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

a bad joke on THE SIMPSONS?!?!?!?!?!?!

At that point Simpsons still had good and clever jokes most of the time.

just wow, tuomas

dudes it's pretty bad when a Finnish dude who doesn't know how to use Google has a more nuanced understanding of the English language than you.

has the lex weighed in yet? pinefox too much to hope for.

can i get a list of all the option a people so i can shun them plz

lol i was just thinking that this thread really needed input from tuomas

dudes it's pretty bad when a Finnish dude who doesn't know how to use Google has a more nuanced understanding of the English language than you.

actually & I'd think you'd know this, that Tuomas favors that interpretation is kinda the nail in its coffin, ain't it

right, his understanding is obv more nuanced, rather than less complete.

obv

congratulations

B) a bullied little kid dreaming of being an actual Viking isn't much of a gag

HE IS DREAMING HE IS A CONQUERING WARRIOR BECAUSE IRL HE GETS CONQUERED BY THE WARRIOR BULLIES.

silly, ralph doesn't have a vengeful bone in his body.

guys

he's Tuomas

that's game set & match for your terrible senses of humor

results of other internet poll

"I dream I'm a viking" (171) 64.77%
"I'm a champion sleeper" (93) 35.23%

that is overcomplicating it, gd. vikings are just cool and exciting and that's why ralph likes being one in his dreams.

it figures that a scandinavian would just ASSUME that english speakers use the word 'viking' to mean 'good at something' (when really it's just a figure that only a semi-retarded american would dream about being)

man I am looking at 20 gifs of mj eating popcorn right now

http://local.yahoo.com/info-20281262-viking-excel-electric-llc-las-vegas

right, his understanding is obv more nuanced, rather than less complete.

I'm not saying I have a more nuanced understanding, but the way Ralph put emphasis on the words of the sentence made me immediately interpret the joke as "excelling in sleep". And my argument B doesn't really have to do with the English language (yes, I know "Viking" isn't a common metaphor in English, but Ralph uses the language in a rather idiosyncratic manner) rather than how Simpsons gags work.

HE IS DREAMING HE IS A CONQUERING WARRIOR BECAUSE IRL HE GETS CONQUERED BY THE WARRIOR BULLIES.

Yes, I get this, but the bullied becoming the bully in his dreams is still a rather dull and unimaginative joke, and I think at that point Simpsons were generally better than that. Now, if the episode had actually shown Ralph's dream after his line, and it would've been some surreal and Ralphesque interpretation of what being a Viking means, that would've been a typical Simpsons gag. But since all we got was that one line, I interpreted it as "Viking of sleep", because that's more like a Simpsons joke to me.

ur all disgusting vikings

uh oh ralph's having a fantasy

can a mod change the display name of everyone who has spoken in defense of option A to "I Stand With Tuomas"

http://computers-are.us/hairpull.gif

wait why did Vampire Weekend get pulled into this

vampire, that's where I'm a weekend

like is this actually a not-so-subtle attempt to coalesce every hot-button ILX topic into one gigantic clusterfuck thread? if so, lemme know and I will start flinging around opinions on MIA and yelling things out of car windows

please make this the new ile title

I've no idea why this thread has 500+ answers, but I just wanted to say...
-Tuomas

be my guest dan!

on the surface it's such an innocuous thread too

xp to dan

heard lady gaga's actually a viking

anyway waiting for the cafepress digest edn

on the surface it's such an innocuous thread too

xp to dan

― g.w.f.nagl (cozen), Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:53 AM (10 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^ good job bringing LCD Soundsystem into the mix

haiku for no one

checking out
the ass on that one
that's where
I'm
a viking

omg

are there any vikings in kill bill?

Minnesota Vikings games, that's where I'm a Viking.

could somebody please summarize this thread in bullet form?

m bison to thread

just jump in now and state your opinion it's what most ppl are doing

i bet Ralph's a bad tipper.

he's also a big fan of dmb

on a simpsons-related note, do you guys think lisa simpson is symbolic of the fact that women don't make as good music as men do?

i think she's symbolic of the fact that she's a shrill bitch

(i am not sure that is a true opinion)

someone already did "why does black people never want to viking" already, right

ban iatee

oh look, another crazy black viking

saw a baniatee off Florida last time I was there actually

When I was a kid I frequently had a recurring dream where I had to fight sapient refrigerators and ovens in a giant, glowing pyramid that had pterodactyls flying over it.

― Walter Melon (Abbott), 27 April 2010 17:18 (Yesterday) Bookmark

Shurely this is from Ghostbusters?

Anyway, I read this thread. I hate when someone on one side of an argument takes the lazy option of assuming less-than-sincere motives on those on the other side, but option A reppers, seriously?