060606: A critique

[Waldi]

Anytime someone brings up the numerical taboo of triple six to me, I inform them that it is also the numerical symbol for the sun - thus blowing the air right out of their baloon.

Could that point to this british newspaper ???
(Oh, I love conspiration-theories...you can create them out of everything in nearly no time )

[BigBadQDaddy]

Truly, is there no critical reasoning in people's minds anymore? When will this numerologic nonsense ever end?

1) No there definatley is not any critical reasoning in peoples minds any more.

2) This numerologic nonsense will never end. I did a couple of equations just to make sure.

P.S.: just a small English question: what is the meaning of 'tongue-in-cheel'? I see it often used, but never really understood the meaning. Also, any clue as to what would be its literal meaning? In other words, why 'tongue-in-cheek'?
Thanks

3) We will never give up our secrets!

[Undead Cabbage]

I'll still look at the sky, because to be fair, most entertainers arrive late at their shows so maybe our favorite Horsemen are waiting for a last minute appearance.

Well, we'll just have to keep our eyes open on september 9th, 2009, and hope that the horseman read the manual upside down.

2) This numerologic nonsense will never end. I did a couple of equations just to make sure.

Agreed, for instance, there's the old proof that women are evil:

Women=Time x Money

Time=Money

Women=Money Squared

Since money is the root of all evil
Therefore, women are evil.

This isn't so much numbers as it is the premise that regardless of how logical it may actually be, if something sounds logical people will believe it.

[Jack of Tears]

>>just a small English question: what is the meaning of 'tongue-in-cheel'? I see it often used, but never really understood the meaning. Also, any clue as to what would be its literal meaning? In other words, why 'tongue-in-cheek'?
Thanks.<<


Thought I'd finally get around to addressing this question. From Wikpedia:



Tongue-in-cheek is a term that refers to a style of humour in which things are said only half seriously, or in a subtly mocking way. To say something in a tongue-in-cheek way is to speak with irony.


Origin of the term
The term first appeared in print in the book The Ingoldsby Legends by Richard Harris Barham, published in 1845. The author uses the term describing a Frenchman:

He fell to admiring his friend's English watch.
He examined the face,
And the back of the case,
And the young Lady's portrait there, done on enamel, he
Saw by the likeness was one of the family;
Cried 'Superbe! Magnifique!' (With his tongue in his cheek)
Then he open'd the case, just to take a peep in it, and
Seized the occasion to pop back the minute hand.


Tongue-in-cheek humour in fiction
Tongue-in-cheek humour in fiction often takes the form of gentle parodies. Such stories seem to abide by the conventions of an established serious genre, while in reality, they gently poke fun at some aspects of that genre. A tongue-in-cheek work still relies on these conventions and is not the same as a farce. Good examples of films that are made in a tongue-in-cheek way are An American Werewolf in London, Scream, or True Lies. Note that these films are still faithful to their genre (horror and spy, respectively) and are not out-and-out parodies such as Airplane!.



At one time people would press their tongues into their cheeks after making a comment meant in humor, but which might accidentally be taken seriously. This signal was meant to assure the listener that the comment was indeed facetious.