Lame-joke-of-the-day-submission

[rockhound]

Mother: "Son, do you have the Oedipus Complex?"
Son: "Hunh? What's that???"
Mother: "Well, it's when a boy loves his mommy, and gets jealous when
mommy likes another man."
Son: "Oh. Old-Alabama-ish Complex, you mean."

[Mias]

Dear Rocky - I would love to hear what your definition of a rock-bottom,
that would be sufficient unto thee, would be. Mine was when I could not
imagine life with or without booze any longer. Took a long walk into the sea
then and the water turned out to be too cold. Final rock-bottom was a state
mental hospital and two months later when, sloshed, I did the twenty
questions and got a full score. I laughed and thought I will give those
bastards a try because if they knew all the right questions they might know
some of the answers. By the way, I owe my life to AA and see it as a bit
common to criticise harshly that which worked for me. Like denying a
solution to others. Believe in keeping it simple and trying to stay honest
and to remember my last rock-bottom lest I need yet another..
Kind regards
Mias
"rockhound" <user@null.org> wrote in message
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>
> Mother: "Son, do you have the Oedipus Complex?"
> Son: "Hunh? What's that???"
> Mother: "Well, it's when a boy loves his mommy, and gets jealous when
> mommy likes another man."
> Son: "Oh. Old-Alabama-ish Complex, you mean."

[rockhound]

On Mon, 31 May 2004 20:09:38 +0200, "Mias"
<emiasno@spamnetactivetome.co.za> wrote:

>Dear Rocky - I would love to hear what your definition of a rock-bottom,
>that would be sufficient unto thee, would be. Mine was when I could not
>imagine life with or without booze any longer. Took a long walk into the sea
>then and the water turned out to be too cold. Final rock-bottom was a state
>mental hospital and two months later when, sloshed, I did the twenty
>questions and got a full score.

I was only given one to answer. It was sufficient to finish me off :)

At that moment, i was released from solitary confinement.

[rockhound]

On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 01:28:45 GMT, rockhound <user@null.org> wrote:

>On Mon, 31 May 2004 20:09:38 +0200, "Mias"
><emiasno@spamnetactivetome.co.za> wrote:
>
>>Dear Rocky - I would love to hear what your definition of a rock-bottom,
>>that would be sufficient unto thee, would be. Mine was when I could not
>>imagine life with or without booze any longer. Took a long walk into the sea
>>then and the water turned out to be too cold. Final rock-bottom was a state
>>mental hospital and two months later when, sloshed, I did the twenty
>>questions and got a full score.
>
>I was only given one to answer. It was sufficient to finish me off :)
>
>At that moment, i was released from solitary confinement.

....on my own recognizance...

but everyone observes with amused skepticism...including myself...

To be clear, the question was:
'So, you still think you can beat this thing?'