Joke analysis
Joke analysis
This morning I was reading this terribly funny joke by Steve Gibbons. You can find it online, as it is the latest post in his blog -Steve Gibbons'(sic) Chess Blog. He pokes fun at a recent post, made on this very forum, by one S. Reuben. The highpoint of the gag is the reference to Henry Fowler, lexicographer, and dictator of Panama from 1882-5. Why though, does the reference contain this malformed URL: http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Watson_Fowler ? Is this funnier than including a correct URL?
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I took another look at the blog this afternoon, only to find that the URL was no longer malformed. Well I must say, this completely ruined the joke for me.
IanDavis wrote:This morning I was reading this terribly funny joke by Steve Gibbons. You can find it online, as it is the latest post in his blog -Steve Gibbons'(sic) Chess Blog. He pokes fun at a recent post, made on this very forum, by one S. Reuben. The highpoint of the gag is the reference to Henry Fowler, lexicographer, and dictator of Panama from 1882-5. Why though, does the reference contain this malformed URL: http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Watson_Fowler ? Is this funnier than including a correct URL?
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Christopher Kreuzer
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I must apologize Christopher, you are quite right, I did mean Gubbins.
Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Gibbons? Do you mean Giddins?
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Christopher Kreuzer
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No, that's still not quite right. Oh, hang on a minute...
IanDavis wrote:I must apologize Christopher, you are quite right, I did mean Gubbins.
Christopher Kreuzer wrote:Gibbons? Do you mean Giddins?
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The ancient Greeks used to put people into two categories, you were either an 'epicurean' or a 'stoic', an epicurean only sees life as sensory gratification, if your surroundings were nice and everyone else seemed to think you were a nice person, why should you question anything?
The other sort believe the only way to make progress is, via suffering, a good example for this sort of person is, Vincent Van Gogh.
Doing a hatchet job on someone, via their surname is a bit puerile.
I am a bit of an outsider, so know very little about the person behind this blog http://stevegiddinschessblog.wordpress. ... ide-rules/
But one thing I am becoming increasingly aware of, Bobby Fischer was a stoic who suffered for what he believed in. They called him crazy to discredit him. It is not what people say that makes them crazy, it is what they DO.
The other sort believe the only way to make progress is, via suffering, a good example for this sort of person is, Vincent Van Gogh.
Doing a hatchet job on someone, via their surname is a bit puerile.
I am a bit of an outsider, so know very little about the person behind this blog http://stevegiddinschessblog.wordpress. ... ide-rules/
But one thing I am becoming increasingly aware of, Bobby Fischer was a stoic who suffered for what he believed in. They called him crazy to discredit him. It is not what people say that makes them crazy, it is what they DO.