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20 APR 2005
Must be funny
I'm still pondering major truths, all reducing to the one commandment, must be funny, to escape the iron grip of seriousness. That's serious, but we can't take it seriously. It's deadpan serious, taking our ridiculous religion seriously as a comic act. It's funny in execution and result. It must be funny, or we're back where we started.Follow the commandment on faith. Don't reason why. I've reasoned, and it comes out true, but that's serious. We can short-circuit that process and take it on faith. That's funny.
It also simplifies things enormously. To three words.
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21 APR 2005
Re: mustbefunny website
From: jose Tang @yahoo.com.hk
Dear sir,
Can you tell me what is the purpose of this website?
regds,
JoseDear Jose:
The purpose is to spread the one commandment, must be funny, to save our souls from the sin of seriousness, attain the higher consciousness of funniness, and build a funny world.I hereby appoint you the funny archbishop of Hong Kong, to convert that region. Let me know your progress.
Derek Brownlee
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26 APR 2005
Story leads reality
The quest for funny sex (10482) makes a good story for conversation and publicity. Funny sex can be not just scarce but imaginary. We don't have to worry about feasibility at all.Story leads reality. Is it funny to hear, does it entertain? That's the criterion for bringing anything into existence in funny world. Then maybe we act it out in games or reality. Our first concern in building funny world is stories. We have no further ambitions.
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