OK, I admit it. It's lightweight. It's fluff. I don't expect it to be on top of the rec list. It's not intended to be taken seriously.
But. I don't know about you guys, but I am betting everyone here spends a lot of time focusing on the nuts and bolts of politics, and a certain amount of outrage, as if you're not outraged. you haven't been paying attention.
I've been a Democrat ever since I was a Green -- decided to go with the Big Tent, as it turned out most of the time I was voting for Dems. (At the time I lived in CA and had to register a party for primary purposes.) After moving to MN I became a DFLer, participated more than just voting. Managed to become a Delegate to the local and state conventions one year, waaay cool experience. For the last 5 years I've lived, breathed, and bled politics.
Every now and then, it's nice to take a short break, put your feet up, and shoot the breeze with people who you know won't try to tell you you're some kind of commie, or that Obama won't salute the flag, or whatever.
So, and the point of this diary, is I want to tell you my favorite joke, and invite you to tell me yours. If it's not original, I's like to know the source. If it is original, I congratulate you on your humorist skills, they are needed now more than they have been in years. (I've only written 4 or 5 jokes in my life and frankly they amuse me more than anybody else. For example -- Why was the blacksmith arrested? Forgery.)
In my case, this joke is by one of my favorites, Roy Bount Jr., and I heard him tell it on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me several years ago.
Fella hears a knock on his door. He goes to the door and no one is there. He closes the door and sits down. A moment later, there's another knock. He opens the door again, looks around, sees no one. Withing minutes, another knock. He looks around again, nobody there. Looking down he notices there's a snail on the welcome mat. He picks the snail up and throws it as hard as he can out into the bushes.
Three years later, fella hears a knock on his door. He answers it and there's a snail on the welcome mat. Snail looks up at hin and says, "Now what the hell was THAT all about?"