Reply to: "It's not as good as the book"

[threaded]

You only spelled that correctly because Martin Amis wrote it for you. That wasn't a compliment (or a complement) by the way.

Your googling skills are improving.

[Lucifer Box]

Watch the humourless closely: the cocked and furtive way they monitor all conversation, their flashes of panic as irony or exaggeration eludes them, the relief with which they submit to the meaningless babble of unanimous laughter. The humourless can programme themselves to relish situations of human farce or slapstick -- and that’s about it. They are handicapped in the head, or mentally ‘challenged’, as Americans say (euphemism itself being a denial of humour). The trouble is that the challenge wins, every time, hands down. The humourless have no idea what is going on and can’t make sense of anything at all.

You only spelled that correctly because Martin Amis wrote it for you. That wasn't a compliment (or a complement) by the way.

[sasguru]

And all this to cover the fact that you can't spell? How sad

[threaded]

Pardon me for not noticing, I thought jokes had to have an element of humour about them?

Watch the humourless closely: the cocked and furtive way they monitor all conversation, their flashes of panic as irony or exaggeration eludes them, the relief with which they submit to the meaningless babble of unanimous laughter. The humourless can programme themselves to relish situations of human farce or slapstick -- and that’s about it. They are handicapped in the head, or mentally ‘challenged’, as Americans say (euphemism itself being a denial of humour). The trouble is that the challenge wins, every time, hands down. The humourless have no idea what is going on and can’t make sense of anything at all.

[sasguru]

The joke went over your head, don't worry, there'll be an easier one along later.

Pardon me for not noticing, I thought jokes had to have an element of humour about them?

[threaded]

Showing your dunce quotient again, I see.

The joke went over your head, don't worry, there'll be an easier one along later.

[sasguru]

No, complement

HTH

Showing your dunce quotient again, I see.

[Mordac]

Erm, the joke was wikipedia...

...as opposed to funny.

[threaded]

Erm, the joke was wikipedia...

[The Lone Gunman]

No, complement

HTH

Oh dear.
Complement. To complete.
Compliment. To give praise.

[threaded]

No, complement

HTH

[sasguru]

I think that is what is known as a "backhanded complement". The book is truly dire, so badly written I would say I've seen better composed 5th form essays in the CSE stream.

compliment, FFS.

[Mordac]

I think that is what is known as a "backhanded complement". The book is truly dire, so badly written I would say I've seen better composed 5th form essays in the CSE stream.

Were you in the CSE stream long?

[Davros]

It's As Good As The Book

Where Eagles Dare.

[AtW]

Good point - Lord of the Rings in the book is better than the movie, yet the movie is still master class (well, maybe not boring first page, but 3rd is certainly very good): its different stuff and good books are very hard to put in movie.

Have neither read the book nor seen the movie of that Da Vinchi stuff - it gets hyped way too much IMO so expectations of some may be very unreasonable.