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cherish it. That’ s alot of fucking pressure! | would like a break! You know what would make my life so much easier? Wouldn’ t it be wonderful if our pussies were detachable?’ The joke goes on to detail situations where you could leave your ‘detachable pussy’ at home, mainly to avoid the chance of rape.” In the fall of 1981, | booked myself for a cross-country tour, from New York to Chicago, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Los Angeles. While | was in New York, a nun was raped. When | got to Chicago, the rapist was also there. He had given himself up to the police. On stage | explained the true reason why: “He heard that the Mafia, in a rush of Christian compassion, put a $25,000 contract out on his life.” That part was true. “So now I'm asking the Mafia to use their clout to end the war in El Salvador since four nuns were raped and killed there.” They must’ ve heard my request. By the time | got to Los Angeles, the Hera/d- Examiner was reporting that the Mafia was “probably the largest source of arms for the rebels in El Salvador.” In the spring of 1982, there was a Radical Humor Festival at New York University. That weekend, the festival sponsored an evening of radical comedy. The next day, my performance was analyzed by an HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019092