Gabe's favorite joke... (looking for big words)

mentok1982

Mike (Gabe) has said on the podcast that his favorite joke is when someone says a big word or hard word
which allows him to ask if the word is another word. Damn it is hard to explain. Here's an example:

Tycho says: "...imprimatur..."
Gabe interrupts and says: "Is that when someone visits their old school?" (alma mater)

Tycho says: "...pogrom..."
Gabe interrupts and says: "You mean one of the first Americans?" (pilgrim)
Tycho says: "No."
Gabe interrupts and says: "Oh it's a fruit right?" (Pomegranate)

To the point!

Whenever possible (like at a QnA) I think we should try to use a few large words that he could riff of of.
If Gabe takes the opprotunity, it will brighten his day!

So does anyone have some big words that we can use?

ElectricTurtle

"irrumate"

As in "Irrumate my tumescence!"

"meretricious"

As in "Most contemporary games are meretricious drivel."

I'll find some more when I get home to my Mencken Chrestomathy... which reminds me that you could ask Jerry (Tycho) "Are you ever going to write a Chrestomathy?"

lol my words are breaking the spell check. I'm coming for you Jerry!

PikaPuff

i personally hate questions like these. Also hate the 3 minute speech of how much you love X (like at RvB panel 06). I loved how at the venture bros one at comicon the guy trying to impersonate a henchmen was mocked and interupted. also at the avatar panel when someone tried to say how much they liked the show they were boo'd and yelled at by the audience and the panel to get to the question.

it'd be nice if we can yell at people to get to the question at pax, too.

ElectricTurtle

PikaPuff wrote: »

i personally hate questions like these.

Well they're not for you.

AngelHedgie

ElectricTurtle wrote: »

PikaPuff wrote: »

i personally hate questions like these.

Well they're not for you.

Ham!

Astayonix

ElectricTurtle wrote: »

PikaPuff wrote: »

i personally hate questions like these.

Well they're not for you.

Well played

mentok1982

PikaPuff wrote: »

i personally hate questions like these. Also hate the 3 minute speech of how much you love X (like at RvB panel 06). I loved how at the venture bros one at comicon the guy trying to impersonate a henchmen was mocked and interupted. also at the avatar panel when someone tried to say how much they liked the show they were boo'd and yelled at by the audience and the panel to get to the question.

it'd be nice if we can yell at people to get to the question at pax, too.

I am not suggesting a question. I am suggesting that those with questions attempt to insert a big word or two
into their planned question.

TrainwreckX

*finds it hard to believe there is a thread dedicated to this*

*commits seppuku*

The_Reflection

TrainwreckX wrote: »

*finds it hard to believe there is a thread dedicated to this*

*commits seppuku*

RESPECT THE TRAINWRECK

BlackDragon480

TrainwreckX wrote: »

*finds it hard to believe there is a thread dedicated to this*

*commits seppuku*

Are you doing it in true ninja fashion, with a buttered frisbee?

dyaballikl

TrainwreckX wrote: »

*finds it hard to believe there is a thread dedicated to this*

*commits seppuku*

i got one!:
Seppuku!

TrainwreckX

BlackDragon480 wrote: »

TrainwreckX wrote: »

*finds it hard to believe there is a thread dedicated to this*

*commits seppuku*

Are you doing it in true ninja fashion, with a buttered frisbee?

It's more *real* and *ultimate* without butter. But frisbee none-the-less!

LewieP's Mummy

Wait! I could defenestrate you, instead!

Officer

Ya'll are just being ambivalent about this

EvilBadman

PikaPuff wrote: »

i personally hate questions like these. Also hate the 3 minute speech of how much you love X (like at RvB panel 06). I loved how at the venture bros one at comicon the guy trying to impersonate a henchmen was mocked and interupted. also at the avatar panel when someone tried to say how much they liked the show they were boo'd and yelled at by the audience and the panel to get to the question.

it'd be nice if we can yell at people to get to the question at pax, too.

You asked if Annarchy was available at 06. You have no absolutely jurisdiction over these proceedings. Turn in your badge.

ElectricTurtle

I can say without fear of any accusation of calumny that clearly you are all tatterdemalion novitiates. EvilBadman's imputation of PikaPuff's contumacy is supererogatory and perhaps even truculent. Though my own exegesis might be animadversive.

dyaballikl

ElectricTurtle wrote: »

I can say without fear of any accusation of calumny that clearly you are all tatterdemalion novitiates. EvilBadman's imputation of PikaPuff's contumacy is supererogatory and perhaps even truculent. Though my own exegesis might be animadversive.

are you coming on to me?

I can't tell!

TrainwreckX

with words like that he is obvious coming on to Tycho... And telling the best joke ever to Gabe?

ElectricTurtle

dyaballikl wrote: »

ElectricTurtle wrote: »

I can say without fear of any accusation of calumny that clearly you are all tatterdemalion novitiates. EvilBadman's imputation of PikaPuff's contumacy is supererogatory and perhaps even truculent. Though my own exegesis might be animadversive.

are you coming on to me?

I can't tell!

TrainwreckX is correct, my declarations would only be salacious to a lexiconnoissuer (a word invented by Tycho no less).

FreddyD

mentok1982 wrote: »

Mike (Gabe) has said on the podcast that his favorite joke is when someone says a big word or hard word
which allows him to ask if the word is another word. Damn it is hard to explain. Here's an example:

Tycho says: "...imprimatur..."
Gabe interrupts and says: "Is that when someone visits their old school?" (alma mater)

Tycho says: "...pogrom..."
Gabe interrupts and says: "You mean one of the first Americans?" (pilgrim)
Tycho says: "No."
Gabe interrupts and says: "Oh it's a fruit right?" (Pomegranate)

To the point!

Whenever possible (like at a QnA) I think we should try to use a few large words that he could riff of of.
If Gabe takes the opprotunity, it will brighten his day!

So does anyone have some big words that we can use?

I just realized that Gabe doesn't hesitate at all when he does this. You have to a pretty decent vocab to play dumb with malapropisms.

nearlysober

A bit off topic but I wish the Q&A description in the schedule was expanded a bit beyond the "Don't ask who would win a fight questions". It should also include:

- Don't plug your website/comic, no ones going to write it down, we're here for Penny Arcade.
- If you MUST thank them indivudually for PAX, then three words will suffice "Thanks for PAX". Believe it or not the room isn't filled with tons people wanting to hear individual messages of thanks. They know we're glad they do it... because we're in the room with them. Thank them at autograph signings when you have time with them.
- The room IS filled with tons people wanting to hear Mike & Jerry talk... not you. So be quick & to the point. Ask open ended questions which allow them to elaborate.
- You don't need to try (and fail) to be funny with your question, just ask questions which could lead to interesting/funny stories.

ElectricTurtle

nearlysober wrote: »

A bit off topic but I wish the Q&A description in the schedule was expanded a bit beyond the "Don't ask who would win a fight questions". It should also include:

- Don't plug your website/comic, no ones going to write it down, we're here for Penny Arcade.
- If you MUST thank them indivudually for PAX, then three words will suffice "Thanks for PAX". Believe it or not the room isn't filled with tons people wanting to hear individual messages of thanks. They know we're glad they do it... because we're in the room with them. Thank them at autograph signings when you have time with them.
- The room IS filled with tons people wanting to hear Mike & Jerry talk... not you. So be quick & to the point. Ask open ended questions which allow them to elaborate.
- You don't need to try (and fail) to be funny with your question, just ask questions which could lead to interesting/funny stories.

Speaking as somebody who's moderated a panel at PAX, I would say all of the above is far too restrictive, almost if not to the point of being a jerk. Who are you to say what is and isn't funny? Yeah, a lot of people have failed to be funny, and a fair number have succeeded, should we miss out on the latter because you're afraid of the former? I have no problems with somebody quickly mentioning their site, so long as they don't go on and on like an advertisement. People have memories, and if I'm interested I'll remember the site and look it up. Each thing must be judged on its own merit, not absolutely precluded categorically.

And really, you get to the point of saying be short, sit down and shut up. On that count you are just being a jerk. Have there been people who go on too long? Of course. But to say again, categorically, that every question that requires exposition or backstory or whatever should be precluded would have eliminated some past things of value and by extrapolation would limit or mitigate value in the future.

The only thing I agree with is that they don't need to be thanked with a paean by each person, and the only thing I would add is nobody should ask about Clan Walrus. For fuck's sake, that gets asked every year, they should just put it in the show program and when somebody asks 'What's with the CW?' G&T should just say look at the program.

Godmeat

ElectricTurtle wrote: »

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Dude. None of those words are the least bit cromulent.

PikaPuff

EvilBadman wrote: »

PikaPuff wrote: »

i personally hate questions like these. Also hate the 3 minute speech of how much you love X (like at RvB panel 06). I loved how at the venture bros one at comicon the guy trying to impersonate a henchmen was mocked and interupted. also at the avatar panel when someone tried to say how much they liked the show they were boo'd and yelled at by the audience and the panel to get to the question.

it'd be nice if we can yell at people to get to the question at pax, too.

You asked if Annarchy was available at 06. You have no absolutely jurisdiction over these proceedings. Turn in your badge.

Did I? I think I asked two questions, and I only remember the second one was asking to put Ball into the comic. I think it was after that mall dead rising arc with the Kilngon stuff, so I probably did ask that.

PikaPuff

ElectricTurtle wrote: »

nearlysober wrote: »

A bit off topic but I wish the Q&A description in the schedule was expanded a bit beyond the "Don't ask who would win a fight questions". It should also include:

- Don't plug your website/comic, no ones going to write it down, we're here for Penny Arcade.
- If you MUST thank them indivudually for PAX, then three words will suffice "Thanks for PAX". Believe it or not the room isn't filled with tons people wanting to hear individual messages of thanks. They know we're glad they do it... because we're in the room with them. Thank them at autograph signings when you have time with them.
- The room IS filled with tons people wanting to hear Mike & Jerry talk... not you. So be quick & to the point. Ask open ended questions which allow them to elaborate.
- You don't need to try (and fail) to be funny with your question, just ask questions which could lead to interesting/funny stories.

Speaking as somebody who's moderated a panel at PAX, I would say all of the above is far too restrictive, almost if not to the point of being a jerk. Who are you to say what is and isn't funny? Yeah, a lot of people have failed to be funny, and a fair number have succeeded, should we miss out on the latter because you're afraid of the former? I have no problems with somebody quickly mentioning their site, so long as they don't go on and on like an advertisement. People have memories, and if I'm interested I'll remember the site and look it up. Each thing must be judged on its own merit, not absolutely precluded categorically.

And really, you get to the point of saying be short, sit down and shut up. On that count you are just being a jerk. Have there been people who go on too long? Of course. But to say again, categorically, that every question that requires exposition or backstory or whatever should be precluded would have eliminated some past things of value and by extrapolation would limit or mitigate value in the future.

The only thing I agree with is that they don't need to be thanked with a paean by each person, and the only thing I would add is nobody should ask about Clan Walrus. For fuck's sake, that gets asked every year, they should just put it in the show program and when somebody asks 'What's with the CW?' G&T should just say look at the program.

I've never heard of clan walrus. And site whoring is still site whoring. And if you thinking about what to say, you can ask your question, even with needed backstory, without dragging on. RvB06 was the worst case here. I don't want to sit through that kind of thing again. The PA panels I went too maybe had a few ones like that, maybe 4 out of the dozens of questions asked, so not even remotely as bad.

ElectricTurtle

PikaPuff wrote: »

I've never heard of clan walrus.

Then you're not paying attention. It's been mentioned and explained in news posts, and asked at least three or four times in PA panels, and for chrissake, everything thing Tycho touches with a signature is prefixed with (CW).

And site whoring is still site whoring.

The point is I will judge for myself what interests me. I don't want something potentially interesting precluded based on the preferences of others.

And if you thinking about what to say, you can ask your question, even with needed backstory, without dragging on. RvB06 was the worst case here. I don't want to sit through that kind of thing again.

Cry me a river. I'll try not to impinge too much on your platinum-plated time.

The PA panels I went too maybe had a few ones like that, maybe 4 out of the dozens of questions asked, so not even remotely as bad.

So by your own admission, this is a solution looking for a problem.

In summary and in short, it is always better to err on the side of free and unimpeded discourse. Let each be judged after, not before, the fact.

PikaPuff

The point of site whoring is free advertising where as other people have to pay for it. Like e for all's advertising on the sidewalk. On the other hand, saying "I'm Jesse, Pikapuff on the pa forums" or "I'm Jeff, screen name at site-whore.com" before your question is an acceptable introduction.

I can live with all the other stuff, since you already agree with me on the most time eating part.

ElectricTurtle wrote: »

The only thing I agree with is that they don't need to be thanked with a paean by each person

I see CW all the time in Tycho's newsposts; it doesn't mean I automatically know what it means.


edit- This helps. From 2005, no less

Because the knowledge I have about myself is near total, I sometimes believe that everything we do here is perfectly obvious, just because I know it. I don't know why I think that, it's ridiculous. In any case, I hear a lot of the same questions in panels and whatnot and setting up those answers here may well quench you.

The CW is our clan tag from before we started the site, and refers to Clan Walrus, a group of individuals united by their dedication to our arctic lord.

We make our strip using the webs.


The italicized text at the end of a post is nine-hundred and ninety-nine times out of a thousand a song quote. You may consider it the song of the day. For example, today's is MC Frontalot's "Which MC Was That," which I determined by holding the mouse pointer over the text, and also because I just typed it. This pointer hovering over text and showing words technology was revealed unto me by the scrumptious M.

I once bit a man LARPing Vampire: The Masquerade. The trachea is very chewy; I had not expected this.


(CW)TB out.

Astayonix

PikaPuff wrote: »

The point of site whoring is free advertising where as other people have to pay for it. Like e for all's advertising on the sidewalk. On the other hand, saying "I'm Jesse, Pikapuff on the pa forums" or "I'm Jeff, screen name at site-whore.com" before your question is an acceptable introduction.

I can live with all the other stuff, since you already agree with me on the most time eating part.

Come on now. Having someone stand up for 5 seconds and say, "Hi, I'm Site Whorrington. I run DirtySiteWhores.com. That's d-i-r-t-y-s-i-t-e-w-h-o-r-e-s.com. Got that? Okay, I have a question about.....(relevant question or observation here)" is NOWHERE NEAR as bad as people STANDING OUTSIDE OF PAX... WEARING MONTIORS... trying to decry and belittle the very event they're standing outside of every day of its run. Sure, I'll roll my eyes a bit, slump down in my chair, and die a little inside with the former, but the latter just makes me want to pimp-slap a site-hoe.

There's a BIG fucking difference there.

LewieP's Mummy

ElectricTurtle wrote: »

TrainwreckX is correct, my declarations would only be salacious to a lexiconnoissuer (a word invented by Tycho no less).

Surely you mean a Lexicographer?

ElectricTurtle

LewiePs Mummy wrote: »

ElectricTurtle wrote: »

TrainwreckX is correct, my declarations would only be salacious to a lexiconnoissuer (a word invented by Tycho no less).

Surely you mean a Lexicographer?

No, Jerry (Tycho) himself coined lexiconnoisseur (I notice I reversed letters the first time), and it's a good word. Nobody knows how to invent good words anymore. William Shakespeare invented 1700 words single-handedly according to most estimates.

BlackDragon480

LewiePs Mummy wrote: »

ElectricTurtle wrote: »

TrainwreckX is correct, my declarations would only be salacious to a lexiconnoissuer (a word invented by Tycho no less).

Surely you mean a Lexicographer?

Perhaps, perhaps not. I cannot speak for ET. However, the former, as used in his statement, is a fine example of the neologism created by Tycho.

nearlysober

Whoa... that list was just a bit of ranting on my part not to be taken so literally.

I have no problem with someone saying "Hey, I'm from PlugMyWebComic.com and I want to know where you got your inspiration for the characters haircuts."... but it seems like every year theres someone who just gets up there and rambles about their site like we're supposed to remember them or something.

The other stuff about getting to the point just kinda came to mind from the 5 minute thank you speeches people feel inclined to give that details their epic journey from Renton and how much they appreciate it. Or a rambling 10 minute back story about NOTHING and then a "Who'd win a fight?" question... I'm sure people who are left standing in line at the end of the event would prefer people get to the point.... but yeah that doesn't mean you have to RUSH anything... just have an idea of what you want to say before you get to the mic.

If your question requires a setup... then set it up... and I of course some people might ramble nerviously with all those eyes on them so thats not a big deal... but it seems many people just don't know how to communicate normally...

I think everyone remembers the hilariously funny and interesting "mumbler" from last year that wasn't at all uncomfortable or a waste of time... thats what I meant by don't TRY to be funny. If you are funny... or you have a funny story... go ahead.

It's not like any of the things I've mentioned are HUGE problems and really need to be laid out in the rules...I was just kinda ranting on behavior that annoys me. I want to hear some funny/insightful things from Gabe & Tycho... so I want people to ask good questions that promote that type of dialogue... not too much to ask I think.

PikaPuff

Astayonix wrote: »

PikaPuff wrote: »

The point of site whoring is free advertising where as other people have to pay for it. Like e for all's advertising on the sidewalk. On the other hand, saying "I'm Jesse, Pikapuff on the pa forums" or "I'm Jeff, screen name at site-whore.com" before your question is an acceptable introduction.

I can live with all the other stuff, since you already agree with me on the most time eating part.

Come on now. Having someone stand up for 5 seconds and say, "Hi, I'm Site Whorrington. I run DirtySiteWhores.com. That's d-i-r-t-y-s-i-t-e-w-h-o-r-e-s.com. Got that? Okay, I have a question about.....(relevant question or observation here)" is NOWHERE NEAR as bad as people STANDING OUTSIDE OF PAX... WEARING MONTIORS... trying to decry and belittle the very event they're standing outside of every day of its run. Sure, I'll roll my eyes a bit, slump down in my chair, and die a little inside with the former, but the latter just makes me want to pimp-slap a site-hoe.

There's a BIG fucking difference there.

We just said the same thing.

TrainwreckX

ElectricTurtle wrote: »

dyaballikl wrote: »

ElectricTurtle wrote: »

I can say without fear of any accusation of calumny that clearly you are all tatterdemalion novitiates. EvilBadman's imputation of PikaPuff's contumacy is supererogatory and perhaps even truculent. Though my own exegesis might be animadversive.

are you coming on to me?

I can't tell!

TrainwreckX is correct, my declarations would only be salacious to a lexiconnoissuer (a word invented by Tycho no less).

He catches words like pokemon and levels them up until they get special attacks and shit (confuse, shock, quick attack, etc.)


Edit: From my first result in a google search for Clan Walrus

Clan Walrus is one of the most venerable and respected clans known within most online games. It was started by the Tycho Brahe and Gabriel of Penny-Arcade a while back. They wanted a clan but to get official clan status on id's homepage they had to have five members. Essentially it was a joke. The other members they conjured up for the clan are as follows: Anti-Pope - he bears witness to a sea of roiling death and it fills him with icy joy. Abadon - Destroyer, chief of the demon locusts and sovereign of the bottomless pit. Dessicator - He sees humans only as delicious juice boxes. These characters are directly lifted from the comic "Curse of Spawn". Now the clan has been expanded to Tribe Walrus and has a fairly large following in almost all fashionable online games (namely tribes, quake 2 and such).

Qs23

I liked it when I went up and asked my question in 06. No site whoring, and straight to the point.

"Hi, I'm new to the whole Penny Arcade thing. And trying to describe it to my family is hard. Can you describe Penny Arcade in 5 words?"

Tycho after a bit came up with, "Penny Arcade is a comic."

Now that's just brilliant.

Psychoish

Like this, right?

http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/2/4/