Dudley's dungeon -- Wednesday, 6 June, 2007

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Average rating: Fair
Number of ratings: 29

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Ranter	June 6, 2007 00:22
First comment: 13 February, 2007	12 comments written
No. A predictable punchline is preferable to none.
Wonderer	June 6, 2007 00:39
First comment: 22 March, 2007	106 comments written
No. But I'll give you an M if you tell me how to get that turn 1 clairvoyance.
SomeoneElse	June 6, 2007 01:42
First comment: 11 September, 2006	143 comments written
This one's no good.
Rodan	June 6, 2007 01:45
First comment: 28 March, 2007	15 comments written
No, that's not really a punchline...
Murph Istrare	June 6, 2007 02:07
First comment: 21 December, 2006	9 comments written
I concur. At least a bad joke is better than no joke.
Oryx	June 6, 2007 03:48
First comment: 27 April, 2007	9 comments written
If you could have invoked the irony while still having some sort of punchline, it would have been better.
Slowpoke	June 6, 2007 05:06
First comment: 27 February, 2007	239 comments written
The Internet OracleDelphi under towering Parnassus, where Apollo's oracle was, plays an important part in mythology. Castalia was its sacred spring; Cephissus its river. It was held to be the center of the world, so many pilgrims came to it, from foreign countries as well as Greece. No other shrine rivaled it. The answers to the questions asked by the anxious seekers for Truth were delivered by a priestess who went into a trance before she spoke. [ Mythology, by Edith Hamilton ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. has pondered your question deeply. Your question was: > With the death[Pestilence:] And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. [War:] And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. [Famine:] And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. [Death:] And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. [ Revelations of John, 6:1-8 ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. of Bob, is the world Hopeless? 'Coz I liked Paleface. And in response, thus spake the OracleDelphi under towering Parnassus, where Apollo's oracle was, plays an important part in mythology. Castalia was its sacred spring; Cephissus its river. It was held to be the center of the world, so many pilgrims came to it, from foreign countries as well as Greece. No other shrine rivaled it. The answers to the questions asked by the anxious seekers for Truth were delivered by a priestess who went into a trance before she spoke. [ Mythology, by Edith Hamilton ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.: } A Koan: } } "When," the supplicant asked at the evening meal, "can the entire worth } of an Oracularity be found in the question itself, though it consists } of a single lowly pun?" "When wit is wholly lacking in the reply," } spoke the OracleDelphi under towering Parnassus, where Apollo's oracle was, plays an important part in mythology. Castalia was its sacred spring; Cephissus its river. It was held to be the center of the world, so many pilgrims came to it, from foreign countries as well as Greece. No other shrine rivaled it. The answers to the questions asked by the anxious seekers for Truth were delivered by a priestess who went into a trance before she spoke. [ Mythology, by Edith Hamilton ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details., who swatted the supplicant across the forehead and } then turned back to his soup. And at that moment the supplicant was } enlightened.
L	June 6, 2007 05:25
First comment: 10 February, 2005	285 comments written
http://www.xkcd.com/c6.html
DaHusky	June 6, 2007 07:53
First comment: 4 June, 2007	27 comments written
Just... Bad
wilde@intevation.de	June 6, 2007 09:20
First comment: 6 June, 2007	1 comments written
It's indeed bad, no story, no real punchline... I like it! :-)
Nameless	June 6, 2007 10:09
First comment: 29 December, 2004	281 comments written
So ... I'm the only one who found this Excellent then?
Grognor	June 6, 2007 10:10
First comment: 4 April, 2007	1161 comments written
Well, I kinda liked it.
Mordae	June 6, 2007 14:56
First comment: 11 May, 2007	116 comments written
The inference of the one-liner is that Dudley's actions really don't matter. I suppose that if the pane was followed immediately with "DYWYPI?" it would be more obvious, but I thought it was worth a grin.
Mikoangelo	June 6, 2007 19:54
First comment: 19 October, 2005	82 comments written
I concur on the fact that this comic is VERY GOOD! Excellent!
Alcari	June 6, 2007 21:20
First comment: 11 September, 2006	93 comments written
sorry, the joke sucks. Though the link to XKCD makes up a little. L has a good sense of humor :)
1338h4x	June 6, 2007 21:35
First comment: 19 September, 2006	102 comments written
I meant to warn everyone yesterday about the incredibly bad joke here. dodges tomatos
1338h4x	June 6, 2007 23:02
First comment: 19 September, 2006	102 comments written
Er, dodges tomatos
Fathead	June 9, 2007 20:25
First comment: 1 April, 2006	1136 comments written
Hey, I wrote that Supplication! Gee! Wonderer's comment make the frame funnier.
Antheridium	June 12, 2007 08:12
First comment: 17 May, 2007	442 comments written
Sad... but true. Perhaps this is the most refined form of the newt(kinds of) small animal, like a lizard, which spends most of its time in the water. [ Oxford's Student's Dictionary of Current English ] "Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble." [ Macbeth, by William Shakespeare ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details. death[Pestilence:] And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. [War:] And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. [Famine:] And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. [Death:] And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. [ Revelations of John, 6:1-8 ] Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.? I can still only rate it Fair.
Toby Bartels	February 3, 2009 22:23
First comment: 11 August, 2007	83 comments written
There is a punchline, in the footnote. But for it to work, you have to pretend that the footnote is not part of the comic. But for the comic to be funny, you have to pretend that the footnote is part of the comic after all. This makes the comic Deep.

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