524457 Sat May 31 16:51:09 -0700 2008 40 30 Site Talk 0 3738045 Is Chowhound the single most humorless site on the web or am I missing something? This place sometimes seems SOOOOOOO serious. I know that some of my attempts at humor are immediately pulled off the boards. God forbid that anyone on Chowhound should feel slighted. Whew! I'm glad that I got that off my chest. Now, back to the discussion of where you can find the freshest tomatos in Vegas. Sat May 31 16:51:11 -0700 2008 188987 wagger 1 3738053 Humor? Is that served with a white or a red? Sat May 31 16:53:57 -0700 2008 3738045 75332 Gio 1 3738066 Amen. Sat May 31 17:02:27 -0700 2008 3738045 64882 Vetter 1 3738078 Sharing information about delicious food is serious business. The fun part is in the eating, which doesn't take place on the board. Sat May 31 17:11:05 -0700 2008 3738045 10076 limster 2 3738093 Nice to see y'all have so much in your mouth(s) there's no room to put your tongue in your cheek! Sat May 31 17:19:46 -0700 2008 3738078 11599 Alice Letseat 3 3738714 Sometimes there's a lot of tongue, but only when it's cooked properly. There's room for cheek and other parts too, if they're delicious. Sun Jun 01 04:19:38 -0700 2008 3738093 10076 limster 1 3738719 Think we're bad here? Check out the big food board (start's with 'ego'). Now they really take themselves seriously! Sun Jun 01 04:32:38 -0700 2008 3738045 56131 jayt90 2 3738946 Have to disagree. The members of the UK board of that site (assuming I've guessed correctly which one) are able to have fun; disagree with each other very, very directly and generally enjoy the whole food thing as a friendly community with what seems to be minimal moderating. I may have to think about transferring my affections at some point. Sun Jun 01 07:36:08 -0700 2008 3738719 154102 Harters 1 3738738 jes' sometimes, we gets to sneak a little humor on these here boards. i swar! Sun Jun 01 05:00:17 -0700 2008 3738045 105717 alkapal 1 3752562 Agreed. I think the mods take themselves and the board too seriously. Thu Jun 05 10:15:36 -0700 2008 3738045 135447 boingo2000 2 3753061 Oh, It's all rubber chickens and fake vomit here in the back room, but while we love a good laugh as much as anybody, it's our job to make this site a place where chow tips are shared. With the number of.... errr... unique characters... who use our site regularly, things would quickly get out of hand if we didn't try to enforce some sort of order and rein in the chatty asides. Our volume is too high for us to allow everyone to let their inner Steve Martins come out to play. Thu Jun 05 12:05:29 -0700 2008 3752562 2 The Chowhound Team 3 3754616 "...make this site a place where the chow tips are shared." Well just come over to my house, we have plenty of cow chips to share. Thu Jun 05 19:56:13 -0700 2008 3753061 10059 ChinoWayne 4 3759291 Ohhh! I do need some cow chips to make cow patty tea. My geraniums love it!!! Sat Jun 07 15:15:09 -0700 2008 3754616 13816 Sister Sue 3 3754652 funniest admin team post evah! Now.. about my larks vomit cassoulet..... Thu Jun 05 20:11:37 -0700 2008 3753061 86137 purple goddess 3 3868500 Chowhound Team, That does have to be the funniest response I've ever seen by you guys. Keep up the good work. Hope there are a few whoopee cushions next to your lumbar support. Mon Jul 14 16:14:59 -0700 2008 3753061 18222 maria lorraine 3 3880906 Yeah, well I posted a really fun fake recipe I made up on the thread about refried beans for "Don Juan Onate Thanksgiving Refried Bean Casserole," and YOU GUYS DELETED IT...! The more I thought about it, the more I thought it might work. In a curious sort of way. So I came back this morning because it was my ONLY copy! I was going to enter it in the Pillsbury Bake Off and win a million dollars.! When I couldn't find it, I objected and you deleted my objection....! You allow humor? What days of the week? Curious minds want to know! I'm going to go sulk now. I'm mad at you! Fri Jul 18 11:05:18 -0700 2008 3753061 112096 Caroline1 4 3881069 That fake recipe was part of a number of off topic jokey replies, and spawned an even greater number of off topic jokey replies. A little humour is a good thing, but not when a riffing conversation amongst just a few people comes to dominate an otherwise chowful discussion. If you'd like a copy of your recipe, however, please check your email, we'll send it back to you momentarily. Fri Jul 18 11:46:21 -0700 2008 3880906 2 The Chowhound Team 5 3881618 LOL! You guys are cute. I was just foolin about wanting the recipe back, but thanks for the good wishes on the Pillsbury Bake off! Now, serious question. The riffing and jesting were to try to get one person to loosen up a bit. He had taken something wrong that was said in jest and got all ruffled feathers over it. Seems to me that ruffled feather responses have as little place on these boards as jesting to try to get someone from being all upset. Several of us apologized but apologies weren't acknowleddged. Granted, you guys have a tough job. But so do we. It's often difficult to convey intent through the written word. But we do try. Thanks for your efforts. You are appreciated. Fri Jul 18 14:11:50 -0700 2008 3881069 112096 Caroline1 1 3759330 Check out the CBS buying CNET post : ) Sat Jun 07 15:40:00 -0700 2008 3738045 51746 chowfamily 1 3771638 One man's Larry the Cable Guy is another's Oscar Wilde.. I like the way the site is run. If an occasional snicker is deleted to save hurt feelings, that's okay. Wed Jun 11 15:03:04 -0700 2008 3738045 15131 three of us 1 3772206 Does it count that I have discovered a lot of things here that tasted funny? Wed Jun 11 18:31:53 -0700 2008 3738045 10737 Bobfrmia 1 3779301 I've always found that humorous comments stand unless they sound too personal or politically incorrect. The 'CBS buys CNET' post on this board is OK, but... If you feel the need to be blatantly humorous, please feel free to append to the Mother Of All Joke topics http://www.chowhound.com/topics/359241 which leads with Bobfrmia's question. Surprisingly, there's much adult humor there :-) Fri Jun 13 18:35:20 -0700 2008 3738045 23712 DiveFan 2 3779911 My observation is that humor included in chowish posts is fine; it's when posts are all humor and no chow that they go away. Sat Jun 14 06:07:04 -0700 2008 3779301 10985 MMRuth 1 3780027 Aqueous or vitreous? Haven't heard a good sheep's eyeball joke in a while. Actually I'm beginning to wonder if factual information dispelling ignorance belongs on the Toronto board. Maybe not. So it goes. Sat Jun 14 07:22:23 -0700 2008 3738045 42449 mrbozo 1 3780258 I've scanned the thread, but don't think anyone's raised what is for me the central point: be as funny as you want....but be funny as you discuss great places to eat (I personally would go nuts in a totally humorless food site). Drifting from that central mission is off-topic whether you're mirthful or somber. It's not the humor, in other words. It's the on-topic focus. This site exists for food-lovers to swap useful tips. So long as that's what you're doing, by all means inject guffaws and elicit chortling. Ha ha ha ha ha. Sat Jun 14 09:42:15 -0700 2008 3738045 10089 Jim Leff 2 3781871 A great example of combining humor with an excellent review. This is one of my favorite reviews: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/339614 Sun Jun 15 07:53:31 -0700 2008 3780258 39874 chowser 1 3809076 Seriously? I laugh out loud every time I'm on chowhound. Granted, sometimes I'm laughing at and not with, but I still think there are a lot of very funny posters. Sam Fujisaka, dolores and jfood come to mind. And my own local fave, godfatheroflunch, gets away with stuff that always amazes me. How about the post last summer about the woman whose guest insisted on briging his own ribs to her cook-out? That was good stuff! And if you don't think folks are capable of feeling slighted, you obviously didn't read the post about cash bar at a wedding (tacky). Maybe you're not approaching it with the right point of view (or maybe you're right and I'm wrong) but I think it's very funny. I seriously hope someone is working on a novel or screenplay inspired by chowhound (not me, I'm too busy). Tue Jun 24 10:37:51 -0700 2008 3738045 116638 southernitalian 1 3851312 It's spelled "humour". Seriously. Wed Jul 09 01:11:42 -0700 2008 3738045 55318 DockPotato 2 3851344 "Mostly in the UK," she said humourlessly. Wed Jul 09 02:46:23 -0700 2008 3851312 75332 Gio 3 3853567 "Only in Canada? Pity," he replied seriously. Wed Jul 09 13:58:10 -0700 2008 3851344 55318 DockPotato 4 3853616 Eh! Wed Jul 09 14:10:17 -0700 2008 3853567 10985 MMRuth 4 3858298 "Certainly not in the US," she responded, seriously humorlessly (Canadian/UK translation humourlessly). See, Americans can be bilingual. Seriously. Thu Jul 10 20:11:39 -0700 2008 3853567 39874 chowser 5 3868236 I've no problem with "humor", but why not "serios'" for consistency? Mon Jul 14 14:41:05 -0700 2008 3858298 55318 DockPotato 6 3869522 Serios. Isn't that a breakfast cereal? Tue Jul 15 05:14:31 -0700 2008 3868236 75332 Gio 7 3869554 Are you Cheerious? Tue Jul 15 05:39:23 -0700 2008 3869522 57170 Veggo 8 3869560 Every morning. With strawberries and cream. Yummo..... Tue Jul 15 05:41:41 -0700 2008 3869554 75332 Gio 6 3869580 LOL, but just half a lalf.;-) Tue Jul 15 05:52:47 -0700 2008 3868236 39874 chowser 1 3859056 Discerning humor is allowed: Allowed: "Guy walks into a bar, bartender comes over and says, "Hey, why the long face?" Not allowed: "Horse walks into a bar, bartender comes over and says, "Hey, why the long face?" Fri Jul 11 06:30:22 -0700 2008 3738045 36661 Sam Fujisaka 2 3868550 but smiling like a jackass that just ate cactus is allowed. Go figure. Mon Jul 14 16:32:28 -0700 2008 3859056 57170 Veggo 1 3859066 The most humorous posts are the ones under "Table Manners." Seriously uncensored, though, as someone wrote, sometimes I'm laughing at the posters rather than with them. Fri Jul 11 06:33:33 -0700 2008 3738045 12045 gloriousfood 2 3912986 Don't tell me you forgot to slurp your linguine, or was it served snapped in half? Tue Jul 29 17:26:10 -0700 2008 3859066 42449 mrbozo