Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Good Clean COHO Jokes

[Karen Scheer (karen]

How about...
Why did the fly become a community member?
Because she heard she was a Common House Fly!!



On 8/31/13 6:16 PM, Rick Gravrok wrote:
> I heard a story about a little girl who heard some adult talking about a
> common house fly. She asked: "how does a fly know that it's in the common
> house?" or something like that.
>
> Rick, from Monterey Cohousing of St. Louis Park (Minneapolis) Minnesota.
>
> here's a cute, but non-cohousong joke:  What do you call a lazy, baby
> kangaroo?
>
>
> a pouch potato      :-)
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Sharon Villines <sharon [at] 
> sharonvillines.com
> > wrote:
> >
> > On Aug 31, 2013, at 12:15 PM, Karen Scheer <karen [at] monkeyhouse.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Looking for some comic relief...does anyone have some good cohousing
> > > jokes they will share?  I was thinking there have got to be some good
> > > light bulb jokes out there along the lines of:
> > An example from our neighborhood list that probably works just as well for
> > cohousing -- of why we are still talking. Like a team meeting with too many
> > people
> >
> > How many email list members does it take to change a lightbulb?
> >
> > * One to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been
> > changed.
> > * Fourteen to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how
> > the light bulb could have been changed differently.
> > * Seven to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.
> > * Seven more to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing
> > light bulbs.
> > * Three to correct spelling/grammar errors.
> > * Six to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb".
> > * Another six to condemn those six as stupid.
> > * Fifteen to claim experience in the lighting industry and give the
> > correct spelling.
> > * Nineteen to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please
> > take this discussion to a lightbulb (or light bulb) forum.
> > * Eleven to defend the posting to the list saying that we all use light
> > bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this list.
> > * Thirty-six to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior,
> > where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for
> > this technique and what brands are faulty.
> > * Seven to post URLs where one can see examples of different light bulbs.
> > * Four to post that the URLs were posted incorrectly and then post the
> > corrected URL.
> > * Three to post about links they found from the URLs that are relevant to
> > this list that makes light bulbs relevant to this list.
> > * Thirteen to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety
> > including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too".
> > * Five to post to the list that they will no longer post because they
> > cannot handle the light bulb controversy.
> > * Four to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"
> > * Thirteen to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting
> > questions about light bulbs."
> > * Three to tell a funny story about their cat and a light bulb.
> > AND
> > * One list lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now with
> > something unrelated and start it all over again.
> >
> > Sharon
> > ----
> > Sharon Villines
> > Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
> > http://www.takomavillage.org
> >
> >
> >
> >
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