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06-28-2007, 10:00 PM
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I just came up with the nerd joke from hell.
"They say that the subjunctive mood is dead in English. Well fuck that!"
Drake
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06-29-2007, 08:38 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Um, Drake... What ze hell? 
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07-01-2007, 04:07 AM
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Oh well. Nobody got the joke.
What was supposed to be funny was that "fuck that!" is in the subjunctive.
Drake
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07-01-2007, 04:59 AM
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So, like... the "fuck that" is rejecting the claim that the subjunctive mood is dead, and at the same time it is itself a counterexample proving that the subjunctive is alive and well.
Idea being that people would read that, and then they would think it was funny. And then they would laugh, or something. And that would be good.
Okay, I'm done now.
Drake
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07-01-2007, 05:02 AM
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I feel bad for not laughing now =C
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07-01-2007, 05:18 AM
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Wouldn't it be funnier if the retort wasn't in the subjunctive, thus contradicting the point of the sentence? Or am I just devoid of normal humour?
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07-01-2007, 05:19 AM
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Oh, I got it alright.. sort of missed this thread completely though.
And I laughed.
And it was good.
And I'm done too.
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07-01-2007, 06:53 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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Don't worry, I got it.
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07-01-2007, 07:35 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
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That was a good joke. I think I'll use it, but my cretin peers probably won't get it. :-P
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07-01-2007, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by psyches_reflection
Wouldn't it be funnier if the retort wasn't in the subjunctive, thus contradicting the point of the sentence? Or am I just devoid of normal humour?
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If the retort wasn't in the subjunctive it would be agreeing with the point of the sentence, not contradicting it. You aren't devoid of humour... just of grammatical precision.
I got the joke, Drake. It reminds me of 'I didn't fucking use a split infinitive!'
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07-01-2007, 09:14 AM
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Hahahaha! That was excellent!
I didn't read your explanation because I understood it....I'm such a nerd.
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07-01-2007, 09:37 AM
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My oafish neighbor would find it funny, and say:
"Haha! He said 'fuck'!"
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07-01-2007, 10:16 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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Originally Posted by HumanePain
My oafish neighbor would find it funny, and say:
"Haha! He said 'fuck'!"
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LMFAO!
Then it is truly the best joke in the world. Humour for the masses... everyone from the bourgeoisie to the lumpenproletariat.
Marx would be so proud.
(NB: This post doesn't mean to imply that HP is part of the bourgeoisie. I would move from the idealistic Germany of Marx and Engel to 19th Century France and visit Henri Murger for HP.. for I think that he is easily more bohemian than bourgeiosie.)
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07-01-2007, 01:16 PM
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What I didn't get was the 'subjunctive mood is dead in English'.
What's wrong with subjunctives in modern English?
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07-01-2007, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Godslayer Jillian
What I didn't get was the 'subjunctive mood is dead in English'.
What's wrong with subjunctives in modern English?
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It seems not to be often used in modern American-English as they tend to use indicitives in their place. We still use a lot of subjunctive mood in our speech in Australia.
I finally worked out where I had seen the start of Drake's joke before...
"The subjunctive mood is in its death throes, and the best thing to do is to put it out of its misery as soon as possible."
~W. Somerset Maugham.
Apparently Maugham is the 'they' people keep referring to.
Of course! Now I remember the quote from The Magician in which Haddo is warned to wait an hour after eating before he goes for a swim!
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07-01-2007, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by psyches_reflection
Wouldn't it be funnier if the retort wasn't in the subjunctive, thus contradicting the point of the sentence? Or am I just devoid of normal humour?
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That's what I originally thought...Then again, the joke would lose its sense of irony.
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07-01-2007, 03:25 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Originally Posted by HumanePain
My oafish neighbor would find it funny, and say:
"Haha! He said 'fuck'!"
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LOL. I'm going to call my roommates oafs now. lol. "Oafs." Ha...
The really funny thing is that my parents would find it completely unfunny for the same reason....
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07-01-2007, 09:27 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Okay, so some people did get it! I feel better.
There's a good bit on Wikipedia about the alleged demise of the subjunctive.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunc...subjunctive.3F
I think it would be a terrible shame if the subjunctive died. It's fun to have around.
Long live the subjunctive! :P
Drake
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07-02-2007, 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Delicate_Torture
If the retort wasn't in the subjunctive it would be agreeing with the point of the sentence, not contradicting it. You aren't devoid of humour... just of grammatical precision.
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*holds hands up* Guilty as charged.
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07-02-2007, 01:53 PM
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... Subjunctives, eh? Right. >_>
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07-02-2007, 03:32 PM
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Oh I don`t quite get it yet, even after reading the posts -_-
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07-02-2007, 05:53 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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Originally Posted by Drake Dun
"They say that the subjunctive mood is dead in English. Well fuck that!"
Drake
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Excellent! Do you mind if I tell that to my fellow grammar nerds? I don't want to steal anyone's intellectual property.
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07-02-2007, 11:43 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Originally Posted by Undead_Stagehand
Excellent! Do you mind if I tell that to my fellow grammar nerds? I don't want to steal anyone's intellectual property.
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Just tell them that you got it from a guy who rejects the very idea of intellectual property, and you figure he's not in much of a position to complain.
Drake
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