11-08-2008, 02:00 AM
Quote:I disagree with that, even though I'm as guilty as the rest. Shouldn't 'Joke' threads stay funny?
Probably, yes. IMO more so out of the need for the funny over any need for being overly strict about rules.
Quote:If the original poster intended to start one, perhaps we indeed should have kept it free from serious discussions.
The topic does include the topic of 'elections' and implicit in that, politics. So yes, I'd say we're pretty successful in keeping it relatively free of seriousness. ;)
Ok on a more serious note. To the best of my recollection, the LL is a relatively unique forum among many in the innernets. In that someone can post something, and it can branch out in different directions. But once it's posted, no one really 'owns' a thread.
But I could be wrong, and if so I humbly pledge my loyalty to our new Alien Overlords and may I say I can be helpful in rounding up the other human posters where they can toil in underground data mines.
Alright what's the original topic again, humour and the US elections? Honestly, this election cycle IMO almost doesn't need any humour augmentation. The jokes almost writes themselves.
Giulianni banking on a Florida strategy? Fred Thompson doing the 'I don't want this job which is why I want this job' angle? Biden's foot in mouth disease? McCain's dramatic campaign suspension? Hillary's Bosnian sniper story? Chuck Norris stumping for Huckabee?
Sarah Palinisms? But my fave of the day? Joe Libermann's 'the election is over...come on guys, I'm an Independent but you know I'm really a (Insert whichever party can be beneficial to Droopy Dog at the moment.)