(shaking my head)oh Kat.... bad kat... BAD KAT

Hi cynic,

Haven't you learned - don't try to discipline a Kat!

Kats do as they please.

To a dog - you're master (though they try you at times): to a cat - you're staff.

ole joyfoul

lol..my mom used to have company quite a bit when she lived there...my elder cousin and her dh went once to mass service at a church that used to be either on or near the strip..she did see chips in the collection and wouldn't go back...mom has to take her to another church off the strip..

It is absolutely not true that there are more Catholic churches than casinos in Las Vegas. Not true at all. Las Vegas has far few residents who even claim adherence to any religion at all (36%), AND only 5% of those who claim membership in a religion, identify themselves as Catholic. A very, very tiny percentage indeed.

While it IS true that churches do get casino chips in their collection plates they just sort them themselves. They don't sent them off to "a Franciscan Monastery" to be sorted, cashed in and then the money sent back to the respective parishes.

Casino chips are just like cash in Vegas even grocery stores take them! There is a law preventing chips from being used as legal tender but it is largely ignored.

http://www.city-data.com/city/Las-Vegas-Nevada.html

Here is a link that might be useful: Las Vegas Data

hahaha. Too funny.

I visited a church in Vegas once. Talk about come as you are. And after the service everyone immediately jumped in their car and left.

Okay, I admit it...you sucked me in.

Cute joke to start off the workweek!

Um, dilly, that was a joke.

.........and very funny. ( I love puns)

It's all fun and games... until Dilly Dally comes along.

BTW Kat, good joke! lol

That was a good one, Kat! I also like puns and thought it was very funny.

My first thought in reading this was, well, who cares?

The punch line was just too good! My first LOL of the day.

Thanks.

Sue

I'm going to smack you, Brat....I agree....also..Dilly Dally you need to get a little Dilly Dally in your life.

Snookered me! I was visualizing these tonsured guys in brown robes gliding up the the cashier cages...then you lowered the boom: chip monks. LOL LOL

Oh my....Dilly...you need to back away from the internet world of facts, and have a giggle or two.

Good one Kat!!!

Trin

Me thinks Dilly is over googled!LOL
That WAS funny Kat.

I thought it was very unny!

You can make that last one "funny" or "punny". Both work. Am I the world's worst typist?

Good one Kat. That made me laugh.
Dilly Dally did you actually think this was anything other than a joke? Chipmonks....you believed that!! Oh my!

Bad kitty Kat! Quit tormenting those chip monks! Still laughing:-)

Oh you stinker...

Don't be so fast to dump on DD. I read it and thought it was the silliest thing I've ever heard...and was going to say so, but I didn't. The only reason I opened the thread today was because I couldn't imagine it getting 20 odd responses. I was reading down the posts and finally saw someone say it was a joke. I went back and re-read the original post. Well, geeez, I hadn't read the last line.
Now, I get it....whew.
Maybe DD didn't see the punchline either.

Good one KAT!!!

Dilly, Dilly Dilly--

I'd love to be a Chip-monk! LOL

Donna (^_^)

That's about what I thought LK. If you skip the punch line it could be misunderstood.

I love puns so I'm glad I read it right the first time.

And therein lies the problem. People quick to respond and jump all over someone without reading carefully.

Gee, I didn't think that ever happened here.

...gee, I think it happens alot...people misread or misinterpret a post. Sometimes, even, people jump all over someone just for the fun of it.

"Dilly Dally did you actually think this was anything other than a joke? Chipmonks....you believed that!!"

No, I did not believe it. Of course not. But the thread was not titled *JOKE* but rather *Trivia* and I did believe that the OP believed it. I get ridiculous emails from the well meaning, filled with "interesting" trivia that is usually bogus. These things keep getting forwarded around the internet ad nauseum.

Many times here someone starts a thread where I think "They can't be serious. They have to be being factitious. No one in their right mind would believe that." And it turns out they are serious.

The thread here on the KT regarding the CL insanely priced used car that the seller was even going to have shipped across country, is a perfect example. When I realized that the OP was really truly serious, I said it was a scam. Everyone jumped all over me for "raining on her parade' and trying to "ruin her good fortune" despite the fact that CL even has a header proclaiming that any ad offering to ship autos is a scam. I chuckled at the admonishments like "Don't listen to her. She don't know it's a scam." Sure. Go right ahead and send your hard earned money to the Nigerian prince. Forget that I tried to help. Listen to them instead.

Many, many, many times someone starts a serious thread and someone follows up with a disclaimer from Snopes. "No hon, the Whitehouse is not being turned into a mosque. Check out this link on Snopes." "Jackalopes aren't real. See here:"

I just checked (silly me for using a resource like Google) and it seems that enough people out there in the world were convinced that the Chipmonk Trivia email was real, that they contacted Snopes for verification and Snopes even had to put up a disclaimer about it. Yeah, a lot of people thought it was real. I had no idea the OP did not believe it too.

http://www.snopes.com/humor/jokes/chipmonk.asp

Here is a link that might be useful: Chip Monk Snopes

LOL sorry.. once again I'm a trouble maker!

Dilly Dally said No, I did not believe it. Of course not. But the thread was not titled *JOKE* but rather *Trivia* and I did believe that the OP believed it. So you think you're too smart to believe it, but you think Kat is dumb enough to believe it was true?

You were not the only one to warn the OP in the car scam thread... in fact only 1 people (out of about 15 posters) thought it might have been legitimate and even she said she'd be cautious. Nobody jumped all over you. When Carla wrote Well, it appears God has spoken... so please disregard my opinion since it is meaningless and it appears I am not allowed to have one according to God. I laughed the rest of the day. That line was absolutely perfect! lol

Sorry DD, but you do tend to "rain on the parade" more than the average peep.

and I would like to interject here...Most of us who read the joke...read the whole thing ...we didn't skip the "chip monks" line...

Do you remember years ago on here we all joked everybody got along ,We talked about everything..you didnt have too watch what you say we all enjoyed each other my how times change huh?

Oh Lord, please pass the Midol.

Trin

Posted by ruthieg__tx: "Most of us who read the joke...read the whole thing ...we didn't skip the "chip monks" line..."

Neither did I. The collection plate chips being cashed in by church representatives was the only part of the "trivia" that made any sense so I did not address that.

Posted by lindakathy: "Maybe DD didn't see the punchline either."

I had no idea that that was a "punch line". The post was titled *trivia*.

I take it that no one here has ever been to Vegas and been on a tour.

"People misread or misinterpret a post. Sometimes, even, people jump all over someone just for the fun of it."

Yes, I see that now. Another 'pile on'. Just for the "fun" of it. Geeze. Have fun people.

Posted by jenni_ca: "Dilly Dally did you actually think this was anything other than a joke? Chipmonks....you believed that!! Oh my!

Um yeah. Why don't you read this link about the Chip Monks of Las Vegas:

Here is a link that might be useful: Chip Monks of Las Vegas

Dinkie, I remember when it was a lot of fun here. I just hate that I wasn't here when more of the original people were here; may they rest in peace. A couple of years ago people started being scolded for making jokes that most of us knew were jokes or said tongue in cheek. This was a nice place to come to relax and chit chat and sometimes just be silly. It got so preachy here that I quit coming here as much as I used to. It's just not fun with someone always correcting someone or thinking they know more than everyone else. I don't understand why there has to be someone to put a damper on almost everything.

See what happens when you read past the first page of the KT! Now, I've got a question..because there's 2 different answers from the same poster..to the same question!! lol

Posted by jenni_ca (My Page) on Mon, Jan 25, 10 at 16:44
Good one Kat. That made me laugh.
Dilly Dally did you actually think this was anything other than a joke? Chipmonks....you believed that!! Oh my!
Posted by dilly_dally (My Page) on Tue, Jan 26, 10 at 9:10
"No, I did not believe it. Of course not".
So, according to you, you did NOT believe it.

But,reading on down on that same thread, you answered that exact same question (that you copied and pasted in your response)with
"Um yeah. Why don't you read this link about the Chip Monks of Las Vegas: And, posted a link.

LOL...I guess the question is...did you or did you not believe it?

I guess I need to stay on Page ONE!!

No reason to bring this back up and continue the nit-picking. There's got to be more important things to discuss......but then, maybe not.

Oh, I'm glad it got brought back up, I had completely missed this!

Uh- here's a tip. If it's posted by Kat? It's probably a joke. roflmao OCCASIONALLY, it'll be something serious, but not often. And I think it's a cute one, good going, Kat!

If it's titled "warning- joke ahead", well- that kind of ruins it for me, I prefer to have to use my brain and figure it out for myself.

I guess whether or not you enjoy a post like this boils down to whether or not you're a fun-loving person who enjoys a good joke or pun or whatever or someone who just lives for the opportunity to correct someone or be a little dark cloud that wants to rain on somebody, as my mother would say.

I love it! I got sucked right in, and that's a feat in itself!

I'm going to pull it on my hubby who is a Cliff Claven and debates EVERYTHING! lol

Please keep the jokes / laughter coming! It's good for the soul. That's what I look for when I come to this forum, people being people caring, laughing, just being.
I love that.
:-)

Flamingo, how is your Mother? I get such a kick out of your stories about her and her sense of humour! And that little white kitty, Nosey! What mischief has she gotten into lately?

BJ

The Mumster is good, BJ, thanks for asking. She turned 89 in December and is in pretty good condition, all things considered. Nosey Parker is good too, staying in trouble all the time! Her newest trick is to run outside and break off a little twig or fetch a piece of bark and bring it back in like a present. lol She cracks us up. She also likes to catch birds, usually we're able to rescue them uninjured.

I got married in Las Vegas but not at a Catholic church....actually it was the Presbyterian Church many years ago.
Cute joke, Kat.

I think it's hilarious! Part of what makes it funny is knowing that there are people who would take it seriously. It sounds just like a joke my dad would love. He would tell it serious as can be (because he has a way of making people believe the dumbest things), then let the punch line go. And we'd all think "I cannot believe I just let him get me AGAIN!"

Chip monks. LMBO!!