Re: Nerd Boy, episode 249
From Joaquim Gândara <cla...@lords.com>
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· 17 Jul 2002 10:05 · View full thread
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"llizard" <lli...@NOPOLLUTIONwildmail.com> skrev i meddelandet news:bim...@4ax.com > In article <agultf$oivuu$1...@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de>, "Joaquim > G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote: > > >Your sense of humour seems very strange to me. I've always thought of a > >joke as something that ties up all the loose ends. The punch line, IMO, > >should tie everything together in an unexpected way. I hate things that > >leave the reader/viewer asking questions. It doesn't strike me as the > >author trying to promote discussion and provoke thought, it just strikes > >me as plain lazy. It's like songs that fade out because the "composer" > >couldn't be bothered to write a decent ending. > > I completely agree about the fade out on songs. However, tying > everything up tidily is just too pat. There should always be a > question of some kind at the end of the story. After all, that's what > life is all about. It is? First of all, I don't know exactly what you mean. Is life all about hearing stories that has questions at the end so you can ponder them? Or do you mean that life is a story that should have a question at the end? Second, my strips aren't self-contained stories. My story arcs, containing several strips, are stories. My strips are (mostly) jokes. > >NB241 wasn't even meant to be funny. I clearly don't understand your > >sense of humour, and I suspect that I never will... :\ > > Just because it was unintentional doesn't mean it can't be funny. > There are constantly situations that occur that are not intended to be > humorous, but they are still funny. No amount of "no! No! Stop > laughing!! I didn't MEAN that!!!" will help. That's life. Well, yes, probably. My point is that I can't intentionally make you laugh. -- OO Joaquim G�ndara | Official Nerd Boy site: .||. | http://nerdboy.port5.com (UK) bb jg | http://nerdboy.xepher.net (US)
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