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Fragony
05-30-2005, 10:31
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4566319.stm

amazing!
Al Khalifah
05-30-2005, 11:21
Well d'uh...
Fragony
05-30-2005, 11:43
Well d'uh...

I don't get it.
Al Khalifah
05-30-2005, 15:16
Was that sarcastic?
JAG
05-30-2005, 18:45
Never!
UglyandHasty
05-30-2005, 19:17
now i know wich part of my brain work the hardest ....
The Stranger
05-30-2005, 19:26
like i care. *SARCASM*
Al Khalifah
05-30-2005, 20:59
Yeah, that was REAL funny.
The Wizard
05-30-2005, 21:04
Yeah, that was REAL funny.

Yo man, wake me when you make another great joke like that one.

No, wait -- on the other hand, let me sleep.



~Wiz ~;)
Papewaio
05-30-2005, 23:53
~:cool: So since Australians use a high amount of sarcasm does that make the rest of the world brain damaged?

I always thought the definition of an Irish man was the removal of 20% of his brain. While the definition of an Australian was retaining just 20%.
Tachikaze
05-31-2005, 01:50
Sarcasm is reportedly almost absent in Japan and Korea, at least according to my ESL students and wife. However, my wife has started picking it up. I don't know where from. :rolleyes:
bmolsson
05-31-2005, 02:52
Australians are not sarcastic, just honest.... ~;)
English assassin
05-31-2005, 18:14
Sarcasm is reportedly almost absent in Japan and Korea, at least according to my ESL students and wife. However, my wife has started picking it up. I don't know where from. :rolleyes:

Is this maybe a more general asian thing? I had a friend who had a Singaporean girlfriend who didn't understand sarcasm at all. One evening after a few misunderstandings he turned to her and said "you know, I think you are REALLY getting the hang of sarcasm now."

"Oh, thank you very much" she replied, to our delight...

She dumped him a few weeks later obv.
AggonyKing
05-31-2005, 18:42
Interesting!
Laridus Konivaich
05-31-2005, 19:32
he turned to her and said "you know, I think you are REALLY getting the hang of sarcasm now."

"Oh, thank you very much" she replied, to our delight...
You are so cruel and mean, the world would be a much nicer place if fewer people were less understanding.
Byzantine Prince
05-31-2005, 19:34
Sarcasm is almost always meanspirited. I prefer to avoid it unles it's really obvious. When you have a diverse group of people misunderstandings can get quite numerous with sarcasm.
bmolsson
06-01-2005, 03:11
When you have a diverse group of people misunderstandings can get quite numerous with sarcasm.


You mean like in OT forums ?? ~;)
Laridus Konivaich
06-01-2005, 03:16
You mean like in OT forums ?? ~;)
No, in the KKK. :dizzy2:
bmolsson
06-01-2005, 03:56
No, in the KKK. :dizzy2:

Oh, you mean a OT Forum..... ~D