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Pruneface McCorkendale: Naughty Figures of Speech

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      CommentAuthorthumble
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2010
     
    Mrs T was having trouble finding her litotes, and was most humile [not sic] about it.

    The Piranha Brothers greatest contribution to British culture was to wage a reign of terror using at least six of this list.

    Here you go Mrs T - in your honor...

    http://grammar.about.com/od/rhetoricstyle/a/20figures.htm

    I'm sad the top 20 did not include zeugma.
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      CommentAuthorthumble
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2010
     
    Or syllepsis...
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    I thought you were going to say that Paul McCartney is one good-looking naughty figure of speech! Little did I know you really wanted to talk about naughty figures of speech!
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    I don't think Thumble even realized what this category is, or rather, used to be :)

    Thanks Thumb, very educational
    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2010 edited
     
    19. Synechdoche A figure of speech in which a part is used to represent the whole,
    the whole for a part, the specific for the general, the general for the specific,
    or the material for the thing made from it.

    WTF? I had to look this up. It sounds like one of John's fast-talking Monty Python style explanations.
    • CommentAuthorwudy
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2010
     
    The pen is mightier than the sword.
    People, lend me your ears.
    Six hearts were pronounced to her

    It made no sense to me either so I looked it up online and those were some examples.
    • CommentAuthorcough
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2010
     
    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2010
     
    Okay, I get "penis" and "rears", but I can't figure out what's in the last one.
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      CommentAuthorthumble
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2010
     
    Before this discussions descends to take up a permanent position below the waistline, let me tell you my evil plan for this thread. I simply didn't have time before now, so here goes. It's a tough one.

    Could we take a figure of speech and come up with an example of a use that either Doug or Dinsdale, or for that matter any of the pythons...oh WTF, anyone in the world, might use to make their point?

    This is for the mentally agile in our midst to perform, and for the others to interject occasional applause (assuming they understand them). I haven't thought of any yet, so this isn't a setup, but I will apply both my my right cerebral hemisphere and my left knee to the task today...
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    The hearts represent the lovers. She doesn't have actual hearts offering their love.
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    Thumble, I'm way too hungry to understand you right now.

    Or rather - to be hyperbolic - I'm STARVING
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      CommentAuthorenglishcad
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2010
     
    But is Penn mightier than Teller?
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    Cad just punned
    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2010
     
    That's all right, Cad. We'll get the butler to clean it up.


    Thumble, I'm not sure what you're asking. But it was just Doug who used the figures of speech.
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      CommentAuthorthumble
    • CommentTimeJun 3rd 2010
     
    Mrs T, there will be 1,000 bonus points, or 10 billion trillion if you want to incorporate hyperbole, for those who use a Doug example, including his circle of victims, villains, Chinese watches, etc. For regular examples using ordinary people that are just cute or funny, then regular marks, like those on the abdomen of the mother who has given birth far too often (metaphor?). For Pythonian (non-Doug) examples there will only be 2 billion trillion bonus points. Can't wait to get at it.

    Cad, in your example the penis mightier than the tellee (in other words it's better to have sex than to watch television).
    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2010 edited
     
    Hey, I only had my abdomen cut once, to remove a ruptured ovarian cyst, and I *still* have the scar. It looks like a tummy tuck gone horribly wrong. I hate it.

    The stretch marks from my one successful pregnancy are barely visible. Anyone I let close enough to see the little white lines would love me enough not to care.
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    OK, just how dumb am I for not understanding a single word of this thread??
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      CommentAuthorthumble
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2010
     
    Pinky. I like you. You're not dumb...in fact you're probably the only sane one here. However, we could have sex, or even just play around with the wobbly bits, and I'll explain it all to you as soon as we're done.
    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2010
     
    Oh, Thumble, and I thought it was *me* you loved! Well all right, then! NO CINNAMON BUNS FOR YOU, YOU TWO-TIMING BASTARD!
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      CommentAuthorthumble
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2010
     
    What's love got to do with MrsT? And two times is just a warmup ;)
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      CommentAuthorWmCElliott
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2010
     
    Killing two birds with one stone:

    Gilbert Gottfried performed at Hugh Hefner's roast in NYC a few days after The 9/11, and his first joke was, "I'm glad I was able to make it here on time, I wasn't sure I'd make it. They had me scheduled to change planes at the Empire State Bldg."

    Some in the audience booed, some yelled "Too soon!" This is like waving a red flag to a stand-up, so he came back and told this joke. (Cad, I think you should listen.)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnbHGmd8XNE

    The actual version was longer, and the cuts tend to ruin the timing, but it was the best I could find on short notice.
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    Please, hmmm hmmm, lock me away, da dunk da, and don't allow the day,ay,ay,ay......I need me some bud lime beer because it's summer! I need a t.v. I'm ready for that big step. Yes, I shall get a t.v. in July. Then I need a dvd player. Then I shall watch Monty Python, John Cleese, will be ordering best of John Cleese, and then I will watch Paul. I will be happy. I'm happy now, though. Vacation! Guess I could go to the coast, but NO!
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    Thumble, I like you too. And don't worry. I'll make you some sort of confectionary sweet. I can't promise it will be edible, but if I serve it naked you won't mind, will you?
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    Wm - they finished "The Aristocrats" (the movie) with that story. LOVE that movie. If you haven't seen it, you definitely should.

    Thumble - don't listen to PinkG, she promised me a keylime pinata months ago, and now she claims it got "lost in the mail".... Pfft

    Fanny - Nice anaphora!
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      CommentAuthorWmCElliott
    • CommentTimeJun 4th 2010
     
    Actually, I saw both Hefner's Roast (with GG's complete routine) and "The Aristocrats" movie, which ended up somewhat of a tribute to Gilbert Gottfried.

    I have him listed on my MySpace profile as one of my heroes. He earned that status when "PeeWee Herman" first returned to do a comedy skit after getting busted for masturbating in the Men's room at a porn theater. GG was up before him, and did a monologue on how grateful he was to the Florida cops who busted him, how PeeWee had been terrorizing Los Angeles citizens for too long, and how parents could *finally* sleep soundly, knowing he was off the streets.

    He then changed the bit, and said, "If masturbating's a crime, I should be on Death Row."

    Then PeeWee was introduced, and his first words were, "Anybody hear any good jokes lately?"
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    Naughty the pinata really DID get lost in the mail! How many postmen do YOU know who could let a keylime pinata pass by without diving in??
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    I don't know how they do things over there, but here a postman knows not to covet another man's keylime pinata!!
    • CommentAuthormrsthing
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2010 edited
     
    But yours was for a woman. Aren't they fair game?
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      CommentAuthorWmCElliott
    • CommentTimeJun 5th 2010
     
    I seem to have jumped the shark on this thread.
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    Dude, you were never... under... the shark. :shocked:


    Mrs. Thing - indeed, that is true considering women in our regions rank low when it comes to privileges, somewhere after goats but before fruit flies.
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    (Wm don't worry, I do know the phrase, and since you've mentioned it - I'll share something hysterical with you:

    Henry Winkler on Arrested Development

    )
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    Naughty I am infinitely sorry, but I do believe someone in your region absconded with your pinata.
    That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
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    That's okay, I know you'll send me a new one to make up for it. So I forgive you. :D
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    Thanks!
    And yes I will. I just have to find my pinata shaped pie mold again.
    *rummages through box*
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      CommentAuthorthumble
    • CommentTimeJun 8th 2010
     
    Have we wandered ever so slightly off topic, squire? (Sarcasm)
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    Oh, uh....
    What were we talking about again?
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    Figures. Of speech.

    Rather left us all speechless, eh? (<-pun)
 

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