how come?

[Mystik]

why is "awe" terrible when its full and great when it only has some?

[bearded]

my answer is this:

[Mystik]

so is that an awesome or an awful answer?

[daglob]

How come it's cute when it has "wwwwwww".

[Deaths Jester]

How come it's cute when it has "wwwwwww".

I'm not quite sure..maybe becuase it doesn't have 'TTTTTTTTTT"?

[Tawodi Osdi]

How come you never hear of anyone being just whelmed?

[ow_tiobe_sb]

How come you never hear of anyone being just whelmed?

Actually, I have.  The term was used much more frequently in texts written prior to 1900^*, before "whelmed over" became largely standardised as "overwhelmed."

Of course, I've gone and spoilt your jest.

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and Whirled Braker

^* Such as Spenser's The Faerie Queene, parts of which appeared on your reading list last semester:

from Booke VII, Canto 6, Stanza liii

So they him follow'd till they weary were;
When, back returning to Molann' againe,
They, by commaund'ment of Diana , there
Her whelm'd with stones.

[Reepicheep]

Get out of this forum, Tiobe.

[ow_tiobe_sb]

Get out of this forum, Tiobe.

But...but...I can play too!

Erm...Ah...How come kids today don't know the difference between their asymptote and a hole in the graph?

No, that's not quite right.  Uh...Oh, I've got one!  Sola lingua bona est lingua mortua.



Wait!  Wait!  This one's a killer: "ὦ Κρίτων, ἔφη, τῷ Ἀσκληπιῷ ὀφείλομεν ἀλεκτρυόνα: ἀλλὰ ἀπόδοτε καὶ μὴ ἀμελήσητε."






Bugger. *leaves*

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and Whirled Braker

[The Phantom Eyebrow]

Well now, I'm no expert, but it seems to me the obvious answer behind the whole overwhelmed / underwhelmed thing, is that being whelmed is the normal human condition.  By this I mean to say that we enjoy (nay, need) to experience a certain degree of whelmedness at all times.  It is only when something is particularly impressive or disappointing that we feel the need to comment on it and the impect it has on our current levels of whelmly, causing to lurch above or below the level we normally enjoy. 

Hope that helps! 

[Tawodi Osdi]

Next you'll say that the Martian atmosphere is too thin to support life and therefore disproving the existence of scantily clad Martian princesses.

[The Phantom Eyebrow]

All whelmed, all the time! 24-hour whelm-o-rama!

[daglob]

Next you'll say that the Martian atmosphere is too thin to support life and therefore disproving the existence of scantily clad Martian princesses.

No, they develop larger... lungs to make up the difference.

Ahhh... A Princess of Mars, Queen of the Martian Catacombs, The Sword of Rhiannon, Blades of Mars, Shambleau... we are talking some GOOD reading.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Next you'll say that the Martian atmosphere is too thin to support life and therefore disproving the existence of scantily clad Martian princesses.

No, they develop larger... lungs to make up the difference.

Ahhh... A Princess of Mars, Queen of the Martian Catacombs, The Sword of Rhiannon, Blades of Mars, Shamwow... we are talking some GOOD reading.

Shamwow?!  Now yer talkin'!

[ow_tiobe_sb]

Shamwow?!  Now yer talkin'!

Ma Ma Se, Ma Ma Sa, Ma Ma Coo Sa!  Ma Ma Se, Ma Ma Sa, Ma Ma Coo Sa!

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and King of Prat

[Deaths Jester]

Shamwow?!  Now yer talkin'!

Ma Ma Se, Ma Ma Sa, Ma Ma Coo Sa!  Ma Ma Se, Ma Ma Sa, Ma Ma Coo Sa!

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and King of Prat

Tiobe...quit trying to call forth the long lost cousin of Cthullu, Ma Ma Sa Caa Coo....stop it now before we all start wearing pink bowes and dresses!!!!

[ow_tiobe_sb]

....stop it now before we all start wearing pink bowes and dresses!!!!

...or white, unmatched glitter gloves...

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and King of Prat

[The Phantom Eyebrow]

Very true, that.  A good pair of glitter gloves simply cannot be matched by any other form of handwear.  I've always held that to be the case. 

[Deaths Jester]

Very true, that.  A good pair of glitter gloves simply cannot be matched by any other form of handwear.  I've always held that to be the case. 

AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!  White glitter gloves!!!!  EVIL!!! EVIL!!!!!!

[cmdrkoenig67]

Oh Noes!  Hello Chtulhu...

[Deaths Jester]

No that's not Chtulhu..that's his little sister Canthula, scourge of all bakery objects...see the ribbons on the tentecles..that's what gives it all away!!

[The Phantom Eyebrow]

No that's not Chtulhu..that's his little sister Canthula, scourge of all bakery objects...see the ribbons on the tentecles..that's what gives it all away!!

I'm no expert, but I strongly suspect that that in all of human of history, that combination of words has never been put together in the one sentence.  Certainly not in that sequence anyway.

[Deaths Jester]

No that's not Chtulhu..that's his little sister Canthula, scourge of all bakery objects...see the ribbons on the tentecles..that's what gives it all away!!

I'm no expert, but I strongly suspect that that in all of human of history, that combination of words has never been put together in the one sentence.  Certainly not in that sequence anyway.

Last I checked most of you blokes don't even consider me part of human history!

[Tawodi Osdi]

No that's not Chtulhu..that's his little sister Canthula, scourge of all bakery objects...see the ribbons on the tentecles..that's what gives it all away!!

I'm no expert, but I strongly suspect that that in all of human of history, that combination of words has never been put together in the one sentence.  Certainly not in that sequence anyway.

Last I checked most of you blokes don't even consider me part of human history!

Are you suggesting that you are actually a part of the space-time continuum?

[ow_tiobe_sb]

Last I checked most of you blokes don't even consider me part of human history!

Are you suggesting that you are actually a part of the space-time continuum?

Aye, 'tis very true!  The (remains of a) man is an utter waste of space-time, to be sure!

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and Whirled Braker

[Mr. Hamrick]

Last I checked most of you blokes don't even consider me part of human history!

Are you suggesting that you are actually a part of the space-time continuum?

Aye, 'tis very true!  The (remains of a) man is an utter waste of space-time, to be sure!

ow_tiobe_sb
Phantom Bunburyist and Whirled Braker

same could be said of a lot of men... living or dead or undead.

[thalaw2]

How not come?!?!?!