I'm sorry Jim-Bob and anyone else who took my satirical humor as statement of opinion, I thought that what I said, being that it was in a joke thread, would be taken as such, especially after Auntie Em's winger.

I know I have a rather strange sense of humor, but would never seriously say such a rascist remark as truth, and must be the blonde coming out in me, had to go look up "misandric".

Jim-Bob, you are now entitled to use, repeat or invent, 30 days of tasteless "blonde jokes" at my expense.

Friends again???

-- Anonymous, December 08, 2001

Answers

I didn't think what you said was bad, I read it in the joking sense you wrote it.

I know a really good blond joke but you left it for them so, never mind.

-- Anonymous, December 08, 2001

Go ahead and tell it Dee, in case anyone is shy about starting off....

-- Anonymous, December 08, 2001

Hey jim........I just got a whole raft of new blonde jokes sent to me. Want I should send them to you???? :>)

-- Anonymous, December 08, 2001

Oh shoot I have a good one but its a visual joke!! Rats!!!! :oD

-- Anonymous, December 08, 2001

Yeah, I can see your point, Annie. Your post *was* on a satirical thread but I admit that I had difficulty detecting whether you were serious or not. I've certainly heard other women (and men, of course) engage in genuine gender-bashing behavior (sometimes in the midst of harmless joking and ribbing) so it was entirely plausible for me to believe that you really *did* believe what you were posting.

I tend to be quite militant about gender-bashing (probably a downfall on my part) so I guess I allowed my buttons to be pushed without taking the time to stop, think and calmly ask you to explain what you had meant. It would me so much easier to do *that* than simply fly off the handle but I can't say I'm always using the rational part of my brain. :-/

BTW, I hadn't viewed what you said to be racist [unless you view men to be of a completely different race than women - if so then that's a WHOLE 'nuther discussion ;-)], just sexist. I know it probably looks like my sense of humor has been surgically removed but I *can* find humor in some (most?) of the gender jokes - I *did* think EM's post was funny. But I guess this was an instance where I completely missed the context of what you were saying and took it at face value.

Your apology is really appreciated but I don't think it's warranted after hearing your explanation. After my "flying off the handle" with you, I think it's more important for me to apologise to *you* for my rush to judgement. So, I hope you will accept my apology. :-)

-Jim (feeling like a maroon)

-- Anonymous, December 08, 2001

Hey jim........I just got a whole raft of new blonde jokes sent to me. Want I should send them to you???? :>)

You can post them if you'd like, diane. :-)

-- Anonymous, December 08, 2001

This brunette walks into a doctors office and says,"Doctor, everywhere I touch hurts." He says, "Show me." So she proceeds to touch her arm, it hurts. Her leg, it hurts. Her nose, it hurts. The doctor says, "You're a natural blond, aren't you?" She says, "Yes, how did you know?" He says, "Your finger is broken."

yuck, yuck, yuck...

-- Anonymous, December 08, 2001

That's a cute one Dee!

Really, it's my fault Jim-Bob, I should have put a "winking smiley face" at the end of my "statement" so all would know I was joshing !!! Sometimes I forget to use the proper emoticons to help relay the true effect of what we are really feeling.

Your right, I meant to use the word bigot, like Archie Bunker bigot, but could not find the proper grammatical syntax for it in that sentence, and my brain reverted back to the nearest synonym for it, despite still being inappropraite, that's how the blonde brain works you know :-)!

So don't feel like a "maroon" Jim-Bob, or did you mean moron? If it was the former, then I got to go look up that word too, cause to me it just means a shade of red ;-)!!!

-- Anonymous, December 09, 2001

I've always thought that "maroon" meant idiot or imbecile but I couldn't find a definition of the word on-line. I guess "moron" will suffice! :-)

-- Anonymous, December 09, 2001

O.K. is it safe to post now?

I know a bunch of blond jokes but I don't tell them to blondes. It seems like they never seem to get them! Makes me think I left out the punch line. So when I tell a blond a joke, I change it from blond to Aggie. Telling an Aggie a joke, I change it to blond. Works every time. BIG smiley face goes here. Big SMILEY face..

Wildman, (hoping you're smiling too!)

-- Anonymous, December 09, 2001

How many of you MEN out there are blonds??!! Just curious :-)! Do the jokes apply to you also??

-- Anonymous, December 09, 2001

Speakin as life-long blonde, I say bring the blonde jokes on! I loves em!!

-- Anonymous, December 09, 2001

Marcia, I'm not blond but I could be, if you want me to be. If I let my hair grow back out.

Wildman, (flexible)

-- Anonymous, December 09, 2001

Bugs Bunny used to call Elmer a Maroon. It was obvious he meant dope.

-- Anonymous, December 09, 2001

Your right Dee, that's where I heard it used like that before, see, and I didn't havta go look it up after all ;-)!!!

Wildman, it's safe to let fly with the blonde jokes, really, truly, no joshing this time!!!! You got thirty days worth remember?

-- Anonymous, December 10, 2001

Oh no! I think I'll stick to making fun of myself. Much safter that way. Hey, I could be blond if I wanted to be.

Wildman, (cautious)

-- Anonymous, December 10, 2001

Wildman...If you "let" your hair grow back out :-)??? My hubby always tells people that he's tried and tried, but he just "can't grow grass on a busy street"!!!

-- Anonymous, December 10, 2001