Did my brother invent this joke?

[Nature_s_Call]

What do you call the cookbook of the dead?

The om-nom-nomicon.

Has anyone heard this before?

[Electric_Warrior]

I haven’t heard that as a joke before but one of my favorite cooking blogs is called Omnomicon.

[samclem]

Just WHEN does your brother think he invented it? That might have some bearing.

[Nature_s_Call]

@samclem

Just WHEN does your brother think he invented it? That might have some bearing.

He says about a year ago (maybe two?) He’s not sure.

[Paragonkid]

Om nom nom is a Lolcat phrase for eating and nom is a Lolcat phrase for food.

Could that help??

[Claude_Remains]

Where does the “dead” part come into play?

[Shagnasty]

@Claude_Remains

Where does the “dead” part come into play?

This is a really geeky joke although pretty clever. It is a play on the name Necronomicon which is a fictional book mentioned in the stories of H.P. Lovecraft but doesn’t really exist. ‘Necro’ means dead.

Necronomicon

[njtt]

Perhaps it should be “the cookbook of the dead cats.” [or “lolcats”]

[Nature_s_Call]

I always thought the “om nom nom” originally came from Sesame Street - the sound Cookie Monster makes when eating a plate (or two) of cookies, or anything else for that matter.

[pulykamell]

@samclem

Just WHEN does your brother think he invented it? That might have some bearing.

The earliest reference I could find to an Omnomnomicon is Dec. 10, 2007. Here’s an August 8, 2008 that uses the word as the punchline to a joke. (“Q: What is the Space Sharks’ holy book of rites called? A: The Omnomnomicon!”) It’s from some sort of RPG forum, and I have no idea what Space Sharks are, but I presume they eat a lot.

[Nature_s_Call]

Thanks pulykamell. Each predates my brother’s earliest recollection. I don’t think he frequents RPG sites. It’s possible he thought of it independently, but it seems more likely he encountered at least the word “omnomnomicon”

[pulykamell]

@Nature_s_Call

Thanks pulykamell. Each predates my brother’s earliest recollection. I don’t think he frequents RPG sites. It’s possible he thought of it independently, but it seems more likely he encountered at least the word “omnomnomicon”

I wouldn’t discount the idea of coming up with it independently. It happens all the time. I’ve had many instance in which I thought I came up with a novel idea, only to find through googling that the idea had been done half a dozen times before.

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@pulykamell

I wouldn’t discount the idea of coming up with it independently. It happens all the time. I’ve had many instance in which I thought I came up with a novel idea, only to find through googling that the idea had been done half a dozen times before.

Sadly seconded. There are very few truly new book plots, or jokes, around today.

[BigT]

@Nature_s_Call

I always thought the “om nom nom” originally came from Sesame Street - the sound Cookie Monster makes when eating a plate (or two) of cookies, or anything else for that matter.

Me too. Or, to be more precise, they both come from the same root: an onomatopoeia of putting food in your mouth while still letting sound come out.

[TriPolar]

@Nature_s_Call

I always thought the “om nom nom” originally came from Sesame Street - the sound Cookie Monster makes when eating a plate (or two) of cookies, or anything else for that matter.

I wouldn’t discount the idea of coming up with it independently. It happens all the time. I’ve had many instance in which I thought I came up with a novel idea, only to find through googling that the idea had been done half a dozen times before.

[RaftPeople]

@TriPolar

I wouldn’t discount the idea of coming up with it independently. It happens all the time. I’ve had many instance in which I thought I came up with a novel idea, only to find through googling that the idea had been done half a dozen times before.

I had to go back and figure out why there were a few posts between your apparent double post