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Old 21st August 2008   #1
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Going straight...

Ha!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/7572248.stm

Never trust a bald hairdresser...
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Old 21st August 2008   #2
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well, he's not really going straight, is he.. he's going to prison. if it was a story about him getting out of prison and vowing to turn over a new leaf, then your thread title would be apt and therefore amusing.
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Old 21st August 2008   #3
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Nowhere near as good as Porridge but not a bad effort... I can even remember the words to the theme tune...
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Old 21st August 2008   #4
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there weren't any words

there was a voiceover ' NORMAN STANLEY FLETCHER...' etc
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Old 21st August 2008   #5
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There were on Going Straight... The post-Beckinsale follow-up... Next!
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Old 21st August 2008   #6
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well, he's not really going straight, is he.. he's going to prison. if it was a story about him getting out of prison and vowing to turn over a new leaf, then your thread title would be apt and therefore amusing.
*sigh*
The ellipsis in the title was a substitute for the words 'to prison' and also a play on the fact that his incarceration might well cause him to reflect on the poor life-choices he has made and that hopefully he will learn the error of his ways.

Thanks for the comedic tip though - it's been great...
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Old 21st August 2008   #7
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@ Joe - ah, i see. i bow to your knowledge of 70s prison spin-off sitcoms.
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Old 21st August 2008   #8
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*sigh*
The ellipsis in the title was a substitute for the words 'to prison' and also a play on the fact that his incarceration might well cause him to reflect on the poor life-choices he has made and that hopefully he will learn the error of his ways.

Thanks for the comedic tip though - it's been great...

well, i feel that the critique has made you stronger
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Old 21st August 2008   #9
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well, i feel that the critique has made you stronger
Seriously, it has.. :-)
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Old 21st August 2008   #10
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I thought the "straight" bit was also about the hair tongs - straightening the hair of punters, no?

Myriad possibilities, myriad.
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Old 21st August 2008   #11
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i have a cunning plan!
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Old 21st August 2008   #12
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It is also amusing that the crim is a baldy-man...
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Old 21st August 2008   #13
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I thought the "straight" bit was also about the hair tongs - straightening the hair of punters, no?

Myriad possibilities, myriad.
Of course, that was a given. I didn't think anyone would need that bit explaining to them.
Oh.
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Old 21st August 2008   #14
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I thought the "straight" bit was also about the hair tongs - straightening the hair of punters, no?

Myriad possibilities, myriad.
yes, of course it was..

but i felt, personally, that the phrase 'going straight' usually refers to a an ex-con turning over a new leaf. i thought that this was the play on words attempted, in juxtaposition with the hair-straightening refernce.
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Old 21st August 2008   #15
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Morning folks. Welcome to Comedy 101. This may take a while.
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Old 21st August 2008   #16
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that'll teach you.
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Old 21st August 2008   #17
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arf!
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Old 21st August 2008   #18
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I likes it when the man steps on a rake and it are go whap into 'is noggin I do.
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Old 21st August 2008   #19
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.


E B White
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Old 21st August 2008   #20
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Everytime you analyze a joke a frog dies?

Well ain't that just a pisser.
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Old 21st August 2008   #21
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.


E B White
Huh, well Stuart Little wasn't exactly a side-splitter was it?
So while I take on board the validity of his observation, he can still shove his Pulitzer Prize up his arse, the smarmy dead yank...
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Old 21st August 2008   #22
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yes, of course it was..

but i felt, personally, that the phrase 'going straight' usually refers to a an ex-con turning over a new leaf. i thought that this was the play on words attempted, in juxtaposition with the hair-straightening refernce.
it could, of course, also be a reference to the fact that, once in prison, he will be assessed for potential botty action by fellow inmates and, at that point, may be anything but straight. This stereotype of inmate sexual solutions then goes hand in hand with - and works against - the stereotype of the effete hairdresser.

really - quite marvellously comedic, this word.
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Old 21st August 2008   #23
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that's true, i forgot abotu the botty sex angle, glad to see you're keeping vigilant
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Old 21st August 2008   #24
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what did the bald man say when he got a comb for Christmas?

"I'll never part with this gift".
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Old 21st August 2008   #25
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this thread is proof that we, collectively, will talk and argue about absolutely anything.
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Old 21st August 2008   #26
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Is it fuck! ;-)
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Old 21st August 2008   #27
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this thread is proof that we, collectively, will talk and argue about absolutely anything.
No it isn't.
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Old 21st August 2008   #28
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this thread is proof that we, collectively, will talk and argue about absolutely nothing.
Fixed
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Old 21st August 2008   #29
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or pretend to..
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Old 21st August 2008   #30
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Nowhere near as good as Porridge but not a bad effort... I can even remember the words to the theme tune...
Lie. Almost as bad as Clarence
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Old 21st August 2008   #31
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^Fuck me^ Had to happen. Nathan Barley's joined the forum...
*LFGSS jumps the shark*
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Old 21st August 2008   #32
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^Fuck me^ Had to happen. Nathan Barley's joined the forum...
*LFGSS jumps the shark*
Yeah, well plastic.
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Old 21st August 2008   #33
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Totally Mexican...
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Old 21st August 2008   #34
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keep it futile
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Old 21st August 2008   #35
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keep it futile
How apposite for this thread...