If a tree falls at Gallaudet University, does it make a sound?
This is potentially a gold mine of tasteless humor. I wish I had time to explore it thoroughly. Please feel free to fill in for me.
Posted by Ken S at October 23, 2006 12:04 PM | TrackBack (0) |If a man speaks and no woman is there to hear it, is he still wrong?
Posted by: Julie at October 23, 2006 12:16 PMThat's what they keep telling me...
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at October 23, 2006 12:18 PMROTFL! That's beyond tasteless!
Posted by: rightwingprof at October 23, 2006 12:40 PMWe could start with the Helen Keller jokes....
How do HK's parents punish her?
Have her read the waffle iron...
:-P
Posted by: Julie at October 23, 2006 01:10 PMI'm glad someone has opened the door. Now I feel less bad about the few snarky comments I let slip through.
Posted by: Bitter at October 23, 2006 03:52 PMI can't quite blame you, Bitter, seeing the motives behind the deafening silence.
Oh - and what is Helen Keller's favorite color? Courduroy.
Posted by: Nightfly at October 23, 2006 03:58 PMOh, tasteless is my middle name. But I thought HK's parents punished her by rearranging the furniture?
Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at October 23, 2006 04:20 PMOr by making her read stucco.
Posted by: Julie at October 23, 2006 04:50 PMHer supporters -- including Jordan and board Chairman Brenda Jo Brueggemann -- have said that Fernandes was the most qualified candidate, that the search process was fair and that she deserves a chance to prove herself.
Apparently the protesters are two for three on being deaf, dumb, and blind.
This is an undiluted example of the identity-politics of Holy(wood) victimhood, not unlike the weeper, Children of a Lesser God...
Posted by: DirtCrashr at October 24, 2006 10:14 AM