I keep meaning to open a pit on the cabal of inside jokers who wander into threads and say things like “Jenna Elfson, You have some ‘splainin’ to do,” or “How old are those potato chips?” We recent members are all really impressed that you have all these old-timer inside jokes so that you can be snarky and opaque at the same time, or perhaps derail a thread with a series of shibboleths and secret handshakes. Well, anyway, here it is. I fully 'spect the usual suspects to wander in and talk about “roast duck” and “danger, Will Robinson!” and “all your base are belong to us.” Yeah, yeah, yeah, you’re hilarious and obscure and entrenched in smug quasi-masonic rituals of rhetoric. I get it! Perhaps Lynn’s next “Put all _____ here” thread can be “The One and Only Wankers Secret Ball” so I can read the intelligent and humorous comments and ignore the SDMB equvilent of whispering, snickering junior high school kids.
When come back, bring pie.*
That’s two annoying things for the price of one! The first post quoting the OP AND an inside joke.
Where’s the beef?
He only says that because he was circumcized.
Regards,
Shodan
I burning your dog.
[ol][li]I suppose you’ve got a point.[]I really don’t care.[]Hi Opal![/ol][/li]
[sub]I swear, I’ll never do that again![/sub]
OP make baby Jesus cry.
OG SMASH!!!
Fucko off!
Gotcha ya. 
I cannot respond right now because I have to give a speech on the fallacies of evolution at our local university, where I hold a prestigious chair. But I shall respond immediately upon my return. Until then, the rest of you will have to do the best you can. I believe that my last post should leave all of you enough to chew on for quite a few hours.
IANAY, but IMHO IIRC TANSTAAFL!
Oh, one more thing…
1920s Style Death-Ray!
Who the fuck is Spalding Gray?
He was[insert]long boring inane off topic pointless blather full of mundane details found on Google[/insert]
Batman … if he’s prepared.
BTW, that’s not a SDMB inside joke. That was an Internet-wide inside joke current about 3 or four years ago.
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Don’t let inside jokes get you down. Start a new thread like “Explain these SDMB inside jokes” (a few like this have been done, if not recently) and get the scoop. People will be happy to oblige.
Ah, they’re 1920s style “death-rays.”
“Solitary and Mutual Wanking”-- BAND NAME!!!
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- I don’t really care what the explanation behind the joke is. Really, I don’t even care if people make obscure jokes, if at least it’s clear what the person feels in regards to the OP and/or quoted post. Often, the joke is all, and what is it? A slam? Agreement? Just some nuetral wanting to get his postcount up? To paraphrase Thumper, if you can’t say something meaningful, say nothin’ at all.
- I have asked for explanations, only to receive more jokes and more clearly noxious ones, such as you will find by QuietMan in the current Scientology thread. “Oh well you want me to explain my joke? How about you take your meds! Need that explained?”
- Hi Opal! Ah cripes, I’m one of them.
Search for SDMB Anthology.
Many of your questions will be answered there.
And we’re not doing it to be elitist. After you’ve been around awhile you will catch yourself doing it too.
This posts has been Graped by the…oh, forget it.
I disagree. I find that most of the time, an inside joke is very much meaningful. But IMHO, establishing a sense of familiarity, humor, and community can be considered “meaning”. There’s nothing inherently wrong with going off-topic for some effect or another.
Not to say that it can’t be done poorly, tactlessly, or tastelessly, because that can–and does–happen.