Reply #103: Nope ... doesn't mean anything of the sort. [View All]

[Pepperbelly]

Cliches should never be substituted for reasoned discourse. It cheapens the dialog. It also reminds me of the joke about the new convict in prison. They were eating chow and after he sat down and started eating, he heard a prisoner call out: "Number six."

All of the inmates burst out laughing. It weirded him out but he continued eating when another convict from across the room shouted, "Number seventeen." They also started laughing with one guy actually rolling on the floor.

Confused, the new inmate asked one of the others at his table, "What's up with that? Someone shouts a number and everybody breaks up?"

The other convict nodded. "Fair enough. We've all been locked up together so long that we've heard all of the jokes we all know so when they shout out a number, they're telling a joke."

"No shit," the new guy said. He decided to give it a try and shouted, "Number twelve."

Dead silence. Not a single chuckle. Red faced and embarrassed, he sat down. "What happened?" he asked the other convict.

"Some assholes just don't know how to tell a joke."