Oh boy, ILX! That's where I'm a viking!..?

omg

I'm considering ending this argument by telling you to "go fly a kite," forcing you to literally go out, buy a kite, and fly it.

The idea that Ralph is so amped up about his sleeping ability that he considers himself a viking of sleep is so much funnier than the idea that he wants to go to sleep so he can dream about being a viking.

No, you see, what's funny about it is the fact that he interprets his dream-state not as the biological process of "dreaming" but as a literal place where he takes on alternate personae.

(But I'm with you: it's never occurred to me that there are multiple ways to interpret this line.)

Jaymc OTM re interpretation. (That does sound much more in keeping with Ralph's character, don't you think?)

I'll also note that translators often will substitute something that works in the 'new' language rather than translating directly.

omg n/a this is srsly threatening our relationship

tho I guess now I can write a boner jamz tune about bein a sleep viking so

we just got to work through it bro

http://i43.tinypic.com/1zlx4b6.jpg

ILX, that's where I'm a bottle opener!

lolling so hard at that bottle opener

racist

I know ;_;

to express myself in a way which those this message pertains to will understand: this thread is where i'm a viking of sbing.

how is this debatable? dreaming about being a viking isn't funny. sleep being the area in which one excels the most is, and it's particularly fitting for ralh. the context of the line is that Ralph just ate a worm he was supposed to dissect, the teacher tells him to sleep while the other students are learning. what he is saying is "ah, now this is something i'm good at".

Dreaming about being a viking isn't funny. Your dreams being a separate place where you are a Viking is.

ok i swore i wasn't going to get into this but lol @ the idea that ralph could come up with a fanciful and original metaphor such as "viking" being "something you are good at"

also ralph dreaming about being a viking IS funny because look at him for chrissakes

as noted above, the simpsons is not exactly consistent in portraying characters' abilities and personalities, especially when they can just make a funny joke instead

Dreaming about being a viking isn't funny. Your dreams being a separate place where you are a Viking is.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Monday, April 26, 2010 2:32 PM (3 minutes ago)

this.

xxpost -- THAT TOO.

did I miss the part where people give other instances in our culture, pre-dating the Simpsons episode, where the term "viking" is used to mean "excels at"?

the best part about this argument is "explain how that's funny!"/"ok, here's how"/"I'm not laughing" as if "explain how that's funny" will ever, anywhere, in the history of the universe, result in somebody laughing after the explanation is given

I think we are approaching the critical "show them the lesbian orgy" portion of the argument.

call all destroyer otm

i still don't understand what the Tom Green reference in the title has to do with anything.

xpost ummm

curse and bless you HI DERE for the gis at which I am presently agog

just a hunch but I'm saying some of these women aren't actually lesbians

did I miss the part where people give other instances in our culture, pre-dating the Simpsons episode, where the term "viking" is used to mean "excels at"?

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Monday, April 26, 2010 2:38 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

THERE ARE NONE
THIS IS WHAT IS CALLED AN "ORIGINAL JOKE"

(sorry for the all-caps, guys, MIA is guest-writing my posts today)

"Yo! Hey what's happening dude?
I'm a guy with a rep for bein' a Viking when it comes to being rude."

Sleep? You've got another think coming!

i'm so sorry for bringing this cancer here

no i think that's called a bizarre misreading of a simple joke

as long as my "bizarre misreadings" of jokes are actually funnier than the other possible readings, I'm cool with it

h8 u so much whiney

xpost you'd find the correct reading funnier if your heels weren't dug in tho

also you're reading is dumb and unfunny. "ralph equates being good at something as being viking at it, chortle".

oh boy "you're"

I need to go get a haircut, but I will leave you with a link to one of my best-conceived threads: Which is more annoying: arguing about what people find funny or arguing about what people find sexy?

egg on my face

which is funny because i have wasted perfectly good egg

you are totally egg on your face about scolding people for misreading jokes

i don't see how not making any sort of sense makes something more funny, but fyi "it's funnier this way" is not ever a valid argument for whether something is a correct interpretation. ugh i now want to kill myself and everyone else here.

lol ok to the next person who reminds us that arguing about what is funny is pointless: we know

ugh i now want to kill myself and everyone else here.

okay now THIS is a board description

hahahahaha

think people who misread this are too used to non-sequitur humour at this stage or something. "I'M VIKING AT SLEEP. IN WALKS FONZIE. FART."

if you guys want to have a serious fit, read the 1000-post board.crewcial.org take on this

http://board.crewcial.org/thread/view/201813/

jim u may have something there

lol hstencil never forget

whiney is like our older cousin showing us filthy message board threads when we're 13