[SML] Old joke request

Damon Gelb damonmgelb at gmail.com
Wed Sep 4 15:11:36 UTC 2019


Having worked in a college setting for many years, and witnessed the shift
in what was considered funny or 'blue"....I can say with certainty that any
of these "jokes" or the unit of measure or double entendres are enough to
get someone fired.  It's a different world, and rightly so.

On Wed, Sep 4, 2019, 10:18 AM C. Andrew Dunning via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Both phrases made appearances in my world recently…
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> The other LD on a project is black and we actually had a good laugh over
> “hanging the blacks” in a stadium.
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> While on a site survey I referenced “breasting a pipe back” to our venue
> rep., who is female, had never heard the phrase, and was somewhat surprised
> to hear it.
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> What a world…
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> - CAD
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> *From:* Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft-bounces at theatrical.net] *On Behalf
> Of *Bill Sapsis via Stagecraft
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 04, 2019 9:06 AM
> *To:* Stagecraft Mailing List
> *Cc:* Bill Sapsis
> *Subject:* Re: [SML] Old joke request
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> You had to go there, didn’t you?   😊
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> Bill
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> bill at sapsis-rigging.com
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>  Breasting pipes is fun but measuring by RCH increments is frowned upon
> these days.
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> Herrick Goldman
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> light, bringing magic to life, we bow most humbly” -CDS
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> On 9/4/2019 2:47:01 AM, Philip Kruger via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
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> Hi Everyone
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> I hope someone here (with a better memory than mine) can help me.
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> Some years ago there was a joke going round about an SM/Production Manager
> discussing work to be done and one said “We must hang the blacks…”
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> I need the full joke to show some students that there is a difference
> between “normal” English and “Theatre” English.
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> Any similar jokes/stories will also be highly appreciated.
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> Answers to the list or directly to me please.
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> Best regards
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> Philip
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