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 Post subject: George Carlin is NOT funny.
PostPosted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 1:40 am 
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I got this email from my sister. This guy is a comedian?

New list of rules to live by for 2007

New Rule #1: Stop giving me that pop-up ad for HYPERLINK
"http://classmates.com/" \nclassmates.com! There's a
reason you don't talk to people for 25 years. Because you don't
particularly like them!

New Rule #2: Don't eat anything that's served to you out a window unless
you're a seagull. People are acting all shocked that a human finger was
found in a bowl of Wendy's chili. Hey, it cost less than a dollar. What
did you expect it to contain? Steak?

New Rule #3: Stop saying that teenage boys who have sex with their hot,
blonde teachers are permanently damaged. I have a better description for these kids: lucky bastards.

New Rule #4: Ladies, leave your eyebrows alone. Here's how much men care about your eyebrows: do you have two of them? Okay, we're done.

New Rule #5: There's no such thing as flavored water. There's a whole
aisle of this crap at the supermarket, water, but without that watery
taste. Sorry, but flavored water is called a soft drink. You want
flavored water? Pour some Jack Daniels over ice and let it melt. That's
your flavored water.

New Rule #6: Stop screwing with old people. Target is introducing a
redesigned pill bottle that's square, with a bigger label. And the top is
now the bottom. And by the time grandpa figures out how to open it, his
ass will be in the morgue. Congratulations, Target, you just solved the
Social Security crisis.

New Rule #7: The more complicated the Starbucks order, the bigger the
asshole. If you walk into a Starbucks and order a "decaf grande half -soy,
half-low fat, iced vanilla, double-shot, gingerbread cappuccino, extra
dry, light ice, with one sweet-n'-Low, and one NutraSweet," ooh, you're a
huge asshole.

New Rule #8: I'm not the cashier! By the time I look up from sliding my
card, entering my PIN number, pressing "Enter," verifying the amount,
deciding, no, I don't want cash back, and pressing "Enter" again, the kid
who is supposed to be ringing me up is standing there eating my Almond Joy.

New Rule #9 : Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it
doesn't make you spiritual. It's right above the crack of your ass. And it
translates to "beef with broccoli." The last time you did anything
spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. You're not
spiritual. You're just stupid.

New Rule #10: Competitive eating isn't a sport. It's one of the seven
deadly sins. ESPN recently televised the U.S. Open of Competitive Eating,
because watching those athletes at the poker table was just too damned
exciting. What's next, competitive farting? Oh wait. They're already doing
that. It's called "The Howard Stern Show."

New Rule #11: I don't need a bigger mega M&Ms. If I'm extra hungry for
M&Ms, I'll go nuts and eat two.

New Rule #12: If you 're going to insist on making movies based on crappy,
old television shows, then you have to give everyone in the Cineplex a
remote so we can see what's playing on the other screens. Let's remember the reason something was a television show in the first place is that the idea wasn't good enough to be a movie.

New Rule #13: No more gift registries. You know, it used to be just for
weddings. Now it's for babies and new homes and graduations from rehab. Picking out the stuff you want and having other people buy it for you isn't gift giving, it's the white people version of looting.

New Rule #14: and this one is long overdue: No more bathroom attendants. After I zip up, some guy is offering me a towel and a mint like I just had sex with George Michael. I can't even tell if he's supposed to be there, or just some freak with a fetish. I don't want to be on your web cam, dude. I just want to wash my hands.

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months. "27 Months." "He's two," will do just fine. He's not a cheese. And
I didn't really care in the first place.

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pays better than minimum wage, then for God's sake don't pierce or tattoo every visible available piece of flesh. If so, then plan your future
around saying" Do you want fries with that?"

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First off, it's not Carlin's work.

Secondly, you wouldn't know funny if it raped your face.

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Elvis Fu Wrote:
First off, it's not Carlin's work.

Secondly, you wouldn't know funny if it raped your face.


I searched Snopes under Carlin and I didn't see this.

Thanks for the correction. (And now that I go back & look, there it is).

Sorry to waste your time. :oops:

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DON'T BLAME ME
Floating around the Internet these days, posted and e-mailed back and forth, are a number of writings attributed to me, and I want people to know they're not mine. Don't blame me.

Some are essay-length, some are just short lists of one and two-line jokes, but if they're flyin' around the Internet, they're probably not mine. Occasionally, a couple of jokes on a long list might have come from me, but not often. And because most of this stuff is really lame, it's embarrassing to see my name on it.


And that's the problem. I want people to know that I take care with my writing, and try to keep my standards high. But most of this "humor" on the Internet is just plain stupid. I guess hard-core fans who follow my stuff closely would be able to spot the fake stuff, because the tone of voice is so different. But a casual fan has no way of knowing, and it bothers me that some people might believe I'd actually be capable of writing some of this stuff.

"PARADOX OF OUR TIME"
One of the more embarrassing items making the internet/e-mail rounds is a sappy load of shit called "The Paradox of Our Time." The main problem I have with it is that as true as some of the expressed sentiments may be, who really gives a shit? Certainly not me.

I figured out years ago that the human species is totally fucked and has been for a long time. I also know that the sick, media-consumer culture in America continues to make this so-called problem worse. But the trick, folks, is not to give a fuck. Like me. I really don't care. I stopped worrying about all this temporal bullshit a long time ago. It's meaningless. (See the preface of "Braindroppings.")

Another problem I have with "Paradox" is that the ideas are all expressed in a sort of pseudo-spiritual, New-Age-y, "Gee-whiz-can't-we-do-better-than-this" tone of voice. It's not only bad prose and poetry, it's weak philosophy. I hope I never sound like that.

HOW TO SPOT A FAKE
Here's a rule of thumb, folks: Nothing you see on the Internet is mine unless it came from one of my albums, books, HBO shows, or appeared on my website. If you see something with my name on it, and you really need to find out if it's mine, post a question on my bulletin board . But only if it's really important to you; don't fuck around with me for a lark.

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I can't believe I read all of those.

I assumed it wasn't Carlin, but it's still not funny. It's the kind of statements my grandpa makes.


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As bad as this list was, I knew it wasn't Carlin because his latest stuff is actually worse.


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Actually I think they might be funnier if you could hear Carlin read them.

Bill Maher. Yeah, not funny.

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Finch Platte Wrote:
This guy is a comedian?


You say this like you've got no idea who he is, and you've never heard his old material.

Maybe I'm reading too much into it.


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schadenfreude Wrote:
As bad as this list was, I knew it wasn't Carlin because his latest stuff is actually worse.


LMAO.

I actually thought the list wasn't too bad, but his delivery could have been better.


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schadenfreude Wrote:
As bad as this list was, I knew it wasn't Carlin because his latest stuff is actually worse.


his most recent stuff is more like one long hateful rant than an attempt at humor.

though his bit on organ donors was one of the funniest things he's ever done.

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shiv Wrote:
Actually I think they might be funnier if you could hear Carlin read them.

Bill Maher. Yeah, not funny.

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