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There are some ideas I've noticed only trolling for a punchline.
They don't ask for any personal collateral other than filling in a few blanks and receiving the reward.
The reward is that the idea stops after your anno, although you often wish for a last feedback.
All in all, I sometimes wonder
"shit, did I hit the punchline by accident ?"
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Huh? Have you eaten too much cheese before trying to take a little sleep, [bigsleep]? |
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This idea seems a little cryptic. |
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It's a strange question I'll grant. Do people ever worry about filling in the definitive anno and/or punchline ? |
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Idea: Xmas paper covered with legal disclaimers about battery non-inclusion and/or liability. |
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Do you go there or is it left to the newcomer ? |
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Which definitive anno? The description line under the heading? Almost always. |
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No, just a plain anno. One that would give everyone the bdum tish effect however trite or derived. Thus 'spoiling' the idea for others. |
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<what? no sanity claus ? /> |
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Ok, now I see what you mean using my super lateral power. You are refering to the orchard idea which I admit reminded me of you *after* writing the subtitle. I'm not sure you should be proud of that. |
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blah blah blah, vague reference to bridges and trolls, blah blah blah |
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I'm guessing CC is a guitar hero. I've never understood the music/troll connection. |
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Sleep, you're overthinking this (I think) - yes, sometimes there is a big fat punchline dangling unseen between the lines - sometimes it's been crafted deliberately to hang there for others to enjoy - and other times, it might have spontaneously emerged (potentially unnoticed) without the writer's conscious effort - good writing should sprout all manner of these inter-linear allusions, references and under-the-counter meanings - and that's one of the things that marks the difference between rich and flat prose. |
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The danger of course of going too far down that route is that it's relatively easy to write grossly ambiguous, vague, meaningless drivel, and have your audience attempt to fill in the gaps, under the (flawed) impression that there's some nugget of sense lurking behind the façade. |
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I wouldn't have gotten the sanity claus thing - nice gag, though the battery thing was kind of a diversion. My point being that sometimes something that feels *so* obvious, often isn't. |
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//the battery thing was kind of a diversion// |
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Not really, in the generation I was part of, there where many disappointed children who got a present minus batteries. The poor parents had to rush to the shops dodging decapitating lifts. Sure glad I wasn't a provider in those times, I would have been genetically cleansed. |
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Oh sure, "batteries not included" is indeed a valid cultural reference (there's even a film) - but it doesn't *really* span the link strongly enough between lawyers, Christmas, Father Christmas and specific legal clauses outlining the mental fitness requirements of a potential contractee. To retain jokular purity, I would have left the (quite valid, just not that strong) battery reference out - and boosted the legal contract aspect. |
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So you are saying that I could have sued my parents for mental damage on not providing readily available power for christmas toys ? |
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I'm sure the statue of limitations will point the way. |
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I'm not sure, but you might have reason to sue for mental damage caused by them making you believe that a fat man tried to climb into your living room through the chimney in order to leave your presents there. The psychological harm inflicted on you through the introduction of such a traumatic notion may well have served to damage your developing psyche - if only there had been some way of couching the story in a legal framework that avoided either party being liable for legal recourse... |
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How about a new marked-for-deletion category "bdum-tish"? |
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The idea is a "garden path" joke or puzzle that challenges its reader to recognize the simple existing item that it describes, or the, usually phonetically punning, phrase that names it. (Obviously, this needs an example.) |
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Yes, this sort of falls somewhere between the 'pun' and 'list' categories doesn't it. |
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I think I need a coffee. Or two. |
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// you're overthinking this // And you're understating it, [zen_tom]. |
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What's the problem? Hit the punchline, or don't, the earth will still continue to revolve either way. I didn't get the clause reference either. Apparently it was intended to be blindingly obvious. |
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Sometimes I think halfbakery is used this way.
Someone, myself included, posts a couched
idea/query just to get their gut feelings ironed out
by the rest of the deeper brainier neurons. |
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//The idea is a "garden path" joke or puzzle that challenges its reader to recognize the simple existing item that it describes, or the, usually phonetically punning, phrase that names it.// |
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Exactly. Ok it does exist. Maybe I'm using the word 'troll' in the title inappropriately. Would this be trolling for a punchline ? |
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The whole idea in essence is when you are not part of the game and at the last minute suddenly realise you might have spoilt a garden path game that has been going on for days. |
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//This idea seems a little cryptic// |
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Apologies in retrospect, it is. At least I don't go down the prolix route (too often) when trying to express the last neuron misfire. |
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//Obviously, this needs an example// |
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I tried to include one (not remembering a single real idea) - |
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Idea: Xmas paper covered with legal disclaimers about battery non-inclusion and/or liability.
Punchline: What? no sanity claus ? |
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