I've been thinking about the word dyke. a direct result of my experience with Last Comic Standing I'm sure.

The more I think about the fear of the word. The direct opposition to it. the more i'm troubled . People laugh at the name, always. first and foremost, they laugh, followed by, a weird sort of, "can I say that?"  reaction.  I suppose that's good, in the grand scheme  of  what society feels our political conscience should be...that word CAN have violent implications...invokes HATE...etc etc.etc..

But why can't WE say it?

 turn on your tv and tell me you don't hear Shit, Damn, Bitch, Ass, Sodomy (a word, when used to its fullest extent, in action, is still, in the real world, Illegal in some states) not too mention the use of other derogatory terms used by those it was meant to offend. A muslim comic saying "towelhead" or the rather ridiculous "sand_____" A black comic saying the N word, repeatedly ( And ironically, possibly making gay jokes, though not a homo themselves, without reprecussion) Differently abled folks saying "retard?"

But a dykes can't say dyke. not on tv.

The TV folks, all very nice folks, said " you should button your shirt, because we'll have to blur it out" And then we opened our mouths and said the name, and immediately stopped an realized we were going to be bleeped by NBC.

At this point I figured, I might as well show the shirt so I made it obvios again

The nice fella said  somehting along the lines of, "you don't want to be blurred AND bleeped do you?

YES!! that's exactly what I want, to be blurred and bleeped!! Just a quick shot of Julia and I in The funny Booth, Blurs over our chest and introducing ourselves, in stereo, as the BLEEP of Hazard Comedy Tour!!!

We could say what are people gonna think, we're the Fucks of hazard? The Dicks of Hazard?

No, because you can say Dicks of Hazard on TV.