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Oh boy, posting That's where I'm a viking (Idiom theory is funnier)
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Dec 5, 2020 18:55
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Isn't he already a Dane tho
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Dec 5, 2020 18:55
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People slept on this and that's a loving shame
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Dec 5, 2020 19:00
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Nobody could work out what it meant.
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Dec 5, 2020 19:02
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mind the walrus posted:People slept on this and that's a loving shame
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Dec 5, 2020 19:08
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jesus Christ the only joke ralph has is that he's simple, if you're looking for anything but the simplest possible interpretation of the things he says you've stunningly missed the point
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Dec 5, 2020 19:14
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Its a dream, but because Ralph is so simple he doesn't know what sleeping or dreaming are, so he doesn't understand he's not literally becoming a Viking.
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Dec 5, 2020 19:16
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Dec 5, 2020 19:17
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One of you idiom folks ask the writers of that episode and post their response here, I want to see how much restraint they have in showing how outright dumbfounded they are by your theory
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Dec 5, 2020 19:20
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Drink-Mix Man posted:One of you idiom folks ask the writers of that episode and post their response here, I want to see how much restraint they have in showing how outright dumbfounded they are by your theory Here's what they said: 
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Dec 5, 2020 19:27
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What's an idiom?
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Dec 5, 2020 19:27
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Rarity posted:It's more of a season 15 joke The season 15 joke would be a thought bubble popping up as soon as he laid his head down, depicting smiling, be-horned ralph with a torch, possible saying something like "I'm pillagding!"
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Dec 5, 2020 19:35
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You take that back meg, your mom is not an idiom
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Dec 5, 2020 19:36
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Rarity posted:It's more of a season 15 joke   
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Dec 5, 2020 19:50
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Dec 5, 2020 20:12
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Rarity posted:What's an idiom?  
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Dec 5, 2020 20:33
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Rarity posted:What's an idiom? Turn off your monitor
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Dec 5, 2020 20:35
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The Simpsons Meme thread is like a nebula where new jokes are born and it’s incredible to watch it happen in real time
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Dec 5, 2020 20:40
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Dec 5, 2020 21:10
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Here's something I thought of after waking from a dream. Sorry there's no vikings. Or happy that it happened to you. Whatever
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Dec 5, 2020 21:20
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CzarChasm posted:Here's something I thought of after waking from a dream. Sorry there's no vikings. Or happy that it happened to you. Whatever Legit good one
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Dec 5, 2020 21:29
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I don't understand the cats breath cat food one. What other interpretation is there other than the cats breath and the cat food having the same scent, and Ralph not realizing that's because the cat eats cat food E: also Dave Mirkin confirmed the dream version: https://amp.reddit.com/r/TheSimpsons/comments/2nfppo/age_old_question_answered_is_ralph_a_viking_at/ CodfishCartographer fucked around with this message at 22:24 on Dec 5, 2020 |
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Dec 5, 2020 22:21
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He says “cat poo”
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Dec 5, 2020 22:23
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CodfishCartographer posted:E: also Dave Mirkin confirmed the dream version: https://amp.reddit.com/r/TheSimpsons/comments/2nfppo/age_old_question_answered_is_ralph_a_viking_at/  
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Dec 5, 2020 23:33
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me today
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Dec 5, 2020 23:35
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CodfishCartographer posted:E: also Dave Mirkin confirmed the dream version: https://amp.reddit.com/r/TheSimpsons/comments/2nfppo/age_old_question_answered_is_ralph_a_viking_at/ Well all right then! I still like the idiom interpretation but at least it’s settled. 
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Dec 5, 2020 23:40
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Dec 5, 2020 23:41
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Dec 5, 2020 23:46
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Dec 5, 2020 23:49
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Posters can be very nuts. Explain how. Believing incredibly convoluted and arcane interpretations of words said by a character defined by their simplicity
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Dec 5, 2020 23:54
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Is Viking meaning "good at" some sort of weird midwesternism? I can't even find a definition of that meaning anywhere, making this extra confusing why anyone would think that's what it meant.
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Dec 5, 2020 23:55
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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I love this
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Dec 5, 2020 23:59
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PittTheElder posted:Is Viking meaning "good at" some sort of weird midwesternism? I can't even find a definition of that meaning anywhere, making this extra confusing why anyone would think that's what it meant. No, unless they just heard it from this episode
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Dec 6, 2020 00:03
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Some say the Frank Grimes episode was the series' peak and where it really 'became a viking', but for many it was the beginning of the end and it wasn't long before The Simpsons fully 'jumped the viking', as it were.
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Dec 6, 2020 00:11
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Dec 6, 2020 00:16
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ikanreed posted:Believing incredibly convoluted and arcane interpretations of words said by a character defined by their simplicity No, it's much simpler than that, and I have my professional-writer-wife to thank for what I think is the most likely explanation: Most people would say that they're a viking "in their dreams", not while sleeping or during sleep or any other phrase involving "sleep." That's mostly because the latter suggests some kind of sleepwalker-turns-viking situation. On the other hand, if you were trying to say you were good at an activity, you might say something like "that's where ______" So when Ralph says it, the phrase is just odd enough that -- for some of us -- it sounds like he's trying to say he's good at sleeping (unlike at dissecting frogs). I know, I know, we're talking about Ralph  Wiggum here. I suppose we were just trying to make the phrase sound less wrong and that what or brains came up with.
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Dec 6, 2020 00:18
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Goddamn
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Dec 6, 2020 00:19
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Frankly what surprises me is people saying "Ralph dreaming of being a viking isn't even a joke" because, like, that's not the joke?? The joke is that Ralph thinks dreams are real.
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Dec 6, 2020 00:25
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ikanreed posted:Posters can be very nuts.   
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Dec 6, 2020 00:32
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Trabant posted:No, it's much simpler than that, and I have my professional-writer-wife to thank for what I think is the most likely explanation: 
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Dec 6, 2020 00:39
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