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Poin Files.....Mental Illness Edition

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by qtlaw, Jul 18, 2017.

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  1. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

  2. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Here's a picture not shot from the back of a moving truck with a Kodak Instamatic.

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  3. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    Have they stopped teaching new editors what a "headline name" is?
     
  4. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    My first thought on the headline: Loafing? Poin is being described as loafing and a mental illness?
     
  5. What is a "Weeping Water Boy?"
     
  6. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    Weeping Water is a city in Nebraska.

    According to Wikipedia, it is best known for its limestone quarry. I think a Poin incident eclipses that easily.
     
  7. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    Weeping Water sounds a bit like a Native American name for the place.

    ... which reminds me of the old joke when the Indian kid asked his father, the Chief, on how he came up with names for his kids.
     
  8. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    That was a good one! I remember seeing the Native American comedian bust it out on the Tonight Show w/Carson; hilarious!
     
  9. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    If someone told it on Carson, it had a different punch line than the version I heard...
     
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  10. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    The joke I recall was:

    [Comedian] Yeah my given name is "Grandfather". I asked my dad why he named me that, and he said "I gave you a name you could grow into."
     
  11. PCLoadLetter

    PCLoadLetter Well-Known Member

    Version I heard had the father explaining that he named his kids after the first thing he saw after they were born, then asks "Why so inquisitive today, Two Dogs Fucking?"
     
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  12. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    That's pretty damn funny. BTW, get to go see Jay Mohr do stand up tomorrow night. I love stand up even though haven't see a live show in about 10 years.
     
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