Comments on: Joseph Heller would be proud

By: new york asset protection

new york asset protection — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:35:34 +0000

hitler would be proud.

By: dukethepcdr

dukethepcdr — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:10:28 +0000

So, If I want to see any sights, I must stand still? Must I close my eyes while walking so I don’t accidently sightsee?

By: Jomann

Jomann — Mon, 11 May 2009 00:35:27 +0000

doesnt that chinese character mean “to run” so dont run while sight seeing? i think thats what it is.

By: Leary

Leary — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:53:26 +0000

In soviet russia, sightseeing walks you!

By: gryphalcon

gryphalcon — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:33:31 +0000

this must be in soviet russia

By: Uh... What?

Uh... What? — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:22:18 +0000

Makes perfect sense to me.

But what about gum chewing?

By: JohnB

JohnB — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:00:48 +0000

I’ve always found obs to be incurable.

By: JohnB

JohnB — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:59:58 +0000

But sightseeing while driving is much more dangerous!

By: BreenLolz

BreenLolz — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:07:19 +0000

The wikipedia definition is wrong.

In the current financial crisis, you have to have experience in order to get a job. However you have to get a job in order to get experience.

That’s a ‘catch 22′.

If I offer you three boxes and say you can choose any one you like to get a prize, but I’ve secretly put the exact same prize in each one, that’s an illusion of choice.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:05:34 +0000

Catch 22 is, in many ways, a more poetic rendering of the basic three laws of thermodynamics underlying the whole shebang:
1) you can’t win.
2) you can’t break even.
3) you can’t get out of the game.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:02:38 +0000

If Heller had lived to see the interwebs reach the state it has today, ISP help desks would’ve made him laugh himself sick.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:01:22 +0000

SQUEAK.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:59:28 +0000

Ramen to that – the book is much, much funnier than any wiki entry.

By: I'm the chief

I'm the chief — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:19:27 +0000

*removes the shades*
Wow! Obscure is HOT!
*puts back shades*

By: spinpsychle

spinpsychle — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:42:00 +0000

I’ve read that book and I was just about to post, “Who’s Joseph Heller?” Good thing I read the comments first.

By: ObscureWittyReference

ObscureWittyReference — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:32:04 +0000

“I EXPECT THAT YOU COULD MURDER A PIECE OF KNIGGIT RIGHT NOW?”
Yes. Yes.

By: dr handle

dr handle — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:14:40 +0000

That’s because the rabbit with nasty, big, pointy teeth was in MP & the Holy Grail, whereas Death (the Grim Reaper) and Death of Rats (the Grim Squeaker) are from the Discworld (after “Reaper Man”). I’m sure they’d recognise each other’s idioms if they ever met, though. “I EXPECT THAT YOU COULD MURDER A PIECE OF KNIGGIT RIGHT NOW?”

By: Delta Sierra

Delta Sierra — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:48:30 +0000

Well I think it’s very nice that blind people in wheelchairs have a special place just for them.

By: Moose

Moose — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:42:26 +0000

The translation looks accurate. If you ask me, this doesn’t belong here.

By: rosewoman

rosewoman — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:36:58 +0000

Consistency is all I ask, immortality is all I seek, give us this day our daily week. Is life in a box better than no life at all.

Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead does seem to fit better.

The Catch is that rule 22 says if you want to be shipped home from the front, you have to be considered crazy. The catch is that if you want to go home, you’re most likely sane. The test for crazy was wanting to stay there and continue flying missions. Therefore, the truly crazy want to stay and only the sane want to leave, but since you don’t get to leave unless you’re crazy…

By: Wat?

Wat? — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:26:05 +0000

Dear sir or madame, you have won my heart. That is my all time favorite play.

By: ObscureWittyReference

ObscureWittyReference — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:10:35 +0000

That might be a bit Catch-22, perhaps? To get instructions to go online, first you must be online.

By: ObscureWittyReference

ObscureWittyReference — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:09:23 +0000

I thought DEATH was the skeletal reaper chap, who communicates in ALL CAPS, and is accompanied by the Death of Rats. I don’t remember the nasty, big, pointy teeth detail.

By: Aggrotech

Aggrotech — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:07:58 +0000

I noticed that, too! Logic geeks FTW! Always hated it when a tautology would pop up in my symbolic logic exercises, though.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:42:59 +0000

I’m just gonna stand here with my eyes closed. I’m such a rebel.

By: Czernobog

Czernobog — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:35:12 +0000

On second thought, neither definition is very good. But this sign doesn’t fit either of them anyway.

By: Czernobog

Czernobog — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:16:54 +0000

Read the book, not Wikipedia.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:55:10 +0000

YES! What this world needs to make people watch where they are walking is more man-eating animals, not more signs!

By: KC

KC — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:40:45 +0000

I feel your pain, but I’ve seen similar signs in China a number of times and they were perfectly sensible. I’ve seen them close to cliffs and narrow/steep/slippery/uneven trails, where sight-seeing and walking could be quite exclusive.

(I’m taking this too seriously, aren’t I?)

(On the other hand, I haven’t quoted Wikipedia…yet.)

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:37:43 +0000

I think all ISPs must be like that. When I was first trying to get internet access, it always seemed that it would be so much easier to do if I was already on-line!

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:13:05 +0000

That’s the only reference I could see, and it’s fairly well known here in Australia too.
PS: I figured out your gender some time ago; the chief needs to lose those shades!

By: I'm the chief

I'm the chief — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:47:12 +0000

solly, miss. ALL ABOOOOARD!!

By: ObscureWittyReference

ObscureWittyReference — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:56:50 +0000

Sounds like when my internet connection goes down and I call in, and they tell me in the annoying recording that there are help topics on their website. If I could get to the flippin’ website, I wouldn’t be calling.

By: ObscureWittyReference

ObscureWittyReference — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:54:42 +0000

Me, but I don’t think I am the reference they refer to. If, as I suspect, they’re talking about the title, Catch-22/Heller is not, in my impression, obscure – in US culture, at least, the phrase is well-known (even if not always used completely correctly).

PS: Not a “him,” for what it’s worth.

By: philip

philip — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:46:30 +0000

It’s as contradictory as saying “don’t talk while being in the library; don’t be in the library while talking”.

By: I'm the chief

I'm the chief — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:42:25 +0000

which comment is confusing? i’ll be more than glad to explain everything. you see, there’s more to life than getting confused. getting confused takes a huge effort from your part, and getting fused overnight will make not make you confused in the morning. like you can’t say money grows on trees, but trees grow on money…so fusing in the night cannot make you confused in the morning, but confusing in the morning will make you fused in the night, and vice-versa.
now tell me which comment makes you confusing?

By: SeaBee

SeaBee — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:16:39 +0000

The sign makes perfect sense, it’s the comments that confuse me!

By: Much Glory Hopeful

Much Glory Hopeful — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:11:20 +0000

So, brave knights, if you do doubt your courage or your strength, come no further, for death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth.

By: I'm the chief

I'm the chief — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:05:27 +0000

there was someone calling himself obscurewittyreference – or something like that..

By: Funny Pictures

Funny Pictures — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:49:52 +0000

Haha awesome! Love some of the debate going on in these comments haha the sign makes sense… kinda lol

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:30:03 +0000

To sleep, perchance to breathe: ay, there’s the rub. For if we wake you, death may come…

By: I'm the chief

I'm the chief — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:43:57 +0000

“I breath when I sleep and I sleep when I breath”

By: I'm the chief

I'm the chief — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:36:12 +0000

Fatal System Error: Your system has encountered a fatalistic error and needs to be junked. Please buy a new system. On another side, we are happy to introduce you to our new line of systems that you can be interested with, dial 123456789-error, hurry while stocks last.

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:25:18 +0000

Which reference is obscure?

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:23:29 +0000

Pretty much a description of any shopping mall.

By: radleyas

radleyas — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:21:42 +0000

That’s not a catch-22

By: Droll not Troll

Droll not Troll — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:19:07 +0000

So for many people, life is a catch-22 situation.

By: Much Glory Hopeful

Much Glory Hopeful — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:38:03 +0000

Catch-22 is a term coined by Joseph Heller in his novel Catch-22, describing a set of rules, regulations or procedures, or situation which presents the illusion of choice while preventing any real choice.
- Wikipedia

By: Czernobog

Czernobog — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:33:44 +0000

Doesn’t seem that way from your earlier reply. I agree that Walking while looking around is not a problem, but a catch-22 is a circular sort of cause and effect situation (You can’t see the flies in your eyes, because you have flies in your eyes.) This sign, While moderately amusing, is not a catch-22.

By: Kern

Kern — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:13:23 +0000

This isn’t engrish… it’s just chiasmus.