X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,3a5e52bb9505654d X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-17 03:04:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213.242.128.42!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim G�ndara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episode 249 Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 12:05:21 +0200 Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <3hjtiu8ph48o173d6rokvlpcnqcb2s311f@4ax.com> <7bt2jucu28r2rec1fal75ngv375bfs7au7@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1026900253 26934242 213.242.128.42 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:18302 "llizard" skrev i meddelandet news:bim8jugvl5ugmkqgt6g5jjaa41tvbsbi8m@4ax.com > In article , "Joaquim > G�ndara" wrote: > > >Your sense of humour seems very strange to me. I've always thought of a > >joke as something that ties up all the loose ends. The punch line, IMO, > >should tie everything together in an unexpected way. I hate things that > >leave the reader/viewer asking questions. It doesn't strike me as the > >author trying to promote discussion and provoke thought, it just strikes > >me as plain lazy. It's like songs that fade out because the "composer" > >couldn't be bothered to write a decent ending. > > I completely agree about the fade out on songs. However, tying > everything up tidily is just too pat. There should always be a > question of some kind at the end of the story. After all, that's what > life is all about. It is? First of all, I don't know exactly what you mean. Is life all about hearing stories that has questions at the end so you can ponder them? Or do you mean that life is a story that should have a question at the end? Second, my strips aren't self-contained stories. My story arcs, containing several strips, are stories. My strips are (mostly) jokes. > >NB241 wasn't even meant to be funny. I clearly don't understand your > >sense of humour, and I suspect that I never will... :\ > > Just because it was unintentional doesn't mean it can't be funny. > There are constantly situations that occur that are not intended to be > humorous, but they are still funny. No amount of "no! No! Stop > laughing!! I didn't MEAN that!!!" will help. That's life. Well, yes, probably. My point is that I can't intentionally make you laugh. -- OO Joaquim G�ndara | Official Nerd Boy site: .||. | http://nerdboy.port5.com (UK) bb jg | http://nerdboy.xepher.net (US)