Comments on: If There Had Always Been An Internet http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/if-there-had-always-been-an-internet/ Ever get the feeling you're living in the wrong time? Tue, 08 Nov 2025 00:01:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: qka http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/if-there-had-always-been-an-internet/#comment-49015 qka Wed, 22 Jun 2025 21:01:05 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=18652#comment-49015 @John Al Jolson was white singer and entertainer. He starred in the movie "The Jazz Singer", which was the first "talkie". It was a musical, and in the number "Mammie", he appeared in black face makeup. (Mammie is probably his best known song today.) Today, black face makeup is considered racially insensitive and inappropriate. @John

Al Jolson was white singer and entertainer. He starred in the movie “The Jazz Singer”, which was the first “talkie”. It was a musical, and in the number “Mammie”, he appeared in black face makeup. (Mammie is probably his best known song today.) Today, black face makeup is considered racially insensitive and inappropriate.

]]> By: Ken http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/if-there-had-always-been-an-internet/#comment-48985 Ken Wed, 22 Jun 2025 16:14:08 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=18652#comment-48985 @ John --- Its a joke about the era..And that it was done with a typewriter....They couldn't use spellcheck and white out wasn't invented yet... @ John —

Its a joke about the era..And that it was done with a typewriter….They couldn’t use spellcheck and white out wasn’t invented yet…

]]> By: William http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/if-there-had-always-been-an-internet/#comment-48907 William Wed, 22 Jun 2025 06:33:52 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=18652#comment-48907 @John Simpson It's not like someone is going to explain it to you. If you want to understand the joke, figure it out. @John Simpson

It’s not like someone is going to explain it to you. If you want to understand the joke, figure it out.

]]> By: John Simpson http://howtobearetronaut.com/2011/06/if-there-had-always-been-an-internet/#comment-48788 John Simpson Tue, 21 Jun 2025 10:59:58 +0000 http://howtobearetronaut.com/?p=18652#comment-48788 I don't understand the "Jop Title" joke. I don’t understand the “Jop Title” joke.

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