I like to think that Paul was being sarcastic funny.
I thought that the joke was very good - if not very politically correct.
Tim Murphy
-----Original Message-----
From:
Behalf Of Ian Northcott
Sent: Tuesday, 3 April 2007 9:45 AM
To: Tony Russell
Cc: Baus; Denise Goodfellow
Subject: A laugh needed!
I do think it was an unfortunate joke to post in this forum. Perhaps
Paul has heard a few too many "jokes" at the expense of
environmentalists to still find them amusing.
On 4/3/07, Tony Russell <> wrote:
> Get a life Paul.
> Tony.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Paul Jacobson
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 7:00 AM
> To: Denise Goodfellow
> Cc: Baus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] A laugh needed!
>
>
> Well it's a kind of joke but it's heavily laden with material
> intended to discredit the green movement - the reference to designer
> shorts for example - and following on from your vocal disapproval of
> a greens supporter commiting the heinous crime of using an American
> spelling on list - which happens to be closer to etymological origins
> of the word than the badly transliterated English spelling - comes
> across as a politcal attack. A token tawny frogmouth hardly makes
> this suitable material for birding-aus.
>
> Please cease and desist from posting this politcal, non-birding
> material to the list.
>
>
>
> On 03/04/2007, at 7:02 AM, Denise Goodfellow wrote:
>
> > I thought the joke below might make some of you smile. This is from a
>
> > (non-birding, non-greenie) friend.
> >
> > The head Greenie Tree Hugging Lady Activist, who was responsible
> > for getting
> > horses banned from National Parks & State Forests, was climbing a
> > big tree
> > to have a look out over the forestry when a Tawny Frogmouth
> > attacked her for
> > invading its nesting site.
> >
> > In a panic to make her escape, she slid down the tree, getting many
> > splinters in the crotch of her designer shorts.
> >
> > In considerable pain she rushed to the nearest doctor, told him she
> > was an
> > environmentalist and how she got all the splinters.
> >
> > The doctor listened with great patience and then told her to go
> > into the
> > examining room and he would see if he could help her. She waited
> > for three
> > hours before the doctor reappeared.
> >
> > The angry woman demanded: "What took you so long?"
> >
> > He smiled and then told her: "Well, I had to get permits from the
> > Environmental Protection Agency, the Forestry Service, National
> > Parks and
> > Wildlife Service, Rural Fire Service, and Conservation and Land
> > Management
> > before I could remove old growth timber from a recreational
> > area..... And I
> > am sorry but they turned me down."
> >
> >
> > Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
> > 1/7 Songlark Street
> > BAKEWELL NT 0832
> > Ph. 61 08 89 328306
> >
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