Now before we get any further, let’s take a brief moment and talk about what might happen as you peruse this stuff. We certainly hope you enjoy as much of it as possible. And of course, while some things may make you laugh, others may make you shrug with indifference. Fair enough. But there also may be some thing (or things) that actually offend you. This post is about that stuff.
For starters, we apologize. That’s not the reason we write comedy. We write stuff because it strikes us as funny. And we accept the fact that people – in fact, lots of people – won’t and don’t share our sense of humor. That’s perfectly normal.
The reality is that no matter what the subject, if you’re going to make fun of something or someone (a.k.a. ‘what comedians do’), you’re probably going to offend someone, somewhere. It’s a big world.
And needless to say, if a comedy writer were to simply avoid any topic that might offend someone, somewhere – there’d be virtually nothing left to write about.
Not only would that create the world’s blandest planet but it would also mean that Richard Pryor would never have been able to exist at all. Or George Carlin. Or Chris Rock. Or Jeff Dunham…wait, ummm…well, you get my point.
The only people that we ever consciously offend are people that, in our opinion, have done more than enough to earn it. Racists. Bigots. Mean and cruel douchebags. People like that. Those are the only kind of people we don’t feel bad about offending.
For everyone else, if we crossed your line – once more, we’re sincerely sorry. It wasn’t intentional. But it might happen again… -NL
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Hi Neil – You’re not funny. Just my opinion.
Cheers,
-Neil
Neil.
You’re quite funny. Never apologize for wit. I don’t know much about your twin—I haven’t assessed him, yet. But I shore ‘nuff will git-to-it.
(WTF’s going on with your Xwitter?)
My existential beef is with pervasive, willful human stupidity and widespread, drowsy incompetence. The kind of incompetence that paralyzes a Funny Man’s Xwitter account or, peradventure, leads some pinhead working for the state of California to send me a tax bill for $1,925.00, receive my payment promptly (after consultation with my accountant), cash the check, then send me a refund months ago for the same amount, declaring that an error was made on their part, allow me to deposit the check, and then send me a notice (yesterday, December 20, 2023) insisting that I owe $1,925.00 AGAIN.
My solution for such wanton dereliction? Lobotomize the willfully Stupid and cauterize the genitals of the terminally Incompetent so that they can feel “in harmony” with the way they actually present themselves to Earth. A win-win scenario. Rather zen, too.
Mine is not liable to be a popular strategy, however. It is not apt to be discussed with much enthusiasm around formica-topped tables occupied by unwashed bureaucrats, who feed vampirically upon stupidity in all its manifestations. Nevertheless, my campaign shall soldier onward, with discretion.
Now I shall meander and find your Ko-Fi thing so I can contribute to the health of Satire and Smartassery—art-forms of which I am enamored.
Seriously, keep up the fine work and beat the New Puritans at their own game.
Ciao, bellissimo!
Jonathan Kieran
How did you convince Mark to give you first billing on the website?
Easy. I just threatened to stab him in the stomach with a screwdriver. It works every time.
That and the fact that MarkandNeil.com had already been taken by two German guys.