Thanks, Knut,
Yeah, I'd noted that (the sentence you quoted below)---plus it's not that
tuff to recognize bogus news writing.
I'm also thinking that rather than "dis" San Diegans or blondes or any other
group (even subbing Einstein for the Biscuit Person is a "dis" of many other
sorts!), just let the story travel like lightbulb jokes through endless
permutations, thus offending EVERYONE and therefore NO ONE. An important
difference is that the lightbulb joke context can be creatively manipulated
to fit different groups (which is why it's successful and eternal), whereas
the Biscuit joke has only one dimension.
And, on the only note worth asking:
Have you finished the Bradley book? Shall I begin knitting for the
liddlie?!
Best to you and your loved ones, blondes all !
Judy
P.S. Where's your brain-spilling snapshot? Did I miss it? Was it your
message below? ;-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Knut Mork Skagen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 3:19 AM
Subject: Re: [POETRYETC] My former home
>> 2. This isn't a joke, it's a news story.
>
> The article, however, is neither, but an urban legend, quite possibly
> originating as a joke:
>
> http://www.snopes.com/crime/safety/biscuit.htm
>
> And as the web site astutely observes (Judy will be pleased by this):
> "This legend popped up again on the Internet in early 1999 as a true 'dumb
> blonde' story, attributed to the Associated Press."
>
> I propose we petition to said website asking them to change this text to
> "...early 1999 as a true 'dumb San Diego story'", thus avoiding much
> further grief on this and similarly sensitive mailing lists.
>
> Anyway, we should all be busy writing snapshots, which surely is the
> poetic equivalent of spilling brains.
>
> Yours,
> A blonde in the land of blondes,
>
> --Knut
>
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