Comments on: YHBT – You Had To Be There http://usinghumor.com/2008/12/yhbt-you-had-to-be-there/ Strategy, Tactics and Instruction Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:33:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: chris http://usinghumor.com/2008/12/yhbt-you-had-to-be-there/comment-page-1/#comment-193 chris Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:31:26 +0000 http://usinghumor.com/?p=331#comment-193 @ dan i'm a bit young to have ever seen kaufman in action. i vaguely know him form his stint in jerry lawler's wrestling territories. i will check him out. great way to drive home the point that you had to be there humour isn't often funny btw (= @ rooster sorry if i made ya feel like you started a "thing." completely my fault as my brain has little regard for topics or anything of the sort. there's ads all over the nyc subway that say "if you see something say something" i've pretty much lived by that my entire life. if i were a senator, they'd call me king of the filibuster. i tend to ramble along without realizing it as i am now. i'll stop. thanks for further explaining. though my site is 3 years old i'm sort of new to blogging and don't wanna bug anyone without realizing it. (it's more fun to do it on purpose) @ dan i’m a bit young to have ever seen kaufman in action. i vaguely know him form his stint in jerry lawler’s wrestling territories. i will check him out.

great way to drive home the point that you had to be there humour isn’t often funny btw (=

@ rooster sorry if i made ya feel like you started a “thing.” completely my fault as my brain has little regard for topics or anything of the sort. there’s ads all over the nyc subway that say “if you see something say something” i’ve pretty much lived by that my entire life. if i were a senator, they’d call me king of the filibuster. i tend to ramble along without realizing it as i am now. i’ll stop.

thanks for further explaining. though my site is 3 years old i’m sort of new to blogging and don’t wanna bug anyone without realizing it. (it’s more fun to do it on purpose)

]]> By: DanBrantley http://usinghumor.com/2008/12/yhbt-you-had-to-be-there/comment-page-1/#comment-192 DanBrantley Wed, 10 Dec 2008 04:25:42 +0000 http://usinghumor.com/?p=331#comment-192 Go figure. Yeah, that's been my mantra for awhile now! Thanks for the clarification and update. Go figure.
Yeah, that’s been my mantra for awhile now!
Thanks for the clarification and update.

]]> By: DeadRooster http://usinghumor.com/2008/12/yhbt-you-had-to-be-there/comment-page-1/#comment-191 DeadRooster Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:03:21 +0000 http://usinghumor.com/?p=331#comment-191 I didn't mean to start a "thing" on post length--'cause it's kind of off-topic--but, my opinion is that, as long as the article is interesting, and provides information in which the reader is interested, it doesn't matter how long it is. Personally, for a blog post, I try to shoot for between 500 and 800 words with 650 being the "sweet spot." But, I have to look at my own most popular post list "Best of Dead Rooster" and the most popular tend to run over 1,000 words. Go figure... I didn’t mean to start a “thing” on post length–’cause it’s kind of off-topic–but, my opinion is that, as long as the article is interesting, and provides information in which the reader is interested, it doesn’t matter how long it is.

Personally, for a blog post, I try to shoot for between 500 and 800 words with 650 being the “sweet spot.”

But, I have to look at my own most popular post list “Best of Dead Rooster” and the most popular tend to run over 1,000 words.

Go figure…

]]> By: DanBrantley http://usinghumor.com/2008/12/yhbt-you-had-to-be-there/comment-page-1/#comment-190 DanBrantley Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:11:30 +0000 http://usinghumor.com/?p=331#comment-190 Chris It took me a minute to get the Descartes joke. It isn't one you can read on the run while dropping Entrecards and still "get." Andy Kaufman made a career out of making people uncomfortable, trading on "any reaction is good" Have at it. I heard once that the crawlers like shorter posts. But DeadRooster reminded me of it. It's probably part of the myth-ernet. Thanks for stopping by. In fact I'm so very glad I'm so very glad I'm so very glad you commented (Everyone else, you'll just have to check out Chris' latest post.) Chris
It took me a minute to get the Descartes joke. It isn’t one you can read on the run while dropping Entrecards and still “get.”
Andy Kaufman made a career out of making people uncomfortable, trading on “any reaction is good” Have at it.
I heard once that the crawlers like shorter posts. But DeadRooster reminded me of it. It’s probably part of the myth-ernet.
Thanks for stopping by. In fact I’m so very glad I’m so very glad I’m so very glad you commented (Everyone else, you’ll just have to check out Chris’ latest post.)

]]> By: chris http://usinghumor.com/2008/12/yhbt-you-had-to-be-there/comment-page-1/#comment-189 chris Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:18:43 +0000 http://usinghumor.com/?p=331#comment-189 1. the descartes joke was brutally hillarious. probably because you lowered expectations and i really do enjoy smart humour. 2. the best part of yhbt humour is the fact that it's never funny. i only ever pull out such stories if a night is going slow. if i'm with folks i don't know so well, i get to enjoy the awkwardness afterward (i for some reason love the tension of people trying to be polite when they know something sucked) or if i'm with friends i do it knowing i will eventually be the butt of the joke. 3. what is this 650 word limit? now i'm all self conscious. another excellent post sir. thanks for the insight. i love droppin by for the funny knowledge. its awesome to go from "funny or not" to the mechanics behind it all. 1. the descartes joke was brutally hillarious. probably because you lowered expectations and i really do enjoy smart humour.

2. the best part of yhbt humour is the fact that it’s never funny. i only ever pull out such stories if a night is going slow. if i’m with folks i don’t know so well, i get to enjoy the awkwardness afterward (i for some reason love the tension of people trying to be polite when they know something sucked) or if i’m with friends i do it knowing i will eventually be the butt of the joke.

3. what is this 650 word limit? now i’m all self conscious.

another excellent post sir. thanks for the insight. i love droppin by for the funny knowledge. its awesome to go from “funny or not” to the mechanics behind it all.

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