"TomKan" wrote in message
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Ah for Christ's sakes. It was a joke! I've had cats! I love cats. Yeah,
the guy that said the only good cat is a dead cat is an asshole. But
don't take everything so seriously! I guess I should Google up all the
annual "cats in my garden posts" to see if any of you have replied that
cat's have the right to spread their Kibble and shit"* anywhere they
want to.

*Just joking!!

it seems that everyone nowdays is so uptight, literal and politically
correct and so condesending about humor that its impossible to even share a
smile. They forget about the "sick" humor of Mad magazine. I just watched
the 30th anniversary of Blazing Saddles and despite that it's still
hilarious, and it broke grounds with the humor of it, I know that now, 30
years later, there would be some outraged people who wouldn't think the
ethnic jokes were funny in the least. Or that Mongo slugging the horse was
humorous at all. And the sad thing is, the racial humor was written by
Richard Pryor back then in 1974. If we get to be so serious we can't take a
joke, we're not going to last much longer. We are the only species that
laughs..........and I'm not talking about being mean, I'm talking about
being able to laugh at yourself and whomever you represent......and get past
it.

The Texas joke was a joke. Meant to be looked at humorously. Just because
one person took the cat exploding in the car and responded in the way he did
doesn't mean he even meant it. He's trying to get the responses from those
who would be outraged.

I'm sure Tom never intended on getting flamed by a simple joke that ran
seven years ago.......................(I remember that joke vividly, I
laughed myself almost wet and it's still good)

Anyone thinking that Tom posted that joke to upset people regarding the cat
part is just too literal and sensitive about this. Yes, I know animals
suffer every day at the hands of idiots. I also know there are too many rats
in the maze on this planet at the moment and know Mom Nature will eliminate
the excess in anyway she can like she has always done in millions of years
past.

It doesn't keep me awake at night. It's just part of life.

When did everyone get so serious and judgemental?

At least Sue and Junkyard cat liked it and saw it as a joke...............(I
keep hearing Foghorn Leghorn saying to Chicken Hawk, "It's a JOKE
son!!!!!!!!!!)