08-17-2017, 09:53 AM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Central, IL
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Re: Spicey Car Photos
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Originally Posted by Marshall V. Daut
Yeah, you're right, Tom. I guess to update the joke to suit modern American technology, jargon and the "new" demographics, the man in the trench coat should be offering photos of the guy's wife on a diskette or a zip drive. And maybe I'd have to change "trench coat" to "hoodie"? Also, who stands in city alleys anymore - and lives to tell about it? And to be 100% PC, there'd have to be a racial balance so that at least one of the main characters would have to be a minority figure, preferably with some kind of disability. And...and...and...
Oh, heck! Forget it. It's not worth the effort to bring a classic joke into the 21st Century.  It's better off staying in Grandpa's time.
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What the heck is a zip drive or diskette? You mean instagram and the cloud? 
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