PATENTLY OFFENSIVE

And darned proud of it.

Comments

[Siouxie]

Woo hoooo! Dave!! congrats

[a different dave]

Sometimes the truth hurts...mostly in the wallet.

[mudstuffin]

somebody posted this guys email address back when this originally happened. i would guess a bunch of us offended him that day. or at least i tried.
good times.

[SW]

Never mind the fact that if Dave Barry's writing was really "patently offensive" - a legal term usually reserved for hardcore pornography...
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At least you're in good company, Dave.

[Siouxie]

Never mind the fact that if Dave Barry's writing was really "patently offensive" - a legal term usually reserved for hardcore pornography - he probably wouldn't be a best-selling, beloved, nationally syndicated, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist.

mucho true!

[Bãrön vønKlýff]

Dave Barry, the hardcore pornographer humorist. What a job! Some people say, and this is just a rumor of course, that Mr. Barry wrote a book or something like that. Now that his name is in the news, people may be interested in buying it. Does anyone know where one my find a copy of this alleged book for sale?

[OtheU(manity)]

So, Dave ... y'all have a patent on that stuff now ... will it werk on my Mac?

[Siouxie]

Baron, it's it the "humor" section of the Adult XXXXXX shops, silly!

[Siouxie]

it's IN...IN I tell ya!

[russellmc]

"Patently Offensive" - term reserved for most every action taken by the feds...

"Beloved" - yep, that's Dave

DBFP08!

[Val]

Well, I'm offended that the stupid professor guy was offended.

[mama723]

South is another example of someone with a little bit of power taking himself WAAY too seriously.

Thank heavens we have Dave to help us keep things in perspective.

[Bãrön vønKlýff]

Actually, russell, it's ISIANMTU DBFP,YOTUS08! NTTATWWT

[Used to be addicted to 24]

Dave,
You are being offensive all over my cubicle right now.

[crossgirl]

what do you want to be when you grow up? patently offensive!

i think i'll teach my kids to say that.

[Siouxie]

Baron,

ISIANMTU DBFP,YOTUS08! NTTATWWT IMHO IYKWIM

[Bãrön vønKlýff]

Siouxie, WTFBBQ ISIANMTU DBFP,YOTUS08! NTTATWWT IMHO IYKWIM TSBOABS*

*That should be on a bumper sticker*

[SW]

"...Marquette University in Wisconsin and its crackdown on Dave Barry."

Crackdown on Dave Barry. Now there's the XXX adult humor book title I'm talkin' about. Along with My Peter and the Snatchcatchers.

[SW]

I double-majored in law and engineering, and now I'm a patently offensive lawyer.

[Jeff Meyerson]

Dave, with the New York Post behind you, your campaign is on the way!

(Don't ask me "on the way where?" because I'm on the geezer bus and we're lost.)

[Edgar Greenberg]

Dave the Porn candidate?

[OtheU(manity)]

Geezer Bus Driver: I am NOT lost! I know ... um ... whut wuz the question?

[Clean Hands]

**SNORK** @ S(tevie) W's offensive book title!!

[Vlad]

"I double-majored in law and engineering, and now I'm a patently offensive lawyer."

Nice pun there.

[Layzeeboy]

Baron, that WBAGNFARB

[Meditrina]

Baron and Sioux - IGI! (I got it!)

Now, will someone translate LTTG? Haven't figured that out yet.

*gets back on the short bus*

[jec666]

I Kant help it. The prof really should put DesCartes before the horse's *ss; I think, therefore, I read. A columnist?

[Siouxie]

Med!!

LTTG = late to the game

[Siouxie]

Baron, we're gonna need a bigger bumper sticker...

[Wes S.]

The Barry quote posted by Ditsler read, "As Americans we must always remember that we all have a common enemy, an enemy that is dangerous, powerful and relentless. I refer, of course, to the federal government."

Well, that's a sentiment shared by at least 99% of the American people and 100% of America's founding fathers. Somebody ought to send the Marquette administrators a copy of The Federalist Papers. And a copy of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights...with firm instructions to actually read the documents instead of using them for toilet paper.

The only controversy here is that the complaining administrators apparently belong to that (regrettably large) percentage of folks whose patriotism - and skepticism of government - depends entirely on which political party happens to be in power.

[Bethie]

Okay, since it's the only joke not taken yet, I think:
Patently Offensive WBAGNFARB.

[Meditrina]

Wes - You are ABSOLUTELY right. Here. Have a gumball. ;)

[kibby F5™]

If Dave's been banned does that make him more popular now?

... maybe the banned quote was too close to home for "philosophy" Smith - now there's something to think about.

[Bãrön vønKlýff]

Siouxie, not if you caveat the original statement WTFBBQ ISIANMTU DBFP,YOTUS08! NTTATWWT IMHO IYKWIM TSBOABS (WBAGNFARB) with IYCRTYATC!*

*If you can read this you are too close!*

[Meanie the Blue]

jec - some folks, when given power, lose all Kirkegaard for the rights of others. (Sartre 'bout that).

[Meditrina]

YO BARON! I think you are taking the "Brevity is the soul of wit" a little too far.

Have the whole bowl of gumballs and please avoid caffeinated beverages for the remainder of the day.

Hey, Sioux! We need to restock the gumballs!

[Bãrön vønKlýff]

Ooooh. Gumballs. Thanks Medi

[master of failure]

Marquette has refused to apologize or clarify its stance, insisting all year that South's actions don't really constitute censorship

It falls under the "being a d!ck" category which, due to the first ammendment, is still legal.

[Edgar Greenberg]

Yes but Master of Failure, I think the unwritten intentions of the second amendment also apply to this case.

[Gen. George S. Patton, Ret.]

Me, offensive?!

[jec666]

Power tends to corrupt; absolute power tends to bestow tenure to *ssholes in filo-sophy: Lord-it-over-you Acton

[TCK]

of all my lifetime goals, being banned from somewhere is one i've never quite managed to achieve - not due to lack of effort, mind you, but still....

yet another reason Dave is my hero

and being banned by the narrow-minded no less

congrats Dave - you deserve it :)

[Siouxie]

Hey there TCK! long time!

[PirateBoy]

Dave - The Leader of the Banned!

[Siouxie]

LMAO good one, PB!!!

[Meanie the Blue]

Seems like a case of Wit 'gainst Dean.

[TCK]

hey there yerself :)

[Val]

And here's a quote from me (be sure to write it down so that when I become famous like Dave you can claim to have read it here first): Anything good that happens in our country happens in SPITE of the federal government.

(Maybe I can get Ditsler to post that on his office door).

(Too bad the jerk-guy's name is South. As if we don't get enough bad publicity as it is).

[Alfred]

So he is South American?
They have said some amazingly harsh things about anything over the years. Usually involving the other soccer team though.

I know what South can do, post a poster of this video. Oh yeah, its completely safe for work.

[J.D.]

It's rather easy to find this professor's email address on Marquette's website. I'm just sayin'.

[Prairie Dog]

People people please, the average red-blooded university employee is usually some sort of socialist type and as such believes government can solve everything. THey themselves are wielders of red tape and blind laws that "serve" the public. You are insulting their very being with such a flagrant display of individuality.

[OtheU(manity)]

I'm feelin' a little need to respond with the immortal words of ... oh ... lotsa people ...

F**k 'em if they can't take a joke!

[G-man]

I once had a similar experience with a boss who took offense to an enlargement I made of a Bart Simpson "Don't have a cow, man" button I posted on the door to my work space. The boss never talked to me about it, but kept taking it down. I kept making new copies and putting it back up again. I figured if no one explained to me why they were taking it down, it was my duty to post it back up. Of course that little workplace censorship dispute never made the wire or got posted on Bart Simpson's blog. But then that was before blogs. Does Bart Simpson have a blog? And why do I feel the need for validation from a cartoon character?

[SW]

LTTG, but nice puns, MeaniethePhilosopher.

[Meanie the Blue]

Lateness is a state of mind, S(tevie). Unless a pun is appreciated, even late, does it really exist?

[SW]

I've wondered the same about myself, meanie. ;)