Comments on: eponysterical collection

eponysterical collection

scarabic — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 22:28:27 -0800

Just for fun I have begun to collect so-called eponysterical posts and comments - that is, postings which are funny in light of the poster's user name. Emhpasis is on the word "begun," here. Please email more submissions as you come across them. Just for fun.

By: Firas

Firas — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 22:51:47 -0800

vindicated!

By: kindall

kindall — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 23:06:19 -0800

Any post in which I am not, in fact, kind to all would be appropriate...

By: scarabic

scarabic — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 23:09:29 -0800

Heh. Not easy to find, that, though, is it?

On second thought, it seemed more appropriate to link to people's personal sites in the footer attributions (if they have listed one on the user page). That seem right?

By: Jamie Farr

Jamie Farr — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 23:54:00 -0800

What's to stop people from constructing comments to fit your definition?

While I'm here, does anyone remember a TV show from the 70s about a black family trying to make it in the projects while running Archie Bunker's dry cleaning business and working for Lou "Latke" Grant's cabstand?

I think it starred a young Noel Coward.

By: Sangermaine

Sangermaine — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 00:21:37 -0800

Jamie Farr,
That "Archie Bunker's dry-cleaning" bit kind of sounds like The Jeffersons.

By: knave

knave — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 01:38:47 -0800

While I love and applaud the idea, now we're going to have people intentionally doing this, just like the Metafilter: taglines, because it's "cool".

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 01:46:18 -0800

does it have to be a single comment? my all time favourite comeback was Witty asking stavros if he wore a chicken suit (maybe you had to be there) after the chicken commented that Witty wasn't. or are those also too direct in their references anyway?

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 02:15:40 -0800

By: Ryvar

Ryvar — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 02:22:52 -0800

This is what I get for trying to pick a nick that wasn't derivative of anything at all.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:08:18 -0800

Good job scarabic. In fact, I remember a few of those posts as something I cracked a smile at. But surely this collection has potential for growth?

Oh, and: uplifting tidings, if you're crazy.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:10:20 -0800

Emphasis is on the word "begun," here.

Yeah, I read that, I just didn't parse it. Will keep my eyes open! This is a great idea.

By: ferociouskitty

ferociouskitty — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:33:11 -0800

Check this out.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:52:28 -0800

Do title fields count?

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 05:26:31 -0800

Metafilter: taglines just because it's "cool".

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 05:41:57 -0800

Some of these are barely eponymusing.

By: CunningLinguist

CunningLinguist — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 06:19:43 -0800

Anytime grouse posts a complaint in meta I'm amused.

By: Quartermass

Quartermass — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 06:48:30 -0800

This exchange was a classic (from March 1/05)

Spicynuts: I am for commando in all aspects of life. Underwear is a tool of The Man and a first step on the road to fascism and mind control.

MarkAnd: You know whose advice I'm not taking on the subject of whether or not to wear underwear? spicynuts'

By: iconomy

iconomy — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 06:54:38 -0800

My all-time favorite. The video is of a man grabbing, moving, and swirling sand, which is why the comment was so apropos.

By: spicynuts

spicynuts — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 07:05:55 -0800

Wow! I must have been on the sauce that night. It's nice to see that someone treasures my rantings, though. And for the record, I am not currently rocking the commando style today.

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 07:10:44 -0800

There's goes scarabic, making a scene again. Damn it!

By: If I Had An Anus

If I Had An Anus — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 07:20:26 -0800

I took a swing at one last night.

By: teleskiving

teleskiving — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 07:31:29 -0800

I thought it was kind of funny that Schroedinger saved a puppy from certain death as opposed to subjecting a cat to an uncertain death.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:18:58 -0800

I got some feedback on this kind of thing here.

Unfortunately, my link is now dead. It showed a fountain sculpture of a little boy peeing, and was situated on a high mountain cliff giving the impression he was peeing into a river about 400 feet below.

To bad Metafilter can't "wayback" some of these links internally, but after 72 hours who cares anyway?

By: scarabic

scarabic — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:31:38 -0800

Quartermass - I could remember that one but couldn't find it. Thanks!

I need to work on the format a bit and see if I can incorporate some context without bogging it all down. Right now I've stuck with basically one-liners that make it fairly obvious what the yuk is. There are some true classics that require knowing what thread it was is, or what the previous comment was, etc. I need to work out a way to use those that is still lightweight. This should be pretty much the ultimate in light reading.

I doubt anyone will go to the trouble of trying to do this deliberately. If it's not spontaneous it won't be funny. And I'll just ignore it.

By: Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:45:03 -0800

That's Hot.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 09:00:49 -0800

I'm here if you need my services.

By: mystyk

mystyk — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 09:03:45 -0800

Alas, with a name like mine, it's hard to find any quotes that would fit your criteria.

Still, it's easier for me than, say, quonsar.

Anyone who suggests adding 'Pot' or 'Kettle' should be disposed of quickly.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 09:21:30 -0800

This is a great idea, and I think I might have even suggested doing it in a comment way back when, but I was too lazy to do so. So props to scarabic.

At the moment I can't think of any. I only know I've seen literally dozens since first thinking of doing it that I thought, "yep, that would be perfect for the collection." But as I mentioned before I was too lazy to collect them. Then came the paradoxical effect that the more of them I saw, and didn't collect, the stronger the argument was for a collection, while at the same time the stronger the argument was for "why start NOW after you've missed having so many in the collection?"

By: Kwanzaar

Kwanzaar — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 10:02:11 -0800

I checked and there was already an FPP about Kwanzaa. I guess you'll not be hearing one from me, sorry.

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:06:41 -0800

But as I mentioned before I was too lazy to collect them. Then came the paradoxical effect that the more of them I saw, and didn't collect, the stronger the argument was for a collection, while at the same time the stronger the argument was for "why start NOW after you've missed having so many in the collection?"

This happens with so many things. There should be a name for this effect.

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:06:03 -0800

Can we submit ourselves?

(darn, now I have to think up something witty that rhymes with blue_beetle. Froo_steele? Gloo_Meetle?)

By: graventy

graventy — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:13:19 -0800

blue_beetle, maybe if you were killed off, in the name of some sort of...Crisis. On lots of earths. Like...infinite earths. Yeah.

By: knave

knave — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:15:26 -0800

This statement is false.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 13:22:55 -0800

Can we submit ourselves?

I don't see why not, although, as with self-links, people are less likely to be ableto judge actual humor when it's their own work. The best ones seem to come out naturally, anyway, only noticed after the fact.

soyjoy - do some digging! I don't see how it's possible to 'miss' all the good ones. They're still funny, no matter how old they are. All you gotta do is email, bro! I'll do the rest.

By: thanotopsis

thanotopsis — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:35:03 -0800

knave: This statement is false

Vile knave.

By: terrapin

terrapin — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:40:15 -0800

*starts working on a thread about turtles, or the grateful dead (shut up, kewsick), or the University of Maryland basketball team ... ok, maybe some other time*

By: Secret Life of Gravy

Secret Life of Gravy — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:39:38 -0800

What's to stop people from constructing comments to fit your definition?

I'm frantically searching the web for stories on Bechemel Sauces that are alcoholics, Tomato Gravys that moonlight as Salsas, or Butter Sauces that make a little on the side as lubricants. I'll keep you posted if I find anything.

By: agropyron

agropyron — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:43:04 -0800

This one.

By: unknowncommand

unknowncommand — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:42:21 -0800

This one.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 17:49:11 -0800

This one.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 04:40:03 -0800

This one?

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 18:24:12 -0800

Oh seriously, check out this one.

By: goodnewsfortheinsane

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 17:14:18 -0800

Yet another.

By: donpedro

donpedro — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:16:08 -0800

Anyone still reading this? This AskMe post seems to fit the bill. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.)