re top ten comments overheard in the secret service lounge in article phgakinn pb apache dtcc edu bob hobbes dtcc edu bob rahe writes in article apr colorado edu ajteel dendrite cs colorado edu a j teel writes ed they are losing their humor please take a break until they get funny again if that is even possible i liked a few of these but that list is not even sarcastic just insulting and definitely not one of your best i look forward to some better lists after a sabatical ajteel dendrite cs colorado edu no they must be working they are getting lots of these complaints that they are not funny keep em coming it they weren t funny or bothering them they d just ignore them if a six year old child does a funny trick and you say well done he will do it again and it may be funny then they may repeat it over and over again bu you still have to pretend its funny even though it isn t any more once they are older than six you expect them to realise that doing the same thing over and over again isn t funny any more basicaly ed fails to be amusing because he is merely crass he does not make jokes that have any political content beyond attempting to ridicule their target calling someone slick willie is not funny even if you put on a red nose while you say it it was a good debating point used on the spur of the moment months ago but now its use merely demonstrates that the user couldn t think of anything original to say in the uk there is a tradition of old retired colnels who bore the dinner guests rigid with their descriptions of old campagns ed is clearly one of this type of people who fails to see when a joke is spent phill hallam baker
