Jules - I have to confess something. When you first unleashed your devastating "butthurt" charge - you had me in stitches, bro! It was like Dane Cook for the first time all over again. The idea that I had this "butthurt" in my butt, because someone hurt my butt, and I was "crying" over the butthurt - it has all the elements of perfect comedy. Now I know you didn't originate the "butthurt" concept - or create that hilarious butthurt form - which I have never, ever seen before in an online forum, like Fark or Digg for example - but artists like you know the real talent is in the timing - the timing is key. It worked the first time you told it - and how - but as you've told the butthurt joke again and again, without the newbie's mistake of varying on the theme, you are adeptly reinforcing the joke in all of our minds, and it just works on so many levels. I'm always so glad when you contribute to my threads. I'm privileged to have a front-row seat for the workings of a creative genius. Stand-up, brother, stand-up. You have what it takes. I'm certain of it. 
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