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Manafort jury will continue deliberating only if served pheasant under glass for dinner (Original Post) Jersey Devil Aug 2018 OP
If it was me get the red out Aug 2018 #1
could we please stop with this type of post? What is the point spooky3 Aug 2018 #2
What? We can't laugh at DU? Jersey Devil Aug 2018 #3
It was not clear that you were making a joke vs spooky3 Aug 2018 #6
Understood. Sometimes a posting forum is not the best place Jersey Devil Aug 2018 #10
To laugh Renew Deal Aug 2018 #5
Denigrating people doing their civic duty? Making them seem demanding & elite. What is your agenda? TeamPooka Aug 2018 #4
People need to relax. It's a joke Renew Deal Aug 2018 #7
Or, make jokes funny. spooky3 Aug 2018 #9
Glad I'm not the only one who reacted this way. Nt spooky3 Aug 2018 #8
Wasn't denigrating anyone Jersey Devil Aug 2018 #11
actually I'm a former stand-up comic now working in Hollywood writing for TV and the movies. TeamPooka Aug 2018 #12
Huh? Jersey Devil Aug 2018 #13
bye forever TeamPooka Aug 2018 #14
Now I am going to cry Jersey Devil Aug 2018 #15

spooky3

(34,458 posts)
2. could we please stop with this type of post? What is the point
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 03:09 PM
Aug 2018

of it? Jury duty is a HUGE imposition; that’s why so many people try to get out of it. I’m sure you would trade free dinners and lunches for getting your life back after nearly 3 weeks.

Jersey Devil

(9,874 posts)
3. What? We can't laugh at DU?
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 03:11 PM
Aug 2018

If it weren't for laughter a lot of us would not have been able to keep our sanity over the past two years.

Lighten up. You'll feel better.

spooky3

(34,458 posts)
6. It was not clear that you were making a joke vs
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 03:19 PM
Aug 2018

Slagging the jury. There have been a number of posts at DU where people have expressed concern that the jury is taking too long, should be sequestered because they apparently cannot be trusted to follow the instructions not to research the case, etc.

That’s why I asked you what the point of your post was.

Jersey Devil

(9,874 posts)
10. Understood. Sometimes a posting forum is not the best place
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 03:21 PM
Aug 2018

for humor. I notice especially that sarcasm just does not work well under this format as well.

Jersey Devil

(9,874 posts)
11. Wasn't denigrating anyone
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 03:23 PM
Aug 2018

Personally, if I were on the jury I would settle for a ham sandwich.

Do you ever laugh? Are you at least ticklish?

TeamPooka

(24,229 posts)
12. actually I'm a former stand-up comic now working in Hollywood writing for TV and the movies.
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 03:49 PM
Aug 2018

I also teach seminars for other writers on how to write for and break into Hollywood.
I've sold two new TV series projects so far this summer, but I have worked here for 20 years now after 10 in the comic book world too.

So I know a failed attempt at humor like yours when I see one.

You told a bad joke that flopped.
Suck it up and delete it and no one will think about it again.

Or you can keep defending it, lash out with passive aggressive accusations like you did to me, and let members here never take you seriously again because they question your agenda here.

Jersey Devil

(9,874 posts)
13. Huh?
Tue Aug 21, 2018, 03:55 PM
Aug 2018

For a comedian you take yourself much too seriously.

Oh, I also guess by your silence that you definitely are not ticklish.

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