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

your pro-viking scandinavian bias does xp

Tuomas, how is it possible that when hearing the line, "Sleep, that's where I'm a viking," you didn't think the meaning was that "I'm a viking in my sleep," which is the correct grammatical interpretation? Like, I understand making up a newer, funnier explanation, but brains process language in similar ways, and the natural way to read it the way the syntax has laid it out.

― Mordy, Wednesday, April 28, 2010 1:44 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

multiple people on this thread, including me, said they heard the A interpretation the first time they heard this line and hadn't even thought of the B interpretation until this thread came up. I don't have a good explanation for it, I was probably like 13-14 years old the first time this episode so I certainly wasn't stroking my wispy chin-beard and trying to come up with a deep analysis of the line, it's just how my brain processed it. so whatever the "natural" way to hear the line is (talk about a loaded phrasing), plenty of people heard it the other way.

anyway I'm tired of goin ham on dudes itt peace

― ⚡ You vike this. (dyao), Sunday, April 25, 2010 11:05 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah I kinda love how guys are all like "this is the last time I'm ever posting to this thread" and then 5 minutes later "it's option b you fuckwits"

― Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a ILXing! (dyao), Tuesday, April 27, 2010 11:04 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I love how this thread cycles in and out of passionately arguing about the topic at hand to meta-facepalming back to passionate arguing

― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Wednesday, April 28, 2010 1:47 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I mean the way ralph just plumps his head on the desk & dozes off clearly shows he's really excellent at sleeping on command

― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Wednesday, April 28, 2010 1:51 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

btw ralph is totally capable at understanding/using metaphors & puns cf. his valentine's day card exchange with lisa

― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Wednesday, April 28, 2010 1:56 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this fucking guy

It's not an argument! Because dreams that are textually referenced often follow with an actual depiction of the dream doesn't preclude this from being an exception, and the fact this isn't followed with an actual dream sequence doesn't change the syntactical meaning of the sentence.

This reminds me of that time in the Simpsons when Peter organized the ipecac-drinking contest!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eYSpIz2FjU

I wish I could find the thread that talked about a pink T-shirt that had Ralph Wiggum in jazzercise gear that read "Drop It Like It's Hot."

Anyone finds that, I tell them I like them.

Simpsons has rules, y'all

Not strict rules, but it certainly has a lot of conventions that make up the context of watching a particular episode. You expect certain things from a Simpsons episode that you might not expect from some other show. The line "that's where I'm a Viking" is empty in itself - only the context where its said gives it a meaning. And in the context of Simpsons that meaning might be different than in some other context.

Ralph: "Um, Miss Hoover? There's a dog in the vent."
Miss Hoover: "Ralph, remember the time you said Snagglepuss was outside?"
Ralph: "He was going to the bathroom."

we could really have some laughs if we subjected this & a bunch of other jokes to "why is this funny?" "discussions." because it would turn out that a bunch of people are laughing because of the line's delivery, or because comedic context reflexively makes them laugh, and that they don't get about 3/4 of the jokes on this or any other show

I know this makes me like the King Of The Smug Answer B Dudes but what the hell, I yam who I yam i.e. a viking

hey abbott: Someone please explain this thing I saw at Target

Credit to Tuomas for keeping calm while multiple posters have implied that Finland is part of Scandinavia.

i am posting in this thread

Finland is often considered a Scandinavian country in common English usage, and Iceland and the Faroe Islands are sometimes also included.

jjjusten, I like you!

lol what happened to this poster

I have never understood the "phom is shom jom" part either! After "I got the rollies on my arm," it makes about as much sense as what lyrics probably there.

― sgs (sgs), Thursday, June 23, 2005 4:29 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark

bring back sgs imo & then ban him

Let's do it! I think the Snagglepuss thing is funny because a) the word Snagglepuss (with its vague gestures towards Snuffleupagus) is funny sounding, more over, drawing on that association, Snuffleupagus is a character that only Big Bird can see, but then b) That in the face of Miss Hoover challenging Ralph's ability to perceive reality, Ralph doesn't protest but simply states matter-of-factly that the Snagglepuss was urinating outside. He isn't offended by the suggestion that he hallucinates, if anything, the reference only evokes his memory of that moment. He's totally unable (LIKE MANY PEOPLE ON THIS THREAD) to derive the context of Miss Hoover raising that memory -- ie: to prove he's untrustworthy.

Credit to Tuomas for keeping calm while multiple posters have implied that Finland is part of Scandinavia.

To be honest, many Finns assume this too. But just to make it sure: we're not officially a part of Scandinavia, and we never had Vikings.

And yet for some reason you guys all dream about being vikings. double-Bizarre.

arent you all awfully tired then? xpost

a) the word Snagglepuss (with its vague gestures towards Snuffleupagus) is funny sounding,

this post with its non-vague ability to make me smack my head

so who's on the a-team:

dyao - team leader
tuomas - team mascot/genetically related to actual vikings
deej - naive peacemaker
doctor casino - team medic
n/a - n/a

who else

*Are* you stoned, Mordy? Snag & Snuffy v 2 difft peeps.

so who's on the a-team:

dyao - team leader
tuomas - team mascot/genetically related to actual vikings
deej - naive peacemaker
doctor casino - team medic
n/a - n/a

who else

saddam hussein

yeah uh mordy you do realize that snagglepuss is a thing right

xxposts

.... Mordy, you know that Snagglepuss is an actual cartoon character right

multiple xposts but still

Don't talk about my dad like that "underrated aerosmith libelist."

Oh yeah, Snagglepuss is the pink tiger guy, right? (Is really stoned atm actually.)

hahahahaha

Your search - snaslepuss snuffleuppaguis - did not match any documents.

I had major stomach pains this morning, so I self-medicated early on :'(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4qFxTTi8q0

Exit pursued by a bong

ILX SNAGGLEPUSS HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY OUT IN FULL EFFECT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L807pDZLWKs&NR=1

Jaymc is snagglepuss.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Friday, June 4, 2004 1:04 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Of all the places for a Winter's Tale joke

SNAGGLEPUSS HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY

so tempted to create this board

so uh -- did Whiney hit 51 cause of this thread?

no

Oh man just what this thread needed.

I'm hungry. :(

Of all the places for a Winter's Tale joke

It had to be done.

Anyway, back to the subject at hand.

bet you wanna eat like a viking

Tuomas it turns out Whiney's been SB'd - just speaking on behalf of vikings, do you have any opinions about the SB function?

SNAGGLEPUSS HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY

so tempted to create this board

― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Wednesday, April 28, 2010 7:04 PM (3 minutes ago)

tried, didnt work :(

BAD AEROSMITH ALBUM, NO!

Lunchlady Doris: At last the world is safe, eh, Fallout Boy?
Ralph: What's for lunch tomorrow?
Director: Next!
Ralph: Chicken necks?

holy hell, I just gave myself a headache from stifling a full-on cackle

This thread just went from amazing to Absolute All-Time Favorite.

Ralph: This is my swing set. This is my sandbox. I'm not allowed to go in the deep end. That's where I saw the leprechaun!
Bart: Right, a leprechaun.
Ralph: He told me to burn things.