Re: oh please.

I listen to the Bob and Tom show on my hour-long commute to work, and have
for ten years. I've listened to them interview scores of comedians. They say
it both ways - the terms are synonymous.

Johne Cook
| http://raygunrevival.com | http://authorculture.blogspot.com |


On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Mike Findlay <[email protected]>wrote:

> No, "killed" is the comedian's term.  I don't believe many of them say
> "murdered", but I know they do say they "killed" when doing well.  They also
> sometimes say they "bombed" or "died" when they flop.  They are real
> dangerous fellows using those nasty metaphors.
>
> I know sacred isn't a metaphor but it isn't a dangerous word either even
> when you think it is misused.
>
> Mike F.
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* pcg <[email protected]>
> *To:* DADL (off topic) <[email protected]>
> *Sent:* Wed, January 12, 2011 4:25:10 PM
>
> *Subject:* Re: [DADL-OT] oh please.
>
> >> If a comedian walks out of the House of Representatives and jovially
> >> says to the security officers at the door, "I just murdered everyone
> >> in there," how far do you think he would get? ;)
> >
> > Sure. I just don't see Palin saying that. Maybe it's in right-wing code?
> ;)
>
> Heh. Well, "murdering" (as you may already know) is a common term
> among comedians, and it simply means they made everyone laugh. In the
> context of a comedian saying it, you'd imagine it wouldn't be taken
> literally, but I bet in this case it would. The point, of course, is
> simply that "context" doesn't denote a universal understanding.
>
> --
> -pcg
>  [email protected]
>
> --
> dadl-ot mailing list
> http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us
> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot
>
> --
> dadl-ot mailing list
> http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us
> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot
>

-- 
dadl-ot mailing list
http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot