Tonight, friends, I present a classic. (Translation: you’ve probably heard it before.) But, hey – don’t classics deserve revisiting from time to time? Who among us hasn’t seen Wizard of Oz at least five or six times? So without further adoodoo…
A man walks into a bar with a dog. The bartender says, “You can’t bring that dog in here!”
“But,” the man explains, “This isn’t just any dog; he’s a special dog. He can talk!”
“Oh, yeah? Well, prove it and your beer is on the house – let’s hear your dog talk.”
“No sooner said than done. Fido, what’s on the top of a house?”
“Roof!” says the dog.
“That wasn’t talking!” the bartender snarls. “C’mon, have him really say something.”
“OK,” the man says. “Fido, what’s on the outside of a tree?”
“Bark!”
The barkeep is getting pretty angry by now. “You got one more chance, Buddy. And if your dog doesn’t talk, I’m throwing you both outta here.”
Looking at the dog, the man implores, “Now, Fido, you heard the man; this is important! So who was the greatest baseball player of all time?”
“Ruth!” …and with that, man and dog find themselves out on the street, dusting themselves off.
The dog looks up at the man and asks, “Should I have said DiMaggio?”
The word “meme” was originally coined by Richard Dawkins as a shortened version of “mimeme”, which was Greek for “mimicked thing”. It was also meant to resemble the word “gene”.
The original/academic meaning was much broader than the conventional use today: it means any conceptual “object” which is copied and transmitted, and which can “mutate” through errors in transmission in a similar process to genetic evolution.
Me Me Me Me Me. You You You You You. Us Us Us Us Us. Okay, from the top: I’m a little teapot short and stout, this is my .. oh, you’re doing Bohemian Rhapsody. I’m outa here. ~ Freshman music teachers everywhere.
Take care, may ignored Prince Mgundo “Your First One Hundred Thousand Dollars American Will Begin The Process Of Many Millions Locked In Account Treasury For Us Both Just Give Bank Information Now” Moronmagnetord be with you, and gesundheit.
I posted this plus the reply attached last night, but so few people check in at that time, that I’m posting it again in the full light of the morning. Leave it up, or delete it? Am I just poking a sleeping bear?
I’ve seen a lot of comments from Shrilly Shirley saying he represents RBION, but I haven’t seen a single one from RBION saying he represents them. There’s a number of comics where the author responds in the comments section to some of the readers who comment. The Born Loser is one example – check out a few days of his replies to comments on that strip to see a few of them.
So why haven’t we heard from RBION, one way or the other? Does JohnShirley1 speak for you? Or is his saying so just drivel from a mind past its use by date? Since it’s Believe It Or Not, I’m choosing “Not”.
In regards to the film industry statistics, Nigeria is not even in the top 10 countries listed. And this is from a source in Nigeria!https://nigerianinfopedia.com.ng/largest-film-industries-in-the-world/
A young guy from North Carolina moves to Florida and goes to a big “everything under one roof” department store looking for a job.
The Manager says, “Do you have any sales experience?” The kid says “Yeah. I was a vacuum salesman back in North Carolina.” Well, the boss was unsure, but he liked the kid and figured he’d give him a shot, so he gave him the job. “You start tomorrow. I’ll come down after we close and see how you did.”
His first day on the job was rough, but he got through it. After the store was locked up, the boss came down to the sales floor. “How many customers bought something from you today?” The kid frowns and looks at the floor and mutters, “One”. The boss says “Just one?!!? Our sales people average sales to 20 to 30 customers a day. “That will have to change, and soon, if you’d like to continue your employment here. We have very strict standards for our sales force here in Florida. One sale a day might have been acceptable in North Carolina, but you’re not in the mountains anymore, son.”
The kid took his beating, but continued to look at his shoes, so the boss felt kinda bad for chewing him out on his first day. He asked (semi-sarcastically), “So, how much was your one sale for?” The kid looks up at his boss and says “$101,237.65”. The boss, astonished, says $101,237.65?!? What the heck did you sell?"
The kid says, “Well, first, I sold him some new fish hooks. Then I sold him a new fishing rod to go with his new hooks. Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast, so I told him he was going to need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a twin engine Chris Craft. Then he said he didn’t think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department and sold him that 4×4 Expedition.”
The boss said “A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a boat and a TRUCK!?” The kid said "No, the guy came in here to buy tampons for his wife, and all I said was, ‘Dude, your weekend’s shot, you should go fishing.’ “
eromlig about 2 years ago
Tonight, friends, I present a classic. (Translation: you’ve probably heard it before.) But, hey – don’t classics deserve revisiting from time to time? Who among us hasn’t seen Wizard of Oz at least five or six times? So without further adoodoo…
A man walks into a bar with a dog. The bartender says, “You can’t bring that dog in here!”
“But,” the man explains, “This isn’t just any dog; he’s a special dog. He can talk!”
“Oh, yeah? Well, prove it and your beer is on the house – let’s hear your dog talk.”
“No sooner said than done. Fido, what’s on the top of a house?”
“Roof!” says the dog.
“That wasn’t talking!” the bartender snarls. “C’mon, have him really say something.”
“OK,” the man says. “Fido, what’s on the outside of a tree?”
“Bark!”
The barkeep is getting pretty angry by now. “You got one more chance, Buddy. And if your dog doesn’t talk, I’m throwing you both outta here.”
Looking at the dog, the man implores, “Now, Fido, you heard the man; this is important! So who was the greatest baseball player of all time?”
“Ruth!” …and with that, man and dog find themselves out on the street, dusting themselves off.
The dog looks up at the man and asks, “Should I have said DiMaggio?”
Templo S.U.D. about 2 years ago
I would’ve thought Bollywood in India to be the world’s second largest film industry.
monkeysky about 2 years ago
The word “meme” was originally coined by Richard Dawkins as a shortened version of “mimeme”, which was Greek for “mimicked thing”. It was also meant to resemble the word “gene”.
The original/academic meaning was much broader than the conventional use today: it means any conceptual “object” which is copied and transmitted, and which can “mutate” through errors in transmission in a similar process to genetic evolution.
Huckleberry Hiroshima about 2 years ago
Me Me Me Me Me. You You You You You. Us Us Us Us Us. Okay, from the top: I’m a little teapot short and stout, this is my .. oh, you’re doing Bohemian Rhapsody. I’m outa here. ~ Freshman music teachers everywhere.
Take care, may ignored Prince Mgundo “Your First One Hundred Thousand Dollars American Will Begin The Process Of Many Millions Locked In Account Treasury For Us Both Just Give Bank Information Now” Moronmagnetord be with you, and gesundheit.
Charlie Fogwhistle about 2 years ago
I posted this plus the reply attached last night, but so few people check in at that time, that I’m posting it again in the full light of the morning. Leave it up, or delete it? Am I just poking a sleeping bear?
I’ve seen a lot of comments from Shrilly Shirley saying he represents RBION, but I haven’t seen a single one from RBION saying he represents them. There’s a number of comics where the author responds in the comments section to some of the readers who comment. The Born Loser is one example – check out a few days of his replies to comments on that strip to see a few of them.
So why haven’t we heard from RBION, one way or the other? Does JohnShirley1 speak for you? Or is his saying so just drivel from a mind past its use by date? Since it’s Believe It Or Not, I’m choosing “Not”.
diegot about 2 years ago
In regards to the film industry statistics, Nigeria is not even in the top 10 countries listed. And this is from a source in Nigeria!https://nigerianinfopedia.com.ng/largest-film-industries-in-the-world/
mindjob about 2 years ago
A young guy from North Carolina moves to Florida and goes to a big “everything under one roof” department store looking for a job.
The Manager says, “Do you have any sales experience?” The kid says “Yeah. I was a vacuum salesman back in North Carolina.” Well, the boss was unsure, but he liked the kid and figured he’d give him a shot, so he gave him the job. “You start tomorrow. I’ll come down after we close and see how you did.”
His first day on the job was rough, but he got through it. After the store was locked up, the boss came down to the sales floor. “How many customers bought something from you today?” The kid frowns and looks at the floor and mutters, “One”. The boss says “Just one?!!? Our sales people average sales to 20 to 30 customers a day. “That will have to change, and soon, if you’d like to continue your employment here. We have very strict standards for our sales force here in Florida. One sale a day might have been acceptable in North Carolina, but you’re not in the mountains anymore, son.”
The kid took his beating, but continued to look at his shoes, so the boss felt kinda bad for chewing him out on his first day. He asked (semi-sarcastically), “So, how much was your one sale for?” The kid looks up at his boss and says “$101,237.65”. The boss, astonished, says $101,237.65?!? What the heck did you sell?"
The kid says, “Well, first, I sold him some new fish hooks. Then I sold him a new fishing rod to go with his new hooks. Then I asked him where he was going fishing and he said down the coast, so I told him he was going to need a boat, so we went down to the boat department and I sold him a twin engine Chris Craft. Then he said he didn’t think his Honda Civic would pull it, so I took him down to the automotive department and sold him that 4×4 Expedition.”
mindjob about 2 years ago
The boss said “A guy came in here to buy a fish hook and you sold him a boat and a TRUCK!?” The kid said "No, the guy came in here to buy tampons for his wife, and all I said was, ‘Dude, your weekend’s shot, you should go fishing.’ “
Dkram about 2 years ago
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (1889-1977)