I have been out of town for three days and came back to 64 mesages... I was patiently reading all before responding...and there at the end was Carl referenceing XKCD which was what I wanted to do 60 posts ago. Glad I waited.... call it a sleeping parrot... if you are truly a MP fan... you should appreciate that it has been made into fluxx and GET ON WITH IT Anything worth taking seriously is worth making fun of. --- On Tue, 8/5/08, Carl Worth <cworth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Carl Worth <cworth@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [Fluxx] Monty Python Feedback Feedback > To: "Fluxx Discussion List" <fluxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 7:40 PM > On Tue, 2008-08-05 at 17:39 -0400, Andy Looney wrote: > > their favorite bit, whatever that might be, is > missing. Those issues are > > obviously at play here -- "resting" may be > more canonical, but it's more > > awkward sounding and doesn't convey the essence of > the situation as well > > "sleeping." > > > > I just wish the shopkeepr had used the word sleep in > the sketch somewhere > > instead of using so many odd colloquialisms... > > The odd colloquialisms are the essence of the sketch. But > putting > "sleeping parrot" on the card doesn't harm > the memory of the sketch at > all. "Sleeping parrot" plus the drawing of a > clearly dead parrot > captures the actual humor of the sketch on a card better > than any other > phrase, no matter how "authentic" that phrase > might be when compared > with a transcription of the sketch. In fact, it's the > only suggestion so > far that sets up any humor for someone entirely unfamiliar > with the > sketch. > > For backup, here's a great line from the xkcd comic > that applies > remarkably well to the current situation: > > Does anyone else find it funny that decades later, > people are still quoting---word-for-word---a group > loved for their mastery of shock, the unexpected, > and defiance of convention? > > [Full comic at http://xkcd.com/16/ ] > > -Carl (who fears he might be violating that sentiment just > by joining > this debate...) > > *Honor* Monty Python: promote surreal humor. > > > _______________________________________________ > Fluxx mailing list > Fluxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/fluxx