{"id":5331,"date":"2010-10-11T09:35:59","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T14:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=5331"},"modified":"2010-10-11T09:35:59","modified_gmt":"2010-10-11T14:35:59","slug":"wiw-self-deprecating-humour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2010\/20101011-5331.htm","title":{"rendered":"WiW: Self-deprecating humour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I haven’t read or retained a lot this week–but I guess I still have a couple of quotes to share. Some self-deprecating humour from here and there.<\/p>\n

“When we\u2019re not working, we\u2019re driving the kids to non-stop activities to ensure that they become \u201cwell-rounded.\u201d Let me tell you, I was a complete square as a kid, and I turned out fine.”
\n~Matthew Paul Turner, from a blog post<\/a> that I don’t remember being particularly impressed with, except for that quote :-)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“[I have always sat in the pews among you while we worship] except for the first ten years when I sat up here in my big throne like a king over his minions.”
\n~John Piper, from a post of Pastor Piper’s witticisms<\/a> (Say that ten times fast!)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Unfortunately, I can’t make fun of myself on demand, or I’d try to emulate these two. Self-deprecating humor is an art form–but one that I am utterly unskilled in. Maybe I should put it on my list of goals<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Collect more quotes from throughout the week with Barbara H’s<\/a> meme “The Week in Words”.<\/em><\/p>\n

Addendum<\/strong>: So I started getting all these unusual hits sent from (what appeared in my stat software to be) nowhere and was thinking “what on earth?” This morning (10\/12), I discovered the problem<\/i> that was sending visitors my way. A tweet from Matt Appling<\/a>: “Reader linked to me on her blog, but only to say my post wasn’t great. But at least she confused me w\/ @jesusneedsnewpr” The dangers of quickly scanning through my Diigo<\/a> account looking for quotes on a Monday morning when I’ve got nothing. <\/p>\n

So, to clear up the confusion, the first quote is NOT from Matthew Paul Turner but from Matt Appling of The Church of No People<\/a>. And, just for the record, “don’t remember being particularly impressed with” is not the same as “not great”. It just means it wasn’t particularly memorable to me (either in a positive or negative way.) If that’s any consolation :-) <\/p>\n

Sorry, Matt, and thanks for sending traffic my way despite my gaffe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I haven’t read or retained a lot this week–but I guess I still have a couple of quotes to share. Some self-deprecating humour from here and there. “When we\u2019re not working, we\u2019re driving the kids to non-stop activities to ensure that they become \u201cwell-rounded.\u201d Let me tell you, I was a complete square as a … Read more WiW: Self-deprecating humour<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}