Dear Bobby,
I am an avid fan of humor. I have been a supporter for over 25 years. I watch Comedy Central and BET every day. Let’s face it, humor makes me laugh. I recently acquired a pamphlet from your Spaghetti Monster Church, and being succeptible to being swayed by any cult/religion I blindly went to your website. Come to find out, it wasn’t a real church at all! Well, I guess I can let that slide, as after scrolling through your website I noticed a hint of satire.
But I gotta be honest, Robert, if this was an attempt at humor, you missed the mark like Stevie Wonder in a bow and arrow contest. No one can laugh looking at ugly people in halloween costumes. Did you really think that something like that could pass as laughable? If you are going to post a bunch of boring quips and pictures, there better be nudity. Lots of it, or you are missing the point of owning a website. If you are being sacreligious (which is too easy, if you ask me, sir), then you need to add some pizazz. But instead you throw in a stupid picture of spaghetti every now and then and expect a laugh. You either need to hire a Jew to add a punchline every now and again, or call it quits. Better yet, you can hire me for a nominal fee. I could take pictures of my dumps and email it to your website, if you think it helps.
Look, Bobby, you just aren’t funny. Looking at your website is like looking at a ginger person eat a chicken salad sandwich. It just makes you scruntch up your face. Sadly, humor wanted nothing to do with you. Your site is as funny as a Dane Cook standup, but I believe you actually like him, so I’m sure that one went over your head. Either learn how to make people laugh, or stop killing trees for pamphlets to make people go to your gay website.
I said good day, sir,
Josh
I am an avid fan of humor
Published by Bobby Henderson November 9th, 2008 in Hate Mail (and concerned criticism). 159 Comments
159 Responses to “I am an avid fan of humor”
very touching… heh
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I don’t understand how you can believe in this spagetti monster theory. It sounds like a lot of ole bollocks to me.
Where’s your bleedin’ evidence? And in any case – surely spagetti was invented by the Italians (who copied the chinese). So how can the Spagetti Monster thing be the creator of the Universe if it was itself an invention of the Eye-Ties?
Bloody Stupid Nonsense.
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Ex-actly
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funny :-) nice way to spent the time
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If you’ve been touched in class, report it to the proper authorities!
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Amazing I must say. great picture
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Isaac Newton, you see?
It’s always about Physics.
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Is that yoshi back there?
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I am somewhat suspicious of the fact that this dinosaur does not have an eyepatch. Shouldn’t it be a Pirate to be truely holy?
However, the other questoin that this image bringeth to mind is: Is that Yoshi??? I KNEW Mario was a Pastafarian all along! After all, the Italians and Plumbers are both known to be great eaters of spaghetti and therefore very pious.
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The FSM inspires many to draw Yoshi, but you are thefirst to actually DO so
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That’s definitely Yoshi.
RAmen!
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He’s right. Nudity would spiff the place up a bit. Perhaps Spaghetti Wresting.
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Gee josh, humour makes you laugh? and bobby is missing the point of having a website if he doesnt have porn on it? are you one of theese wierd people who laugh their asses off when masturbating? (i cerainly hope you dont breed)
oh, and i like the way you try associate retorics (is it over your head?) with the gay thing. its like the flint-axe of arguing.
Thing is though, MY interest in pastafarianism is as severe as cholera. The point being: Dont take your belief as fact. its not “i believe, therefore I am” its “I THINK, therefore I am”.
/peace upon all men in the name of FSM. rAmen
Gargamel
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Knowing what good satire is when you see it: FAIL.
Being funny in your own right: Also FAIL.
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Now Josh
You say you are an avid fan of humor, but even though you tried so obviously pathetically hard, i didn’t laugh, snicker, giggle, smile or any other synonym for expressing humor to care for. Your best insult seems to be accusing someone, with no proof nor prior knowledge of this persons (dis)likes or personality, of finding enjoyment in watching/listening to a comedian that you do not like
If the above statement is false, then you are at the very least stereotyping the Jewish community, which is BAD.
Does anyone else find it ironic that you can say “I have been a supporter for over 25 years” about comedy, then laugh at Bobby Henderson for spreading the word about the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Seems to me you idolize comedy.
Lastly, you came here, apparently no idea of what to expect, after being given a pamphlet about the Pastafarian religion. Our god is the Flying Spaghetti Monster etc. I don’t know what the pamphlet looked like but it must have given you a clue. You, by your own account, seem to think that the internet is just for pornography, however, i ask again! what in the pamphlet could possibly have given you the idea that there was pornography in this site. If you didn’t think that there would be pornography then why go to this site??
I SAY good day to you, sir.
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Josh, if you don’t get Dane Cook humor, you won’t get us.
Too bad for you.
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Now just one minute. I’ve got enough work to do pointing out to Christians where their beliefs are deluded; in a satirical context, and trying to include at least one joke. It’s very time consuming to come up with quality material every week, and I really don’t have time to start doing the same for every Josh who thinks they are a comedian.
He’s got irony down to a fine art though:
“Look, Bobby, you just aren’t funny”
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we clearly have different opinions of whats funny. Personally (and I think there are many with me)I find many things on this site laughable, particulary this message
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Dude, you’re the one who thought a Flying Spaghetti Monster was a real religion.
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“I’ve been a supporter of humor for over 25 years”
We better watch out guys. This fellow’s an EXPERT.
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I can laugh at good humor too, your letter to this site for instance.
RAmen.
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Lets see, Josh insults the blind, racially stereotypes the Jews and finds gingers amusing. He also likes nudity. He fails to get satire. I think Josh should stick to fart jokes and those pens where the lady goes naked when you turn them up-side-down.
He can’t be all bad though, he likes trees!
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This one thinks he has a sense of Humour (lol), where’s that hiding? “you missed the mark like Stevie Wonder in a bow and arrow contest” Either that is some sort of meta-irony and you’re making satire of the “Zany guy” that everyone seems to work with and avoid or your sense of humour is very, very weak.
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erm… Josh?
The purpose of Pastafarianism is not to infest the universe with humor. It’s a satirical approach to protesting the teaching if (un)intelligent design under the guise of science in publicly funded schools. A little basic research on your part might have alerted you to this fundamental truth.
Keep the day job, son. You’ve got a long uphill climb before they invite you to host Saturday Night Live.
RAmen
ET
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Josh, you have no understanding of humor whatsoever. Most of the humor comes from the trolls like you, and my fellow pastafarians replies; when I read the hate mail section, I can’t recall the last time I laughed so hard.
Mr Pineapples, I am waiting for you to walk into your local church and yell the same things do are saying here.
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Wait. . .
People finds humour. . . Humourous?
Holy penis, what a scoop!
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Oi, Josh. Look up quick! Ye’ll see the joke goin’ over ye head!
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Josh (the cosmically unfunny),
Satire is not always intended to be funny Josh; it is intended to show the ridiculousness of a subject. If you don’t understand the difference between satire and humor you won’t get this website, and I suggest you buy a dictionary. I also don’t really appreciate your more than slightly racist remarks. If this letter is any evidence of your humor writing skills, I have news for you, you’re completely unfunny.
And as a ginger, kiss my butt.
Ramen
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I want to meet these people. I really do. I think they would be fascinating.
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25 years and you haven’t figured out yet that different people find different things funny?
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Yar, Johnny be concerned that ye be concerned.
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A “HINT” of satire? Man, you ARE clueless. Try reading the open letter (linked to from the main page), if you don’t get what this is about after that (hint: it involves religion being imposed on science), then you are hopeless. Try getting informed on the debates this religion is targeting; until you do so, the vast majority of the humor will be lost on you.
Also, I resent the intimation that humor must by definition be culturally, racially, or socially insulting. That is the kind of belief that is typically held by, and I am phrasing this lightly, an ass.
While I am sure your primary use for the internet is pornography, do not assume everyone is quite as perverted as you.
Also, the numerous jokes you placed in your post just. aren’t. funny. I am sure that you gave many a *hyuck hyuck* as you typed them out, but the fact remains that the majority of people whose IQ’s are above 82 simply do not find that kind of “humor” to be even a little bit humorous. Maybe this site went above *your* head? Maybe you have watched too many sub-par stand up acts (no, Dane Cook is not funny to me), and are now incapable of recognizing a witty intellectual criticism of a modern, important subject?
The updates on the main page are mostly for people who are already pastafarians… more a social thing than an attempt at humor. Look at the information pages, and once you decide whether you actually understand this, decide whether our humor is funny.
Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia!
and
RAmen, hail to the FSM
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E.P.I.C. F.A.I.L!
This site is really only funny to me in the kind of ‘I need to laugh when faced by insurmountable idiocy or I’ll go postal’ kind of way, but that is enough. Sadly Josh, you don’t even reach those levels of humor. Instead, you made me ponder where my cutlass sharpening stone is currently hiding so I could trim that fleshy lump protruding from your shoulders. Clearly it isn’t needed for brain storage at this time so It might be better used as a birdhouse.
cheers
PC
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Wait you tried to tell us that the whole Dane Cook thing is over our heads, yet you are the one who doesn’t even get the humor out of this? I guess you are absolutley right then.
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We don’t recall ever asking you whether you thought it was funny or not. And a little hint – you don’t like it and think it is a waste of time, please go visit some other website. We don’t remember taking you by the hand and leading you here, nor are you permanently chained to the website. There are plenty of people who love this site and find it extremely funny. I noticed you discussed your penis in another blog on this website, and now you’re talking about pornography. Seems to me like your time would be better spent spanking your monkey to some x-rated site.
RAmen!
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Here’s Josh-buddy’s warm up post. I like how he tried to rework some of the less tenable bits though…
“94 – November 9th, 2008 at – Josh Says:
Wow, Bobby. Can I call you Bobby? I’m going to call you Bobby.
You could have landed a home run with your satire against religion… or whatever this site is about (what is this site about???). Unfortunately, to be satirical and funny you need a sense of humor. Instead, I see pumpkins and pirates and middle aged men posing from the back of their vehicles with a spaghetti symbol on their car.
Forget about the religious zealots that flood your site with condemnation. But My Spaghetti Monster God, if you are going to go this far it had better be funny. It is not, Rob. It is not.
You really need to know that. This is a dumb idea that makes my penis soft. It is as funny as TGIF was in the mid 90’s. This website belongs on the Oxygen Network. If you want some advice, delete this website and run head first into a wall. It’s no offense to you, Robbie, it’s just that wasting my time for something as funny as watching your grandmother go through a yeast infection makes me ill. Everyone who goes here should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell. That is, if they don’t accept the Spaghetti Monster as their savior….. which they won’t, because it isn’t an intriguing enough gimmick.”
Still even more E.P.I.C. F.A.I.L!
PC
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who ever said we were trying to be funny :D may his noodliness smite you. :3
RAman.
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@ Josh,
You want nudity? Go to a porn website!
You want satire? Stand in front of a mirror, whip out your Lil’ Rascal and a ruler. Try to remember a point in time when you could be proud of what’s in front of you.
You want to rub elbows with some of the world’s best truth-mongers concerning evolution, religion, and the necessity of keeping the two apart? This is the place, pal.
We’re not in the business of asking you to drink the Kool-aid, or to think that Dane Cook is funny. We’re here for the FSM, the truth about evolution, being really friendly to pirates, strippers, and knowledgeable people, and weeding out hypocrisy in the douche-bag realm of ID.
If you like none of these things, try a kids website or something. Pasta is after all an acquired taste with some peeps.
RAmen!
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He’s totally right, the Flying Spaghetti Monster make a terrible sitcom. How do you expect to be on Comedy Central, Mr. Henderson?
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What a tool….. You really don’t get it do you Josh? I like the amount of time you spent telling us this is a waste of time. Sounds like it is reduntantly repeating itself, over and over and over again. If you thought any part of your letter was funny, you are a racist, not very bright, and an all around deluded person.
RAmen
kris
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Dear Josh:
I am gay. The comment you make that this website is gay insults me. It is not gay. It is very gay friendly, which is a big difference. That means that straight people are welcome here along with gay people, too. I think you owe me, Bobby, and the straight people that post on this website and enjoy reading it a huge apology. You better mean it too.
You didn’t find the website funny. So? Thousands of other people do and enjoy coming here just to read the ridiculous hate mail. I am giggling at your email right now.
Thank you for writing such a polite letter with some acceptable grammar and punctuation. I bet your mother is very proud of you. You’re such a big boy now.
Meisha
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You lost all respect that I may have had for you in your last line.
Seriously, grow up.
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Josh – ooh, hint of irony in that name !
Nice try at condescencion, where you lose it is that you aren’t remotely amusing or engaging youself – could your humour failure be perhaps triggered by your superstitions you sad man?
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“You either need to hire a Jew to add a punchline every now and again”
Xians did that 2000 years ago.
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The sad thing is I think Josh actually thinks he’s funny.
Your attempts at humour are so out-dated its embarrassing.
I’m surprised you didn’t throw in a line about how fat your mother-in-law is.
But then I suppose everyone has their own valid opinion about what’s funny and what isn’t. After all, some people think Mel Brooks is a genius.
As my American friends would say, go figure.;-)
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Satire = Yes.
Your understanding of the website= None.
Problem = Josh!
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BET? Seriously? Why do you watch that it’s just… it’s not even close to funny, it’s like watch the entire raping of a race. And rape is only funny if it’s clowns.
RAmen Mateys!
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I kinda suspect this person is a great Howard Stern fan, you know, someone who would find a midget having sex with a 500 lb woman funny. Oh well, to each his own. For my part, even though I have no problems with the topic Howard broaches, I just don’t find him funny. You have to do something more than be obscene (not that there’s anything wrong with that if done hilariously) to be funny. I just think Josh is one of those guys who like to eat Mutton for Sunday dinner, me , I’ll take pasta.
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WTF is this idiot talking about????
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Wow what a douche.
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