fame, which I doubted then and still doubt.
Well, that IS the goal, dummy.
Just miketx.Cannonpointer » Yesterday, 11:37 pm » wrote: ↑ Well, that IS the goal, dummy.
Hey, how many of you **** are there? I've noticed you have at least onesok, ya weird ****.
Well, fruitcake, you are the second person today to ax me to stop calling you dummy.murdock » Today, 10:25 am » wrote: ↑ Just miketx.
And don't call me dummy again. Ever. **** as well. The cards are against you. The mentat procuriam is programmed for you!
The radial luminosity is pulsating. You are on notice.
@MR-7 was aking how much to crap on the *** face?Cannonpointer » 9 minutes ago » wrote: ↑ Well, fruitcake, you are the second person today to ax me to stop calling you dummy.
The other was your mom, when I was slipping it out of her - you **** dummy.
I would chuck as much crap as a crapchuck could, if a crapchuck could chuck crap.JohnnyYou » 4 minutes ago » wrote: ↑ @MR-7 was aking how much to crap on the *** face?
And now we got Retro Hetro.. Ruhh Rohh Jethro..
@Straightwhitehetro
They actually learned in the UK that the Beavers really do change the ecoology.. Literally.. The wood the chew to make dams makes marshes and everything gets better .. Like quick.. In 10 years proven studies.Cannonpointer » 6 minutes ago » wrote: ↑ I would chuck as much crap as a crapchuck could, if a crapchuck could chuck crap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTPt70vA39kJohnnyYou » 18 minutes ago » wrote: ↑ They actually learned in the UK that the Beavers really do change the ecoology.. Literally.. The wood the chew to make dams makes marshes and everything gets better .. Like quick.. In 10 years proven studies.
Save the Beavers.. Without 'em no one would be here. LOL.. Mark TwainGoh... Over and Out.. 4th Day WW3 in the AM.
I warned you. Prepare to meet your doom. And your doom always enjoys MEATING you!Cannonpointer » 29 minutes ago » wrote: ↑ Well, fruitcake, you are the second person today to ax me to stop calling you dummy.
The other was your mom, when I was slipping it out of her - you **** dummy.
Cannonpointer » 35 minutes ago » wrote: ↑ Well, fruitcake, you are the second person today to ax me to stop calling you dummy.
The other was your mom, when I was slipping it out of her - you **** dummy.