:: scuffing dirt ::
Um, I have to admit that for a long time I didn’t get the pun in “Drain Bead” and therefore assumed the “bead” was pronounced like a bead you string on a necklace. The name didn’t make a lot of sense, but lots of names around here make no sense to me. But I felt mighty dumb when the light finally dawned with a big ol’ duuuhhhhhh.
Another Simpsons forehead-smacker. In the episode where Homer becomes a temporary regular-Joe astronaut, he is complaining to NASA. One of his complains is that it’s hard to find Tang anymore…you know, the orange drink made popular by astronauts. As NASA drives out to Moe’s to pick up Homer, Homer is on the phone.
“Hello, President Clinton? I thought if anybody knew where to get some Tang, it’d be you.”
A few months ago it hit me. President Clinton…Tang…tang…'tang…smack
Ohhh BRAIN DEAD. I just got that just now.
And Tequila Mockingbird? I never said that outloud until just now. And now that’s To Kill a Mockingbird. At least I knew Roxanne when I heard it. I was old already when I heard it for the first time.
Okay here’s something else:
In the Critic, Jay Sherman’s parents are named after Franklin and Elanour Roosevelt. Yeah…I remember thinking, “Jay’s father reminds me of FDR. Maybe I’m crazy.” But then I realized his name was Franklin…and HER name was Elanour (sp?), and I had an epiphany of sorts.
In the Harry Potter books, by JK Rowling, there is a Wizard Village called Hogsmeade. The two main streets are Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley.
I have recently been informed they refer to: Diagonally, and Nocturnally.
D’oh!
Well, that’s not it. C’mon, you know…that thing…about Cecil…C’mon people, you know this!
It took me numerous readings to understand this:
An amorous M. A.
Said of Cupid, the C. D.
From their prodigal use,
He was, I deduce
The John Jacob A. H.
One more.
At some point I learned what a “shaggy dog story” was: a long convoluted story that existed for no reason except to make you wait for a stupid joke or pun at the end. But I was an adult when I finally made the connection between that and a cartoon I liked when I was a kid: “Peabody’s Improbable History” on “Rocky and His Friends”, in which Mr. Peabody actually was a shaggy dog, and the stories always ended with a pun.
The other day at work, I was thinking about the SD, since I’m reading Triumph of the Straight Dope. I finally got Weird Earl’s!
Earl=URL, pronounced phonetically!
D’oh!
Spider Robinson had another interpretation of ** Norweigan Wood ** as in
"Isn't it good, ** knowing she would?**"
Which explains a lot better why he says he didn’t and crawled off to sleep in the bath.
And, for the record, I had no clue about the song as a teenager when it came out
Je ne comprends pas…
Until I heard the song again in my 20’s - I always thought the song “Afternoon Delight” was about riding in an airplane. All those rocket sounds in the background…
That was definitely an “oh! I just got that!” moment.
Oh, man! I didn’t get that at all! I literally slapped my forehead when I read that post!
::sits in corner with dunce cap on head::
Master of Arts
dunno (something darts?)
Ace of Hearts
BUT
Roxanne - do you mean it’s really about Roseanne? [shudders]
AND
I thought everybody knew that thing about Cecil. NOT about that thread either. I hope thinksnow won’t mind if I give you a clue.
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try counting the number of characters (including spaces) in his name…
Redsmug
You know those head and shoulders commercials that used to have one guy with a dandruff problem talking to a friend. The friend is advocating Head And Shoulders, the dandruff guy then says “But, you don’t even have dandruff.” Then the friend says “Exactly.”
I didn’t get what he meant by “exactly”. Then I realized that he meant that he used to have dandruff before he started using the shampoo.
DUH!!!
by the way, I don’t know what you guys are talking about concerning Cecil. The hint didn’t help me. I guess I too am one of the woefully uninformed.
Any Terry Pratchett fans out there?
In ‘Pyramids’ the kingdom is Djelibeybi.
I read this a million times without thinking about it, but one day I said it out loud and got…
Jelly Baby!.
[sub]God only knows why though.[/sub]
<sigh> Well, sure, that works, too, but only if you know his middle name, which I always misspell. Or was it his Confirmation name…I can never remember.
::furiously running through search engines to find Cecil’s middle name::
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::sound of hand slapping forehead::
In a similiar vein, the episode where Homer bootlegs alcohol and runs out, he says to Moe, “I don’t have any liquor, but how about some caulk. Delicious delicious caulk.”
Ok, now I’m really befuddled. A little more help here? I can’t seem to find what his middle name is. Paul, you got it…help me out here. What am I missing?
On an entirely unrelated note, I was so chagrinned when I finally realized what that <whoosh>-ing sound was over my head.
<sigh>