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'America has got to learn how to take a joke'

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by MisterCreosote, Aug 12, 2011.

  1. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    A throwaway line from Herman Cain in last night's debate. But really, lighten the fuck up sometimes, America.
     
  2. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    Was Cain talking about his campaign?
     
  3. txsportsscribe

    txsportsscribe Active Member

    so i wasn't the only one watching the debate?
     
  4. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Seriously, I mean, it's almost gotten to the point where you can't joke about the president's teenage daughter being ugly or sending around a racially charged picture comparing the president's wife to a gorilla. Was way better in the old days.
     
  5. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    The "It's Just a Joke" defense is my favorite.
     
  6. vicd

    vicd Active Member

    An ugly fat woman, a gorgeous young hot blonde, an American man and a Canadian man are all riding together in a train car.
    As the train passes through a tunnel, the distinctive sound of a loud slap is heard.
    When they emerge from the tunnel, a bright red handprint is on the face of the American.
    The fat woman thinks "that dirty American grabbed that blonde in the tunnel and she slapped him!"
    The blonde thinks "that dirty American must have tried to grab me, but grabbed the fatso by mistake and she slapped him!"
    The American thinks "that Canadian bastard felt up that blonde and she slapped me by mistake!"
    The Canadian thinks "I can’t wait ’til we go through another tunnel so I can slap that stupid American again!"
     
  7. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    It's a joke that he thinks he can be president.
     
  8. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    He's right.
     
  9. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    As the USA has developed, it's generated the most spectacular entertainment machinery in the history of the universe.

    Suspect that's not going to be enough to drive the engine, indefinitely.
     
  10. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Absolutely.
     
  11. CarltonBanks

    CarltonBanks New Member

    Well, the bar has been drastically lowered.
     
  12. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Anybody have the context?

    Otherwise I'd ask what exactly he means.
     
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