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Tuesday Morning Ramblings – Thankful #8

I’m thankful for my sense of humor.  Being able to find the humor in difficult situations has seen me through some rough times.  Being able to laugh at myself and recognize the many follies of my own life have provided me a measure of humility that keeps me grounded.  I’m a foolish, silly man, and that’s good to know.

I can make people laugh quite often and use this in the classroom just about every class meeting.  It relaxes students and gets their attention.  The humorous blog entries that I’ve written are some of the most popular ones in “The Ramblings” history, and I often get more feedback on those than any others.  The people who have gotten the subtle jokes in my novels have expressed to me that those jokes made them literally laugh out loud.  While my sense of humor might be a little odd to some, most of my friends and readers appreciate it, and for that, I am grateful.

I enjoy making people smile and laugh.  It lightens the day and eases some of the difficulties of life.  I’m thankful for the ability to spread a little humor and joy in this world.  It’s gratifying to see the humor in life’s many absurdities and in my own foolishness as a person.

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Tolerance Ramblings

After Pastor Jim Swilley came out of the closet in front of his congregation in Georgia, I received a phone call from Hal Golightly, a fashion designer in New York City and a regular on Bravo’s “Real Gay Fashion Designers Catfights.”  It seems that Pastor Swilley has inspired Hal to come forward with a confession of his own.  Since the Jew-run, liberal media won’t cover these kinds of stories, I agreed to meet him at an undisclosed location for a covert interview.

“The truth is” Hal began, his real dialect nothing like his on-screen persona. “I’m not really gay.  I just pretend to be gay to fit in with the fashion industry.”

Shocked at such a bold admission, I sat silently, unsure of my next question.

“I’m tired of living a lie.  People expect fashion designers to be gay and act like drama queens and watch Sex and the City reruns, but I’m straight.”  Tears began streaming down his face, and he looked as if a heavy weight had been lifted from his shoulders.  “My real name is Billy Joe McOnetooth, and I’m first cousins with Cletus.  That’s why I came to you.  I want people to know that fashion designers and choreographers and professional soccer players don’t have to be gay.  Straight men can perform in these jobs just as well as gay men.  In fact, some of the best in each profession are secretly heterosexual.”

Shocked and dismayed by this outlandish claim, I asked him to give specific examples, but he politely refused, except for Richard Simmons.  He was adamant that Simmons is secretly a heterosexual man with a fetish for Japanese women.  We concluded our interview, and I set out for Ellis Chapel, Arkansas to meet with Cletus and discuss his cousin’s situation.

“You mean to tell me that Billy Joe ain’t a queer folk?” Cletus said, scratching his head.

I explained as well as I could that it was all an act to fit in at soirees and on TV.

“Well, what about the time me and him was down by the creek experimenting with our sexuality?  Don’t that count for queeredness?”

“I was never down by any creek with my cousin, Cletus,”  Hal responded via voicemail.  “He’s mixed me up with someone else.”

“That weren’t Billy Joe I was having anal sex with?  Well, then, who the hell was it?” Cletus asked, a fearful expression on his brow.  “I mean having sex with your gay cousin is one thing, but a stranger?  Folks around here don’t cotton with that.  Looky here, I gotta get down to the Tea Party meeting.  We gotta help them big corporations get back to wiping out the middle class so that my children and grand-children can be safe from them socialists.  I don’t have time to sit around here talking about them queer folks.”

With that, Cletus ran out of the room, leaving me to ponder whether or not Richard Simmons really leads a double life.

This blog is dedicated to the GOP, the TEA Party, and other homophobes everywhere.

Political Correctness Ramblings

Now that Juan Williams has been fired, I had the opportunity to apply for the host position on “Talk of the Nation.”  Having long been a fan of the program, I was excited about the chance to take over the helm and use my talents for this prestigious show.  The following is a transcript of my interview:

D. A. Adams:  Thank you for the opportunity to interview for this position.  I believe I’m the right person for the job.

Averly Sensitive:  By person, are you implying only humans are qualified for this position?

DA: Um, yes?

Ima DeBaller:  So you discriminate against other species?

DA: Well, I thought the ability to speak English would be a prerequisite for a national radio host.

Averly:  Hmmph, so you don’t like other nationalities, either?

DA: Um, what?

Ima: You closed-minded white male bigots are all the same.

DA:  I’m a little confused.  Can we start over?

Averly:  We at NPR pride ourselves on our open-mindedness and commitment to free speech.  You clearly are not objective enough to work here.

DA:  Look, I believe all people deserve respect and dignity, regardless of race, religion, social class, gender, whatever.

Ima:  So you are against the elderly.

DA: What?

Ima: You didn’t include the elderly in your little rant.  Obviously, you must be an ageist.

DA:   (Due to the sensitive nature of this blog, Mr. Adams’s Irish-tempered outburst has been omitted to protect innocent eyes.)

Averly:  (Sobbing)  I’ve never been called those words before.

Ima:  Look what you’ve done!  You brute.

DA:  (Content removed.)

Obviously, I didn’t get the job, and NPR will have to continue their search for someone who is open-minded, sensitive, and domesticated enough not to offend any culture or sub-culture by saying something that can be misconstrued out of context as offensive.  In this manner, free speech and liberty shall be preserved ad infinitum.

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