It would have been inevitable...


From the The World According To America challenge. See all 275 entries (closed)

( mike woz ere puts the 'sexy' in 'dyslexia', Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:02, archived)

yes it would have been
NOT
( the wild elk Freeing excellence affects reality, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:03, archived)

Was that "not" said in an American accent?

( mike woz ere puts the 'sexy' in 'dyslexia', Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:03, archived)

no, in a strong west country drone

( the wild elk Freeing excellence affects reality, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:04, archived)

It was irony...
Apparently it's not only American's who can't appreciate it.
( mike woz ere puts the 'sexy' in 'dyslexia', Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:05, archived)

yes, canadians confuse irony with 'mildly irritating'

( the wild elk Freeing excellence affects reality, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:06, archived)

*furrows brow*
No we don't.
(rogue sausage superfluous apostrophe pedagogue, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:09, archived)

well, Alanus Nicorette does

( the wild elk Freeing excellence affects reality, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:10, archived)

but surely if all the things she talks about in the song aren't ironic
it makes the whole song ironic by default?
( DeKay There's jam in the bath!, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:11, archived)

blimey
that's deep
*ponders*
( the wild elk Freeing excellence affects reality, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:12, archived)

I like to think this is what she was getting at.
But I don't think it is.
( mike woz ere puts the 'sexy' in 'dyslexia', Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:14, archived)

Scroll down to
Linguistic controversy.

Can't believe I'm defending that daft bint.
(rogue sausage superfluous apostrophe pedagogue, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:23, archived)

Still...
as Oxford dictionary said there was some irony in the song, Alanis is still wrong.
( mike woz ere puts the 'sexy' in 'dyslexia', Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:31, archived)

If it's any consolation...
I've added an ellipsis for people who haven't understood the competition this week.
( mike woz ere puts the 'sexy' in 'dyslexia', Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:09, archived)

aar I hear that bey!

( Count Vanderhoff trying to learn tattyshop, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:17, archived)

I hope the god the
resistance would have be violent and bloody
( Neon Blue Ah ha ha, I feel positively Capital!, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:09, archived)

Yes.
It's a well known fact that the Americans exterminated all those silly 'human statues' at the end of the war.
( Count Vanderhoff trying to learn tattyshop, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:19, archived)

READ THE COMPO.

( mike woz ere puts the 'sexy' in 'dyslexia', Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:34, archived)

and?

( Count Vanderhoff trying to learn tattyshop, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:43, archived)

weep?

( the wild elk Freeing excellence affects reality, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:43, archived)

*weeps*

( Count Vanderhoff trying to learn tattyshop, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:45, archived)

That is sadly so true
We needed the Americans to manufacture parts for us as the Nazis had bombed us to shit.

Of course, the Americans charged twice as much, because we have a 'special' relationship, and then stole all our technology.
Then they patented it and sued us for breach of patent if we dared to export it anywere.
Which is how they became a superpower.
( coder.keitaro I like pies!, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:21, archived)

As British generals
used Canadian and Australian soldiers as cannon fodder, my sympathy is fucking nil.
(rogue sausage superfluous apostrophe pedagogue, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:26, archived)

and Indian
don't forget Indian
( the wild elk Freeing excellence affects reality, Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:27, archived)

IT BEGINS!

( mike woz ere puts the 'sexy' in 'dyslexia', Thu 23 Feb 2006, 8:30, archived)