Bishonen wrote:
Andy Roberts wrote on 2005/03/31 01:25:
Reading this thread reminds me of the fact that
the american
dictionary doesn't have an entry for the word irony. Very sad.
--
Andy Roberts
Not getting it, sorry.
The joke, if I may spoil it by explaining (now that everyone's probably
read it by the time they reach this email in their inboxes) is that
American dictionaries _do_ have an entry for the word "irony". Andy just
made a silly statement in a totally deadpan manner, and the point of the
humor is to have the reader pause for a moment going "wait... is that
right? That can't be right. Nah, of course not, that's silly."
I think the point is that this is the sort of joke that is considered
"proper" for April Fool's Day, and if that's the point then I quite
agree. A link that explicitly says "click here for wacky zany silliness
that we made up for April Fool's Day!" spoils the joke before it's even
made, IMO, and while I wouldn't object to something like that I'd also
be uninterested in contributing to it. An April Fool's article doesn't
have to be subtle, take a look at some of the classics like
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_tree for example, but it should
at least be played straight.