Klarinet Archive - Posting 000451.txt from 1999/08

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Brownies with a Difference (fwd)
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 04:58:09 -0400

What IS the point of this message, please???
Roger Shilcock
(And what is the point of this reply, somebody will ask...)

On Sun, 15 Aug 1999, Fred Jacobowitz wrote:

> Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 23:18:03 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Fred Jacobowitz <fredj@-----.edu>
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> To: jokes -- Abe Ezekowitz <the_abester@-----.com>,
> Adam Mahonske
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> Ruth/Harold Spalter <raspenguin@-----.com>,
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> Subject: [kl] Brownies with a Difference (fwd)
>
>
> Brownies with a Difference
>
> After the tragedy of "non-parenting" evidenced in Littleton,CO, many parents
> are working hard to explain to their children and teens why some video games,
> music, movies, books, and magazines are not acceptable material
>
> One parent came up with an original idea that was hard to refute.. He
> listened to all the reasons his children gave for wanting to see a particular
> PG-13 movie. It had their favorite actors. Everyone else was seeing
> it. Even church members said it was great. It was only rated PG-13 because
> of the suggestion of sex. They never really showed it. The
> language was pretty good. They only used the Lord's name in vain three times
> in the whole movie. The video effects were fabulous and the plot was
> action-packed. Yes, there was the scene where a building and a bunch of
> people got blown up, but the violence was just the normal stuff. It wasn't
> very bad.
>
> Even with all these explanations for the rating, the father wouldn't give in.
> He didn't even give them a satisfying explanation for saying, "No." He just
> said, "No."
>
> It was a little bit later that evening, that this same father asked his teens
> if they would like some brownies he had prepared. He explained that he had
> taken the families favorite recipe and added something new. They aasked what
> it was. He calmly replied that he had added a special ingredient -- "dog
> poop". He stated that it was only a little bit. All the ingredients were of
> gourmet quality. He had taken great care to bake it at the precise
> temperature for the exact time. He was sure the brownies would be superb.
>
> Even with all the explanations of the perfect attributes of the brownies, the
> teens would not take one.
>
> The father acted surprised. There was only one little element that would have
> caused them to act so stubbornly. He assured them that they would hardly
> notice it if at all. They all held firm and would not try the brownies.
>
> He then explained that the movie they wanted to see was just like the
> brownies. As with the brownies, "just a ittle bit" makes all the difference
> between a great brownie and a totally unacceptable product. He explained
> that even though the movie people would have us believe many of the movies
> which are coming out are acceptable for both adults and teens to see, they
> are not.
>
> Now when this father's teens want to do something or see something they
> should not, the father merely asks them if they would like some of his
> special brownies . . . and they never ask about that activity again.
>
>
>
>
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