You're right--jokes and ironies need significant linguistic or contextual signals that can easily be pointed to. If you haven't really done that and then claim afterwards that we were all supposed to have gotten it, or we're more stupefied than you are, you'll come off as lame, disingenuous and mean-spirited. But you did build in enough signals for anyone, with the possible exception of Germans and Swedes, to get it.
--- guyfawkes91 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was getting worried that I might have to jump in > and explain the > joke. It's never a good sign if you have to explain > your jokes to the > audience. > > As for the rest of it, I'll just leave the gossip > grapevine to fill > everyone in. > > > > > But Angela has a point. Didn't you guys ever > > see Monty Python and the Holy Grail? Here is > > the scene in question: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yp_l5ntikaU > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com