I still like the pie joke because that cartoon cracked me up. In case people don’t know the reference, could someone please provide a link?
I find some good ones funny, some bad ones funny, and some of either (or neither) quality fall flat. I generally find death ray references dull because that shit got beaten to death before it had time to mature. “When come back”, “cat food” and “all your [thing] are belong to” tend to allow for more … maneuverability? Originality within the framework of the original non-sequitur?
There was a thread some months ago where “when come back, bring pi” was posted by Polycarp in response to something I wrote. I thought that was amusing because it was a situation-based twist (the OP was involved with math) on the original.
Well, I never miss an opportunity to toot my own banjo.
ETF? Pie??
Just thought
a fourth reason is simply to add a non sequitur is as an easy way to bounce an existing thread they find interesting but have no new information to add too.
And Elysian I found the thread you referred to, you really need to get over yourself if you are still holding a grudge. Leaves are turning yellow (boring and long) was quite good, but calling it (boring and long) was the mistake that brought about its quick demise.
Just so you know, I found that so funny that I actually remember reading it the first time way back then. 99% of the SDMB goes in one ear and out the other, so I’m all for comments like that.
I rant to please me, not you.
I bring pie to please me, not you.
You no get pie, Bob. Now go over there and ride Wee Bull until you simmer down or I’ll sleep with your slutty donkey.
Let’s do it old school:
I BURNING YOUR DOG!
I need to pee.
I apologize, I just read Endgame, which I rather enojyed BTW, so I couldn’t resist.
scuttles off before she gets killed by the OP, or plastered with pie
Naw, pie is so last year. I’m bringing back pineapple upside down cake.
When come back, bring link.
I don’t. I’ve even sent questions to eds/ads about disabling it, since so many yahoos have such a problem with what they perceive to be post padding. Get rid of it all, I say!
And to answer the man who is not left handed… It was in use at the end of the White Russia campaign (in southern Russia, of all places) which would put its introduction at or near September of 1920. While not technically 1920s style, it is usually listed first in examples of those visible/audible/heat producing devices popularly called death rays. (The History of the Use of Nonconventional Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Catholic Church by Opalcat the Goddess, 1999 {Hi!})
To quote the futurist Marco Polo: “Ecce ecce ecce homo sum woowoo plop.” Which translates to (more or less): “You’re stepping on my drink. Turn off the lawn.”
Hmmm…could have sworn I got some pie from you just last Jan/Feb. Guess I was mistaken. 
Oh, by the way, I clicked the link and my browser crashed. 
That’s odd. It was to a photo of a PUDCake on Webshots – I just tried it and it worked fine. Or did you mean the link to Weebl’s “Pie” episode?
Maybe your browser’s got Badger Disease?
ETF, it was the pineapple upside down cake link. But I tried it again and got it. Appetizing little morsel, I must say. (Also, I love the Weebl stuff. Particularly Kenya and Lord Walthamstone.)
Revtim, please excuse the hijack.
When I was a lurker, I have to confess that one of the things that made me laugh the most was these stupid inside-joke-phrases. Particularly during a train-wreck thread and people would simply post comments as if they truly had pulled up a chair to watch the action.
I don’t find them as funny anymore, but I just shrug and move on. I can understand why they’re funny to others, so it doesn’t annoy me.
The war in Iraq annoys me. Non-sequiturs do not.
PIE FIGHT!!!
Actually I gotta go a little bit with the OP on this. Too many people post non-sequitors thinking it’s a clever retort or IMHO because they want to be the first to post something like it.
The one that bugs me is the “you owe me a new keyboard because I shot soda out my nose” style of post. Completely worthless. Although the first time I got one I was kind of proud. I feel so conflicted.
You know, Otto, there are plenty of over the counter medications available to help you counteract that conflicted feeling.
Nobody I guess. That’s why they had to ban post count parties MPSIMS. Because no one was doing it.
:rolleyes:
Speaking of in-jokes, would anyone like to give me the short version of what the 1920’s style death rays are all about? I was lurking then, but managed to avoid it. If only I had known it was going to be crucial to a full understanding of the board!