To those that thunk "The New Yorker" had lost its sense of humor...

[jimbrady]

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2007/03/2...houts_rich

A Conversation at the Grownup Table, as Imagined at the Kids’ Table

MOM: Pass the wine, please. I want to become crazy.
DAD: O.K.
GRANDMOTHER: Did you see the politics? It made me angry.
DAD: Me, too. When it was over, I had sex.
UNCLE: I’m having sex right now.
DAD: We all are.
MOM: Let’s talk about which kid I like the best.
DAD: (laughing) You know, but you won’t tell.
MOM: If they ask me again, I might tell.
FRIEND FROM WORK: Hey, guess what! My voice is pretty loud!
DAD: (laughing) There are actual monsters in the world, but when my kids ask I pretend like there aren’t.
MOM: I’m angry! I’m angry all of a sudden!
DAD: I’m angry, too! We’re angry at each other!
MOM: Now everything is fine.
DAD: We just saw the PG-13 movie. It was so good.
MOM: There was a big sex.
FRIEND FROM WORK: I am the loudest! I am the loudest!
(Everybody laughs.)
MOM: I had a lot of wine, and now I’m crazy!
GRANDFATHER: Hey, do you guys know what God looks like?
ALL: Yes.
GRANDFATHER: Don’t tell the kids.

[Donkey Hotay]

Great stuff! I must be sitting at the kids' table all the time...

[spearmint]

The "humor" always has escaped me. I am probably not sophisticated enough. Kind of like Woody Allen movies.

[jdc]

[quote spearmint]The "humor" always has escaped me. I am probably not sophisticated enough. Kind of like Woody Allen movies.
that was more funny than the original post

[jimbrady]

Only a neanderthal would consider Woody Allen's work un-funny. So, yeah, I guess I agree with the sophistication comment.

[Greg the dogsitter]

I thought it was wonderful, but I'm a pretentious sophisticate.

[$tevie]

I liked it.

I also liked the straight forward honesty of spearmint's post. You know where you stand with a person like that.

[mrbigstuff]

i'm looking for a cartoon from a recent issue.. made me crack up. ah! here it is. cracked me the hell up.

http://www.cartoonbank.com/product_detai...VLGJ8M55AE&sitetype=1&did=4&sid=123708&pid=&keyword=devil%2C+hell§ion=all&title=undefined&whichpage=22&sortBy=popular