20130310 Giving Credit Where Credit is Due.

20130310 Giving Credit Where Credit is Due.

At a Story Tellers workshop there was a discussion about how a story evolves as it travels through a social network. One story that was discussed was about drink driving which appeared on the www as early May 2011 and changed form many times. The real point of the discussion was not so much about the story, but about giving credit to the originator. We all have an amazing ability to produce original content and yet so many people simply transfer a story from one site to another. In the days before the www, when a joke was told among friends, it was usually introduced as "I heard this one from..." as a polite acknowledgement to the author. There are at least two types of people on the www, the artists who produce and create, and the distributors who take the work of others and, without giving proper credit to the artist, simply transfer, recycle, re-purpose or regurgitate. 

The joke evolved with a few minor changes since it was posted by Ted Hickman in May 2011.

"I went out with some friends last night and tied one on. Knowing that I had a little too much of the demon drink, I did something that I've never done before. I took the bus home! I arrived safe and warm, which seemed really surprising as I have never driven a bus before..." (Hickman. T. May 2011).

References:

http://www.tedhickman.com/?p=2246 (May 2011)

http://baileysbuddy.blogspot.hk/2011/03/found-for-friday.html (March 2011)

http://crazedpw.blogspot.hk/2012_04_01_archive.html (2012)

http://cyrilhuzeblog.com/2012/05/02/joke-of-the-week-dui-checkpoint/ (2012)

http://biggamehoundsmen.com/forum/dui-checkpoint-t32430.html (2012)

http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?2364451-Drunk-Driving (2012)

http://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/471022-friday-jokes-4.html (2012)