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

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?

jesus i still have to double-check which is a and which is b

I've seen this topic being discussed on a couple of different message boards and I've come to the conclusion that I will never understand how people think of option A when hearing this joke, no matter how many times they try to explain it. I mean, I understand their arguments, but I just don't understand how this can be the first thing they think of.

still can't believe the vikings killed tuomas

they were really viking at killing herbie hancock fans

jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus christ ppl this is some fukin retarded shit. i mean i ain't claim to be a fan of the series or not and i even can tell it's answer #B. all of you's that are saying A have beans in yer head and should be sold off to slaveowners.

oh shit guys it's a necromancer

fuck I was gonna kill myself but I'm just gonna be reanimated

^^just saying what we're all thinking xxp

oh gee, sarcastic responses, THAT'S really funny

this thread needed more sock-action

which is the only action you ever get

haha

necroman c u

c ur mama later

ok lock thread now :(

m bison to thread

― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:58 AM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark

i can only lock hoops threads, this monstrosity is all yours dude

the bullied becoming the bully in his dreams is still a rather dull and unimaginative joke

This isn't the joke though. As jaymc explained:

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.