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WCDT: 2549-2553 (7 October - 11 October, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Platypodes:
--- Quote from: briscoe on 08 Oct 2013, 20:33 ---
--- Quote from: Platypodes on 08 Oct 2013, 19:40 ---Perhaps more likely:
DORA: Mt. Dale.
TAI: Okay! *hup*
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i don't get it
where is the wordplay in this particular situation. if you're implying that Tai climbs on Dale that's already implied by "Mt. Dale", which makes no sense otherwise
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"Mt. Dale" is a name, like "Mt. Everest." Dora is calling Dale a mountain because he's so tall, and she isn't saying anything about climbing. But then Tai takes "mount" as a verb instead of as part of a name, and takes Dora's phrase as an instruction, so she proceeds to mount (climb to the top of) Dale.
DrBear's original joke implied sexual mounting. I was suggesting an alternate, non-sexual version, which retained the wordplay between "Mt." as a noun meaning mountain and "mount" as a verb. It's really almost the same wordplay, the only difference being whether the verb "mount" is being used to mean, specifically, "climb on his shoulders" or "climb on his arse." I think DrBear and I were both envisioning Dora saying "Mt. Dale" when Tai was still standing on the ground facing Dale, and then Tai taking it as an instruction and acting upon it. At least, that's how I read DrBear's version; I could be wrong.
I think I've now dissected this joke as far as I can without breaking it down into its component atoms. TL;DR: there was a joke, but it's really, really dead now.
Somebody:
And meanwhile, Faye's evil is showing.
WAYF:
Hanners actually does own a helmet.
briscoe:
--- Quote from: Platypodes on 08 Oct 2013, 21:41 ---
--- Quote from: briscoe on 08 Oct 2013, 20:33 ---
--- Quote from: Platypodes on 08 Oct 2013, 19:40 ---Perhaps more likely:
DORA: Mt. Dale.
TAI: Okay! *hup*
--- End quote ---
i don't get it
where is the wordplay in this particular situation. if you're implying that Tai climbs on Dale that's already implied by "Mt. Dale", which makes no sense otherwise
--- End quote ---
"Mt. Dale" is a name, like "Mt. Everest." Dora is calling Dale a mountain because he's so tall, and she isn't saying anything about climbing. But then Tai takes "mount" as a verb instead of as part of a name, and takes Dora's phrase as an instruction, so she proceeds to mount (climb to the top of) Dale.
DrBear's original joke implied sexual mounting. I was suggesting an alternate, non-sexual version, which retained the wordplay between "Mt." as a noun meaning mountain and "mount" as a verb. It's really almost the same wordplay, the only difference being whether the verb "mount" is being used to mean, specifically, "climb on his shoulders" or "climb on his arse." I think DrBear and I were both envisioning Dora saying "Mt. Dale" when Tai was still standing on the ground facing Dale, and then Tai taking it as an instruction and acting upon it. At least, that's how I read DrBear's version; I could be wrong.
I think I've now dissected this joke as far as I can without breaking it down into its component atoms. TL;DR: there was a joke, but it's really, really dead now.
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in your (and Doctor Bear's??) interpretation, Dora is referring to him as "Mt. Dale" because he's tall. For Tai to then climb on top of him, the joke could conceivably be that she mishears the noun "mount" as a verb, but she could also conceivably climb on top of him because he's a "mountain" and mountains are known for being climbed. so the joke doesn't work as well because there's less incongruity; the two ways she could take that sentence could easily lead to the same outcome
the joke works better if Dora is referring to Dale as "Mt. Dale" because he had already been climbed on, upon which Tai misconstrues "Mt. Dale" sexually, which is not at all what Dora meant
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: Somebody on 08 Oct 2013, 21:50 ---And meanwhile, Faye's evil is showing.
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I'd say more mischief than evil.
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