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I didn't find this funny at all.....

posted 14 years ago by Arec_Barwin
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.....and I usually love black comedies. No doubt some people will find the forced jolliness and the incessant (cuppa tea, dear?) tea making juxataposed with the pedestrian nature of the foetus flushing hilarious but I found the subject matter a bit too grim to make me chuckle.

The odd smile crossed my face when Imelda truly went into full throttle gurning mode and adopted the overcooked pathetic, hunched over, humility bit whilst still finding the Cockney heart to chirpily but meekly answer: "Yes, dear," to the cops' questions but on the whole I'm at a loss as to why people found themselves rolling in the aisles when it was released.

Comparisons to "Ghostbusters" and "Groundhog Day" are profoundly askew in my humble opinion.

I'm ****ing Irish. I'll deal with something being wrong for the rest of my life.

[–] Devon_Rex 14 years ago

Gosh - aren't you a wit.

[–] Arec_Barwin 14 years ago

Apparently so, and something you could aspire to, too, if only you could surmount the insecurities evidenced by your disdain.
Good luck with that.
I'm ****ing Irish. I'll deal with something being wrong for the rest of my life.

[–] rex_ilusivii 14 years ago

.....and I usually love black comedies. No doubt some people will find the forced jolliness and the incessant (cuppa tea, dear?) tea making juxataposed with the pedestrian nature of the foetus flushing hilarious but I found the subject matter a bit too grim to make me chuckle.

The odd smile crossed my face when Imelda truly went into full throttle gurning mode and adopted the overcooked pathetic, hunched over, humility bit whilst still finding the Cockney heart to chirpily but meekly answer: "Yes, dear," to the cops' questions but on the whole I'm at a loss as to why people found themselves rolling in the aisles when it was released.

Comparisons to "Ghostbusters" and "Groundhog Day" are profoundly askew in my humble opinion.

You do not gain any credibility or add any strength to your arguments by this immature excruciating over finding a bookish synonym for as many words in your posts as you can muster. Au contraire, by insisting on unnecessarily turgid style (such as one of this sentence), you only call people's attention to your sad sciolism and inferiority complex, in turn, making a fool out of yourself. Jarringly juxtaposed (oh, shoot, it's spelled with a "t") with your urban subculture/pop culture nick, your lexical dredging specially successfully renders you a tadpole.

Too bad, because you show to have an honorable sentiment toward the serious matter that abortion is.

no i am db

[–] Arec_Barwin 14 years ago

My God, this is the funniest thing I've read in ages. Thank you.

(1) Just out of interest, what argument do you think I was trying to "add strength" to?

(2) Do you really think I was trying to "gain any credibility" with my post?

(3) Do you think I really wrongly spelled "juxtaposed" or do you think it was a hastily typed spelling mistake?

(4) Please tell me you're aware of the cringeworthy irony of replying to a throw-away, glib post like mine with this gramatically grotesque, smug, humourless and pseudo-superior tirade:

You do not gain any credibility or add any strength to your arguments by this immature excruciating over finding a bookish synonym for as many words in your posts as you can muster. Au contraire, by insisting on unnecessarily turgid style (such as one of this sentence), you only call people's attention to your sad sciolism and inferiority complex, in turn, making a fool out of yourself. Jarringly juxtaposed (oh, shoot, it's spelled with a "t") with your urban subculture/pop culture nick, your lexical dredging specially successfully renders you a tadpole.

Too bad, because you show to have an honorable sentiment toward the serious matter that abortion is.

Ah, I see you've spelled "honorable" without a "u". Everything makes perfect sense now. As you were.

P.S. I think the "au contraire" was the icing on top of the cake, truly.

I'm ****ing Irish. I'll deal with something being wrong for the rest of my life.

[–] rex_ilusivii 14 years ago

Ah, I see you've spelled "honorable" without a "u". Everything makes perfect sense now.

Oh, a chauvinist as well. That didn't come through in your earlier post; now I've met you in your full glory. But anyway, you're wrong. I'm not American; I just write in American English. "Au contraire", along with all the other pretentious words was a mimicry of your starchy style; but you're too blind to recognize it in your own posts.

Edit:
I finally gave you a benefit of a doubt, so I opened your profile and clicked on the first on the list of your comments, to see if I was by some odd chance indeed hasty in my judgement, as you were trying to convince me. And lo and behold, there it lay, as if inviting itself to this short exchange. Arec_Barwin:

Oh, and as you brought it up, I was born and bred working class and will always consider myself so even though I now have an obscene amount of money.

Now if yours isn't the book example of the unsuccessfully overcome inferiority complex...

As you were... Yeah, boob, well said.

no i am db

[–] Arec_Barwin 14 years ago

This is gold! A quick glance at your posts demonstrates every negative attribute you ascribe to me: starchy, pretentious, pseudo-intellectual but you add the extra layers of complete lack of self-insight, irony and humour.

Your preoccupation with inferiority complexes is rather troubling, too.

Is it me you're really arguing with or are you holding a mirror up to yourself and using me to vent your anger? Either way, I'm glad to oblige.

PS Wherever you come from, have you always had a problem sensing tone?

PPS You haven't, by any chance, seen Shutter Island, have you?

I'm ****ing Irish. I'll deal with something being wrong for the rest of my life.

[–] rex_ilusivii 14 years ago

starchy, pretentious, pseudo-intellectual but you add the extra layers of complete lack of self-insight, irony and humour. Your preoccupation with inferiority complexes is rather troubling, too. Is it me you're really arguing with or are you holding a mirror up to yourself and using me to vent your anger? Either way, I'm glad to oblige.

...says a self-aware, good-humored guy who shines like this in a post which he titles "Pseudo-superior much?":

Do you know what, though, making friends on the internet is not really my thing -- I prefer people in the flesh -- but I must admit I'm becoming quite fond of you guys. A tip from a friend, though, you really need to hone your writing skills. I can smell your sadness and insecurity behind your mask of sassy impudence a mile off.

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Now, you go on "honing your writing skills" and hope noone again will interrupt you in your emancipation. Excelsior! You can do it, booby. Have fun with yourself.

no i am db

[–] Arec_Barwin 14 years ago

Wow, all that effort for me?! I'm touched, as, apparently, is that nerve.

Ironically, though, the post you have feverisly cherry-picked in your tragic and feeble attempt at one-upmanship ended in very good humour. In fact, I'm still conversing with the woman concerned.

Her:

Wait. I was just starting to like you!

And me:

Actually, if it's all the same to you, I'll still take my leave. I know first hand how passionate you are about people you like and I'm far too modest to cope with the adulation."

But what a silly booby I am! Why am I talking about irony and good humour when they are concepts that so evidently elude you? I mean, if your signature is your idea of humour, then the person you took your name from, the one you so admire, must be as bitter and clueless as you are.

Go on, quote Ovid in your retort. Impress me yet again.

PS I'm loving your self-portrait.

I'm ****ing Irish. I'll deal with something being wrong for the rest of my life.

[–] Devon_Rex 14 years ago

The replies might be gold, and well though out too...sadly, your posts are wank. On the other hand you got more of a response than you deserved, by an order of 20 or so.

Probably time to call you mum to upgrade your internet access. Well done you!!

[–] Arec_Barwin 14 years ago

The replies might be gold and well thought out, too...

Wow, Devon Regina/Regina Illusiva, I'm humbled that you chose two o'clock in the morning on Christmas night to take one last bite at the cherry with that self-congratulatory gem. Hope I didn't deprive your network of friends and loving family of you on such a special day.....THOUGHT NOT.

sadly, your posts are wank

Given your partiality for Brokeback Mountain and Christian Cooke's ass, I'm guessing you're an expert on all things "wank".

I'm ****ing Irish. I'll deal with something being wrong for the rest of my life.

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[–] Arec_Barwin 14 years ago

Finally, someone who gets the tone of this thread and doesn't need a stick surgically removed from his ass.

Have a word with the other dolts around here, will you?

I'm ****ing Irish. I'll deal with something being wrong for the rest of my life.

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[–] captain_japseye 14 years ago

I don't understand this post at all, I laughed all the way through

The OP must need a sense of humour implant,it was the funniest thing I've seen since Carry On Columbus

She's got a tongue like an electric eel and she likes the taste of a man's tonsils