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WTF Dan Jenkins?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, Apr 10, 2010.

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  1. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    LTFU, Gargamel's cat.
     
  2. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    What in Sam Hill is Gargamel's cat?
     
  3. Piotr Rasputin

    Piotr Rasputin New Member

    I don't read Jenkins' books. It's news to me that this is his brand of "humor." I don't care if this is his brand of "humor." This is 2010, not the damn 1950s and 1960s. Mickey Rooney wouldn't be in Breakfast at Tiffany's today.

    What bothers me is that if Jenkins had made some crack about a prominent African American - let's say, President Obama - dudes would be up in arms. But he puts out some kind of mealy-mouthed, "Oh, uh . . . I meant a RESTAURANT!!!!!" bullcrap, and it's "Oh, well that's certainly sensible."

    No. No it's f%$#ing not. The dude said something racist making fun of someone's name from a non-white culture, and he got called on it. He should be, for retaining a style of writing and "HUMOR!!!!!" that were more appropriate to American society of decades ago.
     
  4. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    More from pg 1 Semi Tough:

    " I happen to be writing in my spare time between running over a whole pile of niggers in the National Football League. And let me set something straigh right away that bothers me. Just because I happen to say nigger does not mean i'm some kind of racist. One of the big troubles with the world of modern times, I think, I because somebody is always gettin hot because somebody else says nigger instead of neegrow.

    Because of this very thing I said nigger just to get your attention. It has a certain shock value."

    / Billy Clyde Puckett
     
  5. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    Sonic....Obama....nah, not close enough
     
  6. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    Gargamel was the bad guy on the Smurfs, and Azrael (sp?) was his cat/partner in crime.

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  7. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    I'm just posting what seems to be the prevailing blog opinion. Jenkins gets a pass from me on the grounds that he's a humorist.

    But lots of other people are pissed.

    Look at the post above this one.
     
  8. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    Mmmm. Sonic. How good would a Cherry LimeAde be right now?
     
  9. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    You're not helping Jenkins any.
     
  10. dooley_womack1

    dooley_womack1 Well-Known Member

    I've never been prouder not to know something.
     
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  11. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Also this.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azrael
     
  12. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Hey Sports Illustrated approves. They have termed Semi Tough one of the best 100 sports books of all time.
     
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