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If You Open Your Mind Too Much Your Brain Will Fall Out

Tim Minchin

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1. Comment #104481 by Jack67 on December 28, 2007 at 3:42 pm

Hehe made me laugh :)

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2. Comment #104484 by Steve Zara on December 28, 2007 at 3:52 pm

I have to admit that I am a HUGE fan of Tim Minchin.

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3. Comment #104507 by gyokusai on December 28, 2007 at 4:58 pm

Hilarious, absolutely---but, alas, only up to and excluding his skit's last three words. Which is as Abrahamic/Patriarchal a phrase as it can get. Not funny.

^_^J.

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4. Comment #104563 by rogerthat on December 28, 2007 at 6:57 pm

Nah, it was funny. You would've laughed if he'd said 'husband'.

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5. Comment #104566 by dhudson0001 on December 28, 2007 at 7:08 pm

I laughed when you said husband :)

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6. Comment #104570 by Ed-words on December 28, 2007 at 8:05 pm

NON SEQUIN TOR ----

Why not a Four Horsewomen DVD?

Annie Gaylor Ellen Johnson

Natalie Angier Katha Politt

Lori Lipmann Brown etc. etc.

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7. Comment #104571 by Ed-words on December 28, 2007 at 8:05 pm

NON SEQUIN TOR ----

Why not a Four Horsewomen DVD?

Annie Gaylor Ellen Johnson

Natalie Angier Katha Politt

Lori Lipmann Brown etc. etc.

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8. Comment #104586 by nogodsever on December 29, 2007 at 12:04 am

Yeah, clearly, if it had been a woman performer who said '...and my husband...', not an eyebrow would have been raised. Lighten the fuck up.

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9. Comment #104743 by mada2002 on December 29, 2007 at 10:14 am

It seems to me that the comedian used those words as another part of his joke. Of course he wouldn't actually GIVE anybody his wife as she is not his to own in the first place. It just fits nicely with the rest of the song making fun of other "outdated" ideas. Nothing more.

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10. Comment #104879 by kram50 on December 29, 2007 at 9:40 pm

I would like to here more from thin skinned church goers. My open mind allows me to enjoy all kinds of humour...and I can only imagine what others missout on because of faith.

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11. Comment #105255 by voodoodoll1654 on December 31, 2007 at 2:34 am

Funny stuff!

Why would the wife thing not be funny?!? He's offering three items that are progressively more important to him, so obviously his wife is most important he is so convinced that he would offer to lose her!!! gyokusai, I hope youre only messing about that. otherwise, calm down!

:)

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12. Comment #105300 by gyokusai on December 31, 2007 at 7:22 am

All right, all right. And yes, if it had been "husband," it might've been more funny. (Especially coming from a man.) But still! I might laugh about it freely and without thought in another 300 years or so when all this ownership stuff has really faded into history. But "husband" or "wife" is not a symmetric choice for such a joke either, given thousands of years of history packed with guys who "give" their wife to strangers or "lose" them at poker games, and such. The "I give you my wife" riff isn't exactly freshly squeezed. A far better way, b.t.w., to test whether a joke involving women might be somewhat dubious is to do some tweaking and replace them with blacks instead, which can be especially illuminating when you're black (I'm not, but my sister is.)

Yes, yes, I'm blowing this out of all proportions, but Minchin's skit was just to darn good for this ending!!! ;-)

^_^J.

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13. Comment #113833 by britmale on January 20, 2008 at 5:50 pm

gyokusai, you obviously have personal issues with the term 'wife' and personal experiences with men that you have generalised to the point of loosing your objectivity where the two are concerned. 'Ownership stuff' is not always abusive. Indeed it emotionally goes hand in hand with love, parenting and self survival and will never fade into history. The physical and mental abuse of ownership though is what I think you are really talking about and dealing with that is a different matter.... Personally I go for castration (to remove them from the gene pool) for all sex crimes.... then maybe in a few hundred years your wish could be realised... :)

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14. Comment #115434 by popey_roach on January 24, 2008 at 7:39 am

hey guys (and girls) gyokusai's comment is legitimate, as she (i assume she) is obviously quite outspoken about pushing back the sexual oppression that the western world hasjust freed itself of, and other parts of the world still have to endure. however, this is a space for freedom of thought, and expression, and i found the wife ending to be very funny, mainly coz it just seemed out of place
however, if you want to fight sexism, i assure you this is not the place that needs it

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15. Comment #118139 by Mental Slavery on January 30, 2008 at 11:57 am

Brilliant! Even with the ending. It's supposed to be comedy people. Not a socio-sexist statement of oppression.

Smile!

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16. Comment #140691 by EnlightenedBlasphemy on March 8, 2008 at 11:03 am

I think before we accuse him of misogyny or sexisim or whatever, we have to look at the fact that he can offer up his piano his leg and his wife because there is absolutely no chance his bet will be called. Hes going All In for atheism.

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