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, 26 April 2010 19:38 (sixteen years ago)
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
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:38 (sixteen years ago)
I think we are approaching the critical "show them the lesbian orgy" portion of the argument.
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:39 (sixteen years ago)
call all destroyer otm
― mdskltr (blueski), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:39 (sixteen years ago)
i still don't understand what the Tom Green reference in the title has to do with anything.
xpost ummm
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Monday, 26 April 2010 19:40 (sixteen years ago)
curse and bless you HI DERE for the gis at which I am presently agog
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:40 (sixteen years ago)
just a hunch but I'm saying some of these women aren't actually lesbians
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:41 (sixteen years ago)
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Monday, April 26, 2010 2:38 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
THERE ARE NONETHIS IS WHAT IS CALLED AN "ORIGINAL JOKE"
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:41 (sixteen years ago)
(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."
― mdskltr (blueski), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:41 (sixteen years ago)
Sleep? You've got another think coming!
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Monday, 26 April 2010 19:43 (sixteen years ago)
i'm so sorry for bringing this cancer here
― eyes without afaik (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:44 (sixteen years ago)
no i think that's called a bizarre misreading of a simple joke
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:44 (sixteen years ago)
as long as my "bizarre misreadings" of jokes are actually funnier than the other possible readings, I'm cool with it
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:46 (sixteen years ago)
h8 u so much whiney
― call all destroyer, Monday, 26 April 2010 19:46 (sixteen years ago)
xpost you'd find the correct reading funnier if your heels weren't dug in tho
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:47 (sixteen years ago)
also you're reading is dumb and unfunny. "ralph equates being good at something as being viking at it, chortle".
― Jolyon Swagg (jim in glasgow), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:47 (sixteen years ago)
oh boy "you're"
― Jolyon Swagg (jim in glasgow), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:48 (sixteen years ago)
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?
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:48 (sixteen years ago)
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
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:51 (sixteen years ago)
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.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:51 (sixteen years ago)
lol ok to the next person who reminds us that arguing about what is funny is pointless: we know
― call all destroyer, Monday, 26 April 2010 19:51 (sixteen years ago)
ugh i now want to kill myself and everyone else here.
okay now THIS is a board description
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:52 (sixteen years ago)
hahahahaha
― call all destroyer, Monday, 26 April 2010 19:53 (sixteen years ago)
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."
― Jolyon Swagg (jim in glasgow), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:53 (sixteen years ago)
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/
― eyes without afaik (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:54 (sixteen years ago)
jim u may have something there
― call all destroyer, Monday, 26 April 2010 19:56 (sixteen years ago)
lol hstencil never forget
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 19:56 (sixteen years ago)
whiney is like our older cousin showing us filthy message board threads when we're 13
― call all destroyer, Monday, 26 April 2010 19:57 (sixteen years ago)
the more i think about it the more option b absolutism is one of the weirdest awful human behaviors i never woulda learned of had it not been for internet message boards
― A B C, Monday, 26 April 2010 20:07 (sixteen years ago)
jesus god why did i bookmark this abortion
― GREAT JOB Mushroom head (gbx), Monday, 26 April 2010 20:07 (sixteen years ago)
a b c winning the devolution of the argument award
― call all destroyer, Monday, 26 April 2010 20:08 (sixteen years ago)
i just can't believe this is an argument that has haunted the internet for years and not a 24-post thread on alt.tv.simpsons in 1995
― A B C, Monday, 26 April 2010 20:11 (sixteen years ago)
The next thread should be an argument about what Ralph really meant when he said "My cat's breath smells like cat food."
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Monday, 26 April 2010 20:12 (sixteen years ago)
for ralph, "cat food" means "totally awesome"
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 20:13 (sixteen years ago)
this thread is not cat food
― iatee, Monday, 26 April 2010 20:14 (sixteen years ago)
http://www.richmolnar.com/Sounds/Homer%20-%20You%27re%20all%20nuts.wav
― iiiijjjj, Monday, 26 April 2010 20:38 (sixteen years ago)
I bent my "Wookie"
― mdskltr (blueski), Monday, 26 April 2010 21:14 (sixteen years ago)
lol!
― call all destroyer, Monday, 26 April 2010 21:15 (sixteen years ago)
http://c2.api.ning.com/files/*K0CPt1rhrSSvi5mrSpSuDdXRTF4U5C6-Ma1FXvlc38_/wook17.jpg
― piping hot dish and a cup of chat (Stevie D), Monday, 26 April 2010 21:16 (sixteen years ago)
I love all of you.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 26 April 2010 21:35 (sixteen years ago)
also feeling sad I broke this promise:
I am NOT arguing about the Simpsons on the internet.
― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, July 12, 2005 2:25 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 26 April 2010 21:38 (sixteen years ago)
But when you say "love"....
― Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm Ann Reinking! (Stevie D), Monday, 26 April 2010 21:38 (sixteen years ago)
like I'm a worse person, now that I've argued about The Simpsons on the Internet, and one day my daughter will find this thread and think that I was a terrible person
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 26 April 2010 21:39 (sixteen years ago)
yeah but prob cause you didn't understand a simple joke
― iatee, Monday, 26 April 2010 21:39 (sixteen years ago)
give it time, ILX will by the end of day have a pejorative adjective ending in "ist" for both supporters of Option A AND Option b.
― If You Ain't Gonna Wash It, I Ain't Gonna Eat It (Cattle Grind), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:26 (sixteen years ago)
n/a to make amends you must raise your daughter to be a Viking irl
― mdskltr (blueski), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:30 (sixteen years ago)
meaning raise his daughter to be awesome, or to be a literal Viking?
― If You Ain't Gonna Wash It, I Ain't Gonna Eat It (Cattle Grind), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:32 (sixteen years ago)
she must be a viking at being a viking
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Monday, 26 April 2010 22:32 (sixteen years ago)