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

i miss dayo

yep

me too

Not a dayo goes by...

straight from the horse's mouth:

Yes, again, it's the simplest answer - Ralph dreams of being a Viking.

— Josh Weinstein (@Joshstrangehill) December 21, 2020

THANK YOU

So he dreams of being excellent at something huh

lol Dan I'm imagining you slamming the table in victory

ilx, where the author is dead, except for simpsons joke arguments!

Now this, this was trolling

the author is not dead, he's just asleep, which is where he is a viking

I was in the room when it was pitched and laughed because I thought it meant he was great at sleeping

— Mike Scully (@scullymike) December 21, 2020

!!!

laughed because I thought it meant he was great at sleeping

before taking this at face value remember, we are dealing here with someone who was the class clown.

Simple: Ralph dreams he's a Viking. Ralph was never written with the ability to understand a complex & obscure metaphor like saying he is a Viking at something, meaning he is great at it. If I knew Scully had misunderstood a joke like that, I would have fired him instantly.

— David Mirkin (@DaveMirkin) December 21, 2020

straight from the horse's mouth:

Wow, ha, I guess that's also now canon! Do you remember who pitched it? Maybe they could say for sure. I think we may have been out of the room writing a script at the time so I have zero authority to weigh in on this, it's just my opinion.

wow settled after all these years

xp you left out where he mentioned mirkin who then posted the tweet i posted just above you

my point was him saying "I was not in the room and my opinion literally means nothing" indicates either that he was not the horse, or that the horsethor is dead

THANK YOU

Let's flog it some more anyway

did we never get this sorted

I mean, even the idea that Ralph would use the word "where" to mean "the discipline in which" is baffling enough, even before we get onto "being a Viking means being good at"

i try to remember this thread whenever ppl seem (to me) to be going to rather extreme lengths to misunderstand the obvious thrust of simple statements on ilxor.com
it doesnt help but i try, god help me but i do

Ha

I mean, even the idea that Ralph would use the word "where" to mean "the discipline in which" is baffling enough, even before we get onto "being a Viking means being good at"

his legs don't know how to be as long as yours

if i taught dialectics i wd use this debate to explain dialectics

the mid-tier joke is sublated by and/or into the high-tier joke: the "misunderstanding" (so-called) enlarges and enriches the "intention" (so-called)

sleep is where im the aufhebung

hi, Super Nintendo Sinkah

the mid-tier joke is sublated by and/or into the high-tier joke

last 40 years of critical theory tbh

my main takeaway from that twitter thread is that many people are really bad at understanding any kind of joke

by my reading a lot of people in that thread are not familiar with US idioms or pop culture of 50-70 years ago, even if English is their first language

There's been some confusion in this scene in Homer Vs The 18th Amendment.

Banner: "You're out there somewhere, Beer Baron. And I'll find you."

Homer (distant): "No, you won't!"

Banner: "Yes, I will!"

Homer: "Won't!"

I believe Homer says won't, but some people hear d'oh.

— I Call The Big One Bitey🏳️‍🌈🔞 (@Chalm_Skinn) December 21, 2020

People thinking Homer whispers "d'oh" to Rex Banner instead of "won't" is another baffling one. Why would he respond to a guy saying he'll catch him by saying "no you won't" but then say "d'oh" in response to him saying "yes I will"?

Weinstein is yet to confirm my privately-held conviction that Hans Moleman wasn't really saying "boo-urns", he was just trying to gain favour with a powerful man at a vulnerable moment

NO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO what twilight zone shit is this where there's another disputed Simpsons scene

theyre all disputed now

haha yeah

"Some people put forward the theory that the monorail episode was an homage to The Music Man but I have always thought it was a musical tribute to Mussolini's ascent to power; which one is correct?"

Sideshow Mel was meant to represent the British Beehive of the 19th century

I believe all 30 seasons of the Simpsons are just a dream Tracy Ullman had on her show.

^^^ that one's true

One guy actually asked "how was that drawing Kirk van Outen did meant to represent dignity?"

Someone replied saying it was intended to look like a jutting masculine chin which connotes dignity

It's all worth it for being reminded of that fucking "Paint Your Wagon" bit though, been shaking with laughter all afternoon

Best part is that it's a real musical, tho obv not literally about painting wagons

nice of 'em to clear up the shoe joke, that's been bothering me since I was 13

Can they clarify why Bonestorm was available for only 99 cents rental price...was Comic Book Guy hoping to make a killing on the expected late fees to offset the cheap rental price

I didn't know about Sneed's, formerly Chucks, either. took me a while but worth it.

yeah that was pretty clever, I wonder how many people actually caught that. I too had to stare at it for a while before I got it

I just caught wind of this whole kerfuffle. I wasn't aware of viking as meaning great at something. I am aware that in Japan it means all you can eat buffet. Is Ralph dreaming of being a buffet? Do we know whether he's spent time in Japan?

a welcome new twist

Alternatively, are people nibbling at him in his sleep?