Comments on: Jack Mangans Deadpan #153: Very Deadpanish

By: Is it Friday yet? | BrainWyrms

Is it Friday yet? | BrainWyrms — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:45:45 +0000

[...] Jack Mangans Deadpan #153: Very Deadpanish [...]

By: Nomad Scry

Nomad Scry — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:30:49 +0000

LOL – Sure thing, Jack.

By: Jack Mangan

Jack Mangan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:27:38 +0000

That’s an awesome comment, Nomad, which I hope you’ll repeat on the next episode’s conversation when I post that in about 15 minutes. :)

By: Nomad Scry

Nomad Scry — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:17:24 +0000

No matter how much I think that it should work like this, it never does. I think that offensive words should be pounded into the common vernacular until they lose all meaning. We should all support the cleansing of these words by inserting them willy-nilly into our everyday conversations. If the whole world did this, they’d all lose any meaning, any negative connotation.

They’d be empty. The next gen would find it in a book and ask what it meant and nobody would remember.

By: Nomad Scry

Nomad Scry — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:07:23 +0000

Oops, I see Null saw noted that earlier.

By: Nomad Scry

Nomad Scry — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:06:27 +0000

Under the HK massager, please note the “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought” and then look to the right at “More Buying Choices”…

Whiplash?

By: Jack Mangan

Jack Mangan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 07:04:28 +0000

Some stagger and fall, after all it’s not easy.
Banging your heart against some mad bugger’s wall.

By: justa J0e

justa J0e — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:22:58 +0000

Have I been guilty all this time, time , time …

By: justa J0e

justa J0e — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:22:42 +0000

have to know
have to know

By: justa J0e

justa J0e — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:22:26 +0000

and I’m waiting in this cell because I have to know

By: justa J0e

justa J0e — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:16:51 +0000

Take off this uniform and leave the show.

By: JohnBoze

JohnBoze — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:04:42 +0000

Goodnight

By: Cj at Work

Cj at Work — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:19:31 +0000

I wanna go home.

By: JohnBoze

JohnBoze — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:43:15 +0000

Lyric 1 is by artists featured in this segment before.

Lyric 2 was correctly guessed by CJ

Lyric 3 Geo thinks this band is overrated.

By: JohnBoze

JohnBoze — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:40:04 +0000

I’ll be trivially surprised if there’s room for BLC…

Suppose hints are overdue on those two not yet guessed…

By: Jack Mangan

Jack Mangan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:36:34 +0000

A completely trivial surprise in tonight’s episode.

By: Ed from Texas

Ed from Texas — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:01:08 +0000

So much good thought floating around today.

RE: retard – I don’t think this one is winnable. Retarded started as a medical diagnosis. But, once such a word makes it’s way out of professional circles and into general speech, control of its meaning is lost and it takes on whatever the popular culture wants. If the PC folks try to ban retarded and replace it with something “more sensitive”, then ten or fifteen years from now, you are going to have to ban that word and come up with something else. It’s not the word itself, but the condition it is trying to describe. It will be used as an insult eventually no matter what the language police try to do.

Alright, time for some Dragon Age.

Btw – nice to see the strong comment numbers this week.

By: Nomad Scry

Nomad Scry — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:42:44 +0000

I survived the DDS. Next is an oral surgeon.

O.O

By: Amy Bowen

Amy Bowen — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:11:31 +0000

TEB: LOL! Yes, I’m about 10 months older than Boo. :-)

Lo Pan, reaper, anyone else watching Lost: No spoilers, please! It’s one of the
shows I’m pretty sure I want to watch someday.

By: Jack Mangan

Jack Mangan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:51:30 +0000

Don’t spay me, bro!

By: JohnBoze

JohnBoze — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:45:29 +0000

Don’t taste me bro!

By: justa J0e

justa J0e — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:15:58 +0000

I think it should be … “Don’t tase me, bro!”

By: Jack Mangan

Jack Mangan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:09:28 +0000

Don’t tase me, bro!

(Does Hello Kitty have a catchphrase? Other than just being fucking cute?)

By: Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler)

Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:06:07 +0000

Heading home… Now pondering fertility assistance… not sure why

By: Rhettro

Rhettro — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:04:07 +0000

Assistants are fertile.

By: EssBee

EssBee — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:52:59 +0000

Looking good, Mr. JOe. Where did our private conversations go? MWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAA!!

Going home now. Must remove contacts. Beep. Boo . . . p

By: Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler)

Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:46:10 +0000

OK. so they don’t actually make it, but it’s still cool…

By: Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler)

Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:43:26 +0000

Hello Kitty Taser, as requested

http://blog.taser.com/2009/07/in-regards-to-that-hello-kitty-taser-c2/

By: justa J0e

justa J0e — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:40:45 +0000

OOooooo, now there would be a “must have” item – the Hello Kitty “Taser”!

I see the riot cops with it now. “Hey punk, say hello to Kitty!”

By: justa J0e

justa J0e — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:39:29 +0000

“Hello Kitty Cattle Prod” ?

By: justa J0e

justa J0e — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:38:16 +0000

BTW – I had an employer who did that very thing. It was a piece of Broadcast Recording equipment from Sony. The cable was proprietary. Without it, it could not be hooked to ANYTHING!
He was a civil servant working for the U.S. Military. He was so damned pleased with himself for not falling for that “cable thing”.

People talk about the fraud and waste that occurs in “entitlement” programs but I have seen it first hand in Defense Department spending and everyone looks the other way about that sort of welfare. *shudders* Those years did not help my cynicism.

By: Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler)

Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:34:26 +0000

…must…not…comment…

…srsly…I…am…done…

By: Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler)

Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:32:09 +0000

Never confuse a “personal massager” with a cattle prod.

By: justa J0e

justa J0e — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:31:12 +0000

Jø – I understand (though perhaps don’t agree with – as it is a very broad statement) your stance “I, for one, don’t think that health care is a “right”.

… but here’s what I am curious about, given that Doctors MUST treat anyone who comes to them (Hippocratic oath) and that the bill for these 10′s of millions of Americans with no insurance is already being passed along to you and I … wouldn’t it be best to acknowledge this reality and find the cheapest way to cover that cost?

By: Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler)

Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:30:01 +0000

JØ: Yeah, wife is good. She’s in the next ep that posts this weekend. We discussed writing and creating interesting worlds/cultures.

By: Lo Pan

Lo Pan — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:28:50 +0000

J0e wins!

Off to make my retarded commute.

By: Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler)

Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:25:26 +0000

Sometimes you ride the short bus, sometimes you drive it. Either way, you’re all heading to the same place…

By: Johnny Null

Johnny Null — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:25:05 +0000

justa J0e: That was suitable for framing!

By: justa J0e

justa J0e — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:22:32 +0000

Just tuning in.

Re – much previous topic.

I think the problem with the word “retarded” came in when it started getting used in a derogatory fashion instead of compassionately.

The funny thing is, if you used it in compassionate terms but at an inapropriate time it would be just as effective.

Scenario – Your boss has finally bought a new $25,000 piece of equiment you’ve needed to do your job … but refused to buy the $1500 connector cable. He explains (smugly) that this is because he thought the company was trying to gouge him for it and he was going to show them he wasn’t that stupid.
Now the company has a $25000 paper weight and You still don’t have the equipment you need.
Response –
Derogatory: “YOU IGNORANT RETARD !!!!”
Compassionate: (gently patting the boss on the shoulder) “You poor mentally and developmentally retarded dear. Let me give you a hug.”

See how much better it would be! You’ve still insulted him without offending the clinically retarded guy in the next cubical.

By: Johnny Null

Johnny Null — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:14:32 +0000

Hope the wife is doing well (Can you tell I’m catching up on podcasts?).

By: Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler)

Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:09:11 +0000

Bob’s doing pretty good. He’ll be back the next time we record, so you should hear something with him about a week from Saturday.

By: Johnny Null

Johnny Null — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:08:06 +0000

Lejon: That’s more luxurious, but I bet it’s slower than:

http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/01/technology/richard_branson_underwater_plane/index.htm

By: Johnny Null

Johnny Null — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:06:31 +0000

Mrs. Lejon?!? It’s SPREADING!

For the love of god, how do you make it STOP?

Like the new intro theme.

Hope Bob’s well.

By: Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler)

Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:05:45 +0000

Realistically, a bad movie starring Robin Williams should have included this:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9981540-1.html

By: Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler)

Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:51:39 +0000

JØ: Oh, the concept bothers me. I can’t sleep at night… I’m not sure those are related, but they could be.

By: Vanamonde

Vanamonde — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:41:22 +0000

Interesting:

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/colson_02_10/

By: Jack Mangan

Jack Mangan — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:38:09 +0000

Hopefully not the chainsaw…………..

By: Johnny Null

Johnny Null — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:21:46 +0000

Lejon: If that’s not enough to worry you, the “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought” in addition to the above product will.

By: Johnny Null

Johnny Null — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:20:44 +0000

Lady J has a friend who is still INSANELY into New Kids on the Block. I think they’re called The Block now or something equally stupid. Yeah, we have fun with her. Kinda sad.

By: Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler)

Lejon (Some Guy from Chandler) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:19:22 +0000

I have a friend whose daughter (11 year old) collected everything Hello Kitty.

Then he found out about that “Personal Massager”.

Yeah, he’s hoping she stops collecting before she hears about it.