What Funny Comments Have You Read Around Newsvine Lately? Show Me the Funny

News Type: Other — Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:43 AM EDT

newsvine, funny

Scott (Scoop) Butki

First, Happy Easter everyone!

Second, we have many witty funny people here. I see comments sometimes that make me bust out laughing which confirms for people near me that I am ~~insane~~ weird. I wonder, what was their first clue?

Anyway, third,
this is a venue to share those funny comments.

Lauhal did something like this before I arrived here a year ago and I did something similar about six months ago. I'll post links to those after I get back from Easter service (do you think the kids will mind if I join in the egg hunt?)

Here's what you do:
Copy and paste a funny comment, provide some context and a link to the original article. Email the author of the comment to let them know what you did. If they don't want their comment shared I'll delete it at their request.

Now let's get started...

9 Votes
Enjoy this article? Help vote it up the 'Vine.

Published to:

Scott (Scoop) Butki's Column
Groups: Laughter Is The Best Medicine, Newsvine Community, Silly and Stupid
Regions: none

What's this?

Who's leading the conversation?

This visualization below allows you to see the impact that each user has on the current conversation. The top row contains the group of users who have had the most impact, the 2nd row the group of users who have had the 2nd most impact (et cetera). Users with similar impact are grouped together, and the average score of the group is shown to the left of the group. The author of the article is also shown on the left, in their corresponding group. Each user's score is based on the number of comments the user has made plus the number of votes their comments have received. The scores are calculated relative one another, so while their absolute value is not particularly important, their relative difference does indicate a larger difference in impact on the conversation.

{"commentId":1610865,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Scott (Scoop) Butki

Show me the funny!

Later I'll also set up a new Make Me Laugh topic since I think after some recent Newsvine craziness (first the prank than Cynthia Joyce and now Cliff Potter has apparently deleted his articles and then left) I think we can all use some laughs.

{"commentId":1610865,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"sbutki"}

3 votes

#1 - Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:44 AM EDT

{"commentId":1614180,"authorDomain":"divbyzero"}

Division by Zero

...and now Cliff Potter has apparently deleted his articles and then left...

Would that be Cliff Potter the attorney who contributed $1000 to the Hillary Clinton campaign then spent most of his 'Vine time bashing Obama instead of finding ways to praise Clinton? I wondered why the air smelled so crisp & clean after my exile in Fargo.

{"commentId":1614180,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"divbyzero"}

8 votes

#1.1 - Mon Mar 24, 2008 1:02 PM EDT

{"commentId":1614975,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}

Tedd Riggs

You were serious about Cliff...I thought you were just kidding.....whoa !

{"commentId":1614975,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}

5 votes

#1.2 - Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:07 PM EDT

{"commentId":1618228,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Scott (Scoop) Butki

Yes he is really gone. I'm not sure what the story is.

I do know that this chronology took place:
During the three days I was off newsvine and offline due to work I read about 40 stories I'd saved to Word. At least five were long articles by Cliff.
Upon getting back online Friday nite I posted a bunch of responses and questions I had for him, questioning the accuracy of some of his statements.

Incidentally, I think Cliff's a nice guy (his comments on non-political threads suggested that) but he just got over his head and I'm hoping the reason he left is because he finally listened to his wife telling him he was spending too much time on here, as opposed to some other reason.

Anyway I went Saturday morning to his articles to read his responses and those articles had been deleted. Then I went to a seed he still had up about Obama coming clean and I asked him why he was deleting his article. He subsequently deleted that seed.

Growing exasperated I posted a comment in one of his remaining articles asking why he was deleting his stuff and expressing my opinion that while it's not a COH violation to delete ones own articles I had some qualms about deleting articles with more than 500 responses because it was an affront to the concept of the idea of "you own your own words."

Within the next few hours he was gone completely.

Weird, huh?

{"commentId":1618228,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"sbutki"}

3 votes

#1.3 - Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:54 PM EDT

{"commentId":1618680,"authorDomain":"EPH289"}

EPH289

Great minds think alike?

{"commentId":1618680,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"EPH289"}

#1.4 - Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:50 PM EDT

{"commentId":1611340,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Scott (Scoop) Butki

Speaking of Easter, how has your easter been? I'll be publishing 3 possible new avatars for me- I'll let you vote to choose your favorite.

The Easter Bunny came to our church and amazingly knew everyone's names. Smart bunny!

I worked with the kids in hiding the easter eggs which they would then ask their parents to find (putting a twist on the idea) But the adults took too long so we ended up with one girl, for example, asking me, "If you know where I hid them will you show them to me now"

Another: "I'm going to hide this one some place I know my parents will find it because it's a big piece of candy in that one"

And: "Let's hide these in grandma's car. That way nobody else can find them."

Photos to came after I first do today's task:
My Chinese Buffet Easter Experiment

{"commentId":1611340,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"sbutki"}

1 vote

#2 - Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:27 PM EDT

{"commentId":1611914,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Scott (Scoop) Butki

Ok, so which of these photos above should be my new avatar?

{"commentId":1611914,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"sbutki"}

1 vote

#2.1 - Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:23 PM EDT

{"commentId":1629650,"authorDomain":"raatkiraani"}

Raat ki Raani

which of these photos above should be my new avatar

You want my honest answer, Sir? Well, you asked (for it).

None. Easter's been and gone. And even if you ignore that, just a few short weeks ago, bunnies were a bad joke (for some) and a huge laugh (for some) on Newsvine thanks to some ...ummmh... ~~pranksters~~ ~~drollhousers~~ ~~social commentators~~ ~~comedians~~ ~~old timers~~ people.

Use that camera phone to work some other magic, friend.

{"commentId":1629650,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"raatkiraani"}

6 votes

#2.2 - Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:51 AM EDT

{"commentId":1629727,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Scott (Scoop) Butki

Ah, well I was only going to use Easter bunny ears until the end of the weekend. I'd forgotten about the bunny association with the pranks. I'll put a new photo up on Monday.

Thanks for the answer.

{"commentId":1629727,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"sbutki"}

1 vote

#2.3 - Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:05 AM EDT

{"commentId":1629748,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Scott (Scoop) Butki

Actually let's do this - I just posted four other possible new avatars for me. Let me know which of these you like. And thanks again for being frank and honest.

{"commentId":1629748,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"sbutki"}

3 votes

#2.4 - Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:09 AM EDT

{"commentId":1629794,"authorDomain":"RebelGirl"}

RebelGirl

The last one gets my vote. Peace with your reflection.

{"commentId":1629794,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"RebelGirl"}

4 votes

#2.5 - Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:21 AM EDT

{"commentId":1629849,"authorDomain":"bigmomma"}

rottlady

I like the last one too...

{"commentId":1629849,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"bigmomma"}

3 votes

#2.6 - Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:31 AM EDT

{"commentId":1629899,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Scott (Scoop) Butki

That's a personal fave and one I've used in other communities. I shot that in Shepherdstown, W. Va. There was a Mid East peace conference nearby and a bunch of store owners put up those signs - which says peace in several languages - in response to it.

Thanks for the feedback.

All of those come from a site I participate in called the Mirror Project which consists simply of photos of people via mirrors. So it's not just me being vain.

singing:

"You're so vain I bet you think this photo is about you, don't you, don't you"

{"commentId":1629899,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"sbutki"}

#2.7 - Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:42 AM EDT

{"commentId":1612137,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Scott (Scoop) Butki

My first entry is from the Harvard discussion

I wrote

Wow, how'd we get a Harvard student here?

and Tedd replied:

My guess is that they yelled across the river and somebody from MIT came over and showed them how to use the Internet.....

comment 13.4

{"commentId":1612137,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"sbutki"}

6 votes

#3 - Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:42 PM EDT

{"commentId":1612853,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}

Tedd Riggs

Whoa ! I am honored, Thank you :-)

{"commentId":1612853,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}

2 votes

#3.1 - Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:31 AM EDT

{"commentId":1612882,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Scott (Scoop) Butki

Speech! Speech!

{"commentId":1612882,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"sbutki"}

1 vote

#3.2 - Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:45 AM EDT

{"commentId":1615381,"authorDomain":"kymlee"}

kymlee

This thread on Winsome's column is chalk full of funny stuff.
Here are a couple of the funniest:

Frank, I've revisited your avatar and must ask, why do you dye your eyebrows?

They look like two slugs racing across a sheeps back.

Oh this is a gem:

I've always been impressed by your ability to channel James Ellroy at will but your insults are penny dreadfuls. It could be said that you are a condom on the penis of comedy.

ROFLMAO!
Sometime later Walt killed it with a low blow:

Winsome has gone soft.

He's lost it.
Look for winsome soon making balloon animals at children's birthday parties and car dealership openings.

{"commentId":1615381,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"kymlee"}

5 votes

#4 - Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:43 PM EDT

{"commentId":1618231,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Scott (Scoop) Butki

Excellent. Headed over there now. Thanks, Kymlee

{"commentId":1618231,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"sbutki"}

2 votes

#4.1 - Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:55 PM EDT

{"commentId":1618537,"authorDomain":"kymlee"}

kymlee

Well Scott, don't expect to get insulted...LOL

Or maybe he insults selectively, so you might get lucky, ey?

{"commentId":1618537,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"kymlee"}

2 votes

#4.2 - Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:14 PM EDT

{"commentId":1618614,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Scott (Scoop) Butki

Ah, you noticed that he skipped me, did you? I figured that was ok.

{"commentId":1618614,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"sbutki"}

1 vote

#4.3 - Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:34 PM EDT

{"commentId":1629467,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Scott (Scoop) Butki

My submission today is Raat over here

08RonPaul08That newsguru fool said in his first line that "most people that are not a minority do not remember history"!!! That is a stereotype, ignorant and racist comment all on the first line.

How does he know who remembers history? did he take a poll? Did most white people not go to history class in his high school?

who cares about that useless magazine's cover anyway, waste of $$

This guy is an idiot race baiter! 2!#1.17 - Thu Mar 27, 2008 2:13 PM EDTRaat ki Raani

Is Ron Paul getting that desperate?

{"commentId":1629467,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"sbutki"}

2 votes

#5 - Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:10 AM EDT

{"commentId":1629668,"authorDomain":"raatkiraani"}

Raat ki Raani

Thanks mate. I drop plenty of these all over the place. Some good, some god-awful, some just very bad. Timing is everything with humour.

{"commentId":1629668,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"raatkiraani"}

2 votes

#5.1 - Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:54 AM EDT

{"commentId":1629828,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}

Scott (Scoop) Butki

Indeed it is and ideally I'd have responded to his comment and your response yesterday but Monday to Thursdays I'm only online from about 9 am to 2 pm and time passes fast.

{"commentId":1629828,"threadId":"238870","contentId":"1384917","authorDomain":"sbutki"}

1 vote

#5.2 - Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:27 AM EDT

{"canLink":false,"threadId":"238870","isPrivate":false}

SCOTT (SCOOP) BUTKI

Backyard

What Funny Comments Have You Read Around Newsvine Lately? Show Me the Funny

Published to:

FUN STUFF:

COMPANY STUFF:

LEGAL STUFF: