Just a Joke?
A wife asked her husband to describe her. He looked at her, then said, "You're A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K.”
She asks, "What does that mean?”
He said, "Adorable, Beautiful, Cute, Delightful, Elegant, Foxy, Gorgeous, Hot.”
She smiled and said, "Oh, that's sweet, but what about 'I, J, K'?”
He said, "I'm Just Kidding.”
His eye is still swollen, but it will get better . . .
Have you noticed that sometimes things that make us laugh have an undertone of violence as the moral of the story? I think the above is very funny. For sure it made the morning shine brighter because I read it. But, it also started me thinking and asking, 'with the moral of the joke being a 'black-eye' why did I laugh?' I’ve read quite a few of those on Facebook lately. (that is where I read this one.) Have the short quips and one-liner jokes gone over to the 'hitting is okay because he or she deserved it' side of morality? Or have they always been and no one really cared because it is comedy?
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Permalink Reply by Kay Van Hoesen on -
Wow, Shirley, you've got me thinking on this one. When I think back to old TV shows ("I Love Lucy" comes immediately to mind -- and "The Three Stooges"), it seems like we always had similar "black-eye" humor. I don't know why it's funny; I've never stopped to consider it. But now I will.
I don't think it's different today from what it was. Instead, we just see more of it because with social media, everyone's able to share these quips. If anything, I believe people are much more sensitive today to social injustices (NOT hitting children, NOT spanking children, NOT condoning abuse of any kind).
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Permalink Reply by Shirley Graham on -
Yeah, I thought about the TV angle also. I remember the great comedy television show "The Three Stooges," and they made me laugh uncontrollably. But they too had violence in their comedy with all the head slaps. Yet I accepted it because it was comedy and laughter is the best. It's only TV after all, and didn't/don't fictional characters of television shows have different moral standards than real life? Creative license. Although these days Hollywood has no moral standards to me... I can't remember, did Abbott and Costello and Groucho Marx have a violent undertone with comedy too? I love humor but I was never a fan of 'I Love Lucy' and didn't watch the show. Even then I didn't like the image of married life it sent. (the saying yes sir and no sir and him 'spanking' her) But Lucille Ball was an icon and was a good comedian and I admired her for that.
I don't think spanking a child ruins them. And didn't 'Beaver' even 'Opie' of the Andy Griffith show get a few of those nip it in the bud (as Barney said) spankings? To me, a big difference exists between learning consequences of doing wrong and hitting. Hitting leaves bruises and beatings can leave broken bones and break the spirit. I have never condoned abuse. Spanking is teaching moral values, to me, not damaging them; spanking is on the rear end with no whelps and brusies as a result too.
I think you are right, with social media due to technology as it is today, we hear and read so much more of violence in this world and it's stuck with our moral conscious. I just wonder if it has gone too far with what's okay and what's not within the first admendment.
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