Ocean planet discovered

[PDH]

I'm with Jake. Tim is a retard.

[jimmy olsen]

His leg really turns me on.  That, and his Puerto Rican heritage

Lol, you got visibly queasy when you saw it.

[Caliga]

Dude, you're gonna shatter everyone's image of me as uber-manly. 

[Neil]

Dude, you're gonna shatter everyone's image of me as uber-manly. 

Actually, I think of you kind of like a big raccoon in Roman armour.  You march all over the place and bring order to the barbarians so you can eat their garbage.

[Ed Anger]

Dude, you're gonna shatter everyone's image of me as uber-manly. 

Actually, I think of you kind of like a big raccoon in Roman armour.  You march all over the place and bring order to the barbarians so you can eat their garbage.

[Grallon]

Though, I guess he needs to hedge his bets - one needs to be a retard to get fucked by grallon. 

Oh look, the shrilly soubrette is waving her duster where the wind blows, as usual.




G.

[Caliga]

Actually, I think of you kind of like a big raccoon in Roman armour.  You march all over the place and bring order to the barbarians so you can eat their garbage.

[Valmy]

He's fluent, but he's not a native speaker, he might not know.

You're a fucking retard.

Just trying to be nice.

Seriously?  He said it was in Avalon awaiting King Arthur and your response to that is to then assume he doesn't know what the Holy Grail is?  Does that make any sense?

Logically he would assume you were zinging him back because nobody would assume somebody who just made a joke about something knows nothing about it.  That would be idiotic.

[Martinus]

What's especially idiotic (in particular considering Tim purports to be a history teacher) is Timmay's apparent assumption that the figurative usage of the "Holy Grail" (as an object of long search) is somehow English-language-specific.

It's not some idiomatic expression that only makes sense in one language, like "red herring" - it's a universal cultural reference which is pretty straightforward (like "Trojan horse" for example).

If a person knows what the Holy Grail is, anyone sane would assume they also know the figurative meaning of the term, even if they can't speak a word in English.

[Grallon]

Surprised by G's positioning.

Mine was a general comment on how Tim is the butt of everyone's jokes here - not on the particulars of this thread.  I don't care one way or another who is smarter, dumber, bigger, wealthier, etc

Although since you require an opinion I could remark that Jake was his arrogant self - but then again he wouldn't be the Jacob we enjoy if he wasn't yes?




G.

[jimmy olsen]

Seriously?  He said it was in Avalon awaiting King Arthur and your response to that is to then assume he doesn't know what the Holy Grail is?  Does that make any sense?

I never said he didn't know what the actual grail was. The way he wrote (the emphasis in the first clause) it made it seem like a serious statement, I can't hear his tone of voice.

[Valmy]

I never said he didn't know what the actual grail was. The way he wrote (the emphasis in the first clause) it made it seem like a serious statement, I can't hear his tone of voice.

You couldn't tell he was being sarcastic?!  Really?  Alright...but if you were trying to zing him back you did a great job.

I just have a hard time believing it since it was such an incredibly well played and insulting jab.  Is Tim some sort of savant of internet flames?  So gifted he does not even have to try?

[Martinus]

I never said he didn't know what the actual grail was. The way he wrote (the emphasis in the first clause) it made it seem like a serious statement, I can't hear his tone of voice.

You couldn't tell he was being sarcastic?!  Really?  Alright...but if you were trying to zing him back you did a great job.

I just have a hard time believing it since it was such an incredibly well played and insulting jab.  Is Tim some sort of savant of internet flames?  So gifted he does not even have to try?

Idiot savant, that is. He has an ability to infuriate many people without even trying.

[Malthus]

Dude, you're gonna shatter everyone's image of me as uber-manly. 

Actually, I think of you kind of like a big raccoon in Roman armour.  You march all over the place and bring order to the barbarians so you can eat their garbage.

You win the thread.

[MadImmortalMan]

Awesome thread.