And the nominees for Wittiest DU poster are:

Just my opinion...Arwalden. He has consistently produced the most exceptional commentary, the weirdest perspective, the friendliest dialog and he's just plain adorable!!! Plus, he knows a good looking man when he sees one...

Anyway, he's my nominee. Who's yours?

Its so hard. So I choose me heh.

Aren't these types of posts not part of the "culture" here? Don't know where I picked it up but somewhere....

I think they tend to foster cliqueishness and that may be why.


Cher

To be honest, I wasn't thinking seriously when I posted it. More like a response to what I've seen lately. But, you're entirely correct, it really isn't a particularly good thing to do.

Be all that as it may, Arwalden is still the wittiest person I have met on this board!

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Self-congratulation to build up the ego. If it is, well, many posters here deserve FAR more recognition for their efforts than they get.

Especially if you notice that someone on here makes a lot of funny or intelligent posts.

The world is a harsh place, so it's always nice to have people being friendly and complimenting each other on their positives.

P.

:bounce: Pert_UK!!! :bounce:

P.

off the cuff limericks to counter some nasty limericks that were posted by a flame-baiting Kucinich-bashing disruptor the other night.

they were excellent.

can be pretty funny. I think I remember reading alot of posts by different DUers who have made me laugh out loud (the real test!)

as opposed to the freeps who are totally unarmed in a battle of wits..:evilgrin:

'cos we all know that they're f***wits. That's gotta count for something, right?

Why is it that they have no sense of humor?

PS... I think the Gump man is often very very funny

There are just too many people here who are genuinely funny to name any particular one. Pretty much everybody gets a good one in every now and then.

Whoo boy that was funny for the 10 seconds IT stayed on the DU

and then I wrote:

Bush secret military service revealed
RNS* Washington, D.C. Oct. 3, 2003
Presidential political advisor Karl Rove today made public President George W. Bush's military record for the so-called "missing" 18 months of his service in the Texas Air National Guard.

During a little publicized press conference in the Rose Garden (the White House media contingent received only 4 days notice), Rove displayed U.S. Air Force and CIA documents which put to rest for all time rumors circulating since the 1999 campaign.

"The president is a very modest man", said Rove. "He has never been one to blow his own horn. It took me 3 weeks to convince him that it would be in this great country's best interests to release this information at this time, prior to the national elections."

The documents show that the President, then 1st Lt. George W. Bush, received a secret transfer from the 111th Fighter Interceptor Squadron of the Texas Air National Guard to an unnamed (classified: "Top-Secret") F-102 squadron at Danang Air Base, Republic of South Viet Nam. Due to his family's notoriety, he served under the assumed name of "Norm DeGuerre". During the 18 months he served there he was credited with 10 "kills", shooting down 4 Mig-19s, and 6 Mig-21s, thus earning the title "Double Ace". He was also credited with destroying 12 heavily defended surface-to-air (SAM) sites in downtown Hanoi, Republic of North Viet Nam. For these heroic actions he was awarded the Air Medal (A.M.) and the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.)

During the 12th mission, his F-102 Delta Dagger suffered major flak damage and Lt. "DeGuerre" was forced to eject. He spent 3 weeks as a North Vietnamese prisoner of war before overpowering his guards and escaping. The trek back to U.S. forces took 7 weeks, all through snake infested jungle, during which he lived off of berries, bamboo shoots, and reptiles. At his debriefing he remarked "Those snakes sure would have tasted better if I could have cooked them, but I just couldn't risk making a fire."

Back at Danang, and just two days prior to Lt. "DeGuerre's" release from the air force, North Vietnamese Regular Army units attempted to overrun and capture this key air base. Lt. "DeGuerre" scrambled to his aircraft, and, dodging incoming mortar rounds, was able to take off on the shell-pocked runway (the only aircraft to get airborne that night) and, using napalm and rockets, single-handedly beat back the advancing armies.

For his actions "above and beyond the call of duty", Lt. "DeGuerre" received the Congressional Medal of Honor in a secret White House ceremony. George H.W. Bush, then CIA Director, pinned the medal on his son.
*Rove News Service

In a debate with a proponent of evolutionary cause for women having more empathy than men, NSMA called the guy Tarzan and said "Me go make fire now."

I laughed for 30 minutes at her retorts to this guy. She is a great and witty asset to DU.

I win, I win, I win!

Ed