All wookies are alike...
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/03/headbutt.wookie.ap/index.html
Saturday, February 3, 2007
Friday, February 2, 2007
From the Vault: Brand X gets competitive
This email trail is a sad display of the competitive nature of Brand X... It all stemmed from the following game that some undergrad computer scientist in the Czech Republic probably made in between a couple of Pilzner Urquels one evening: http://n.ethz.ch/student/mkos/pinguin.swf
Fr: I-COM
To: Brand X
i'd like you to know that i am currently at the newton public library just so that i could tap into the brand x network and contribute in some meaningful way. first of all, i'd like to say its a sad thing that flav had to resort to lying about her score on a game where a polar bear hits a monkey. she's so hyper-competitive. second, i got 321 too so chewy did not "beat" me. chewy, the joke is funny because of the character development. i mean, if jerry bruckheimer were directing the film version of your 16th century joke, ben afleck would be starring as the boss, and there would be explosion and lots of gratuitous laughs when the monkies failed. Like maybe one of the monkeys would try to pole vault to the moon and end up getting hit really hard in the groin. instead, your version of the joke was probably told/created by whatever was the 16th century equivalent of say, jim jarmusch. the boss character is so well developed that by the time he says "well yes... i didn't think of that", we feel like we KNOW the boss... what motivates him, his inner thoughts and feelings... but as in most good comedies, the truly funny parts are all the interesting details that we're given along the way. for example, "what an exploit! you have distinguished yourself" contains a very amusing double entendre that you can only understand if you know japanese (i found it funny because it did a transliteration of the words into chinese and noted the hilarity in the structure of the chinese characters). anyway, something to talk about on sat night.
From: Chewy
To: Brand X
Subject: RE: March of the Penguins Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:27:31 -0500
Flav's comment on hilarious emails reminds me of a 17th century Japanese joke that I read in a book over Christmas -- proves how subjective humor is, and possibly why no one outside Brand X finds our "G or M?" humor funny. Here's the joke: "The boss of the monkeys** orders his one thousand monkey followers to get the moon that's reflected in the water. The [sic] all try and fail. Finally, one of the monkeys gets the moon in the water and respectfully offers it to the boss. 'This is what you asked for,' he says. The boss is delighted and says, 'What an exploit! You have distinguished yourself!' The monkey then asks, 'By the way, Master, what are you going to do with the moon from the water?' And the master says, 'Well, yes...I didn't think of that.'" That joke brought the hizzouse down in 17th-centure Kyoto. Perhaps Icom can explain why that joke is funny -- personally, it reminds me of an abridged version of "The Missing Gun", which I seem to recall Icom laughing his ass off through while I sat there bewildered***. Anyway, something for the agenda at the DEAM on Saturday!! ** Scratch Scratch *** scratch scratch
-----Original Message-----
From: Flav Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 9:02 AM
To: Brand X
Subject: Re: March of the Penguins Thank god you guys are back! Yesterday, I was writing an email asking for a favor from a friend. I wanted to include something HILARIOUS so he wouldn't space out and forget since he's coming back from vacation and will probably have tons of emails to go thru. Alas, there was nothing. It is the most boring email I've ever written. I can't even read it without being overcome with narcolepsy. Now that the banter is back on, hopefully I will be able to regain a moment of comic genius. Chewy, great minds think alike. I tried to get a screenshot of my high score, but I was unable to replicate the score. Now I am doubting that it ever really happened at all. I do have a tendency to transpose numbers, but that would make my score 376 or 637 or 763, which also seem unlikely. I got 321 in the process. I guess we are all winners. The Green Round Table woman finally emailed me back. I will have an interview either this Friday or the 1/11 depending on here schedule. Woohoo!! See you soon, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
--- Chewy wrote: > 367 my ass. I need a screenshot. > > My best is 321.1 (better than ICom, which is good enough for me). But > even with a Google search, the highest score I can find is > 323-point-something. So > either: > -- Flav's the best penguin spanker in the world, or > -- Flav was hitting the sauce a bit hard that night and dreamed 367. > > I'm throwing down the gauntlet -- I propose a "smack the penguin"-off > at the DEAM. Winner take all. No holds barred. For all the marbles. > > P.S. Anyone want to see 'Glory Road' when it comes out? It's all > people can talk about here in El Paso > -- it's about the local college's basketball coach when he took them > all the way to the National Championships in 66, and won, beating > Kentucky. > Good sports movie -- ICom, it's gonna be El Paso's "Hoosiers" -- be > the ball. Fly up to Boston to see it with us.
> > -------------- Original message -------------- >
From: Flav> > > > Hey guys, > > > > Click below. I got 367. Not that it's a > competition, > > of course. (But if it were, i would be kicking > your > > butt) > > > > lovemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm > > > > --------------------------------
> > Click to make the penguin jump and then click > again in > > - time to make the polar bear swing the bat to hit > the > > penguin across the ice! Very addictive ! ! ! > > > > http://n.ethz.ch/student/mkos/pinguin.swf > > > > __________________________________________________
Fr: I-COM
To: Brand X
i'd like you to know that i am currently at the newton public library just so that i could tap into the brand x network and contribute in some meaningful way. first of all, i'd like to say its a sad thing that flav had to resort to lying about her score on a game where a polar bear hits a monkey. she's so hyper-competitive. second, i got 321 too so chewy did not "beat" me. chewy, the joke is funny because of the character development. i mean, if jerry bruckheimer were directing the film version of your 16th century joke, ben afleck would be starring as the boss, and there would be explosion and lots of gratuitous laughs when the monkies failed. Like maybe one of the monkeys would try to pole vault to the moon and end up getting hit really hard in the groin. instead, your version of the joke was probably told/created by whatever was the 16th century equivalent of say, jim jarmusch. the boss character is so well developed that by the time he says "well yes... i didn't think of that", we feel like we KNOW the boss... what motivates him, his inner thoughts and feelings... but as in most good comedies, the truly funny parts are all the interesting details that we're given along the way. for example, "what an exploit! you have distinguished yourself" contains a very amusing double entendre that you can only understand if you know japanese (i found it funny because it did a transliteration of the words into chinese and noted the hilarity in the structure of the chinese characters). anyway, something to talk about on sat night.
From: Chewy
To: Brand X
Subject: RE: March of the Penguins Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 15:27:31 -0500
Flav's comment on hilarious emails reminds me of a 17th century Japanese joke that I read in a book over Christmas -- proves how subjective humor is, and possibly why no one outside Brand X finds our "G or M?" humor funny. Here's the joke: "The boss of the monkeys** orders his one thousand monkey followers to get the moon that's reflected in the water. The [sic] all try and fail. Finally, one of the monkeys gets the moon in the water and respectfully offers it to the boss. 'This is what you asked for,' he says. The boss is delighted and says, 'What an exploit! You have distinguished yourself!' The monkey then asks, 'By the way, Master, what are you going to do with the moon from the water?' And the master says, 'Well, yes...I didn't think of that.'" That joke brought the hizzouse down in 17th-centure Kyoto. Perhaps Icom can explain why that joke is funny -- personally, it reminds me of an abridged version of "The Missing Gun", which I seem to recall Icom laughing his ass off through while I sat there bewildered***. Anyway, something for the agenda at the DEAM on Saturday!! ** Scratch Scratch *** scratch scratch
-----Original Message-----
From: Flav Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 9:02 AM
To: Brand X
Subject: Re: March of the Penguins Thank god you guys are back! Yesterday, I was writing an email asking for a favor from a friend. I wanted to include something HILARIOUS so he wouldn't space out and forget since he's coming back from vacation and will probably have tons of emails to go thru. Alas, there was nothing. It is the most boring email I've ever written. I can't even read it without being overcome with narcolepsy. Now that the banter is back on, hopefully I will be able to regain a moment of comic genius. Chewy, great minds think alike. I tried to get a screenshot of my high score, but I was unable to replicate the score. Now I am doubting that it ever really happened at all. I do have a tendency to transpose numbers, but that would make my score 376 or 637 or 763, which also seem unlikely. I got 321 in the process. I guess we are all winners. The Green Round Table woman finally emailed me back. I will have an interview either this Friday or the 1/11 depending on here schedule. Woohoo!! See you soon, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
--- Chewy wrote: > 367 my ass. I need a screenshot. > > My best is 321.1 (better than ICom, which is good enough for me). But > even with a Google search, the highest score I can find is > 323-point-something. So > either: > -- Flav's the best penguin spanker in the world, or > -- Flav was hitting the sauce a bit hard that night and dreamed 367. > > I'm throwing down the gauntlet -- I propose a "smack the penguin"-off > at the DEAM. Winner take all. No holds barred. For all the marbles. > > P.S. Anyone want to see 'Glory Road' when it comes out? It's all > people can talk about here in El Paso > -- it's about the local college's basketball coach when he took them > all the way to the National Championships in 66, and won, beating > Kentucky. > Good sports movie -- ICom, it's gonna be El Paso's "Hoosiers" -- be > the ball. Fly up to Boston to see it with us.
> > -------------- Original message -------------- >
From: Flav> > > > Hey guys, > > > > Click below. I got 367. Not that it's a > competition, > > of course. (But if it were, i would be kicking > your > > butt) > > > > lovemmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm > > > > --------------------------------
> > Click to make the penguin jump and then click > again in > > - time to make the polar bear swing the bat to hit > the > > penguin across the ice! Very addictive ! ! ! > > > > http://n.ethz.ch/student/mkos/pinguin.swf > > > > __________________________________________________
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