>> Rules, Regulations, & Guidelines for Fidonet's FUNNY Jokes and Stories
>> echo
> I knew there was a catch to it...but now, you've got us hook, line, and
> sinker, fishing for content. 

How so?

>> Note all are labeled #1 as they're all important --
> Better than classed as #2. :P

Not sure, at least #2 will help the corn grow! (like begets like?)

>> #1: don't be a jackass; you're a guest in other people's home.
> Oh, Pooh, Eeyore are so stubborn. Maybe Christopher has been Robin the
> content in Sherwood Forest.

Don't even talk to me about Christopher & his fellow drug addicts in the  Hundred Acre Wood.

>> #1: grammar & punctuation is probably important -- mis-use opens
>> yourself up to funny or punny ridicule.
> PMS jokes aren't funny...period.

Of course they are-- but only if there's a harshly PMSing female in reading  distance!& only to usm, bot to her, I'm sure. . .

>> #1: This echo is rated PG-16; i.e. content should not be overly
>> shocking to the average 16 year old (boy or girl); no porn -- that's
>> elsewhere in cyberspace
> They're hearing the stuff all the way down into kindergarten. And, as
> we talked in another post awhile back, even the toddlers are getting
> overly nasty to their parents (one said "[screw] you, Mommy"). If I had
> talked like that to my parents, I wouldn't be here.

True enough, but I had to draw the line somewhere &this was fair, I thought --  not infringing on too much creativity & variance in type of humour preferred.  ..

>> #1: NO auto-posting (bots); this echo is for humans; if you can fully
>> understand these  rules, you are likely human.
> But, what if you're human and don't understand them?? It's as bad as
> the warning on a coffee cup noting "Contents Are Hot".

Up here the cups say, "You're in Canada now;we know that coffee is hot, so we  don't need any warning."

>> #1: the mods are not responsible for any damage to your connection
>> devices (including modems & computer & monitor) perpetrated by a
>> moderator's use of the Freister Device (detects your personal(not BBS,
>> not your fido upline) source  system & sends proprietary signals to
>> cause your disks, CPU, mainboard, & modem to die ("fry" from Freister,
>> the inventor, & my friend)
> Is it patented??

Of course not-- patenting requires one to submit the specs & a prototype, which anyone can then look up & copy or analyze to find a way to block its effects -- this is not the plan.

>> #1 Swearing should be kept to a minimum -- & only as befits the
>> joke/thread -- we're adults here & should act & talk like it.  If
>> you're mixing them in  randomly like salt & pepper, you're too young to
>> be in here.
> I'm sure the kids are hearing the stuff in elementary school and earlier...
> never mind "playing doctor", doing their own "exploratory surgery"...and
> that's the naked truth.

Yup, I don't have any say on what they say or do elsewhere, but in here, I  expect people to act semi-maturely, so as to not detract from any actual funny  content going in. . .

>> #1: We only roast the ones we love
> Some of those celebrity roasts from years ago (you can find them on
> YouTube) were a scream. But, if you are what you eat, what if your
> favorite food is rump roast??

I have the full set of Comedy Central Roasts, I think. . . funny stuff!

I miss Greg Giraldo on those -- he was good!

Can't put those in here - they're pretty brutal at times, in their cruel  assaults on celebrities (even Trump took the Hot Seat for one!)

My fave, I think, was for Pamela Anderson (not Palmela Handerson, whom most  teen boys are acquainted with)

>> #1: The End (or is it?)
> The bottom line is the vertical crack in your butt.

Who told you about my butt?

Mine is output only, a No Nose Zone,. if you will. . .

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