Silliness One Froggy Evening - Page 2

pshrynk · 03-25-2009, 02:47 PM

Okay...

Don't the Pythons have OBE's or some such thing?

And Charlie Chaplin was given a Lifetime Achirvement Award by the Academy. Not actually a government sanction, but neither is Pulitzer.

And while we're vaguely on the topic of British Royalty and their Awards, Sir Paul wrote Bungalow Bill.

Greg Anos · 03-25-2009, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

Another example, as long as I'm the only one who is going to come up with them. "Harvey" a play about a large invisible rabbit with a propensity to drink ... now there's some silliness for you .... won the Pulitzer Prize.

The film, which has more moments of extreme silliness than most people experience in one lifetime, also won several awards.

I haven't been able to find much official recognition of silliness in other cultures, so perhaps the appreciation of the cultural importance of silliness is limited to America ... which would explain why none of the Monty Python members have ever been knighted.

Do nominations count? (Like for Oscars or other awards?) How about in competiton with non-silly items. I need to know the Offical limits, threadmaster....

Excuse me, Threadmistress.......(Or is it threadms????)

DixieGal · 03-25-2009, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Do nominations count? (Like for Oscars or other awards?) How about in competiton with non-silly items. I need to know the Offical limits, threadmaster....

Excuse me, Threadmistress.......(Or is it threadms????)

She is the Threadgoddess.

Greg Anos · 03-25-2009, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

She is the Threadgoddess.

DixieGal · 03-25-2009, 04:13 PM

Hey, put down those signs! This ain't no union shop! This is an anarchy.

vivaldirules · 03-25-2009, 04:17 PM

Silly? How about outrageous (but not necessarily funny)? The first one that comes to mind is the television commercial paid for by the American Petroleum Institute. Americans (probably everyone else, too) hate oil companies cuz they make lots of money and cuz they feed our insatiable desire for oil. In response, the API is trying to make them look less evil. One recent ad tries to do this by pointing out that most of us own a piece of the oil companies in our pension funds, 401(k) mutual funds, and the like. So I'm supposed to now say "I have seen the enemy and they are me - so maybe they're not as bad afterall". I wanted to throw something at the television.

vivaldirules · 03-25-2009, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

I think that Vivaldi is a silly cultural icon...

Hey!

Greg Anos · 03-25-2009, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Hey, put down those signs! This ain't no union shop! This is an anarchy.

Smile when you say that DixieGal, or send my your man....

DixieGal · 03-25-2009, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Silly? How about outrageous (but not necessarily funny)? The first one that comes to mind is the television commercial paid for by the American Petroleum Institute. Americans (probably everyone else, too) hate oil companies cuz they make lots of money and cuz they feed our insatiable desire for oil. In response, the API is trying to make them look less evil. One recent ad tries to do this by pointing out that most of us own a piece of the oil companies in our pension funds, 401(k) mutual funds, and the like. So I'm supposed to now say "I have seen the enemy and they are me - so maybe they're not as bad afterall". I wanted to throw something at the television.

Gas in my neighborhood went from $1.76 to $1.85 overnight last night. Why?

DixieGal · 03-25-2009, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

Smile when you say that DixieGal, or send my your man....

Gulp! OK, let's organize. Call it the Union of Amalgamated MR Silliness and Affiliated Tradespersons.

Greg Anos · 03-25-2009, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by DixieGal

Gulp! OK, let's organize. Call it the Union of Amalgamated MR Silliness and Affiliated Tradespersons.

You miscontrue...How dare you call a mercenary capitalist libertarian a Union picket...

DixieGal · 03-25-2009, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward

You miscontrue...How dare you call a mercenary capitalist libertarian a Union picket...

Moejoe · 03-25-2009, 04:51 PM

It has come to my attention that this thread is getting silly. Please cease and desist in all silliness forewith by Order of Her Majesty (and Corgis).

Yours

Major George Hummingbird Maffick (Mrs)

pshrynk · 03-25-2009, 05:53 PM

Oh! Sir Terry Pratchett!

RickyMaveety · 03-25-2009, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by RickyMaveety

One of the silliest cartoons ever made (and one of the most perfect). It has been named as a "culturally significant American film" by the US Film Preservation Board.

Gee .... who would have thought it .... silliness as culturally significant. Oh, yeah ... me!!

So, since I "own" this thread (not my idea, but I'm going with it for purposes of this post), anyone who posts to this thread is charged with the following task. Find at least one culturally significant item (as determined by some even marginally credible national association), from whatever culture you happen to belong to, that is also extremely "silly."

Thank you. And remember .... if you can't provide me with additional examples of culturally significant silliness, then no posting in this thread. So says the "owner" of the thread.

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Okay...

Don't the Pythons have OBE's or some such thing?

And Charlie Chaplin was given a Lifetime Achirvement Award by the Academy. Not actually a government sanction, but neither is Pulitzer.

And while we're vaguely on the topic of British Royalty and their Awards, Sir Paul wrote Bungalow Bill.

No, none of the Pythons have OBEs. My freaking uncle had an OBE, but none of the Pythons. Go figure.

Government sanction is not a requirement. Please note original post quoted above.

Chaplin's Lifetime Achievement award is duly noted. Pity the Academy never saw fit to give either him or any of his work a specific award, but then very little of what wins an Academy Award has anything to do with the quality of the work under consideration.

So, so far, I've found two bits of American silliness that have been recognized by credible institutions. You have found one great British actor who was chased out of the US by the tax authorities and because he married a very young woman, and who, belatedly was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by an apparently contrite Academy of MPAS.

It isn't looking good for any of the other nations or cultures at this point. Although, if the British have seen fit to knight Mr. Pratchett, then there's a real contribution to the thread, and thank you!

The other stuff .... since it doesn't relate to the original post, I am simply ignoring. I would have thought that the French or the Germans .... someone else, any one else, would have had some culturally significant silliness that had been recognized by some credible group.

Guess not. Too bad.

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03-25-2009, 02:47 PM	#16
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Okay... Don't the Pythons have OBE's or some such thing? And Charlie Chaplin was given a Lifetime Achirvement Award by the Academy. Not actually a government sanction, but neither is Pulitzer. And while we're vaguely on the topic of British Royalty and their Awards, Sir Paul wrote Bungalow Bill.

03-25-2009, 04:13 PM	#20
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Hey, put down those signs! This ain't no union shop! This is an anarchy.

03-25-2009, 04:17 PM	#21
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Silly? How about outrageous (but not necessarily funny)? The first one that comes to mind is the television commercial paid for by the American Petroleum Institute. Americans (probably everyone else, too) hate oil companies cuz they make lots of money and cuz they feed our insatiable desire for oil. In response, the API is trying to make them look less evil. One recent ad tries to do this by pointing out that most of us own a piece of the oil companies in our pension funds, 401(k) mutual funds, and the like. So I'm supposed to now say "I have seen the enemy and they are me - so maybe they're not as bad afterall". I wanted to throw something at the television.

03-25-2009, 04:51 PM	#28
Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	It has come to my attention that this thread is getting silly. Please cease and desist in all silliness forewith by Order of Her Majesty (and Corgis). Yours Major George Hummingbird Maffick (Mrs)

03-25-2009, 05:53 PM	#29
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Oh! Sir Terry Pratchett!