Comments on: The medium is the message

By: dot

dot — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:34:51 +0000

Wasn’t this on here before?

By: FeRD

FeRD — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:18:53 +0000

@#14.3: …Choosing your escorts for the midnight orgy, Empress Cluympho?

By: Clumber

Clumber — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:40:14 +0000

#14.1 Bec : No, no, no , no no, no… Yes.

By: Clumber

Clumber — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:39:14 +0000

#9.2 Dr.Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff – Am on too many pain meds to actually comprehend your post, but I loved the flow of it anyhow, so a thumb your way! Some language usage is gorgeous regardless of content.

Yeppers, lots of pain meds, yesserieMabel.

By: unsatisfied

unsatisfied — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:30:39 +0000

FANtastic!

By: H for Toy

H for Toy — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:08:22 +0000

And this is why we love you, Elf.

By: Dr.Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff

Dr.Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:36:33 +0000

Actually, that’s the point. By saying “this is why it’s funny…” what we’re actually saying is “it’s not funny”. It’s basically a sarcastic way of saying “I see what you did there” when what the joker did there wasn’t funny.

By: Uly

Uly — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 03:39:09 +0000

Hypocrisy, FeRD?

Mind, I’d agree that it’s also ironic.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:40:34 +0000

Talk about “do as I say, not as I do.” I guess it’s okay if you’re the boss.

By: Poltergeist

Poltergeist — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 03:06:05 +0000

I, too, would prefer it if waiters would stick to using memo pads rather than writing on my ck. I seem to have this problem wherever I go.

By: Bec

Bec — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:24:35 +0000

For me, half the fun of PAN is reading the endless humour explanations. Reminds me of The Vicar of Dibley, shall we call them Alice?

By: Sioux

Sioux — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:49:44 +0000

I don’t understand why so many comments seem to be explaining the humour of this PAN? Is this seemingly obvious irony more complicated than I realise… or do we have especially stupid commenters online at the moment?

By: Dr.Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff

Dr.Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:28:43 +0000

You mean at the top of that cheque?

By: Dr.Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff

Dr.Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:26:41 +0000

I’m pretty sure the definition of ‘situational irony’, as opposed to verbal irony as a rhetorical device, is broad and vague enough to include scenarios like this where the confluence of events and conditions occurs in such a way as to produce amusing coincidence. Particularly in this case, where those events are driven by the actions of one person (the note-writer) who, were he a fictional character, would be neatly fulfilling the definition of dramatic irony.