N'Al fun facts of the day

hopper on 20/3/2009 at 10:50

Here, here! He should of realized that.

BEAR on 20/3/2009 at 11:31

I wondered when Iggles was going to get wind of that :)

BEAR on 20/3/2009 at 11:55

Quote Posted by raph

(http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DontExplainTheJoke) Don't explain the joke.

Also for what its worth I got the joke immediately, so it wasn't lost on everyone. Agreed Queue should have just left it and not explained it, but I thought it was rather clever.

Queue on 20/3/2009 at 13:04

Quote Posted by raph

(http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DontExplainTheJoke) Don't explain the joke.

But that was the joke.

*listening to crickets*

N'Al on 20/3/2009 at 13:31

6.)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Malay_origin) The word amok, denoting a manic urge to murder, is of Malay origin. Other Malay words in the English language include bamboo, compound, orangutan, and cooties.

rachel on 20/3/2009 at 14:22

Quote Posted by BEAR

Also for what its worth I got the joke immediately, so it wasn't lost on everyone. Agreed Queue should have just left it and not explained it, but I thought it was rather clever.

Indeed it was. :)
It's my kind of joke, actually, but I just think the extra of having people who don't get it call me stupid is delicious irony icing the cake.

N'Al on 20/3/2009 at 17:43

7.)

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swONShQAVrA) Although the ailment no doubt befalls people of other nations as well at times, Paris Syndrome is clearly so pervasive throughout the Japanese that they gave it a name.

PeeperStorm on 21/3/2009 at 01:08

Similarly, the Japanese also have a term for death from overwork: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_from_overwork) Karoshi. It's enough of a problem that their health ministry keeps statistics on it.

june gloom on 21/3/2009 at 01:12

Quote Posted by D'Juhn Keep

For all intensive purposes, that's the same joke

It's "intents and" purposes.

Stitch on 21/3/2009 at 05:02

Its something you'll just have to except.