Last night I was not on the list at the Funny Bone. I showed up at Starbucks, got my Venti Hot Chocolate, and worked one "The Joke" until Janine and Rob Durham showed up. I'm getting really into transference; that is, during a joke instead of claiming something is my opinion, or that a thought originates with me, I blame it on someone else. For example, my joke I now call [Racism 2K6]; I used to say "You know phrases like 'It's 2006, end racism?'". No one wants to hear a bald white guy talk about racism, especially when he brings it up. But if someone else expressed an idea or did something odd, like "I went home for Christmas and the mayor of my home town announced 2006 to be the year to end Racism in Mexico, MO." Now I didn't bring it up, per se; and so the audience (who probably won't notice) will be less likely to get offended. Rob changed one of his jokes using this principle, and if you're reading this, chances are you've heard him tell the joke. If not, you can visit RobDurhamComedy.com and ask him to tell it to you or something.
I used to think the idea was obsolete, until I heard the old man tapping his feet
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