The Last Supper, in thread -- spools of thread

[cjsmith]

Wow. That's dedication.

All right, you caught me: yes, I have had at least two glasses of sangria. And yes, it was at work. Yes, I am going to be staying put for a little while. Oh, okay, okay, yes, I also told this joke to 'most all my coworkers. I wasn't even drunk yet. THEY weren't even drunk yet. *sigh*

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[dafydd.livejournal.com]

Regarding the artwork: "Dood!"

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

How did you know "Dooood!" was a major component of tonight's conversation? :-)

[dafydd.livejournal.com]

Because, next to f******ck, it's the most expressive word in the English language... :D

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Depending on intonation, it can mean ANYthing. A whole conversation can consist of nothing but "Dude!" :-)

Someone-or-other has a comedy schtick about "the most intelligent thing ever said following the word "Duuuude". Our marketing guy brought that up and we riffed on it for a while. "Duuuude, e equals m c squared." "Duuuude, I'm pleased to be here to accept this Nobel Prize, and I'd like to thank..." "Duuuude, the symbolism in late eighteenth-century literature showed a remarkable..."

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

There was an old Doonesbury comic, a translation of the poem by William Blake:

The Moon like a flower
In heaven's high bower,
with silent delight,
sits and smiles on the night.
-- William Blake

This translates, in California-speak, to "Oh wow, look at the moon!"

Not quite the same, but...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

This translates, in California-speak, to "Oh wow, look at the moon!"

That's California, right there. Yep. :-)

[apparentparadox]

Varla Jean Merman has a version of the "Interjection" song from schoolhouse rock, but all the interjections are replaced with f*ck, just with different inflections: So when you're happy: f*ck; or sad: f*ck; or excited: f*ck; or mad: f*ck; or frightened: f*ck; or glad: f*ck; an interjection starts the sentence right!

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

Oh, I so need to hear that! A song for me! :)

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Having sangria and posting a Last Supper link (which was very cool). Getting religious when drunk? ;-)

And the joke was truly awful, but I still laughed. :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh, that'll be the day! :-) And yeah, it's terrible -- so terrible it almost IS funny.

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

Someone told me that joke in that last few months... *sigh*

Maybe after a few glasses of wine... :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Probably me! :-)

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

Coulda been you, but I think it was SP...

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

I could see him telling that one. Me, I pull that one out when someone's being obnoxious about "C'mon, don't you know any jokes?" It's very effective. They quit asking. :-)

Oh, my other favorite for a situation like that:
"Okay, I got a joke for you. You say knock knock."
"Knock knock."
"Who's there?"
"..."

I heard that one again yesterday and it worked like a charm!

[wooddragon.livejournal.com]

That's one of my favorites! Though I don't often run across adults who fall for it...

Or Tim's favorite,
"Knock knock."
"Who's there?"
"Control Freak. Okay, now you say Control Freak Who."

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

I love "knock knock" "who's there?" "interrupting sheep" "interrup" "BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

That's a good one, too! Jokes that play with the expected structure are particular favorites of mine.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

See what you think of the blue man (http://groups.google.co.in/group/alt.fan.pratchett/msg/7afa47f761e6ddc9) joke :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

OK, that one is awful! I admit I laughed though. Again, the humor is in the expectation mismatch, but the tension buildup with nothing to resolve the story is mean. :-)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

yeah, i've had all sorts of reactions, ranging from "brilliant, brilliant joke" to "groan" to "huh? where's the joke?". i fall into the "brilliant" category myself - it was really well done :)