Comments on: Joke http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1236 We of course all understand it, being intellectuals. Thu, 05 Jun 2025 17:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: John Emerson http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1236&cpage=1#comment-3794 Sun, 22 May 2005 09:30:54 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1236#comment-3794 Me too. It’s global apparently. Most but not all is in German, which I could read, more or less, if I wanted to — but really, why do they bother? Their target communsity over here can barely read English.

]]> By: paul http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1236&cpage=1#comment-3793 Sat, 21 May 2005 01:02:31 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1236#comment-3793 Ahh, I had the joke experience recently (well maybe a chuckle moment if not a full joke). I had used the mower to mow up some hedge trimmings. It mulches the trimmings nicely but my wife is sure that it abuses the mower to mow up even small sticks with it.

Our lawnmower wouldn’t start the next time I used it. My wife was all “uh-huh, I told you so, I checked with my friends and all their mowers last longer than ours do” (this wasn’t the first mower we ever had that stopped working).

I was shamed and took the mower to the shop. It turned out that when I had actually added oil to the mower (a rare occurrence) I had put too much in and when it was drained out and cleaned it worked fine.

So the ironic chuckle moment, as I related to my wife, was that the mower had stopped because of my attempts at MAINTENANCE rather than my abusing its chopping powers.

My wife didn’t chuckle.

]]> By: mig http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1236&cpage=1#comment-3792 Fri, 20 May 2005 11:00:34 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1236#comment-3792 not funny — we’re being hit by a wave of r1ght-w1ng sp4m at the moment.

]]> By: John Emerson http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1236&cpage=1#comment-3791 Fri, 20 May 2005 09:39:00 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1236#comment-3791 The $t1on4ln4y oc14l1sts4y 4rtyp4y wants you!

]]> By: mig http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1236&cpage=1#comment-3790 Thu, 19 May 2005 12:20:20 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1236#comment-3790 i’ve removed some of the more innocuous words from the filter, i hope that helps without letting too much spam through.

]]> By: mig http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1236&cpage=1#comment-3789 Thu, 19 May 2005 11:21:32 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1236#comment-3789 going through my log, i see rejection of a comment containing “f4cial” and one with the word “d1sc0unt”. i’m guessing yours was the latter.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1236&cpage=1#comment-3788 Thu, 19 May 2005 10:20:40 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1236#comment-3788 It seems your comment nanny does not agree with my assessment and accessories recommendations. Feh twice.
Sorry about your dream, anyway.
One suggestion involves a media player of the sexy I-can-get-you-a-good-deal-on-em variety, and very good but cheap headphones. The other some nice, dark, high-contrast rose colored lenses. Those work pretty well for me.

]]> By: Julien http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1236&cpage=1#comment-3787 Thu, 19 May 2005 03:12:53 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1236#comment-3787 Hi,

It is not the first time I am posting here, I would have sent you an email but I didn’t find your email address on your blog. My name is Julien. I am building a new website for expatriates, and will be the webmaster of http://www.expat-blog.com. In the last three years I have spent a lot of time travelling and living away from my home country, hence me setting up http://www.expat-blog.com.

I had the idea to create a blog so I could share my experiences of living abroad and keep in touch with my family and friends. While reading other expatriate blogs the idea came to me to create a classified expat blog directory. This would include a free blog hosting platform with interesting features such as picture albums designed specifically for expatriates. I do not believe this would be in competition with existing blog platforms such as blogger.

The website is still in working progress. The present situation is as follows:
> The expatriate blog directory, including a classification per country and language – I am working on this at the present time
> The free Blog platform

]]> By: maria http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1236&cpage=1#comment-3786 Wed, 18 May 2005 21:11:21 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1236#comment-3786 Oh, I love that joke. Man, I’m sorry.

]]> By: jilbur http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1236&cpage=1#comment-3785 Wed, 18 May 2005 20:32:52 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1236#comment-3785 aw man, I *love* that joke.

‘Rabbi, my daughter is so ugly, I don’t know how I’ll find a husband for her.’
‘How ugly is she?’
“She’s so ugly, you could lie her on a plate next to a piece of herring, and you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.’
‘What kind of herring?’
‘Errrrr … Biskmark.’
‘Too bad … if it was Matjes, she’d have a better chance.’ —paraphrased pretty closely from Woody Allen but can’t be bothered to look it up

]]> By: Karan http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1236&cpage=1#comment-3784 Wed, 18 May 2005 19:57:36 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1236#comment-3784 Were you sleeping at your desk again?

]]> By: mig http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1236&cpage=1#comment-3783 Wed, 18 May 2005 17:53:27 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1236#comment-3783 i wonder if that joke inspired kafka to write the metamorphosis.

]]> By: Grommie http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1236&cpage=1#comment-3782 Wed, 18 May 2005 17:26:19 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1236#comment-3782 I’m inside that joke every day, my friend.

]]> By: TH http://www.metamorphosism.com/?p=1236&cpage=1#comment-3781 Wed, 18 May 2005 16:17:24 +0000 http://vermeer.hmdnsgroup.com/~metamorp/?p=1236#comment-3781 Oh, that joke. Be happy, you seem to be in the short and merciful version. The long version has assorted livestock movinng in including the billy goat.

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