Busting your Bubble

[Patrick]

 
You think you have lived to be 70 plus and know who you are, then along comes someone and busts your bubble.
 

An old Marine Pilot sat down at the Starbucks, still wearing his old USMC flight jacket and ordered a cup of coffee.

 
As he sat sipping his coffee, a young woman sat down next to him. She turned to the pilot and asked,
Are you a real pilot?

He replied, 'Well, I've spent my whole life flying planes, first Stearmans, then the early Grummans... flew a Wildcat and Corsair in WWII, and later in the Korean conflict, Banshees and Cougars. I've taught more than 260 people to fly and given rides to hundreds, so I guess I am a pilot, and you, what are you?

 
She said, 'I'm a lesbian. I spend my whole day thinking about naked women. As soon as I get up in the morning, I think about naked women. When I shower, I think about naked women. When I watch TV, I think about naked women. It seems everything makes me think of naked women.'

The two sat sipping in silence.

 
A little while later, a young man sat down on the other side of the old pilot and asked:
"Are you a real pilot?"

 
He replied, 'I always thought I was, but I just found out I'm a lesbian .'

 
 

[Mobile Mayor]

Me too.

[John Schmidt]

At "70 plus" I'm more inclined to think of airplanes.    I'm reminded of that old song "I don't look good naked anymore" and the thought occurs to me....I always flew planes fully dressed. However we did have one guy in our flying club that made an exception once while flying with his girlfriend. His autopilot worked great, it flew him right into an MOA south of Orlando. Fortunately, he and his friend were the only things hot that day though Miami control wasn't too happy with them. 

[Willow]

... 
She said, 'I'm a lesbian. I spend my whole day thinking about naked women. As soon as I get up in the morning, I think about naked women. When I shower, I think about naked women. When I watch TV, I think about naked women. It seems everything makes me think of naked women.'
...

I've heard the joke before in several different contexts.  Unfortunately what makes it funny to us is how it relates to incorrect stereotyping.

The dirty old men excuse their behavior and assume that the thought life of a lesbian is exactly like theirs.  It isn't.  I should be careful to say that it generally isn't.  I'm sure there may be the rare exception of a lesbian who is driven unreasonably by sexual desire but they would be the very rare exception.  What makes a lesbian is that she seeks to partner with another woman but she is still very much a woman and not a dirty old man.

The second flaw in the joke is that being a lesbian and being a pilot are not mutually exclusive.  One can be both.

Yeah, I know.  I've practiced hard at being a stick in the mud.  It's actually easier than you might imagine when one is able to easily discern a difference between funny and stupid.          

[Patrick]

Of course the joke is stupid. It doesn't take much to figure that out. It doesn't make any difference. Sometimes we need stupid, especially if its funny. At times I prefer splashing around in the shallow end, more so now.

[Wizzard]

If you have to overthink a joke,, it ceases to be funny.   

[Willow]

But sometimes when you overthink a stupid joke you realize that you think it's funny because you have misconceived and unacceptable derogatory perceptions of other people or even of yourself.   

Incidentally there is an entry in the Rules of the Road that calls for tis thread to be deleted.  I left it up just so I could participate.   

[Gavin_Sons]

Thanks for raining on our parade Willow.   

[The emperor has no clothes]

I love jokes. But I've got to agree with Willow (which is not every day)  The joke MIGHT have been slightly humorous the first time. But after hearing the joke in different iterations multiple times, it's just stupid.

[Willow]

Thanks for raining on our parade Willow.   

You're very welcome.  I'm always pleased to serve.   

[Patrick]

Well, simple. follow the rules.

[specialdose]

   Been away from the board a few days so I just read your post Robert. Thank you for posting and thank you Willow for not taking it down.
My last few days have been taxing and troublesome. I very much needed a bust out loud laughter moment.

[Master Blaster]

Well am 77 now, never flew fixed wing, but flew rotor for 30+ years.  Just put on one of my old flight suits, coverall style today, some of my meds is messing with me and belts or suspenders cause affected parts to ache.  These things are pretty comfortable.  Thought the joke was amusing under the circumstances.

[Firefighter]

All of us have the ability to discern between funny and stupid, that is not reserved for the privileged few. We all have our on opinions and a joke is just that, sometimes you laugh sometimes it seems too stupid .

[Rams]

Humor varies from one individual to the next.  

While I've heard different variations of the same joke several times, I usually find it cute, not funny and not stupid.    YMMV.

What I don't understand is, why is a Marine Pilot sitting in a bar alone?   Having been an Army pilot and MTP, I found that a military flight suit was like an invitation to join me in having a drink.    Maybe I missed the point...................

[Jess from VA]

Humor varies from one individual to the next.  

While I've heard different variations of the same joke several times, I usually find it cute, not funny and not stupid.    YMMV.

What I don't understand is, why is a Marine Pilot sitting in a bar alone?   Having been an Army pilot and MTP, I found that a military flight suit was like an invitation to join me in having a drink.    Maybe I missed the point...................

My active duty experience was that if there were flight suits around, you needed to be careful they did not make off with your wife.... or daughters.... or maybe even your mom.  

[Rams]

Humor varies from one individual to the next.  

While I've heard different variations of the same joke several times, I usually find it cute, not funny and not stupid.    YMMV.

What I don't understand is, why is a Marine Pilot sitting in a bar alone?   Having been an Army pilot and MTP, I found that a military flight suit was like an invitation to join me in having a drink.    Maybe I missed the point...................

My active duty experience was that if there were flight suits around, you needed to be careful they did not make off with your wife.... or daughters.... or maybe even your mom.