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Comments:
no one - 2004-12-30 08:49:35
that last comment was just low down
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Bing - 2004-12-30 08:57:53
UB, sometimes you're an idiot. The party that's moved you into to the garage? Why didn't you make that your 'out' for some artistic reason? "I'm sorry, I can't set up in the garage. I'm unable to see the party-goers, and without that I can't gauge their reaction to the music. I'm going to have to politely refuse your party. But thanks for thinking of me." Then get on the phone and call the club guy.
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Sarah - 2004-12-30 08:58:15
It might have been low down, but it still made me giggle. Maybe I am *too* cynical.
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connex - 2004-12-30 08:59:16
Sorry dude, the last comment is in pretty poor taste and it has to be pretty bad for me to admit that. Especially as I'm still trying to get in touch with friends out there.
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Lando - 2004-12-30 09:03:32
dont listen to them UB, that joke was perfect.
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Andy - 2004-12-30 09:05:01
You must know some DJ that you can pawn the Garage gig off to, no? tell the lady you got hit with lightening for making that suntan comment and can't make it.
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Pork Tornado - 2004-12-30 09:05:41
Ever the boundary-pusher, UB. Oh, and take the fucking night club party, you moron.
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Martin - 2004-12-30 09:15:01
Very poor taste, but now that it's out there....I can see why they're saving that guy for last.
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Pischina - 2004-12-30 09:25:20
Aw Uncle B, take that picture down... please...
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Ana - 2004-12-30 09:27:00
Sometimes you make me laugh hard, sometimes you make me snore.
The last joke was completely dismissable.
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Chad - 2004-12-30 10:20:40
I have to come down on the side of "bad taste" on that one, UB. Still, I also maintain that if I can say "fuck 'em if they can't take a joke" then you have that right too.
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ThatGirl - 2004-12-30 10:28:00
Bad taste. Funny Joke. Seriously, its all well and good to try your best not to let down a customer but come down with some exotic disease and do the CLUB. Think of it this way. Most of the poor people that have been invited to this snoozers house will make an excuse, leave early and end up at the club anyway.
Ive given ten gazillion parties and music is a must but i wouldnt stick my DOG in the garage at a party.
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ThatGirl - 2004-12-30 10:28:48
Bad taste. Funny Joke. Seriously, its all well and good to try your best not to let down a customer but come down with some exotic disease and do the CLUB. Think of it this way. Most of the poor people that have been invited to this snoozers house will make an excuse, leave early and end up at the club anyway.
Ive given ten gazillion parties and music is a must but i wouldnt stick my DOG in the garage at a party.
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Nan - 2004-12-30 10:38:31
I've written you off before and then came back (I know, I'm a fool). But that last comment was totally unacceptable. I know this is hard for you to believe but you are NOT always Funny and this time you were absolutely disgusting.
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Don - 2004-12-30 10:52:36
Come on Nan! Don't you get it? It's a pic of a guy on the beach....and he's dead! Get it? DEAD! hahaha! It's not like it's your father or son, or brother. Come on! you gotta laugh. What are you? some kind of freak or somehting? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Sam - 2004-12-30 11:00:06
It's your right to say whatever you want, Uncle Bob, but I get the sense you haven't been watching the news lately. If you had, if you had seen the stories of families very much like yours that had been completely and utterly destroyed you wouldn't have had the balls (or the gall) to make that last joke. And of course it's totally disgusting, but you know that already.
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Sam - 2004-12-30 11:00:54
It's your right to say whatever you want, Uncle Bob, but I get the sense you haven't been watching the news lately. If you had, if you had seen the stories of families very much like yours that had been completely and utterly destroyed you wouldn't have had the balls (or the gall) to make that last joke. And of course it's totally disgusting, but you know that already.
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ScottyP - 2004-12-30 11:19:13
This morning on "The View" (Thanksgiving Rerun): four of the obnoxious host(esse)s try "Strawberry Pretzel Salad"!!! It's a nationwide phenomenon, people!!!
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G - 2004-12-30 11:20:01
I read your diary while eating my breakfast EVERY SINGLE MORNING, and your last comment made me gag. Literally had to hold back the puke. Your last sentence is the worst thing you've ever written, and you should be ashamed of yourself. Poor, poor, taste. I hope you loose other readers, because you've certainly lost me.
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Julia - 2004-12-30 11:25:24
Dear UB: I've been reading you for a few years now, and I really enjoy your diary. I'm certainly not going to stop reading you or jump on you for saying what you do. That's just dumb. But I've got to say that joke you made actually makes me feel sick and very sad. I willingly admit that I've got a sick, twisted, dark sense of humour that I pride myself on, and I fully understand how laughter makes horrible situations more...understandable in a way. Laughter makes the world go 'round, right? Maybe it's because you don't have friends/family in this part of the world (I'm not trying to presume, of course, I'm just guessing) but it's no joke. I'm lucky. My friends there are ok. Their families? Not so much. Many of these people are only going to have a photograph of their dead loved one and a dna sample to identify them. I read your posts during 9-11, and you weren't laughing then. Maybe it's because I'm a New Yorker, or maybe it's because I'm a secret tree hugging hippy (god forbid), but I can't imagine the hell these people are going through. We, in NYC, had to deal with endless blocks filled with posters of people missing in the WTC, and smell that foul, nasty, burning air for three months...and yet it's nothing compared to what mother nature caused in that part of the world. How do you know that man you're poking fun at has even been identified? The death toll is still climbing. Perhaps it's the timing of your joke that's rubbed me the wrong way. I'm not going to say I'm disappointed in what you wrote because from what I can tell (from your previous posts), you're not an uncaring asshole. But Thailand, India, etc... are wonderful places with very generous people who showed emotional support for America when we were attacked, and yet here you are laughing at their tragedy. Not to mention we're missing thousands of our own citizens. I dunno. I can't help but to think you posted that just to rile people up, and you succeeded, for sure. After all, I'm posting a fucking poorly worded essay here. It's just...come on, UB. You're funnier than this, and a fuck of a lot smarter than this. Anyways, carry on, and have a great and safe New Years.
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Julia - 2004-12-30 11:26:49
oops...sorry for such a HUGE comment. I didn't realize it was quite that large. ack!
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Tenshi - 2004-12-30 11:45:53
...so... why not tell the guy with the garage you have a case of explosive diarreah (or better yet, leprosy) and can't go - then ditch for the nightclub and make SO much more money?
Business is a rabid dog, man. Rabid dog.
...hm, bloated body... yum.
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Tenshi - 2004-12-30 11:47:12
1) I can't spell diarreah. See? Still can't. Diareah. Dioreeah. wtf.
2) Strawberry Pretzel Salad. Good going down, not so great coming back up. Trust me on that one.
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Kara - 2004-12-30 12:13:31
That joke was in very poor taste. I'm sure you don't give a shit, but I've lost respect for you.
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warcrygirl - 2004-12-30 12:15:53
Even if you weren't making a joke at the expense of the people who died in the tsunami it woulnd't have been funny. And you're stupid for not taking the club gig.
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Deborah - 2004-12-30 12:25:44
Looong time reader here. 99% of the time Uncle Bob is side-splitting hilarious. Today - not so much. UB, that man is somebody's son, brother, father, husband. You really missed the mark on this one. CNN is reporting that, so far, there are at least 100,000 dead.
And yeah, find someone else for the garage gig and take the club gig.
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Dawn (webmiztris) - 2004-12-30 12:28:39
hee hee! I love it when people get all riled up, Uncle Bob!! You're so naughty. And you're very cool for not screwing over the Carpenters party gig cockroaches even though you could make so much more money at the club. I'm sure the cochroaches would be quite upset if their DJ cancelled on them the day before the party. And I cannot BELIEVE how fucking rude some of the people who commented above me are in saying you should have cancelled on the Carpenter cochroch gig even though they were scheduled FIRST. I hope their DJS/bands cancel on them the day of their weddings. And then a tsunami hits their church. Pricks.
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Megan - 2004-12-30 13:13:37
I agree with the last comment, minus the last sentence or two. Some people have no loyalty. Oh well, it's not their reps that would be ruined if you went around canceling on everyone. And do you people think that UB KNEW that it was tacky *gasp*? Of course. Only someone who has been living in a hole the past few days hasn't seen the damage, so lay off. Some people need to wake up before posting in the mornings.
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Julia - 2004-12-30 13:16:38
re: Megan.
So because UB knew it was tacky means it's prefectly acceptable? I suppose you wouldn't feel sick or weird if that was your family member in the photo? Oh, but I should have known better than to post in this forum in the first place. I don't believe I ever have before, because UB fans are so rabid that no one can dare to point out something that's just plain...ick.
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Jill - 2004-12-30 13:37:36
Wow, Bobby.. you're getting jumped on this morning. Come on, guys, he was trying to make light of a horrible situation. I'm sure he hasn't printed out that picture and that he hasn't been running up to people all day long, setting down his bags of piss, and showing them the picture proclaiming "look, this guy's trying to get a suntan". Sometimes you write the tacky in your DIARY. That's his right. My point is, you know Uncle Bob CARES. You know he knows it's a tragic mess over there and come on, there's no need to make all these waves (pun intended).
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WM - 2004-12-30 13:44:52
Not funny. And you're being "controversial" ...WHY, exactly? The picture with that caption is not only making cheap fun of the disaster, it's a slap in the face to anyone who was shocked and saddened by that image. Putting it up with that caption is a lot like saying, "Fuck you for having a human response to this. Fuck you for not having ironic distance." Which, really, is the kind of message we get every fucking day from one place or another in our culture. And really, what's the point in saying that right now?
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Jill - 2004-12-30 13:46:00
as for your garage party, I only think it's okay for you to keep that garage party if you get credit for it. Like if you take Andrew and say "see son, I'm doing the right thing, daddy's a good role model and a fantastic human being". and then if Susie wants to give you "you did the right thing" fellatio, that would make it worth it too. Otherwise, take the club gig. Malaria's in this season if you need an excuse.
Oh, and another thing: If you've been a looonnng time reader of UB and this tiny indiscretion makes you an ex-UB reader, good riddance.
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andrea - 2004-12-30 13:46:22
I was almost ready to agree that UB was simply being true to form and making a bad, harmless joke, but upon looking at the picture again I just think it's insensitive and tacky. A bloated dead man lying face down on the beach as a result of a major catastrophe - I don't think it's funny. UB, what the fuck. I know it's your right to post whatever you feel like posting and I still think you're hilarious, but this was a bad call on your part. Just because it didn't happen here doesn't make it insignificant or humorous.
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Jill - 2004-12-30 13:47:25
Ironic distance. So THAT'S what I have. Right on.
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Bridget - 2004-12-30 13:51:24
I agree with Julia's comment that you probably wouldn't have posted that joke if it had been a dead American on 9/11. A tragedy that occurs somewhere far away from us is still a tragedy.
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Terra - 2004-12-30 13:55:58
UB, that was a bad comment, but since I just woke up, it was funny. And then I noticed he wasn't, erm, alive. If the people there were so concerned about the deceased having comments made about them, why are there pictures of them on the internet? Better yet, why isn't he covered up? You guys need to take it easy. I doubt he was saying it to be just kick ass hilarious, but it was a joke of some kind. Chill the mess out. There's worse out there, believe me.
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itsy - 2004-12-30 13:58:27
That's to be expected from you! As for the party, why the HELL didn't youfake sick and take the other gig?? DUDE! That's a lot of money!
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Terra - 2004-12-30 14:01:26
Oh, I'm still going to read your every update and for the people who are comparing this to 911, ya'll are horrible people. That affected everybody and we weren't sick enough to go take pictures of dead bodies. That tsunami crap ain't affecting anybody physically in this country. Damn! Lighten the fuck up. Even though a few people may know people over there, we're still fine. I'm not trying to be an ass, but still.
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sherri - 2004-12-30 14:07:07
Terra, you didn't have to try to be an ass, you did it effortlessly. Nothing matters except what affects you directly? Then you're an evil little shit, and the reason why the rest of the world hates us.
Haaaaaate.
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Bridget - 2004-12-30 14:11:35
Quote: "If the people there were so concerned about the deceased having comments made about them, why are there pictures of them on the internet?"
I don't remember seeing pics on news stories that included pointed jokes like this. And I'm sure the people of SE Asia are just allowing this kind of stuff to spread around the internet. It's not like they've got anything better to do.
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Terra - 2004-12-30 14:12:04
No, we didn't cause the NATURAL disaster and the rest of the world can't hate us because of something we didn't cause.
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Michele - 2004-12-30 14:12:36
You're trying too hard to be funny. You're naturally funny, but when you try to hard,
it's just obnoxious and offensive.
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Amy - 2004-12-30 14:13:01
Take the club gig, and then donate the extra $500: http://www.redcross.org/donate/donate.html
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Michele - 2004-12-30 14:13:48
And for the record, I've never been offended by ANYTHING you've written, and I've read your entire archive. Until now
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Nysha - 2004-12-30 14:29:33
Well UB, at least your life is better than the estimated 100,000 people who died so you could mock them. It doesn't fucking matter that these people are not Americans. They're still people who died, not because they were stupid or foolish, but because Mother Nature decided to throw the ocean at them.
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Paula - 2004-12-30 14:31:24
That just makes me sad. There. You got your reaction. Interesting paradox, in my opinion, that you consider it unethical (or maybe just bad business, yeah, that's more likely the case)to not leave the garage lady in the lurch. I guess it's not a paradox after all. Nevermind.
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Jamie - 2004-12-30 14:31:32
I've got to agree with all those who said that last one was in bad taste.
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Nunya - 2004-12-30 14:47:00
I would have expected much better from someone I found via damnhellasskings.com. This was my first-ever visit to your blog -- and it is also my last.
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Kristen - 2004-12-30 14:59:44
You wrote this once: http://unclebob.diaryland.com/normal2.html
And maybe someone on the other side of the world was putting up pictures of dead Americans and making fun of them. What would that Uncle Bob have done then?
I'm hoping this was a glitch. Mistakes happen. I hope this was just that.
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Nell - 2004-12-30 15:39:47
Don't let the door hit ya in the ass on your way out, folks.
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erica - 2004-12-30 15:46:55
I agree with the people that aren't jumping down UB's throat. I'm questioning the photographer who took the picture anyway.. I mean sheesh, flip the guy over or something. Everyone needs to lighten up a little, the picture IS funny looking. Maybe I'm sick for thinking so, but so be it.. it doesn't mean I don't care about people who died, and it doesn't mean I haven't donated money to help the efforts. All of you whiney asses who have nothing better to do than try to attack free speech, why don't you put your money where your mouth is and really do something? I have no doubt that while making his comment, UB has probably donated a box of clothes,or food, or water or something to help people. I assure you, they're not giving a crap whether someone posts a comment about a goofy pose, they're wanting people to get off their butts and help.
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Ian - 2004-12-30 15:53:02
Sorry UB - I WILL go on reading you (anyway you've got so many readers I'm sure you don't care) but we spent 6 hours not knowing what had happened to my sister, her husband and her 2 kids (1 who is 3, 1 who is 5) so you'll forgive me for not finding that picture or comment funny in the slightest.)
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andrea - 2004-12-30 15:54:06
Terra, I think you missed Sherri's well-said point. Read it again. And again. Until you get it.
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Craig - 2004-12-30 16:04:44
your a fucking moron for the comment, but i'll be back for more.
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Sandy - 2004-12-30 16:07:10
What Craig said.
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Grammar check - 2004-12-30 16:11:57
It's "You're" as in the contraction for 'You are'. Irony turns its ugly head yet again.
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Bridget - 2004-12-30 16:24:46
Hey erica--I think you're forgetting that free speech works both ways. I'm not insisting that UB take the picture down, but I have every right to say that it's a shitty thing to do. Comments sections on blogs aren't limited to those who agree with what they say, so my whiny ass advises yours to calm down.
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erica - 2004-12-30 16:50:47
I never said you can't post anything, I said put your money where your mouth is, do something instead of being a whiney ass.
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woah - 2004-12-30 16:56:20
huh? erica, how do you know that the people you're calling, 'whiney asses' aren't doing something? What a crappy assumption on your part. and for Terra...this isn't affecting anybody in this country?? Are you daft? We have 3,000 Americans MISSING in that part of the world. There are many Americans here who have family in that part of the world who can't reach them. My coworker has been trying to get word from India all week. Educate yourself, because otherwise your opinion makes you sound pretty dumb. Just a word of advice.
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Kelly - 2004-12-30 17:04:09
I'd rather UB was a disloyal fuck and cancelled on the garage gig in favor of the club gig than put up a picture that makes him look like a disgusting, insensitive fuck. If this was two weeks from not it might be a tid bit less offensive but right now, it's pretty bad. People can be dumb though, and we'll just chalk this one up to bad bad judgement on UB's part, and go on with our lives. Terra, FYI, there are 10's of thousands of Americans affected by this, not just "a few". Get with the program, chick.
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Brandi - 2004-12-30 17:21:33
Yes, the joke was tasteless and crude... but were these people under the mistaken impression they were reading Leslie Irene's diary or something?
Keep it up Bob. I love ya.
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Spenki - 2004-12-30 17:27:47
oh for fucks sake, this was clearly meant as a joke by UB, nd yes it mite not be the funniest thing he has ever posted, but for gods sake! i think it is time lot of people who read this diry lighten up abit! yes i do realise that this pic could be of some american or british guy, but UB it clearly trying to lighten to situation up abit. it isnt all doom and gloom for everybody! It's New Year, a time to appreciate what we have, and enjoy the rest of our lives! Stop picking on UB for his ickle humour and get a life. Happy New Year! x X x
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erica - 2004-12-30 17:27:48
"woah" Chill out, if you're doing something, then great, but who's to say that the "insensitive fuck" people are so loving to call UB in his OWN comments section hasn't done something as well?
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Misspinkkate - 2004-12-30 17:37:43
Ditch the garage party- take the club party. 'Nuff said.
Yea, and the picture with captain is pretty tasteless.
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sherri - 2004-12-30 17:42:58
I don't think UB's joke was funny, but I'm not mad about that. He tried, it fell flatter than a pancake, whatever. Obviously, he was trying for a rueful levity which he didn't quite pull off. No, it's idiots like Terra who piss me off. Like Andrea said, read it again, moron. I don't have to be directly responsible (which, duh, it's a natural disaster) for the deaths of 116,000 people to be affected by it. Douchebag.
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Kelly - 2004-12-30 17:43:00
Erica, that's why I said that it makes him LOOK like an insensitive fuck. I don't think he is, this is the first time since I've been reading his diary that I feel icky about something he's written/posted. Obviously some folks around these parts are ULTRA offended, but I am not one of them. Sometimes the only way folks can deal with such a horrible tragedy is to do this sort of thing. It doesn't make anyone a horrible person, it's just a coping mechanism. And we all do that and we all offend people by saying and doing the wrong thing, and sometimes we do it on purpose too! It's really no big deal. It's a free country, those who are all appalled can go read some sweet little fluffy diary and stay all calm and not get their blood pumping at all, ever. Makes no difference to me, I'll be here giggling while UB pisses 'em off with something else tomorrow.
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Grammar check - 2004-12-30 17:52:41
Well, I agree with Spenki, although he/she has slaughtered the English language nearly beyond recognition, he/she seems to understand that it was meant to be a joke, and it should be taken as such.
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Michael - 2004-12-30 17:57:06
How would you all be feeling if he had made a similar post within days of 9/11 showing dead bodies from the WTC? It's racist and disgusting and indefensible. He has a right to post it. We have the right to keep reading or not. I choose not to.
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a different kelly thank god - 2004-12-30 18:01:52
whoah - you bloggers have way too much time on your hands - get out of uncle boobie's ass and quit trying to defend a shitty entry. it's a new year's party - not a wedding to the twit that was wishing tsunamis all over the place. also - that picture - a little more exciting then your boring weather in alabama - but tasteless. thank god you and your son are safe. you also have way too much time on your hands and feel the need to update everyday - why?? will your fellow bloggers cry?
the internet is for porn anyways.
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erica - 2004-12-30 18:04:55
Good, Michael.
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R.I.P - 2004-12-30 18:18:05
Bad UB. Not at all sensitive to the people dealing with this. But if it can inspire people who aren't directly affected to do something like send donations or appreciate their life and their loved ones a little more then so be it. Always try to find the bright side.
I doubt the deceased gives a shit and if he did he's probably quietly proud that in death he's made a bunch of people laugh and smile and cry and get angry.
Strength and love to those that have left and those that are left behind.
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Michelle - 2004-12-30 19:08:37
I'm not normally the sort to troll, but: Fuck you, UB. That's awful. I can't believe you have the gall to bitch about people not saying "good morning" to you at work, then post something so hurtful and tasteless.
"UB has probably donated a box of clothes,or food, or water or something to help people."
Riiiight. Whatever gets you through the night.
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nautile - 2004-12-30 19:25:30
Not good, man. Not good.
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erica - 2004-12-30 19:40:27
I don't believe I'd fret through the night even if UB is passing out that photo as part of his New Year's celebration. Michelle obviously missed her dose of Lithium today.
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Shelby - 2004-12-30 19:59:56
Nice to see the 1st Amendment practiced.
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Michelle - 2004-12-30 20:13:19
"They're not giving a crap whether someone posts a comment about a goofy pose."
Classy, erica. The "goofy pose" you're referring to is a dead man, one with a family, one who likely had children and a wife who, if they aren't grieving him, are desperately looking for him still. So who's the one who missed her meds? I'm outta here. Reading posts like erica's are, literally, making me sick to my stomach.
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Michelle - 2004-12-30 20:14:48
If you found that funny, by the way, I've got some great Holocaust images that will crack your shit up!
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shana - 2004-12-30 20:19:00
You really shouldn't have, dude.
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Kelly - 2004-12-30 21:09:00
You know what, I think I figured it out. The point of the picture was for UB to show that while he's over here in Alabammy frettin' over the fact that he is going to be playing New Years Eve in a garage instead of the most happenin' club in Montgomery, there are 117,000 people dead on the other side of the world, and he realizes that his problems are not so huge after all! Maybe we all missed the point. :-)
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teri - 2004-12-30 21:22:38
bad taste. =\
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your worst nightmare - 2004-12-30 21:33:49
i thought it was funny myself. i went back and read it again just to chuckle one more time. uncle bob's humor is always in bad taste and crude. that's why i love him so!
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Nell - 2004-12-30 21:40:34
I wanna see the holocaust pictures, I'm having a boring day...I need a good laugh.
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Heather - 2004-12-30 21:58:07
you people are idiots. its dark humor, and perhaps tasteless but where the hell do you get off telling someone else what they should and should not write in their diary? fuck all of you. if you dont like it go somewhere else, and dont complain about it because no one gives a fuck about YOUR opinion- YOU are not the center of the universe no one wants to hear from you.
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Tsk Tsk Tsk - 2004-12-30 21:59:37
I've been reading UB's diary for years now, and usually, even when he's exhibiting bad taste, there is some humor. This time...bad taste + lackof humor = UB with egg on his face.
Was it just two days ago that UB wrote,
"But THEN I watched them as they pulled the car away from the steel rods and the woman and back into their parking space and they were actually LAUGHING.
LAUGHING ABOUT HITTING A WOMAN.
I guess crack can even make vehicular manslaughter funny." Guess Alabammy crack can make anything seem funny, huh, UB?
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Megan S. - 2004-12-30 23:09:37
Man, U.B., you really stepped in it this time. You've got a mob of angry dorks howling for your blood. Run for the hills!
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M - 2004-12-30 23:09:54
Man, U.B., you really stepped in it this time. You've got a mob of angry dorks howling for your blood. Run for the hills!
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Terra - 2004-12-30 23:26:10
Tsk tsk Sherry. It's not nice to call people idiots or douchebags. Well, atleast I'm not pitching a fit and bitching about what somebody put in their diary. As far as I'm concerned, fuck off Sherry. I didn't ask for your opinion therefore I don't give a flying load of shit.
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katie - 2004-12-30 23:33:20
*shrug* i thought it was funny. people need to get a little less sensitive on the internet.
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Terra - 2004-12-30 23:54:35
Hey UB. I wonder if all these people were freaking out when the south got the hurricanes. How many countries did that affect?
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Kara - 2004-12-31 01:18:03
Terra: you're insensitive. Things don't have to occur in your own backyard for them to matter. The upside of human empathy is that we feel for those we don't even know. It doesn't matter that I don't know a single person of the 115,000 that died or the millions who are left without a home; my heart (and money) still goes out to them and their families.
Erica: you're not in touch with reality. Do you honestly think the photographer should have flipped that man over before taking the picture? Should he have dressed him up in his Sunday best and painted a smile on his face too? Photos of times like these are meant to capture the reality of the disaster, not to make it appear that everything is hunky-dory. Should photographers have waited until Ground Zero was all cleaned up before taking photos? 115,000 are dead. Sorry they couldn't have died with smiles on their faces.
Uncle Bob: you've created a shit storm. Congratulations.
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Brandi (again) - 2004-12-31 01:50:25
Remember UB... Jesus is your homey. :-) Anyone dumb enough to get offended over your comment has also probably never laughed at someone falling through a roof on America's Funniest Home Videos, right? Or how about that fat lady that was trying to parasail and instead got dragged along the beach?!? I'm sure they were all feeling her pain and humiliation. Yeah, right. I think some people get so bogged down in their own B.S. they need a soapbox to stand on to see over it. Don't fret, and keep up the funny. I'll be back.
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Melissa - 2004-12-31 02:25:37
Wow. I've been reading for years and probably have never commented, but feel compelled to after observing the rampant douchebagetry amongst your commenters.
Sure it was in poor taste. That's why it was funny. I guess not everyone got the memo on the pretense of black humor.
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Cranberry - 2004-12-31 04:14:21
Brandi, people laugh at America's Funniest Home Videos because the people there may get hurt, but they don't DIE, and they CHOOSE to send their embarrassing videos in to a TV show. This man is dead. It's a completely different situation. And UB, I'm not easily offended, but I was really surprised you'd make a joke about someone who died like that, especially in the midst of this tragedy, and especially after condemning those ladies who laughed when they hit someone with their car. If you were just trying to get a reaction... well, congrats. But I think it was in poor taste, and while I'll probably continue reading, it does make me think less of you -- sorry. I'm all for black humor, but this wasn't the time... and it wasn't at all funny anyway.
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czarandom - 2004-12-31 04:29:10
I was going to go on some diatribe about how there is a certain grace that exists within laughter, but I get the impression that it would be pointless to try. Bob, you've got a talent and without mentioning it, I know you won't slow down. I'll be looking forward to your next post... Ha, Alabammy... reminds me of bugs bunny. The stark contrast is killing me.
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Squeakster - 2004-12-31 04:38:23
Once again UB revitalizes his recently anemic comments section by posting something controversial. It wasn't so long ago that we were all praying for the parade of hurricaines to stay away from his front door. When they did, UB (tongue in cheek) posted his disappointment here. Humor is a fickle bey-atch, my friends. UB is a genius. His experimental approach in this dairy may or may not be for your entertainment. It's a DAIRY for pete's sakes!!! Albeit one that you guys have the abilty to peek into and comment on. Make my funk the P-Funk, I like my funk UN-CUT (and uncensored). Peace!
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Kara - 2004-12-31 04:47:35
Squeakster: if this is truly a DAIRY, then I suppose the vast majority of us are lactose intolerant. And if he didn't want anyone to comment on his...ahem... DIARY, then there shouldn't be a comments section.
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Squeakster - 2004-12-31 05:05:28
Ahem! (is this thing on?) Attention reader: If you've arrived here, you have gone too far. UB's entry today was a potpurri... Nay, a Strawberry Pretzel Salad of an entry. It had the sweet, the tart, the salty, the bitter. He showed business ethics (while kicking himself in the butt about it); Irony, after beating the hell out of his kid over a tantrum that started with a toy vaccuum, He buys a vaccuum for Xmas and his kid won't go near it (caution: there may be trauma evidence here)etc. That joke, while in poor taste, was about the picture. Not about the human being in the picture or the tragedy but the absurdity horror and shock value of the picture itself. IMHO.
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Squeakster - 2004-12-31 05:09:28
Kara, I'm up at an unusual time and you got me (or rather, I got myself on that one!)!
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Jen - 2004-12-31 06:15:30
Talk about a desperate cry for attention. Very uncool.
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M - 2004-12-31 11:42:52
Spenki, well as long as it wasn't some American or British guy, I guess it's okay, right? He probably wasn't even white, for pete's sake, right Spenki??? Is that what you're saying? Dirty stinking foreigners...
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Newswatcher - 2004-12-31 11:49:52
UB is right on the money with this one, tourists are already returning to the beaches......
http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,11816699,00.html
Killer waves, then a day on the beach
By OLINKA KOSTER
31dec04
IT seems almost impossible.
Just days after the tidal wave disaster, one of the devastated beaches was returning to normal yesterday. On Sunday, Patong Beach was hit by a wall of water that swept into Phuket, claiming at least 120 lives. Parasols, chairs, and other beach paraphernalia were swept to the top of the tree-lined beach, dragging helpless holidaymakers with them. It was at this beach that six-month-old Melina Heppell, of Perth, disappeared from her father's arms when the huge wave struck. For some tourists yesterday, however, the tragedy was becoming a memory, albeit a vivid one, as they made the most of the weather and topped up their tans. Many in bathers and bikinis, some lounged on sunbeds and others took a dip in the water that had claimed so many lives a few days earlier. Their fun in the sun came despite warnings that aftershocks could follow the disaster that is likely to have killed as many as 100,000. As many Westerners waited for news of missing loved ones others arrived to take holidays as usual.
Engineer Paul Cunliffe, from Manchester, arrived on an almost empty flight from Malaysia. Gin and tonic in hand, Mr Cunliffe said he and two friends were booked into a beach-front hotel that had escaped serious damage, and had been assured of a "wonderful holiday". "Our friends think we're mad. The only risk we face I think is if there's another quake. We love the place that much and we thought we would take the risk," he said. Further south at Surin Beach, where 10 died, tourists also were out in force.
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MrFuckYou - 2004-12-31 12:51:41
Hands down, funniest entry ever. I laughed till I cried, then whiped my eyes and laughed some more. My only question is, with all those people dead what the hell is Dell going to do for technical support now?
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czarandom - 2004-12-31 14:38:48
Good lookin' out Newswatcher.
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Cananopie - 2004-12-31 15:43:43
Hey Uncle Bob, you should check out this site: http://webmiztris.diaryland.com/
because she makes a good point on how you aren't an asshole about the tsunami joke and how you are obviously awesome. It's her whole entry, so if you get this like a day late or something and you don't see it click on the "previous entry" down at the bottom.
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Mistaken - 2004-12-31 16:19:04
Typically I find your stuff funny -- however, this particular post wasn't. It was in poor taste. I always thought you were an an educated redneck, but I was mistaken.
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erica - 2004-12-31 16:20:44
Kara-Yes, I completely think the photographer should've flipped the guy over. That was the whole point of the entire comment. I think he should've stuck a cigar in his mouth, put a tutu on him and had a whole "Weekend at Bernie's" kind of a day with him.
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? - 2004-12-31 16:23:28
How do we know the guy wasn't just looking for his sunglasses in the sand?
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Jess - 2005-01-01 01:01:11
Yeah, yeah, your joke was in bad taste, like a lot of people are saying--really, waiting a couple of weeks might have been cooler. But my real comment is: what is up with everyone telling you that you should lie to your previous engagement and take the new, higher paid offer? Seriously, business is a 'rabid dog'? The fuck? I am not yet a forty-something woman with crap taste in music and the bad manners to put my DJ in the garage, but I like to think that even if I were, if I contract him in advance and arrange payment, that he will SHOW UP, especially if the notice would be so last minute as to preclude getting another one. Ethics are cool, people. Try them. Kudos, UB for not selling out.
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Mo - 2005-01-02 11:12:44
Did you not just write (couple of entries back) about how horrible those people were who laughed at that woman who was hit by a car?
Just wondering why it's okay for you to laugh at something so sad, and tragic.
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Karen - 2005-01-02 12:18:33
Keep on inviting the karma bus to leave those tire tracks on you UB!
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Jessie - 2005-01-04 11:01:54
Yep, sorry UB, I think that was in bad taste. Wait a couple of weeks, at least. Were you upset by people making cracks about 9/11 within a week? If so, this is not really in the best of taste, IMO. I say this as someone who reads UB partly for his black humour, so don't jump down my throat and tell me "I just don't get the joke" - I just think it was taken a bit too far this time. Oh, and just in case Terra's reading this: I can't BELIEVE that you are getting snotty about people comparing the tsunami disaster to 9/11. I really, really hope you're being ironic.
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kris - 2005-01-05 12:22:23
Come on people, no-one really believes this 'Terra' person is real, right!? Oh please, no one is that moronic.
I hope.
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cat - 2005-01-09 22:31:26
You know what Bob? Not funny. Another reader lost. Not that you care you souless piece of shit.
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