# \_Memento\_ humor! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 28, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212 "2003-02-28T19:48:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/21 "2003-03-01T00:21:34Z")
Yeah, what he said! You can’t tell punchline jokes because they always start with the _Momento._ ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/22 "2003-03-01T02:11:18Z")
[http://slithytoves.sytes.net/~dave/sa/legomento.jpg](http://slithytoves.sytes.net/~dave/sa/legomento.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/23 "2003-03-01T03:19:17Z")
Damn, these jokes are good! I’m gonna write them down. _Write this down Write this down Keep it in your mind Damn it, where’s a pen?! Gotta write this d–_ \ Oh, hey, look! A thread about _ **Memento!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Bindrah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Bindrah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bindrah)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/24 "2003-03-01T04:56:00Z")
ummm…i’m not trying to be an ass but if you watched it in reverse it would be in chronological order, the way its shown its not in chronological order, right?end to beginning… so whats so funny about something like that? anyway, there is an easter egg that allows you to view it from front t o back, and in that way the character seems a bit evil then…not confused… ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/25 "2003-03-01T07:09:02Z")
Hey, I just thought of something: If you watched it in reverse, it would be in chronological order; the way it’s shown, it’s not in chronological order, right? End to beginning. … So, what’s so funny about something like that? Anyway, somewhere I heard that there’s an Easter egg that allows you to view it front-to-back – and in that way, the character seems a bit evil then, not confused. … But then, if you watched it in reverse, it would be in chronological order; the way it’s shown, it’s not in chronological order, right? End to beginning. … So, what’s so funny about something like that? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/26 "2003-03-01T07:25:45Z")
Was it good for you? ---
**Author:** ![Hepcat421](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/34f0e0/32.png) [@Hepcat421](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hepcat421)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/27 "2003-03-01T11:20:02Z")
Boy it sure sounds funny backwards. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/28 "2003-03-01T16:00:57Z")
What are all you people doing in my hotel room? ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/29 "2003-03-01T20:00:44Z")
**YOUR** hotel room?! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2003, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/30 "2003-03-01T20:21:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pravnik \* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by pravnik > > This is pretty funny. I loved that movie. > > Yeah, I agree. Guy Pearce was great. Inspired. Very nice work, **pravnik**! ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/31 "2003-03-02T00:16:53Z")
It’s time for **Gangster Octopus** ’s insulin shot. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/32 "2003-03-02T00:33:23Z")
_Memento_ humor! I just saw Memento for the first time last weekend. At least, I think it was the first time. I backed up to watch a scene in Memento again, and while I was backing up, the scene looked normal! I backed up and watched a scene in Memento a second time, and I couldn’t tell that it was a scene I’d seen before! ---
**Author:** ![FabioClone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5f8ce5/32.png) [@FabioClone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FabioClone)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/33 "2003-03-02T04:30:05Z")
“You’d be suprised what a little brain damage will do to your credibility” ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/34 "2003-03-02T04:55:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoe \* > \*\*I just saw Memento for the first time last weekend. At least, I think it was the first time. > > I backed up to watch a scene in Memento again, and while I was backing up, the scene looked normal! > > I backed up and watched a scene in Memento a second time, and I couldn’t tell that it was a scene I’d seen before! \*\* Hey, those are pretty good! I’d better write them down. ---
**Author:** ![aaaaaarrgg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@aaaaaarrgg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aaaaaarrgg)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/35 "2003-03-02T11:04:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tracer \* > \*\*Hey, those are pretty good! I’d better write them down. \*\* write them down, write them down… can’t forget, must write down. where’s a pen? i need paper! i need… _slam_ _footsteps_ oh look, it’s trinity from the matrix! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/36 "2003-03-02T13:40:58Z")
Here, drink this. It’s on the house. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/37 "2003-03-02T14:24:40Z")
You see, I have this condition. I can’t form any new memories, and… I’ve told you this before, haven’t I? ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/38 "2003-03-10T23:06:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spooje \* > \*\*Here, drink this. It’s on the house. \*\* That’s funny, it tastes like spooje. (Why’s that guy in the corder of the bar laughing at me?) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/39 "2003-03-12T11:24:59Z")
Okay, I’m killing this thread. No, wait, the thread’s killing me. ---
**Author:** ![Dryga\_Yes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Dryga\_Yes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryga_Yes)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212/40 "2003-03-12T14:14:34Z")
Killing the thread in the OP? What the heck? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/_memento_-humor/158212.md?page=3)