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Psychedelic Paul 
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 Posted: October 27 2019 at 13:05 |
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Logan, the story of Glam der Graaf Generator is so funny, it was worth telling again on this thread and I recall the story only came about because I didn't know what the letters "GDGG" stood for.
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Logan
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Posted: October 27 2019 at 13:40 |
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^ Well, thank you, and I should really complement you on your "Scheherazade" topic which I found wonderful and was meaning to post in, but wanted to find the right words.
I'm glad you appreciated the humour there. A problem I have sometimes found is that when I write or say ultimately absurd things (I don't do it often now, but used to much more), people do sometimes take me totally seriously (both when writing posts and in person). That can be really awkward, and to confuse matters more, sometimes when I say or write seemingly absurd things its completely sincere and genuine. But sometimes I'm just thinking about things I don't understand ... We don't need to know the answers... (to quote from Renaissance). |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: October 27 2019 at 13:54 |
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Logan, I wasn't sure whether I'd posted my "Scheherazade" topic in the right place or whether it should have been posted in the Prog Bands, Artists and Genres Appreciation forum. I noticed you'd moved my "Dark Side of the Moon" and "From Genesis to Revelation" topics over to there, which were similarly-themed song titles stories.
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Logan
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Posted: October 27 2019 at 17:18 |
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I have now moved it to Prog Bands, Artists and Genres Appreciation. It is not a straight-up appreciation topic per se, and sometimes I move topics without altogether being sure which forums they best fit. Like Prog bands, topics can fit various categories (multiple forums) at times. Partially because I'm something of a bum that doesn't like to put in more than half-assed effort, I don't like to get too anal about such things. I'd rather leave that to proctologists, rear admirals, and a pirate with his booty.
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MortSahlFan
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Posted: October 27 2019 at 17:24 |
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Its hard to explain, but I love Mort Sahl, Bill Hicks, George Carlin.... Angry humor. Social commentary. Anti-PC. Basically, an original voice with humor, especially one who can take a great examination, diagnosis of the true social ills of society.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: October 28 2019 at 00:29 |
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Thanks Logan. I'll now know where to post my upcoming YESSONGS story when I eventually get around to writing it.
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Posted: October 29 2019 at 03:14 |
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Nothing on this forum cracks me up more than the contextual humour of moshkito's more bizarre posts. Otherwise it's mostly the more heated historical or political discussions that seem to bring out the best jokes, I'd say.
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Lewian
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Posted: October 29 2019 at 07:42 |
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Many people seem to think that Germans can't do humour, and what I hate most about this is that many Germans probably for this reason try very hard to demonstrate to the world that this is wrong, with results that I usually don't appreciate. So I have decided to rather not do humour at all, but I don't always succeed.  I can laugh though, so if I find something and this thread is still on my radar, I'll post it.
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moshkito
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Posted: October 30 2019 at 06:54 |
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When you spend time in many different countries, you learn quickly that the humor is very different everywhere you go ... and for my tastes, the worst of it all is actually a lot of American humor that still relies on the TV tube for its image and show ... unlike, for example, English humor that has a history of being so intelligent and way up there, that a stage for a sitcom could not hold it! And watch out for those folks that for 20 some years came out of Oxford and those institutions ... they are very good, but way out there, and strong ... and they don't need a TV set to make their point! I don't find Italian humor and better than Spanish humor, or any worse than any German or French humor ... they are all different, and they all have their own history ... the difference in America is that they have no history, and the funniest they can go back for is a couple of Mark Twain stories.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: October 30 2019 at 08:50 |
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Anyone outside of Great Britain may not know who Doctor Who (Tom Baker) is, but I enjoyed this sketch from impressionist Jon Culshaw, where he attempts to buy a time travel ticket aboard the Eurostar train.
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Logan
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Posted: October 30 2019 at 09:13 |
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^ I've seen that, very funny. I'm a long-time fan of Doctor Who (well, not the latest series), Tom Baker, and Jon Culshaw.
This I watch with my family most Christmases: I loved Culshaw's prank calls (which included calling various Doctors): Here he is as Tom Baker's Doctor calling Tom Baker:: Edited by Logan - October 30 2019 at 09:16 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: October 30 2019 at 10:18 |
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^^ Thanks for those two Doctor Who clips, Logan. They were hilarious!
Here's a funny clip of the real PM Tony Blair meeting comedienne Catherine Tate playing the part of her chavvy character Lauren Cooper. Her catchphrase is "Am I Bothered?" Edited by Psychedelic Paul - October 30 2019 at 10:33 |
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Logan wrote: