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

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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."

Walter Melon (Abbott), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:53 (fourteen years ago) link

Anyone finds that, I tell them I like them.

Walter Melon (Abbott), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:54 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:55 (fourteen years ago) link

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

brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:55 (fourteen years ago) link

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

jaymc, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:56 (fourteen years ago) link

i am posting in this thread

iiiijjjj, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link

jjjusten, I like you!

Walter Melon (Abbott), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link

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

brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

Mordy, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 18:58 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

Tuomas, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Mordy, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link

arent you all awfully tired then? xpost

Crazed semantic nattering! That's where I'm a viking! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:01 (fourteen years ago) link

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

brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:01 (fourteen years ago) link

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

iatee, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:01 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Walter Melon (Abbott), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:01 (fourteen years ago) link

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

brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link

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

xxposts

Crazed semantic nattering! That's where I'm a viking! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link

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

multiple xposts but still

Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Walter Melon (Abbott), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Mordy, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link

hahahahaha

Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Walter Melon (Abbott), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Mordy, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link

Exit pursued by a bong

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:03 (fourteen years ago) link

ILX SNAGGLEPUSS HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY OUT IN FULL EFFECT

Crazed semantic nattering! That's where I'm a viking! (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link

Jaymc is snagglepuss.

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

jaymc, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link

Of all the places for a Winter's Tale joke

Walter Melon (Abbott), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link

SNAGGLEPUSS HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY

so tempted to create this board

Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:04 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Mordy, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link

no

Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link

Oh man just what this thread needed.

Walter Melon (Abbott), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link

I'm hungry. :(

Mordy, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link

Of all the places for a Winter's Tale joke

It had to be done.

Anyway, back to the subject at hand.

Overexplaining jokes, that's where I'm a monk of Lindisfarne! (Ned Raggett), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link

bet you wanna eat like a viking

vikings: name your reasons why they are so bad and hated (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link

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

brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link

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 :(

mmmphhhh (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link

BAD AEROSMITH ALBUM, NO!

mmmphhhh (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link

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

am0n, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link

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

Obama, Wellstone and Darwinfish, Attorneys (Pancakes Hackman), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:13 (fourteen years ago) link

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.

am0n, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:16 (fourteen years ago) link

guys let's not forget about this thread

whiney would have wanted it that way

iatee, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link

Whiney got sb'd? What for?

the sound of a norwegian guy being wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link

always seemed like a reasonable dude to me.

the sound of a norwegian guy being wrong (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link

Viking was a random choice by Ralph based on a recent dream. Another day he would've said pirate, lawyer, board admin etc.

I wish he had said "Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a lawyer" because then Vikings would brag about how they are so lawyer at being Vikings and maybe I would be more proud of my career choices.

sinister chemical wisdom (Jenny), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link

Scalia thinks he's some kind of viking I bet.

Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 21:19 (fourteen years ago) link


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