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#4534 From: SpiritWalker <ndncomic@...>
Date: Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:24 pm
Subject: RE: Re: Well what did you think? 		ndncomic
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I can see both sides of the argument.  I think he probably did get some pity votes.  I also see a strong argument in the fact that he's a genuinely funny guy.  I think it's a combination of both and there's nothing wrong with that.  As a professional comedian myself, I'll throw some other things into the mix, though.  Here are some basic comedy principals that Josh employed extremely well.
 
1)  You have to sell yourself BEFORE you can sell your material.  If you're a genuinely likeable person on stage and you look like you're having fun, the audience will reciprocate.  There is a tendency in comedy for the audience to assume the attitude of the comedian.  Josh is able to use that to his advantage.  He comes out making fun of his affliction, which allows the audience to associate with him and feel free to laugh.  Audiences have always loved comedians who don't take themselves too seriously.  Some people might confuse this with pity votes, but it's actually that the audience felt comfortable to laugh when Josh was on stage -- not pity.
 
2)  Address the obvious and talk about what you know, what you've experienced.  The reason Josh did so much material on his disability is because that is his life.  Why did Richard Pryor do so much material on drug use early on?  Why does Jeff Foxworthy do so much redneck material?  It's because this is what they know best, it's they're personal experiences and that's always the funniest thing to you.  Don't fault Josh for doing that, he's able to make it funny.
 
3)  Start your set with something personal to the audience.  In every town I play, I begin my set by talking about something local.  I'll drive around town before the show and write material about quaint places I see or situations (like traffic or construction going on in the area).  I'll begin by talking about where they live or how they live, etc.  This endears the comedian to the audience and sells YOU before you try to sell your prepared material.  Notice that every set Josh did, he began by talking about the competition.  "The blackberry Gabriel had was mine; so was (can't remember her name)'s baby."  He got personal.  It was like he was letting the audience in on the behind-the-scenes action.  They loved that.  No one else did that.  That was extremely smart on his part.
 
I'm sure there are other comedians, who study the art of comedy also and are much smarter than I am, who could point out other things, but I thought I'd throw these into the mix and see what develops.
 
Keep live comedy alive and go visit a local comedy venue.  It can only be good for all of us comedians.

Holly <song4sky@...> wrote:
I thought that early on since his whole act seemed to be about his disability (even though he was still funny), but he has definitely proven himself as a comedian and is a funny guy!  He was hilarious on the boat!

Marylee <lizziesmama@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
I agree!  On a group I’m on for people with CP an argument came up that he won by pity votes.  I don’t agree.  He’s naturally funny.  Just watching the show when they were on the boat was enough to see that.
 
Marylee
 
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Dear Group:
Josh was the funniest and earned .The Win still LMAO...Michelle:))
 

--- In Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com, "Marylee" <lizziesmama@...> wrote:
>
> Ty used all old material. Would have been nice to hear him do something I
> hadn't heard before.
>
>
>
> Josh got my vote again - as you would have figured by now! LOL Anyways - I
> was glad to see him and Ty go on as I thought Chris would have given Josh a
> harder time to win! LOL
>
>
>
>
>
> marylee
>

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#4533 From: Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com
Date: Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:21 pm
Subject: New poll for Last_Comic_Standing 		Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com
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Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
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Who's your favorite LCS winner?

   o Dat Phan
   o John Heffron
   o Alonzo Bodden
   o Josh Blue
   o None of them


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#4532 From: Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com
Date: Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:18 pm
Subject: New poll for Last_Comic_Standing 		Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com
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Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
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What's your favorite season overall so far (not necessarily based on who
actually won)?

   o Season 1
   o Season 2
   o Season 3
   o Season 4


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#4531 From: Holly <song4sky@...>
Date: Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:12 pm
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I thought that early on since his whole act seemed to be about his disability (even though he was still funny), but he has definitely proven himself as a comedian and is a funny guy!  He was hilarious on the boat!

Marylee <lizziesmama@...> wrote:
I agree!  On a group I’m on for people with CP an argument came up that he won by pity votes.  I don’t agree.  He’s naturally funny.  Just watching the show when they were on the boat was enough to see that.
 
Marylee
 
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From: Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michelle
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 11:15 PM
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Subject: [Last_Comic_Standing] Re: Well what did you think?
 
Dear Group:
Josh was the funniest and earned .The Win still LMAO...Michelle:))
 

--- In Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com, "Marylee" <lizziesmama@...> wrote:
>
> Ty used all old material. Would have been nice to hear him do something I
> hadn't heard before.
>
>
>
> Josh got my vote again - as you would have figured by now! LOL Anyways - I
> was glad to see him and Ty go on as I thought Chris would have given Josh a
> harder time to win! LOL
>
>
>
>
>
> marylee
>

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#4530 From: "Marylee" <lizziesmama@...>
Date: Fri Aug 11, 2006 12:12 pm
Subject: RE: Re: Well what did you think? 		dexterdogsmama
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I agree!  On a group I’m on for people with CP an argument came up that he won by pity votes.  I don’t agree.  He’s naturally funny.  Just watching the show when they were on the boat was enough to see that.

 

Marylee

 

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From: Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michelle
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 11:15 PM
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Subject: [Last_Comic_Standing] Re: Well what did you think?

 

Dear Group:

Josh was the funniest and earned .The Win still LMAO...Michelle:))

 


--- In Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com, "Marylee" <lizziesmama@...> wrote:
>
> Ty used all old material. Would have been nice to hear him do something I
> hadn't heard before.
>
>
>
> Josh got my vote again - as you would have figured by now! LOL Anyways - I
> was glad to see him and Ty go on as I thought Chris would have given Josh a
> harder time to win! LOL
>
>
>
>
>
> marylee
>


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#4529 From: "Michelle" <michellehd83@...>
Date: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:14 am
Subject: Re: Well what did you think? 		michellehd83
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Dear Group:

Josh was the funniest and earned .The Win still LMAO...Michelle:))


--- In Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com, "Marylee" <lizziesmama@...> wrote:
>
> Ty used all old material. Would have been nice to hear him do something I
> hadn't heard before.
>
>
>
> Josh got my vote again - as you would have figured by now! LOL Anyways - I
> was glad to see him and Ty go on as I thought Chris would have given Josh a
> harder time to win! LOL
>
>
>
>
>
> marylee
>

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#4528 From: "Marylee" <lizziesmama@...>
Date: Wed Aug 9, 2006 2:22 am
Subject: Well what did you think? 		dexterdogsmama
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Ty used all old material.  Would have been nice to hear him do something I hadn’t heard before.

 

Josh got my vote again – as you would have figured by now! LOL  Anyways – I was glad to see him and Ty go on as I thought Chris would have given Josh a harder time to win! LOL

 

 

marylee


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#4527 From: "Betty" <wwwitchiepoo@...>
Date: Fri Aug 4, 2006 6:40 pm
Subject: Love Chris Porter 		wwwitchiepoo
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What an original voice in comedy. Go Chris!

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#4526 From: "Andrea" <OwnedByACat@...>
Date: Thu Aug 3, 2006 6:09 pm
Subject: OT: "Desperate Housewives" - from the beginning 		ownedbyacat0729
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If any of you are interested in watching "Desperate Housewives" from the beginning, Lifetime is going to be airing it starting Saturday, Aug. 5 at 11 p.m. Eastern.  Looks like it'll be on every week.  Enjoy!  It's a very entertaining show - lots of drama, comedy, intrigue, etc. 
 
 
      
 
 
 
 

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#4525 From: "Marylee" <lizziesmama@...>
Date: Tue Aug 1, 2006 11:35 pm
Subject: HELP! 		dexterdogsmama
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OK, someone out there thinks we want to see the Indians baseball game over lcs and fear factor.  So I’m not going to get to see it tonight!!! L  So, if someone could do me a HUGE favor and post the phone # to vote Josh as soon as he does his thing I would really appreciate it!  I’m NOT a happy camper!

 

Marylee


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#4524 From: "Andrea" <OwnedByACat@...>
Date: Thu Jul 27, 2006 11:36 pm
Subject: OT: Survivor-like show - "Shipwrecked: Battle Of The Islands" on BBCA 		ownedbyacat0729
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Someone told me about this new show that's supposed to be Survivor-style, if anyone is interested. 
 
"Shipwrecked: Battle Of The Islands" (BBCA - ch. 135 on Dish Network)
 
episode 2 airs Wed, 8/2 at 9-10 p.m. and reruns on:
 
Thurs, 8/3 at 1-2 a.m. and Sat, 8/5 at 1-2 p.m.
 
In this new reality competition series, two groups of 18-23 year-old castaways are left stranded, divided across two islands in the Aitutaki Atoll in the South Pacific. Each week a new castaway arrives. The two island tribes try to woo the new castaway to join their tribe. The island with the most inhabitants at the end wins a huge cash prize to be divided among the group. The trick is to have the most tribe members, but not so many as to divide the cash prize too many ways.
 
 
 
 
 
 

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#4523 From: Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:22 am
Subject: Poll results for Last_Comic_Standing 		Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com
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The following Last_Comic_Standing poll is now closed.  Here are the
final results:


POLL QUESTION: Who do you want to win LCS season 4?

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- Josh Blue, 5 votes, 62.50%
- Ty Barnett, 0 votes, 0.00%
- Chris Porter, 3 votes, 37.50%
- Michele Balan, 0 votes, 0.00%
- Roz, 0 votes, 0.00%

INDIVIDUAL VOTES
- Josh Blue
      - song4sky@...
      - jrshell@...
      - lizziesmama@...
      - OwnedByACat@...
      - markdp6@...
- Ty Barnett
- Chris Porter
      - chicklet14@...
      - billyinvirginia@...
      - sammwiz@...
- Michele Balan
- Roz


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#4522 From: Samantha <sammwiz@...>
Date: Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:21 pm
Subject: Re: tough decisions... 		sammwiz
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I have to agree...  They were all very funny this
week.   Chris Porter is still my favorite.  But I am
also really starting to like Ty. His sets are proving
to be really funny. His delivery is really good.

                                  Samantha



--- cyndie <cyd602@...> wrote:

> Wow! They were all funny this time.
>
> I think I laughed more at Michele and Ty though.
>
> I'm just not feeling Chris in these finals so far.
>
> Josh was funny, but not the funniest this week.
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#4521 From: "Andrea" <OwnedByACat@...>
Date: Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:17 pm
Subject: Last Comic Standing Joke of the Day - July 25, 2006 		ownedbyacat0729
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Last Comic Standing Joke of the day July 25, 2006

Alonzo's Joke of the Day


Detroit is a rough city.
No one ever left Detroit and said, "I was wrong about Detroit."


Last Comic Standing – Tuesdays 9/8c

 


 


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#4520 From: "Marylee" <lizziesmama@...>
Date: Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:02 pm
Subject: RE: tough decisions... 		dexterdogsmama
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Yeah, Michele really did well this week.  So did Ty.  I was behind a rolls Royce on the way home from dropping my daughter off at school and thought of Chris.  Wondered what the car horn sounded like! LOL

I think Chris will go next.  At least I hope because I don’t want Josh to go.  I’m still holding out hope for him!  His show was good just not as funny as last time.  But his description of the paralympic team was funny.

 

Marylee

 

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Subject: [Last_Comic_Standing] tough decisions...

 

Wow! They were all funny this time.

I think I laughed more at Michele and Ty though.

I'm just not feeling Chris in these finals so far.

Josh was funny, but not the funniest this week.


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#4519 From: "cyndie" <cyd602@...>
Date: Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:29 pm
Subject: tough decisions... 		cyd602
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Wow! They were all funny this time.

I think I laughed more at Michele and Ty though.

I'm just not feeling Chris in these finals so far.

Josh was funny, but not the funniest this week.

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#4518 From: "Andrea" <OwnedByACat@...>
Date: Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:30 pm
Subject: TUESDAY TV (July 25) 		ownedbyacat0729
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TV 3  
 
4 · WB Gilmore Girls  Repeat CC TVPG Gilmore Girls  Repeat CC TVPG Sex and the City  CC TV14 Will & Grace  CC
6 · ABC According to Jim  Repeat CC TVPG George Lopez  Repeat CC TVPG The One: Making a Music Star  CC TVPG
8 · CBS Big Brother: All-Stars  CC Rock Star: Supernova  CC 48 Hours Mystery  Repeat CC
13 · NBC Fear Factor  CC TVPG Last Comic Standing  CC TV14 Law & Order: Special Vic...  Repeat CC TV14
23 · UPN Veronica Mars  Repeat CC TVPG Veronica Mars  Repeat CC TV14 News 8 at 10 on UPN Indiana Access Hollywood  CC TVPG >>
59 · FOX House  Repeat CC TV14 House  Repeat CC TV14 Fox 59 News  CC
 
 
Typing
Andrea's TV reminders and recommendations (bolded) for
Tuesday, July 25: 
 
(Eastern time zone) 
 
10-11 a.m.  Looking in mirror The Simple Life: 'Til Death Do Us Part (ETV) - reality tv (2 reruns)
 
12:42 p.m.  The Perfect Bride Bride (Lifetime Movie Network) - suspense thriller starring Kelly Preston (a bridegroom's sister sees something sinister in the unsullied nurse about to become her in-law)
 
1:30-2:30 p.m.  America's Got Talent Conjuring cat (Bravo) - reality tv (rerun)
 
3-3:30 p.m.  Anna Nicole's Most Shocking (VH1)  
 
3-5 p.m.  Found Crying (Lifetime) - suspense thriller (mystery surrounds the sudden return of a young woman to her family 16 years after her kidnapping)
 
4:30-5:30 p.m.  Where Are They Now: Celebrity Fit Club (VH1) - reality tv special
 
5-5:30 p.m.  Comedy Central Presents - LaughingGabriel Iglesias (Last Comic Standing, contestant from current season)
 
5-6 p.m.  Tabloid Wars  (Bravo) - reality tv (rerun of premiere)
 
5:30-11:30 p.m.  My Fair Brady: We're Getting Married Bride Groom (VH1) - reality tv (reruns)
 
6-7 p.m.  Work Out http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001 (Bravo) - reality tv/fitness (rerun)
 
7-8 p.m.  Overhaulin' NASCAR  (TLC) - reality tv/cars (the team steals a LeMans with help from actor Charlie Sheen)
 
8-9 p.m.  Big Brother: All-Stars Big Brother  (CBS) - reality tv (Power Of Veto ceremony)
 
8-9 p.m.  Fear Factor  (NBC) - reality tv (new episode)
 
8-9 p.m.  Work Out http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001 (Bravo) - reality tv/fitness (rerun)
 
9-10 p.m.  Rock Star: Supernova Band (CBS) - reality tv/music (new episode) - the remaining contestants perform
 
9-10 p.m.  Last Comic Standing Laughing (NBC) - reality tv (new episode) - 1 comic is eliminated; the final 4 comics perform
 
9-10 p.m.  Work Out http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001 (Bravo) - reality tv/fitness (new episode)
 
9-11 p.m.  The One: Making A Music Star Playing piano  (ABC) - reality tv (new episode)
 
9:30-10 p.m.  Hi-Jinks Laughing(Nick-at-Nite) - reality tv/hidden camera/pranks on kids (new episode)
 
10-10:30 p.m.  The Real World: Key West  (MTV) - reality tv (new episode)
 
10-10:30 p.m.  The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency Hatchet (Oxygen) - reality tv (new episode)
 
10-11 p.m.  48 Hours Mystery (CBS) Frightened 
 
10-11 p.m.  Strictly Dr. Drew (DHC - ch. 189 on Dish) - (germs) Feeling ill 
 
10-11:30 p.m.  Bride Groom My Fair Brady: We're Getting Married (VH1) - reality tv *** Rerun of FINALE - THE WEDDING ***
 
11 p.m. - 12 a.m.  Work Out Treadmill (Bravo) - reality tv/fitness (rerun of tonight's new episode)
 
11 p.m. - 12 a.m.  TV Guide Close Up (TVGuide channel - ch. 102 on Dish network) - American Idol's Kelly Clarkson
 
11 p.m. - 12 a.m.  Overhaulin' NASCAR  (TLC) - reality tv/cars (the team restores a Cadillac whose owner has used it to store holiday decorations)
 
12-1 a.m.  Project Runway (Bravo) - reality tv (rerun)
 
12:30-1 a.m.  Hi-Jinks Laughing (Nick-at-Nite) - reality tv/hidden camera/pranks on kids (rerun)
 
1-2 a.m.  Work Out http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001 (Bravo) - reality tv/fitness (rerun of tonight's new episode)
 
1-2 a.m.  Strictly Dr. Drew (DHC - ch. 189 on Dish) - (germs) Feeling ill 
 
1:36 a.m.  Carson Daly (NBC) - funny comedian Kathy Griffin Laughing 
 
2-3 a.m.  Girls Behaving Badly Laughing (Oxygen) - funny reality tv/hidden camera (2 reruns)
 
2-3 a.m.  Tabloid Wars  (Bravo) - reality tv (rerun of premiere)
 
2-3 a.m.  World Series Of Pop Culture Praying(VH1) - reality tv/game (rerun)
 
 
 
Winking 2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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#4517 From: "billyinvirginia" <billyinvirginia@...>
Date: Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:56 pm
Subject: Chris Porter video set .. Pretty funny 		billyinvirginia
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Watch this .. but Rated R


But this is the chris the way i saw him ...

I love his comedy.

http://www.rooftopcomedy.com/watch_clips.php?clip=Chris_Porter_20060201

Bill

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#4516 From: "Andrea" <OwnedByACat@...>
Date: Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:04 am
Subject: OT: Purses = potential health hazard 		ownedbyacat0729
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We'd better start anti-bacterialing our purses!  LOL  Blech.  Check this out.....
 
 
Claim:   Your purse may be carrying disease into your home.

Status:   True.

Example:   [Collected via e-mail, 2006]

Bacteria on Purses

A study was performed on women's purses. A health team went to a local mall and took samples from the bottom of 50 women's purses. The purses were swabbed with cotton swabs along the entire bottom of the purses and placed into special containers. The swabs were then processed at a local laboratory.

The Health Report also showed where women place their purses: public rest-rooms (on the floor beside the toilet), kitchen counters & kitchen tables, on tables & chairs in restaurants, etc. The results of the laboratory tests contained the following most serious result: 1 out of 4 purses — E COLI

Other extremely serious bacteria also were listed, including Hepatitis.

They recommended that women should DAILY wipe their purses (particularly the bottom) with a disinfectant wipe and to be extremely careful where you sit your purse. Most important, do NOT place your purse on a table (anywhere) where you will eat or on a kitchen counter and do not put it anywhere close to a toilet.

Remember, when you flush a toilet, the spray goes a distance that is unrecognizable by the human eye.

WASH YOUR HANDS as often as you can! Keep an antibacterial hand sanitizer cleaner (no water needed) in your purse and use it often! And as soon as you get home from shopping (or wherever you have been and used your purse), immediately wipe it all over with a disinfectant wipe.

This is from me — MEN who do not wash their hands after relieving themselves should be ASHAMED! Not only that, they are seriously affecting your health and their own. My husband has told me many, many times (over 50% ratio) that he has seen men in public rest-rooms relieve themselves, zip up, and immediately leave the rest-room without washing their hands!! Women get on your men and be sure they are washing thoroughly after using the rest-room.

My hubby also noted that everyone spends all this time washing their hands and then grabs the door handle to exit the rest-room. So DAH! All those other folks who did NOT wash their hands have their germs all over the door handle! And I have seen many women who do NOT wash their hands after using the rest-room. So, use that paper towel you dried your hands on to open the door and then dispose of it in the closest waste receptacle (women, please do not put it in your purse!).

Repeating, this is a factual report aired today on Health News, Fox 5, Atlanta, GA. Please do your part for yourself and everyone else! As soon as I saw the report, I immediately cleaned my purse with my Clorox Antibacterial Wipe and then set it on a paper towel where I normally place it on a table in our den. And I asked my hubby to PLEASE scold me if he ever saw me putting my purse on the kitchen table or counter again!

Origins:   This e-mail describing a segment on the evening news about bacteria found on women's purses reached us in May 2006. It describes the news piece done on this topic by a Fox affiliate TV Handbag station in Cleveland on 3 May 2006 and re-broadcast by numerous Fox stations in the U.S. on 3 May 2006 (including Fox 5 in Atlanta, the station named in the e-mail).

In that news story, swabs from 50 purses were sent to a lab for analysis. While a few of the samples did not show evidence of bacterial growth, most did, and nearly 1/4 of the handbags tested proved to have E. coli on them. (Escherichia coli is a bacteria that lives in the intestines of humans and animals. While most of its strains are harmless, one strain, O157:H7, produces a powerful toxin that results in severe illness in humans. E. coli gets into us through being swallowed; it rides in as part of a contaminated foodstuff, or through hand-to-mouth contact by people who have handled items laden with the bacteria, or through our swimming in water where the microbes are present. Such infections usually culminate in severe bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps, with the illness resolving in 5 to 10 days without treatment. However, in about 2% to 7% of infections, usually in children under 5 years of age and the elderly, the pathogen causes hemolytic uremic syndrome, a serious and life-threatening condition in which the red blood cells are destroyed and the kidneys fail.)

The few pocketbooks in the study that did not show evidence of bacterial contamination were not necessarily lacking in the sorts of nasties that make people ill. They could still have carried microbes like hepatitis and mononucleosis, which the clinical testing the samples underwent would have missed.

A microbiologist who examined the samples taken from the 50 purses recommended women wash the outside of their handbags at least once a day with soap and water to help remove any lurking contaminations. Clorox wipes will also work to remove germs.

None of this should come as startlingly new information to anyone, given where the typical purse carrier will unthinkingly place her handbag — the floors of public restrooms, at her feet in restaurants or on buses or subways, the floorboards of her car, the fold-out child's seat of shopping carts (where the diapered bottoms of little ones have likely been placed by the cart's previous users). Yet, while a great many folks do remember to wash their hands after being out in public and handling a variety of items, they tend not to think about sanitizing the handbags, briefcases, and backpacks they tote with them. Given how often such carry-alls get handled by their owners and how seldom they are washed with soap and water or wiped with an anti-bacterial solution, it's surprising more contagions aren't passed this way.

Here are some things you can do to decrease the likelihood of spreading illness with your pocketbook:
  • Clean your purse or tote bag regularly. If your handbag is not the sort of item that can be tossed into the washing machine with any hope of its surviving the process, scrub its outside with a soaped-up wet facecloth or take an anti-bacterial spray or disposable wipe to it. Don't forget to tend to its handle or strap as well as to its sides.

  • Keep in mind that bacteria and viruses latch on far more readily in wet or damp environments than they do in dry ones (see our article about the supposed 5 second rule governing dropped food for more information about that conclusion) — if you set down your carry-all on a damp or wet surface, clean it once you're home, even if you only just washed it recently.

  • Don't set down your purse on any surface where food will be prepared or eaten. That means keep it off tables and kitchen or break room counters. If you are in the habit of eating at your desk, don't place your handbag there.

  • Remember that your purse comes into contact with most every surface your shoes tread on, and treat your handbag accordingly. If you wouldn't eat a hotdog after running your hand across the sole of your shoe, don't eat one after handling your purse. If you wouldn't place your sandals on the kitchen counter, don't drop your pocketbook there either.

  • All the advice just given about handbags applies to briefcases and backpacks too. Your briefcase should also get a soapy wipe-down on a regular basis, as should your backpack. Both should also be kept off all surfaces where food is likely to be prepared or eaten.
While one might be tempted to regard the caution about bacteria-harboring handbags as being of interest to women only, members of the non-purse-slinging public (i.e., men) should also take it to heart with regard to their briefcases, as should high school and college students of both sexes in relation to their backpacks and book bags.

Barbara "common carriers" Mikkelson

Last updated:   23 June 2006
 
 
 

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#4515 From: SpiritWalker <ndncomic@...>
Date: Thu Jul 20, 2006 5:24 pm
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Yeah, that special aired long before LCS4.  He was also on The Tonight Show a couple of nights ago and killed, as usual.  He's a really great guy and a lot of fun to hang around with, besides being a good comic.

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5-5:30 p.m.  Comedy Central Presents - Gabriel Iglesias (Last Comic Standing, evicted contestant from current season)
 
 
 
 
 



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#4514 From: "Andrea" <OwnedByACat@...>
Date: Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:22 pm
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Here's a funny picture of Last Comic Standing's Josh Blue in his bathing "suit".  LOL  He's so funny :)  I got this picture from his MySpace page.  It's nice being one of his *friends* now.  hehehe 
 
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#4513 From: "Andrea" <OwnedByACat@...>
Date: Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:22 pm
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Tuesday, July 25
 
5-5:30 p.m.  Comedy Central Presents - Gabriel Iglesias (Last Comic Standing, evicted contestant from current season)
 
 
 
 
 

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#4512 From: "billyinvirginia" <billyinvirginia@...>
Date: Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:16 pm
Subject: Re: Well? Re Well? I am with you 		billyinvirginia
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Well, I've see Chris Porter at the Funny Bone in VA Beach awhile
back, and his presence last episode is like his normal set.  Thats
why i was geeking out, cause he went back to his normal routine.
Chris Porter is the best bet for the winner, cause he has a
potential to be one of the greats.

Though he's kinda the bastard son of Stepehn Wright, I think he'll
go real far.

Bill



--- In Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com, "Gregory M Salcedo"
<gregorysalcedo@...> wrote:
>
> --- In Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com, "Marylee"
> <lizziesmama@> wrote:
> >
> > Who do you think will go?  I think Roz will go - (sorry cyndie)
I
> didn't
> > find her very funny at all.  I think if she didn't sound like
she
> was
> > SCREAMING AND YELLING INTO THE MIKE the whole it wouldn't have
> been so bad.
> > I just felt like she forgot she had the mike and was trying to
> tell the
> > people in the back of the audience her set.  I really felt bad
for
> Chris
> > because I thought he would have been a lot better.  It almost
felt
> like he
> > was 'doing a character' or something.  It wasn't him at all - at
> least from
> > what I'd seen before.  But to this point, we really haven't seen
> these guys
> > do a whole lot of stand up on the show.  Just the ones who got
> booted off.
> > Anyways, I'm still supporting Josh.
> >
> >
> >
> > Marylee
> >
> >
> >
> > PS - this a completely side-note about MySpace is anyone
familiar
> with it?
> > I've been sending out 'bulletins' to all my 'friends' on there
to
> tell them
> > to vote for Josh and remembered today that I have Chris Porter
on
> my Friends
> > list and I have sent him 2 'vote for josh' bulletins.  I don't
> know if he
> > reads all of his messages as I'm sure these guys are getting a
> lot - but I
> > feel bad. LOL  Is there a way to pick who in your friends a
> bulletin goes
> > to?  Ok, that's all. Let me know if you know.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert
> > Gruenenfelder
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:50 AM
> > To: Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: Re: [Last_Comic_Standing] Re: Well?
> >
> >
> >
> > For Josh to bring a cell phone and take a pretend call from
> Gabrial was
> > brilliant!!!  I agree with the other comments and at this point
> unless Chris
> > does a better job in the next round its a toss up between Ty and
> Josh
> >
> > cyndie <cyd602@> wrote:
> >
> > I thought Chris was the least funny last night. I was surprised
> > about that.
> >
> > The others were pretty good. Roz cracked me up.
> >
> > --- In Last_Comic_Standing <mailto:Last_Comic_Standing%
> 40yahoogroups.com>
> > @yahoogroups.com, "Marylee"
> > <lizziesmama@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Slight spoiler as far as one joke goes.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > How do you think they did????
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I voted for Josh my allotted number of times. as I hope all of
> you
> > did as
> > > well! LOL
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I thought Chris Porter would be funnier than that and Ty was
the
> > only other
> > > one that really made me laugh. The inserting people into the
> last
> > supper
> > > tattoo was kind of funny. :-)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Marylee
> > >
> >
>

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#4511 From: Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:34 pm
Subject: New poll for Last_Comic_Standing 		Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com
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Enter your vote today!  A new poll has been created for the
Last_Comic_Standing group:

Who do you want to win LCS season 4?

   o Josh Blue
   o Ty Barnett
   o Chris Porter
   o Michele Balan
   o Roz


To vote, please visit the following web page:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Last_Comic_Standing/surveys?id=2018645

Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are
not collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groups
web site listed above.

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#4510 From: "*Jackie*" <jrshell@...>
Date: Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:54 pm
Subject: Re: Well? 		queenie_realm
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I also voted for Josh.....   He is a great comedian!!!
Jackie S.




I voted for Josh my allotted number of times… as I hope all of you did as well! LOL

 

 

I thought Chris Porter would be funnier than that and Ty was the only other one that really made me laugh.  The inserting people into the last supper tattoo was kind of funny. J

 

 

Marylee

 


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#4509 From: "Gregory M Salcedo" <gregorysalcedo@...>
Date: Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:47 pm
Subject: Re: Well? Re Well? I am with you 		gregorysalcedo
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--- In Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com, "Marylee"
<lizziesmama@...> wrote:
>
> Who do you think will go?  I think Roz will go - (sorry cyndie) I
didn't
> find her very funny at all.  I think if she didn't sound like she
was
> SCREAMING AND YELLING INTO THE MIKE the whole it wouldn't have
been so bad.
> I just felt like she forgot she had the mike and was trying to
tell the
> people in the back of the audience her set.  I really felt bad for
Chris
> because I thought he would have been a lot better.  It almost felt
like he
> was 'doing a character' or something.  It wasn't him at all - at
least from
> what I'd seen before.  But to this point, we really haven't seen
these guys
> do a whole lot of stand up on the show.  Just the ones who got
booted off.
> Anyways, I'm still supporting Josh.
>
>
>
> Marylee
>
>
>
> PS - this a completely side-note about MySpace is anyone familiar
with it?
> I've been sending out 'bulletins' to all my 'friends' on there to
tell them
> to vote for Josh and remembered today that I have Chris Porter on
my Friends
> list and I have sent him 2 'vote for josh' bulletins.  I don't
know if he
> reads all of his messages as I'm sure these guys are getting a
lot - but I
> feel bad. LOL  Is there a way to pick who in your friends a
bulletin goes
> to?  Ok, that's all. Let me know if you know.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert
> Gruenenfelder
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:50 AM
> To: Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Last_Comic_Standing] Re: Well?
>
>
>
> For Josh to bring a cell phone and take a pretend call from
Gabrial was
> brilliant!!!  I agree with the other comments and at this point
unless Chris
> does a better job in the next round its a toss up between Ty and
Josh
>
> cyndie <cyd602@...> wrote:
>
> I thought Chris was the least funny last night. I was surprised
> about that.
>
> The others were pretty good. Roz cracked me up.
>
> --- In Last_Comic_Standing <mailto:Last_Comic_Standing%
40yahoogroups.com>
> @yahoogroups.com, "Marylee"
> <lizziesmama@> wrote:
> >
> > Slight spoiler as far as one joke goes.
> >
> >
> >
> > How do you think they did????
> >
> >
> >
> > I voted for Josh my allotted number of times. as I hope all of
you
> did as
> > well! LOL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I thought Chris Porter would be funnier than that and Ty was the
> only other
> > one that really made me laugh. The inserting people into the
last
> supper
> > tattoo was kind of funny. :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Marylee
> >
>

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#4508 From: "Marylee" <lizziesmama@...>
Date: Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:25 pm
Subject: RE: Re: Well? 		dexterdogsmama
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Who do you think will go?  I think Roz will go – (sorry cyndie) I didn’t find her very funny at all.  I think if she didn’t sound like she was SCREAMING AND YELLING INTO THE MIKE the whole it wouldn’t have been so bad.  I just felt like she forgot she had the mike and was trying to tell the people in the back of the audience her set.  I really felt bad for Chris because I thought he would have been a lot better.  It almost felt like he was ‘doing a character’ or something.  It wasn’t him at all – at least from what I’d seen before.  But to this point, we really haven’t seen these guys do a whole lot of stand up on the show.  Just the ones who got booted off.  Anyways, I’m still supporting Josh. 

 

Marylee

 

PS – this a completely side-note about MySpace is anyone familiar with it?  I’ve been sending out ‘bulletins’ to all my ‘friends’ on there to tell them to vote for Josh and remembered today that I have Chris Porter on my Friends list and I have sent him 2 ‘vote for josh’ bulletins.  I don’t know if he reads all of his messages as I’m sure these guys are getting a lot – but I feel bad. LOL  Is there a way to pick who in your friends a bulletin goes to?  Ok, that’s all. Let me know if you know.

 

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Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:50 AM
To: Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Last_Comic_Standing] Re: Well?

 

For Josh to bring a cell phone and take a pretend call from Gabrial was brilliant!!!  I agree with the other comments and at this point unless Chris does a better job in the next round its a toss up between Ty and Josh

cyndie <cyd602@...> wrote:

I thought Chris was the least funny last night. I was surprised
about that.

The others were pretty good. Roz cracked me up.

--- In Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com, "Marylee"
<lizziesmama@...> wrote:
>
> Slight spoiler as far as one joke goes.
>
>
>
> How do you think they did????
>
>
>
> I voted for Josh my allotted number of times. as I hope all of you
did as
> well! LOL
>
>
>
>
>
> I thought Chris Porter would be funnier than that and Ty was the
only other
> one that really made me laugh. The inserting people into the last
supper
> tattoo was kind of funny. :-)
>
>
>
>
>
> Marylee
>

 


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#4507 From: Robert Gruenenfelder <gruenenfelder@...>
Date: Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:49 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Well? 		robbobnurse
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For Josh to bring a cell phone and take a pretend call from Gabrial was brilliant!!!  I agree with the other comments and at this point unless Chris does a better job in the next round its a toss up between Ty and Josh

cyndie <cyd602@...> wrote:
I thought Chris was the least funny last night. I was surprised
about that.

The others were pretty good. Roz cracked me up.

--- In Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com, "Marylee"
<lizziesmama@...> wrote:
>
> Slight spoiler as far as one joke goes.
>
>
>
> How do you think they did????
>
>
>
> I voted for Josh my allotted number of times. as I hope all of you
did as
> well! LOL
>
>
>
>
>
> I thought Chris Porter would be funnier than that and Ty was the
only other
> one that really made me laugh. The inserting people into the last
supper
> tattoo was kind of funny. :-)
>
>
>
>
>
> Marylee
>



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#4506 From: "cyndie" <cyd602@...>
Date: Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:13 pm
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I thought Chris was the least funny last night. I was surprised
about that.

The others were pretty good. Roz cracked me up.


--- In Last_Comic_Standing@yahoogroups.com, "Marylee"
<lizziesmama@...> wrote:
>
> Slight spoiler as far as one joke goes.
>
>
>
> How do you think they did????
>
>
>
> I voted for Josh my allotted number of times. as I hope all of you
did as
> well! LOL
>
>
>
>
>
> I thought Chris Porter would be funnier than that and Ty was the
only other
> one that really made me laugh.  The inserting people into the last
supper
> tattoo was kind of funny. :-)
>
>
>
>
>
> Marylee
>

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#4505 From: "Marylee" <lizziesmama@...>
Date: Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:18 am
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Slight spoiler as far as one joke goes…

 

How do you think they did????



I voted for Josh my allotted number of times… as I hope all of you did as well! LOL

 

 

I thought Chris Porter would be funnier than that and Ty was the only other one that really made me laugh.  The inserting people into the last supper tattoo was kind of funny. J

 

 

Marylee

 


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