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Which joke is better?

Aug 30, 2016#1

Anonymous

A friend of mine and I are having an argument about which of our jokes was better. We were talking about Abe Vigoda's passing and he had this killer tweet to show me. He thought it was pretty funny. I think mine was funnier.

You tell me which one. No grue choice. No choice of "they both suck". You have to say which one you think is the better one-liner.

Aug 30, 2016#2

sixpackshaker

What year is this?

Aug 30, 2016#3

phil

After googling Abe Vigoda's association to hitchhicker's guide to the galaxy and finding out he was in a show called fish, that one because it has literally anything at all to do with the guy.

These are both maybe some of the biggest reaches I've ever seen though.

Aug 30, 2016#4

Bubble181

I don't get either. I mean, I get the H2G2 reference but.....Both jokes seem to reference something I'm not aware of.

Aug 30, 2016#5

Anonymous

One references his character Fish and the other plays on the name Vigoda sounding like Vegeta.

I won't say which was mine.

Aug 30, 2016#6

Ravenpoe

phil said:
After googling Abe Vigoda's association to hitchhicker's guide to the galaxy and finding out he was in a show called fish, that one because it has literally anything at all to do with the guy.

These are both maybe some of the biggest reaches I've ever seen though.

It still fails because it gets the quote wrong. It's "So long and thanks for ALL the fish"

Aug 30, 2016#7

Bubble181

Ok, if that's the only link to DBZ, I have to say the H2G2 reference is easily better.

Aug 30, 2016#8

Ravenpoe

Anonymous said:
One references his character Fish and the other plays on the name Vigoda sounding like Vegeta.

I won't say which was mine.

If the DBZ one is yours, then you are right to make yourself anonymous

Aug 30, 2016#9

Dave

Ravenpoe said:
It still fails because it gets the quote wrong. It's "So long and thanks for ALL the fish"

Which wouldn't make the joke right. Which is why I said it the way I did.

(Removed the anonymous on purpose, by the way.)

Aug 30, 2016#10

phil

Ravenpoe said:
It still fails because it gets the quote wrong. It's "So long and thanks for ALL the fish"

I didn't even notice the quote was wrong. It bugged me too because after seeing Fish only had like 35 episodes I was thinking that's not all that much fish to be thankful for. Like this was probably more of a minor note for Abe than a defining thing so the reference is even more of a stretch.

Aug 30, 2016#11

Dave

This all came about because I made a fucking GENIUS post on Reddit that nobody gets and I was lamenting. My friend didn't get that one, either. I think it's an age thing.

The post was about how they put 12,000 post-it notes in someone's office in Mildenhall. My absolutely genius (an unappreciated) comment was:

Now we know how many notes it takes to fill the Mildenhall.

That's fucking genius.

Aug 30, 2016#12

Ravenpoe

Dave said:
Which wouldn't make the joke right. Which is why I said it the way I did.

(Removed the anonymous on purpose, by the way.)

If you wanted to make it grammatically correct, it would need to be "Thanks for Fish." So you still fail. Thanks for all the Fish works.

Boo this man! Boooo.

Seriously though, the DBZ one is still awful.

Aug 30, 2016#13

Dave

I wanted to be as close as possible without completely breaking the quote. So it's still a great joke, you plebs.

Aug 30, 2016#14

Ravenpoe

Dave said:
I wanted to be as close as possible without completely breaking the quote. So it's still a great joke, you plebs.

So you're basically saying fuck you guys, it's funny.

....

OH MY GOD THE FORUM IS CLOSING!

Aug 30, 2016#15

phil

Dave said:
This all came about because I made a fucking GENIUS post on Reddit that nobody gets and I was lamenting. My friend didn't get that one, either. I think it's an age thing.

The post was about how they put 12,000 post-it notes in someone's office in Mildenhall. My absolutely genius (an unappreciated) comment was:

Now we know how many notes it takes to fill the Mildenhall.

That's fucking genius.

Was...was asking how many notes it takes to fill a town in england ever a question?

Aug 30, 2016#16

PatrThom

The Fish one is better.
I'm not saying where it stands on an absolute scale, but it still places above the DBZ one.

--Patrick

Aug 30, 2016#17

blotsfan

I preferred the DBZ one because I actually understood it.

Aug 30, 2016#18

Dave

phil said:
Was...was asking how many notes it takes to fill a town in england ever a question?

It's an Air Force office name at a base. Not an entire town.

None of you get it, either?[DOUBLEPOST=1472591566,1472591507][/DOUBLEPOST]

Except you, @blotsfan.

Aug 30, 2016#19

phil

Dave said:
It's an Air Force office name at a base. Not an entire town.

None of you get it, either?[DOUBLEPOST=1472591566,1472591507][/DOUBLEPOST]

Except you, @blotsfan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildenhall,_Suffolk

But still, my question remains that was it ever put to question how many posts it would take to fill this specific thing?

Aug 30, 2016#20

Bubble181

I'm sorry, I have no clue about the Mildenhall thing, either.

Aug 30, 2016#21

Dave

Aug 30, 2016#22

blotsfan

I'm sorry I don't know more of the Abe Vigoda filmography. Fish ended about 15 years before I was born.

Aug 30, 2016#23

Dave

It's the BEATLES!!!

Aug 30, 2016#24

phil

https://play.google.com/music/previ...rch&utm_campaign=lyrics&pcampaignid=kp-lyrics

CTRL+F

Mildenhall

0 results

It does say
"Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall."

so is that what you mean?

Aug 30, 2016#25

Dave

From the Beatles "A Day in the Life":

"Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Alfred Hall."

The joke:

"Now they know how many notes it takes to fill the Mildenhall."

IT WORKS ON MULTIPLE LEVELS!

Aug 30, 2016#26

phil

You've confused multiple levels with zero levels.

Aug 30, 2016#27

Dave

Plebs! Plebs, all of you!

Aug 30, 2016#28

blotsfan

Dave said:
It's the BEATLES!!!

Oh shit! Thats how I recognize that guy. Hes the person from that Kanye song.

Aug 30, 2016#29

Denbrought

Dave said:
Plebs! Plebs, all of you!

Philistines is probably the better term here.

Aug 30, 2016#30

Dave

"Old Timer", my ass.

Aug 30, 2016#31

Emrys

We still love you, @Dave. You are very special to us.

Special, like the Olympics.

Aug 30, 2016#32

blotsfan

This actually seems quite relevant for this thread.

Aug 30, 2016#33

Dave

I can't help it that you guys are humor deficient. The play on the Beatles song was (IS!) an amazing joke. You unappreciative baboons.

Aug 30, 2016#34

Gruebeard

Show some dignity, @Dave. You don't see me getting so bent out of shape when one of my awesome jokes falls flat on the ears of these unappreciative baboons.

Aug 30, 2016#35

Sara_2814

phil said:
I didn't even notice the quote was wrong. It bugged me too because after seeing Fish only had like 35 episodes I was thinking that's not all that much fish to be thankful for. Like this was probably more of a minor note for Abe than a defining thing so the reference is even more of a stretch.

Abe played Detective Fish on Barney Miller for three years. The tv series Fish was a spin-off, because he was such a popular character. So there was plenty of Fish to be thankful for.

Aug 30, 2016#36

Gruebeard

Sara_2814 said:
Abe played Detective Fish on Barney Miller for three years. The tv series Fish was a spin-off, because he was such a popular character. So there was plenty of Fish to be thankful for.

I wonder how many wife beating jokes he recited during that tenure as Fish.

That was something that struck me when I recently watched some Barney Miller. They were so casual a d frequent. The world changes

Aug 30, 2016#37

Ravenpoe

Gruebeard said:
I wonder how many wife beating jokes he recited during that tenure as Fish.

That was something that struck me when I recently watched some Barney Miller. They were so casual a d frequent. The world changes

One of these days, Alice...

Aug 30, 2016#38

PatrThom

Dave said:
It's the BEATLES!!!

Yes, dear. We know.

--Patrick

Aug 31, 2016#39

Celt Z

@Dave, if it helps, I got the Beatles joke immediately. Now, the two jokes in question at the top..... ummmmm....

Well, you tried your best. That's important. Here's a trophy.

Aug 31, 2016#40

Dave

Genius! Those were genius!

Aug 31, 2016#41

fade

Aug 31, 2016#42

Chad Sexington

Dave said:
I can't help it that you guys are humor deficient.

WHOA

Dave has replaced the words "falling in love with you," with "it that you guys are humor deficient." - AMAZING JOKE

Aug 31, 2016#43

Dave

Aug 31, 2016#44

phil

Chad Sexington said:
WHOA

Dave has replaced the words "falling in love with you," with "it that you guys are humor deficient." - AMAZING JOKE

No, you see that "humor deficit" kind of sort of sounds a little bit like coefficient, which is a math term. Math is about numbers, and numbers show up in sheet music so as you can clearly see, this is a hootie and the blowfish reference. Blowfish->fish-> Abe fuckin' Vigoda.

Full circle.

Aug 31, 2016#45

Chad Sexington

phil said:
No, you see that "humor deficit" kind of sort of sounds a little bit like coefficient, which is a math term. Math is about numbers, and numbers show up in sheet music so as you can clearly see, this is a hootie and the blowfish reference. Blowfish->fish-> Abe fuckin' Vigoda.

Full circle.

Levels. It works on levels!

Aug 31, 2016#46

Emrys

Here you go, @Dave.

Aug 31, 2016#47

Ravenpoe

Emrys said:
Here you go, @Dave.

I don't know if I would say @Dave is the Jeff Dunham of our forum, but maybe the Larry the Cable Guy of our forum.

Aug 31, 2016#48

Emrys

Aug 31, 2016#49

Dave

I wish. Dude is seriously rich.

Aug 31, 2016#50

Celt Z

Ravenpoe said:
I don't know if I would say @Dave is the Jeff Dunham of our forum, but maybe the Larry the Cable Guy of our forum.

Dave said:
I don't care who you are, that's funny right there!

Aug 31, 2016#51

Grytpipe-Thynne

Dave said:
It's an Air Force office name at a base. Not an entire town.

None of you get it, either?[DOUBLEPOST=1472591566,1472591507][/DOUBLEPOST]

Except you, @blotsfan.

FYI. Midenhall is a small town in the County of Suffolk in England. Nearby is a very large USAF Transport base which is scheduled to close soon.

It is also about three quarters of an hour drive from my house!

Aug 31, 2016#52

Chad Sexington

Dave said:
I ~~wish. Dude is seriously rich.~~

-magine? DAVE IS ON FIRE WITH THESE REFERENCES

Aug 31, 2016#53

Dave

Aug 31, 2016#54

fade

STFU is an anagram of "futs", which is a funny way to say "feet", and Abe Vigoda has feet AND he's funny. I get it!

Aug 31, 2016#55

Dave

Yuck it up. November is only a few months away and I *HAVE* been compared to Kurtz.

Sep 1, 2016#56

grub

There are some differences between you and Kurtz.

1) you can take a joke
b) you can tell a joke
iii) you are not that narcissistic
four) you are a decent hard-working person
V) you like us

Sep 1, 2016#57

Ravenpoe

grub said:
There are some differences between you and Kurtz.

1) you can take a joke
b) you can tell a joke
iii) you are not that narcissistic
four) you are a decent hard-working person
V) you like us

Some of these are true