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Posted By ind06 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Humor
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"I had suspected that gene was queer for a long time now. There was just something not quite right about it," said team leader Dr. Norbert Reynolds.

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    ind063 months, 3 weeks ago

    I suppose gay T-shirts will be next.

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      CrawfordBizDev3 months, 3 weeks ago

      You are getting to be a habit every morning indy. Not sure if this is a good thing or not though... :)

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    cowboygrandpa3 months, 3 weeks ago

    Gay Gene Isolated. Well dam* it that will pis* off Gay Bob.

    They were the best of friends. LOL

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      david_nwpa3 months, 3 weeks ago

      Yuck it up with gay jokes, ha ha. Eleven year old story, couldn't you find something a bit fresher?

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        ind063 months, 3 weeks ago

        Don't be daft david_nwpa, the piece is making fun of people who ostracize gays for no reason other than that they're different.

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        cowboygrandpa3 months, 3 weeks ago

        david nwpa:

        I hear jokes about old people all the time.

        You know even at work I get kidded about it. I don't take offense to those just kiddng around.

        To me it is just a way of joking with me and those who are older.

        Now if someone wants to really attack me in a way that is detrimental to my well being.

        Well they find out this old guy is still pretty sharp and will stand up for himself.

        There was no offense meant.

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        Spadecaller3 months, 3 weeks ago

        Sorry ind,

        I don't think this one is in good taste. Would you run a story about isolating the gene that is responsible for African-Americans and have the scientist say, "I had suspected that gene was colored for a long time now..."?

        I love a good joke, but this is hurtful to those who must live in an intolerant world that continuously labels gay people as "queer", or as deformities of nature.

        I expect better from you , ind. Am I wrong to?

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          ind063 months, 3 weeks ago

          As I said to david_nwpa, I read this as a rip on intolerance, not on gays, the satire being that as soon as the gay gene was "isolated" it was immediately "ostracized". Did I read the piece wrong?

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        nikkibabe3 months, 3 weeks ago

        The people who found gay gene also found that the gene had "hypocrite Republican" written inside.

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          SAAB76993 months, 3 weeks ago

          Another really dumb comment.

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          uncle-dave3 months, 3 weeks ago

          Is Mr. Green Gene next?!

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            Hobe3 months, 3 weeks ago

            Gay Gene Isolated, Ostracized

            Is this really considered Humor??

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              2sidestoeverything3 months, 3 weeks ago

              I'm sorry this was offensive to some of the posters above but if the word black was put in there I would have thought it was funny too. Some times you have to laugh at stereo types to show people how silly they are. That is what comedies do all the time.

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                SAAB76993 months, 3 weeks ago

                I guess I won't mention the gay electron.......

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                hefaa13 months, 3 weeks ago

                I'll bet they're designer genes.

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                  Xaos3 months, 3 weeks ago

                  I always heard the gay gene was Bugle Boy

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                BronxBomber3 months, 3 weeks ago

                Lighten up people, it's all done in the spirit of humor. I notice nothing is sacred or spared in "National Lampoon", or "Saturday Night Live" for instance. Yet they are spared cursory rushes to judgement,and the humor is appreciated.

                Take it in the same stride.

                If we can't laugh at ourselves every now and then, then we're in sad shape as a society.

                Indy you rock! It's disconcerting to me that fellow members who claim that they know you for a long spell as I do, would think that you are insentient, and callous to which I know that you're not at all.

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                  ind063 months, 3 weeks ago

                  Thank you BB :)

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                  icono13 months, 3 weeks ago

                  Context is everything in writing.

                  This is humor-satire not a wing-nut homo-phobic rant.

                  Keep that in mind.

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                    david_nwpa3 months, 3 weeks ago

                    "It's a good thing we isolated it; I wouldn't want that faggot-ass gene messing with the straight ones."

                    The line speaks for itself. This is precisely the kind of joke that people allow and continue to laugh about. I just do not find it funny. Not enough to do more than discuss the content. We have done that now.

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                    BronxBomber3 months, 3 weeks ago

                    "I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately."

                    -George Carlin

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                      StarBright3 months, 3 weeks ago

                      Well, progress has been made. The epdemic can be contained.

                      Next--and much more importantly--we'll genetically understand why the consumer confidence indexes have been at their lowest in over 20 years under Daddy and then Baby Bush (02/1992 & today). This could be a major development in defective gene research, for sure!!

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                        Xaos3 months, 3 weeks ago

                        Sounds like that gene must also have something to do with determining the thickness of ones skin too.

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