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From Scott Adams' Dilbert Newsletter #49:
Ironic Banshees
You've probably heard the old saying, "She screamed like a banshee." I didn't learn much about banshees in school but I deduce that they are dead people who scream loudly. That seems unpleasant enough. But lately I have been learning more about the bad qualities of banshees. I've overheard these nuggets from people who apparently have detailed banshee knowledge:
"I had to pee like a banshee."
"My head hurt like a banshee."
"I was sweating like a banshee."
It's no wonder that banshees are rarely invited to parties. No one wants to hang around with a screaming, peeing, sweating, dead person with a headache, especially if beer is involved.
I've also learned recently that "ironic" means anything you want it to mean. Example:
Me: "I heard that Bob was killed by a meteor."
Induhvidual: "Wow. That's ironic."
Me: "Why is it ironic? Was he an astronomer?"
Induhvidual: "No, it's ironic because, you know, what are the
odds?"
Me: "So anything unlikely is automatically ironic?"
Induhvidual: "No, it also needs to be bad."
Me: "This conversation is ironic."
Induhvidual: "Shut up! You're making me pee like a banshee!"
Ironic Banshees
You've probably heard the old saying, "She screamed like a banshee." I didn't learn much about banshees in school but I deduce that they are dead people who scream loudly. That seems unpleasant enough. But lately I have been learning more about the bad qualities of banshees. I've overheard these nuggets from people who apparently have detailed banshee knowledge:
"I had to pee like a banshee."
"My head hurt like a banshee."
"I was sweating like a banshee."
It's no wonder that banshees are rarely invited to parties. No one wants to hang around with a screaming, peeing, sweating, dead person with a headache, especially if beer is involved.
I've also learned recently that "ironic" means anything you want it to mean. Example:
Me: "I heard that Bob was killed by a meteor."
Induhvidual: "Wow. That's ironic."
Me: "Why is it ironic? Was he an astronomer?"
Induhvidual: "No, it's ironic because, you know, what are the
odds?"
Me: "So anything unlikely is automatically ironic?"
Induhvidual: "No, it also needs to be bad."
Me: "This conversation is ironic."
Induhvidual: "Shut up! You're making me pee like a banshee!"
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[nq:1]I've also learned recently that "ironic" means anything you want it to mean. " Induhvidual: "Wow. " Me: "Why is it ironic?
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[nq:1]I've also learned recently that "ironic" means anything you want it to mean. Example: Me: "I heard that Bob was killed by a meteor." Induhvidual: "Wow. That's ironic." Me: "Why is it ironic? Was he an astronomer?"[/nq]
No, it was a nickel-ironic meteorite.
Regards
John
No, it was a nickel-ironic meteorite.
Regards
John
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[nq:1]From Scott Adams' Dilbert Newsletter #49: Ironic Banshees You've probably heard the old saying, "She screamed like a banshee." ... knowledge: "I had to pee like a banshee." "My head hurt like a banshee." "I was sweating like a banshee."[/nq]
For quite a large part of my life I know of a banshee only as a kind of military aircraft.
It was only much later (I think through computer game
For quite a large part of my life I know of a banshee only as a kind of military aircraft.
It was only much later (I think through computer game
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[nq:2]From Scott Adams' Dilbert Newsletter #49: Ironic Banshees You've ... hurt like a banshee." "I was sweating like a banshee."[/nq]
[nq:1]For quite a large part of my life I know of a banshee only as a kind of military aircraft. It was only much later (I think through computer games), that I didcovered the dead person meaning.[/nq]
AFAIK the only thing a banshee does is "wail" or possib
[nq:1]For quite a large part of my life I know of a banshee only as a kind of military aircraft. It was only much later (I think through computer games), that I didcovered the dead person meaning.[/nq]
AFAIK the only thing a banshee does is "wail" or possib
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david56 filted:
[nq:1]AFAIK the only thing a banshee does is "wail" or possibly "scream". There was a superhero or X-Man or whatever called the Wailing Banshee, I think, in the early 70s.[/nq]
He had a scream that could shatter walls or (somehow) levitate him, and he was Irish (given name Sean Cassidy)...in costume, he was called simply "Banshee", no article or qualifier...(your more elabo
[nq:1]AFAIK the only thing a banshee does is "wail" or possibly "scream". There was a superhero or X-Man or whatever called the Wailing Banshee, I think, in the early 70s.[/nq]
He had a scream that could shatter walls or (somehow) levitate him, and he was Irish (given name Sean Cassidy)...in costume, he was called simply "Banshee", no article or qualifier...(your more elabo
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