If only I had held on for a few more months I would have had some of the best material ever.
(George Carlin)
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How do you spell desperately needed perspective in times like these?
G E O R G E … O R G E O R G E O R G E…
ORGE? Hidden implications?
It’s from an old Carlin bit about spelling his name. It just wants to keep going!
Classic Carlin…”Tito, Chico, and George”…miss ya George…
I’m just now catching on that the greater part of your posts are pop references that sail over my head. Slow, ain’t I?
pop *culture,* that is
Don’t sweat the petty things and don’t pet the sweaty things. -JC
LMAO!! That is excellent advice–Thank you!
omg it’s GC not jc;
guess that shows how much I respected the man . . .
Jorge? Same diff.
As a wise pittypat once said, “Don’t sweat the petty things…”
;o)
JC as in Jesus Christ?
R.I.P Carlin!
Not the greater part, but every now and then our reference sets don’t quite match up. I’m just waiting for you to pop out with something that catches me back on my heels, rho sweetie!
*hugs* What makes you think I haven’t? ;o)
Because you’d have landed on top of me. My heels are notoriously round. ;^P
*finds Slan’s name on Christmas list; writes “spurs”*
Oooh! Do they jingle jangle jingle?
Only if you go riding merrily along. Otherwise, they’re good for many functional purposes, such as establishing personal space in elevators.
…or with Rahm Emanuel.
*nostrils flare*
*shifts in chair*
…why would you say…that?
Yahoo! Ride me, cowgirl!
Aww… I can only imagine…. I used to think he should run for president. Hope heaven makes a little more sense, dude.. ♥
I doubt George would want to go if there was one… The Poster Boy of Atheist Comedy….
Maybe he wanted to go to the sun.
His spirit lingers at Joe Pescis house I reckon.
The roof of Joe Pesci’s house, wasn’t it?
From the word of George:
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“You know who I pray to? Joe Pesci. Joe Pesci. Two reasons; first of all, I think he’s a good actor. Ok. To me, that counts. Second; he looks like a guy who can get things done. Joe Pesci doesn’t f**k around. Doesn’t f**k around. In fact, Joe Pesci came through on a couple of things that god was having trouble with. For years I asked god to do something about my noisy neighbor with the barking dog. Joe Pesci straightened that c**k-sucker out with one visit.”
… a non-prophet organization.
… Bwahahhaahaa…
I need that, thanks babe.
natch.
holiday blues?
Eh just an overwhelming feeling of exhaustion and apathy, coupled with a niggling sensation that I am wasting my time and should just bow out before I do something stupid.
Or I might not have a clue and just feeling annoyed. Still was a great laugh.
bow out from here!? Mon dieu, that would be tragic.
I doubt it would be that tragic but I appreciate the thought, hun. *hugs*
By all means, stick around and do something stupid. Behaviour generally categorized as ‘sane’ is, for the most part, not doing anyone any
good.
(…and a hug, just for good measure.)
Thanks for the hug. I am hoping it the migraine talking. My mood likes to spike and mess with me way more often than I like. While normally I agree that sanity is overrated, what I classify as stupidity on my part usually ends up as something overly belligerent and losing a friend. Something I would rather avoid if I can actually see it coming. I actually made the mistake of caring about my reputation or lack thereof on here since I like a decent number of people on this site. Even the psychotic pricks who damage my brains have a soft spot, right next to the sharp objects.
But yea, probably best to ignore me entirely since I need to see where this mood leaves me.
Feel better, DWN.
Hey, Dear. Try megadosing Vitamin D, and no alcohol (sucks, I know). Also, try to do something in the sunshine/fresh air as weather permits. I think Dennis Leary said it best: “It’s called WIN-TER!!!”
Well I don’t drink so the alcohol won’t be an issue. The Vitamin D is worth checking into but I always thought it was called depression. Dennis Leary would most likely just tell me to STFU. Then I would need to do a confession for his therapy program.
Ugh, my brain is sapping all the funny. X_X
I hope my migraine slacks off a bit so I can properly assault Lynn sexually or at least not be such a grumbling pain in the ass tonight.
@Dissimilitude: Thankies, Lynn is pushing for an earlier bedtime so I will see what that does for me. @_@
This time of year gets to a lot of people for a lot of reasons, seasonal affective being only one of them. But at least seasonal affective can be helped with a moderate application of technology…my Edinburgh friend swears by her light box. (Name links to Mayo Clinic article on light therapy, FYI.)
My wife and her family don’t celebrate Christmas, and I’ll have to admit, it’s a great stress reducer! Now I just pop some money in an envelope for my boys and I’m good for another year..
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Christmas is horrible on the senses as people think that it’s all about the gifts and the quality. I’d much rather have my parents and sister (God rest ‘em) then any gifts at all.
The Dennis Leary reference was an attempt at humor. Yes, it’s called Depression. I like the way DL put it, because it normalizes the phenomenon, instead of making it an illness. “I’m having Winter” sounds better than “I’m experiencing SADS,” to me. The articles I read have made me a strong proponent of Vitamin D therapy. I spend a lot of time outdoors in the growing season, then, abruptly, stop. How can that sudden change not affect my body and spirit? Keep plugging, and keep trying things. You’ll find out what works best for you.
The light box is a good thing, as is the outside-ness. Or move to the desert, as a friend of mine did.
Another good thing for depression is repetitive exercise. Brings up the seratonin levels, which is all good (natural Prozac, if you will). You know repetitive exercise: walking, swimming…Lynn. Yeah, that works too!
@Slan: Light boxes aren’t for everyone. With my insomnia, a light box would likely do me in!
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@VG Excellent point!
@DWN: *hugs hard* Don’t you dare. We’ll all miss you way too much on here. And hey, if you leave, who’s going to make me blush red as a tomato in the middle of my biology class?
DWN if you leave, I swear to god… who will be there when I reing
in world dominance to me my dungeon master?! I need someone
with you talent with whips… and whipped cream…
You know what Im talking about
@Eds: You’re a good one to ask, being in that up-side-down-ity place. Do Aussies mention Christmas blues much? Of course, Christmas here runs along solstice, so it’s hard to tell where one influence (short days; cold) starts and the other (holiday cheer backwash) stops.
Hang in there DWN!! You can take a short break if you like, but you can’t leave! Ok? You might try looking at your diet as well as the Vitamin D thing. Cutting out sugar and caffeine for awhile and see if it helps any, it’s what I had to do. Refined sugar will mess with your mind. Also stress is a killer, make sure you have some good down time. Good luck!!
I hadn’t even thought about Christmas yet… X_X
@Kuromisa: Perhaps you have a point. I did have a thought about putting Lynn in just a skirt and thigh high socks while having to ask permission before conversing. Then seeing how long I can take it before I have to tackle her down and make her improper.
@Rhorho: Sorry for sapping the funny. I do need to get some light or do something. *sigh*
@Viking Gal: Women are my favorite exercise so I just need to have sex more. And get off my ass more. Stupid sit down job and stupid lazy apathy taking hold.
@Maxwell Silverhammer: I will make sure to be ready when you take over. I even know somebody way more adept than myself for the position, if need be.
@ema: I think I just need to withhold comment until after I eat as my mood is horribly low before food. Then again, I have so many annoying quirks that I should probably figure out a better plan in general. Mmmm, now I am hungry… er.
Ah! Your diet affects your mood? You need to look at that, you could have sugar sensitivities like I do. Srsly.
@DWN: O///O See, now that’s better! ^_^
@DWN and ema: Same here; I always get really irritable and sarcastic when I’m hungry. Then, as soon as I have some food in my system, I’m all better! Blood sugar problems, I think. My aunt’s the same way.
My mom and grandpa are both diabetic and I haven’t been tested in a while though I never get anything close to their food reactions so I might have some crappy lite version of diabetes so who knows. I just know that my mood can tank very badly if I am hungry.
Kuromisa: Just doing my little part. I plan on some discipline and ropes tonight too but Lynn doesn’t know about the ropes yet. She might read it here but I doubt it.
You might check out the diabetes thing, but just remember, it’s a sex-linked gene that comes from your dad.
I thought it was Father to Daughter to Son? I have no idea about my pateral donor’s medical history since I don’t know who he is.
If you think about it, there’s probably an evolutionary advantage to getting cranky and snarly when your blood sugar’s low. It’s your body telling you to go kill something and eat it, already.
Of course as I’ve been known to say to servers who were slow with my drink refills, “I’m getting dehydrated. You wouldn’t like me when I’m dehydrated….” :glowers at waiter: Fortunately, I do tip well.
I’ve heard both, but in my family it’s pretty much been linked to the paternal line almost exclusively. It went from my dad to my sister, but she was told she’s not really in danger of passing it along.
Well so far it went from Father to Daughter with my mom and grandpa but she didn’t come down with it and neither did he until a bit later in life so I am dreading midthirties and forty and beyond for that reason alone, let alone all the other aging crap.
As for my treatment of servers, I have been known to hunt them down or pointedly ask managers where my drinks are.
My dad had undiagnosed Type 1. They didn’t realize it until he was in his 30′s. How he managed to live that long is a mystery. He should have died. Type 2 tends to come on later……
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Are your grandpa and mom on shots or pills for insulin?
Diabetes isn’t sex-linked, so it could come from either side.
And off blood sugar could affect the mood (low blood sugar turns me into a zombie, and I don’t have diabetes!) Worth having it checked.
If it were present, but kept in control, you’ll be having Ly–oops, I mean having fun, way into your elderly years!
It’s sounding like we’re talking about hypoglycemia rather than diabetes. Related stuff, still comes down to blood sugar levels not under proper control, but hypoglycemia is less dangerous. My father-out-law, ex and daughter all have it, and all control it by watching their diet and getting enough protein to nail the carbs into place and eating regularly enough to keep blood sugar from getting low enough to make them irrational. If you notice you get severely snarly and a little stupid when you’re really hungry, and also that your sugar highs are a bit out of proportion, that’s probably what you’re looking at.
The most memorable symptom when a close friend developed insulin dependent diabetes was that before she was diagnosed she was ALWAYS thisrty……
Nothing sensual about eating a candy bar? You, my friend, have never seen Terri eat a Mars bar. (For that matter, you’ve never seen me eat Hershey kisses with her watching. I haz de ebil.)
Now it might just be me, but when advised against sanity I don’t usually go all out for the rational approach
(I’ve heard that true enlightenment comes from realizing that *everything* is just a game. Then again, whoever says that obviously wants to toy with your head.)
Noooooo….. ok, so now that I seem like a huge creepy stalker since you have no idea who I am, ( I’ve only ever commented once before because living in Finland means that by the time I get to the lols the discussion is over), but I _like_ reading your comments….
I hope there’s a heaven, so George can get it all sorted out before we get there. I agree with Mark Twain that an eternity of harp music sounds relatively torturous.
Considering the fact that Jesus was the first enabler, I think Heaven’s going to be pretty sweet
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I was thinking Eve was the first enabler, by “raising Cain.”
LOL, FTW!
Him and Bill Hicks on the same celestial stage together. Now THAT would be heaven.
That’d almost be worth dieing to see!
One word comes to mind with this caption: TACKY!
And that’s a bad thing?
Nevah!! ;o)
How do you figure?
Why? Beacuse he’s dead? I think the man himself would have loved this.
Carlin was nothing if not irreverent.
I think Carlin would have appreciated it.
You never watched Carlin, I take it. Somehow I doubt the inventor of the “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television” list would find much of anything tacky, never mind this.
He’d be laughing his rump off.
I can almost picture him standing at the Pearly Gates…”You, know, I spent alot of time down there, and I have a few suggestions…”
And we’d be much better off if they followed them…
I Dugg this one because it’s George Carlin and because whoever wrote the caption is one of the few people on the Internet who knows how to use the subjunctive correctly.
yes, a very rare thing among those who speak English, and no foreign languages…
ok, my turn to play the dummy: “i don’t get it”. what exactly would carlin have had as a new source of material? the recession? the election? what? i’m familiar with his work, but can’t see what this caption is referring to…
I’m thinking the trampling normally reserved for the Ramones that happened at a Long Island Wal Mart may be included.
I think it boils down to an All of the Above option. The election was ridiculous, the recession is crazy, and now we have people being trampled in Walmart, a place that has nothing worth killing over.
People are being trampled at Wal-Mart?! *frantically goes to Google*
See earlier post about news + Charro = SadCharro
Ya, twas pathetic.
Holy crap. No wonder my faith in humanity has been slipping… “”When they were saying they had to leave, that an employee got killed, people were yelling `I’ve been in line since yesterday morning,”‘ she said. “They kept shopping.” ”
Oh. Mai.
That’s definitely the worst thing I’ve heard all day.
Perhaps they should reconsider calling the early-morning deals “Doorbuster Specials”.
And, yes, people suck in general. (Although props to the WalMart employees who risked their own safety to try to get to the poor guy who was killed.)
Yes, I’ve also come to the realization that people do indeed suck!
There is a number of reasons I loathe Christmas. Black Friday is the biggest reason. I always remember Jingle All the Way everytime. Good movie, very depressing consumer premise.
Gah. You know, the premise of christmas is very nice. Family, love, sharing, giving. Something we can all agree on, no?
Why it became this mass-hysteria forming holiday that is a tribute to the ugly greed of capitalism I will never understand. I’d be happy to just sit with my family all day, and chat. We don’t get together much as we are spread across the country. Well, eat too. Eating is always good. I don’t need a bunch of crap to make ANY holiday a GOOD holiday. It just perpetuates an ugly cycle. Mommy I want this and that this and that other thing for christmas I want want want WANT NOW!!! *sigh*
If people just admitted that they celebrated Saturnalia (i.e. a greedy, pagan, booze-up) then at least we’d be free of the sickening sentimentality the profit mongers use to further mass consumerism.
Anyway, Christmas is a religious festival -so why do folk look at me funny when I say I go to church on Christmas morning?
Because you get the day off of work… And you’re getting up in the MORNING! At least, that’s why I would look at you funny. Nothing against your religion, I just have something against mornings ;o)
Eh, I would look funny at her because God is in the heart and all around us. Thus if I have my entire family there to spend time with, God is already there. I don’t need a church or a service. I find it funny that people feel that faith means a building or words.
Agreed. But I have some good memories of being next to my father at Christmas eve service (both of us dragged by my mother), and hearing his lovely wandering-out-of-key voice singing next to me. I’m not one much for organized religion, but it one of the few places left where people get together and sing–and I love music!
Which is fine and makes sense. I just get a quirk to my eyebrow when I hear people act like they can only have a religious ceremony in church.
Which is fine and makes sense. I just get a quirk to my eyebrow when I hear people act like they can only have a religious ceremony in church.
My Episcopalian friends tended to go to midnight mass and have Christmas morning for home and hearth – for the sacredness of family, as I think DWN was getting at. I went with them to midnight mass once, and there were aspects of the observance that I must admit were truly beautiful. But I suppose we each find it where we need it, in the form that makes the most sense to us.
We would do big family gathering on Christmas eve (Scandinavians do that, US companies don’t understand). Then my mother dragged us to the service. Then the smaller nuclear family on Christmas morning. Then sometimes the greater fam again for dinner that day. It’s all about the people. More so now, that so many of the family are with George Carlin, swapping jokes and celestial beers!
If I don’t go to church on Christmas day I won’t he
ar the minister’s address. I won’t take time to honour the true meaning of Christmas. I won’t see the people I’ve grown up with; the women who gave me sweets and stories as a child, the men who call me “hen” and lend me old copies of “animal farm”, the teens I played with when I was 4, the kids who sit on my knee. A church is far more than a “building and words”.
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Anyway I spend the afternoon with my biological family, eating roast potatoes and listening to my Granny’s fascist politics….
I think South Park dealt with it best in ‘Jesus Saves Christmas.’ They managed to get across the point of Christmas in a really weird, satiristic (is that a word????) way. Props to South Park
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satirical, perhaps?
That works. It was 2AM for me when I wrote that (8AM for most people), and I couldn’t see straight
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Ok, I’m trying to work that out.. Where the heck are you?
Texas. I went back and looked at the time on the post, and it was actually almost 10 local time, but I work second shift and get off work at 2AM local time. I don’t usually get into bed until around 5 or 6AM, so getting up at 10 is REALLY early for me
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Of course, I knew that. It was just a geography test and hey, you passed!
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Actually, I was thinking 2am v. 8am? Could you she be in Australia?
Froo, are you having insomnia? Danbala and were just discussing that fun little business. Her daylight hours are 8:30 am to 3:30 pm, so we should feel lucky!
I have a six month old and I’m breastfeeding, so I live my life in four hour increments
) I have to be up to pump early, and I usually troll around online while I’m doing it.
Awwww! Whatever it takes, it’s worth it. My world just got a little happier, now that I know there’s a little froo-let in it!
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I sympathize as Lynn is still breast feeding our seven month old. Poor girl needs more sleep. @_@
A frou-let and a wyrm-let! Aww! I just went all mushy inside!
I have to be an obnoxious parent for a second…….clicky the namey
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And clicky here too!
One last one, I promise
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Aww, adorable! <3
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By the way, I sent you a friend request on Facebook… *shifty eyes* I’m not addicted to it at all…
Beautiful! Oh, and I see you’ve already taught her the evil Democrat stare with the glowing red eyes! (j/k of course)!!
That’s her laser look for when Democrats try to convert her
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Oh, right! Sorry about the confusion, they are similar you know..
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Ergh…faceborked! You people are going to force me to sign up on that fool thing, aren’t you……
What an adorable little rugrat! You realize that you are doing your evil part to trigger biological clocks in all of the females here?! And here I had done my best to smother the thing under pillows and cats!
Froo, she’s absolutely adorable.
I can’t see her!! Do you have to have a facebook thingy?
Yes, ema, you need to have facebook.. bummer I know, but that’s how it is.
Oddly, I think this caption could have applied at any time.
You have a good point.
I second the comments of “Not_you” what exactly is the caption author referring to?
(To answer the questions about what the caption was referring to)
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I captioned this during the post-Republican-Convention period of this last election. At the time I thought that the reference was obvious but, apparently, the time gap since has negated that.
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As far as being “tacky” I don’t understand the reasoning behind that opinion, and am somewhat puzzled by it. George Carlin has been a source of great fun and inspiration for me since the mid-60′s and I respect and miss him greatly.
Let alone that Carlin himself said that nothing was too tacky to be made fun of. It just required the right exaggeration. Anybody calling this tacky didn’t pay much attention to his humor about death.
Even more importantly, he felt that nothing was too sacred NOT to be made fun of.
Agreed. He’d be proud of this one, I think.
That was the point I was trying to make, yes. I blame my lack of caffeine. Thanks for clarifying. ^_^
Raelalt, I made a similar LOL with Tim Russert, so I completely understand where you are coming from. If it makes you feel better, it is rare that an LOL receives 100% rave reviews and/or understanding.
Thank you rhorho, on the whole the comments were very favorable,
more so then I had expected to tell the truth. Tim Russert’s death was a
great loss to me as well, so young, so intelligent, so missed.
I agree. They were both great men.
Rest in peace Rufus *cries*
May he rest in peace.
He just wanted to live long enough to see the day George W. got out of office. He was so close. He will be missed.
One thing he would’ve had a lot of fun with is the fact that Sarah Palin’s husband is named Todd.
Not to mention the names of the rest of the family – and please don’t mention the names of the rest of he family.
This LOL expresses exactly what I was thinking several months ago. He would’ve had a swell time making up Palin jokes, and they would probably be funny. I miss that guy. Anyone ever hear his rants on pro-lifers, religion, and fat people? Best. Rants. Ever. George Carlin is my favorite comedian of all time, but right now Maz Jobrani is my favorite living comedian and second favorite comedian of all time. Carlin might’ve also liked to poke fun at the idea that we finally have a black president. He also sweared a lot, but he used it creatively, so that made it even funnier.
Oh George Carlin, he was (mind you still is) my favorite comedian of all time. I miss him so much. I’m sure he is making fun of us right now, from beyond the grave, lol
Recaption: “If only all of this had happened 20 years ago when I was still funny, and not just complaining like a grouchy old man….”
Compare material from the ’70s and ’80s to his last few shows, and you’ll see the difference. George jumped the shark in 1992, stopped being funny, and just went on socio-political rants while occasionally recycling his jokes from the ’80s and previous.
For the most part. He was still awesome though
I guess his rants reflected my feelings because I agreed with most of them. At the same time I found them funny.
RIP George. I wish you were here to make us all feel a little less miserable and a little more pissed off.
*sigh* This is too true. If only we could resurrect George Carlin, and Bill Hicks. And Sam Kinison, while we’re at it. Heck, Lenny Bruce… The list goes on and on…! Weird times call for weird comedians.
Zombie comedians?
*get machete*
Will I be needing this?
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The automatic shotgun: When you absolutely, positively have to flatten every zombie in the room.
Well, just don’t forget — you have to remove or destroy the head.
It’s a trick, get an axe… >_>
I have a couple of chain saws left over from an earlier career path,
I’ll just sharpen the chains a bit.
Good thinking.
GEORGE COME BACK!!!!!!! If you can hear me yelling up to you in the clouds (mostly smog vapors), send me a sign. A messege. A really kick-ass joke, if you will.
this isn’t funny and George Carlin was one of the funniest comedians of all time.
It wasn’t really meant to be all that funny, more of a tribute then anything else.
*sob* George. :’(
Carlin is king. Modern man and common similarities are fantastic.
I wish GC was still alive! He would have SOOOO much material. He was an awesome comedian.
Sigh. You’re so wrong on so many levels I won’t even bother to debunk it all..