[SML] Old joke request

Thu Feb 27 20:42:27 UTC 2020

These are all fantastic!  I have a compendium of jokes also:
http://www.richmondsounddesign.com/jokes.html and at the top of that page:
http://www.richmondsounddesign.com/docs/jokes.pdf

On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 at 12:10, Erin Joy Swank via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> I'm cleaning out old emails and stumbled across this one. I have to say,
> when I was an intern fresh out of college in 1997, I am the one who started
> that "Signs You've Been in the Theatre Too Much" list (retitled "You've
> been a techie too long", which is a T-word I don't use). A couple have been
> added to the end over the years, and some of my favorites gone missing, but
> it still gives me a smile when I see how viral it went. I think I first
> posted on rec.arts.theatre.stagecraft at some point. I think this was my
> original list of 18:
>
> 1. Your weekend consists of Monday, and only Monday.
> 2. "Q" is not just a letter.
> 3. National holidays that fall on Monday seem pointless to you.
> 4. You know more than one theory for the origin of the name "green room."
> 5. You can only read from a light that is blue.
> 6. You consider the red part of the stoplight the "standby."
> 7. You can't remember what daylight looks like.
> 8. You feel naked without your keys attached to your belt loop, or your
> belt
> without your Maglite, Leatherman, and Gerber.
> 9. 95% of your wardrobe is black.
> 10. You know anything can be fixed with gaff tape,
> 11. Your diet consists of fast food or microwaved food.
> 12. Varying your diet means ordering the #2 instead of the #3 or eating
> with
> your left hand instead of your right.
> 13. You insist on spelling "theatre" with an "re" not an "er".
> 14. People recognize you by the sound of your keys jingling down the
> hallway.
> 15. Going to a restaurant means ordering and sitting down in McDonald's
> rather than the drive-thru.
> 16. "Practical" and "flat" are nouns.
> 17. Instead of saying that you're leaving, you say you're "exiting."
> 18. If someone asks you what time it is, you respond with something like,
> "Half hour 'til half hour."
>
> Memories!
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> On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 5:41 PM Pietrie, Joe via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>> I have been collecting Jokes and Stories for techies for years now.  Not
>> everyone fits your format, but I have been looking for a way to share these
>> with others.  Attached are copies of what I have ready at this time,
>> ENJOY.
>> Joe
>>  You Have been a Techie too long,if..pdf
>> <https://drive.google.com/a/d303.org/file/d/0BxjnualuSuJtVFlZb3cycTMyVkxUcjYzV0VzbU1BQmFRZTFZ/view?usp=drive_web>
>>
>>  Techie "100" Codes of sayings.pdf
>> <https://drive.google.com/a/d303.org/file/d/0BxjnualuSuJtcWpfWGpsQVNzeFNVRTdRdEJJUU1oVlA4VlpR/view?usp=drive_web>
>>
>>  Quick Prayers and Mottos.pdf
>> <https://drive.google.com/a/d303.org/file/d/0BxjnualuSuJtY2wzMUYyS2NqZEdQRjhVcnVtRENVU3dLUFNZ/view?usp=drive_web>
>>
>>  25 ways to abuse your power.pdf
>> <https://drive.google.com/a/d303.org/file/d/0BxjnualuSuJtZmFXQ1NiQk5vMXVXbkxZRlNyejFUS0JYc0Rz/view?usp=drive_web>
>>
>>  Things not to ask in Techs.pdf
>> <https://drive.google.com/a/d303.org/file/d/0BxjnualuSuJtNTJxVDRPX21Yc2tTb1dQeVpHVUFsVURKdWlj/view?usp=drive_web>
>>
>>  You know you workToo Long in non proffit theatr...
>> <https://drive.google.com/a/d303.org/file/d/1kbG2FYAQQxMiniYwj7tJcOmxoc38GOdi/view?usp=drive_web>
>>
>>  25 Statements Made During Tech Week.pdf
>> <https://drive.google.com/a/d303.org/file/d/0BxjnualuSuJtY2k4OEZhVHJBNWtuUU5XRDJlRkwxWTA0clpJ/view?usp=drive_web>
>>
>>  Techies Keeping the faith.pdf
>> <https://drive.google.com/a/d303.org/file/d/0BxjnualuSuJtWF9fWHNhb0VHNjNTUUd1RGtSY0xTaWZ4dkNr/view?usp=drive_web>
>>
>>  You Might Be a tech nerd.....pdf
>> <https://drive.google.com/a/d303.org/file/d/0BxjnualuSuJtN3QtdkszQWowdkJJbFZUY0plRGtJVlJEbUpB/view?usp=drive_web>
>>
>>  The Techie Gospel.pdf
>> <https://drive.google.com/a/d303.org/file/d/0BxjnualuSuJtXzBMQTlzWmdXTDVuWGpLWklSUmp1ODVSUXZr/view?usp=drive_web>
>>
>>  Techie Niche.pdf
>> <https://drive.google.com/a/d303.org/file/d/0BxjnualuSuJtVE1nSTlKM0lpdkJ6QXZJNDRzcWxTMnBzcW1Z/view?usp=drive_web>
>>
>>  Not My Fault of techies.pdf
>> <https://drive.google.com/a/d303.org/file/d/0BxjnualuSuJtSTJUS180M0p4MkF1bHRwVF9PV3Y0cGtVdk9Z/view?usp=drive_web>
>>
>>
>> Joseph Pietrie
>>
>>   Auditorium Manager
>>
>>   St. Charles North High School
>>
>>   255 Red Gate Road, St. Charles, IL 60175
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>>
>> Cell, 630-918-1035
>>
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>> <https://www.instagram.com/stcharlesd303/>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 4:06 PM Derek Leffew via Stagecraft <
>> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Love tech theatre puns.  Here’s a few of my favs.
>>>
>>> “The dimmers won’t dim smoothly.  The followspots aren’t very bright.
>>> The battens aren’t level.  The Costume Shop says they’re out of trim.”
>>>
>>> “What do you call a rigger who can’t combine multiple lines into one?
>>> Clew-less.”
>>>
>>> Many years ago in college, long before Makita screwguns, my professor in
>>> his most southern drawl asks the innocent co-ed, “What you fixin’ to do
>>> with that Yankee, Miss Margaret?”
>>>
>>> “The TD said to cover the flats with muslim.  Should we pray to Allah?”
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----------------
>>> Visit my website at http://www.derekleffew.com/ and read my blog.  Fun
>>> for all ages!
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