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> > I ask your indulgence in an off-topic question, but I'd rather ask you
> > than one of the more frivilous diving lists...
> 
> Jeff, thanks for the huge, desk-slapping belly laugh- finally some humor
> in the midst of all this excrement! Although inadvertent, your timing
> was perfect..after the buildup of senseless name-calling, then pompous
> statements centered around desks (amusingly bizarre in the present
> context), even Rich Pyle losing it, then the idea that something could be 
> more frivilous-right at the peak moment..Beautiful! it's true that in
> humor, timing is everything..Wheeew, ha ha.....

I have to agree.  Jeff's comment, intentional or not, gets an 11.0.

> PS Gotta agree with Nick, originality counts- butt pirate was a real chuckle
> when I heard it a couple years ago, it is the opposite of "carpet munchers".
> "Bone smoker" would be a 10 if original, but by overuse it gets derated down
> to near nothing. And grade-school stuff like "Pinky" gets the trap door in
> the floor.

I've received a lot of mail lobbying support for the "bone smuggling/bone 
smoking" comment as supreme among one liners on this list. Sure, the 
"Bone" is a classic, but it was just a striaght-shot insult. "Ball" gets 
top ratings because of the *delivery*, not just for itself.  As you'll 
recall, its first use was in the context of (not sure of the exact 
wording):

"First of all, let's get off to a good start. Lick my ball bag."

You see?  It is the juxtapositioning of a friendly, cheerful, optimistic 
first sentence, with the blunt, hard, cold, *crude* second sentence that 
makes this one the true standard to judge by.  To be as insightful and 
brilliant an insult-humor-judge as myself, you *must* examine the context!

Maybe I am losing it?  Must have been that friggin' open circuit air dive 
that did it to me. yucko.

Rich

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