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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 06-05-2001, 10:59 PM:
This one is starting to get more and more obvious, but am interested in hearing feedback from the members.Who is for/against creating a separate forum dedicated to Bob Maar and jokes in general? The jokes could be posted in separate threads organizing them. This would allow the search feature to find specific jokes that you remember reading, but don't know on what page of the Joke-Yak thread they were on. All "blonde" jokes could go on one thread, all "dirty" jokes could go on another, etc, etc, etc.
Thoughts, opinions? Recommendations for a forum title?
Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 06-06-2001, 12:49 AM:
That would be cool. You could call it the Bob Maar joke vault.
Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-06-2001, 01:29 AM:
But then we'll never get to see the current Joke-Yak thread exceed 100 pages! That's the only thing that keeps me going!
Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 06-06-2001, 07:29 AM:
A separate "Joke-Yak" Forum area would be a good idea. The jokes should be organized by topic, so those who might be offended by certain topics or language could be forewarned. I do worry that the "raunchy" and "gutter-talk" nature of some of the material may offend and drive off some participants 
. IMHO, truly offensive or mean-spirited postings should be discouraged.------------------
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Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 06-06-2001, 08:49 AM:
I do not disagree with the thought of a separate thread. Many times I wonder if I have all ready posted certain jokes that are sent to my attention. Even though I do not believe in censorship some jokes I have read, I will not post a joke or antidote that in my opinion contains vile wording and language. It takes a lot to offend me but when I am offended I delete it.I certainly enjoy a good laugh and I always try to maintain a sense of humor. I would like to see a lot more participation on behalf of the members and the lurkers who tune into film-tech. Since the lurkers can not post they could e-mail jokes or stories to me.
Below are some suggested catagories:
Category: Business & Work
Computers, Education, Engineers, Government, Law Enforcement/Military Lawyers, Medical , Science, Other
Entertainment
Celebrities, Fictional Characters, Movies, Television, Music
Politicians , Sports Figures, Sci-fi / Fantasy, Other
Ethnic (U.S.)
Asians, Blacks, Blondes, Gays & Lesbians Latinos Seniors Rednecks Other
International
African American Asian Australian Canadian European Irish / British
Latin American Middle Eastern Other
Insults
Yo Mama Other
News
Current Events, Dumb Criminals News of the Weird Politics Quotes Other
Religion
Buddhists / Monks Catholics Christians Jews Muslims Other
Riddles & Puns
Knock-Knock Light Bulbs Poems Puns Tongue Twisters Riddles Other
Sex & Gender
Body & Health Gays & Lesbians Gender Relationships Sex Other
Misc.
Animals Bar & Drinking Holidays Travel / Vacation Sports Other
PS to 
I was going to stop at the completion of 100. 
Posted by Rick McCluney (Member # 642) on 06-06-2001, 10:45 AM:
Sounds like a good idea to me. The current Joke-Yak is to large for a single thread. Joe, I love the new "Andrew McCrea" picture you have posted.Rick
Posted by Evans A Criswell (Member # 381) on 06-06-2001, 10:47 AM:
Since Bob is the primary contributor, I'd say go with his categories. It would be nice if you could take the existing jokes and separate them into the categories. Since I do not know how the postings are stored, or what features the software has to accomplish such a thing, I don't know if it's feasible.I found out the hard way that the search feature does not give the page that a result is on, just the topic. I tried to find the "Things a Southerner would never say" posting a couple of weeks ago and it returned "Joke-Yak". Duh. It took about 20 minutes to find.
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Evans A Criswell
Huntsville-Decatur Movie Theatre Info Site
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 06-06-2001, 12:41 PM:
The posted jokes could also be rated the same way the films are rated. Since I worked on the Cara Committee back in the late sixties and early seventies I can use these guidelines for G - PG - PG-13 - R and the ever-present X ( 0r XXX which equal NR )Let me know.
Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 06-06-2001, 12:56 PM:
Evans, the site search feature should give you a direct link to that page if you type in a keyword that was used in that joke. The forum's search won't split things up to a specific page.
Posted by Evans A Criswell (Member # 381) on 06-06-2001, 01:34 PM:
Brad, thanks for the tip. This tip is so important that I think everyone should know about it. Using the "search" feature that appears at the bottom of the page takes you to a different "search" feature than the one near the "new topic" and "post reply" buttons in the forums. Evidentally, the one at the bottom of the page is global and searches the entire site and will give links to specific pages of threads. Knowing this would have possibly saved me time on several occasions.
Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 06-06-2001, 02:35 PM:
I wanna see em all on CD or in a book. If on a CD they could be told by Bob and there could even be a cassette version of the book as well. These would sell like hotcakes at next years Showorst, and at the truckstops around Vegas. Who knows, Bob Marr might even make the Letterman show once his true talent is revealed and discovered. Take it away Bob.....
Mark @ GTS
Posted by Mike Blakesley (Member # 26) on 06-06-2001, 04:23 PM:
Possible title: Bob Maar's Joke Reel (just to keep something movie-related in there!)
Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 06-06-2001, 04:46 PM:
I been thinking about that idea for a while, now. It's a good idea. Especially the part about putting them into threads.I'm all for it!
Posted by Jerry Chase (Member # 660) on 06-06-2001, 06:16 PM:
I'm just waiting for Bob's movie to come out.
I hear the tile will be "Something Maarvelous!"
Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-06-2001, 06:24 PM:
Bob Maar should also be the only person allowed to post. Anyone else who thinks they are funny and tries to post should immediately lose their Film-Tech membership and be kicked off of the forum.
Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 06-06-2001, 06:57 PM:
He should be the moderator of it
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 06-06-2001, 08:26 PM:
I have news for everyone. There is no way I could handle this alone. To tell the truth as soon as I tell a joke I don't remember it anymore. I want total participation of all members. If every member were to post one joke every day and we have about 750 members, well that is 750 per day times seven or 5250 jokes per week. Oh! What a book we could write.
I appreciate 's faith in me because he "nose" what he is talking about.
Why don't we take it to 100 pages and then split into a deversified thread. I was talking to Paul Thompson on line when we were at 29 pages and I told him I was going to go to 50 and stop. However something is driving me to the century mark, Like I want to see it happen.It is what l live for.
And...Jerry with comments like that I may have to "chase" you into the bar for a "chaser."
P.S. I am back on Maartini's and off 
Posted by Joe Schmidt (Member # 822) on 06-07-2001, 02:01 AM:
I had thought a book would be a good idea, and had started with dumping the first 2-3 pages into word files, then editing and proofing, etc. to be printable without Ph.D. types thinking we are all idiots.But due to limited time that was all I'd got done so far. Perhaps I can push myself to do a page a week. It has to be in a somewhat powerful word processor first if we are to get to the point of typesetting and then a complete book.
Without question Bab Maar is a treasure. Just take it easy on the martinis, Bob!
Posted by James R. Hammonds, Jr (Member # 673) on 06-07-2001, 02:20 AM:
I like the idea of splitting the joke threads into categories, but I dont know if the offensive category would go over well.
At least it didnt when I tried it 
Posted by Evans A Criswell (Member # 381) on 06-07-2001, 09:26 AM:
It should be relatively easy (with a Perl program or something, depending on how text for the actual posts are stored on the film-tech machines) to take all of the jokes and put them into some kind of continuous, printable file format. The script could also generate an index based on keywords.------------------
Evans A Criswell
Huntsville-Decatur Movie Theatre Info Site
Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 06-07-2001, 05:12 PM:
Bob could make it his retirement project to catalogue and cross index it
bring on the martini's
Posted by Bob Maar (Member # 763) on 06-07-2001, 07:38 PM:
My God, Gordon. I do like the way you think.
Posted by John Wilson (Member # 269) on 06-08-2001, 03:55 AM:
In February I wrote after this thing had survived about 5 pages of fantastic jokes...>>Surely this topic deserves its own forum now...eh?<<
I ain't changed my mind...
I like 'Joke-Yak' myself...