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ITSBRY

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« on: December 01, 2005, 10:11:18 PM »
I love the Onion...thought this was kinda cute. Really bad photoshop job though.

http://www.theonion.com/content/files/imag...e_thumbnail.jpg

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Kevin Prather

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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2005, 10:13:33 PM »
Somehow, I think "$25,000 Pyramid" just has a better ring to it.
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BrandonFG

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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2005, 10:19:00 PM »
It's a JOKE, Zach. Laugh, don't correct it.

Heh...they used the "Anthing with a collar" typo. :-P
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« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2005, 12:34:47 AM »
[quote name=\'ITSBRY\' date=\'Dec 1 2005, 10:11 PM\']http://www.theonion.com/content/files/imag...e_thumbnail.jpg
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"Welcome to The Fifty-Three-Thousand-Seven-Hundred-Fifteen-Dollar-Eighty-Nine-Cent Pyramid.  Let's meet...what, already?  Well, that's all the time we have for today.  We'll see you next time.  Dick Clark (salutes), so long!"

But wouldn't they have to change the title of the show every day? :-)
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aaron sica

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« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2005, 09:27:52 AM »
[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Dec 2 2005, 12:34 AM\'][quote name=\'ITSBRY\' date=\'Dec 1 2005, 10:11 PM\']http://www.theonion.com/content/files/imag...e_thumbnail.jpg
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"Welcome to The Fifty-Three-Thousand-Seven-Hundred-Fifteen-Dollar-Eighty-Nine-Cent Pyramid.  Let's meet...what, already?  Well, that's all the time we have for today.  We'll see you next time.  Dick Clark (salutes), so long!"

But wouldn't they have to change the title of the show every day? :-)
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Or better yet, the title of the show would be changing on its own while Dick would be talking. :)
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SRIV94

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« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2005, 11:56:56 AM »
This could work.

So long as it's sponsored by Comcast.  :)

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uncamark

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« Reply #6 on: December 02, 2005, 12:07:30 PM »
[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Dec 1 2005, 11:34 PM\'][quote name=\'ITSBRY\' date=\'Dec 1 2005, 10:11 PM\']http://www.theonion.com/content/files/imag...e_thumbnail.jpg
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"Welcome to The Fifty-Three-Thousand-Seven-Hundred-Fifteen-Dollar-Eighty-Nine-Cent Pyramid.  Let's meet...what, already?  Well, that's all the time we have for today.  We'll see you next time.  Dick Clark (salutes), so long!"

But wouldn't they have to change the title of the show every day? :-)
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Gus

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« Reply #7 on: December 02, 2005, 02:28:49 PM »
Actually, I think they meant to put $50715.89, which is what the Inflation Calculator at http://westegg.com/inflation/ returns when you convert $25,000 from 1982 to 2005.

Couldn't they just round it off to the $50,000 Pyramid? ;-)
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Kevin Prather

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« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2005, 09:24:02 PM »
Holy good God WHOOOSH!
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Robert Hutchinson

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« Reply #9 on: December 03, 2005, 01:51:08 AM »
Um, analyzing the joke too much, maybe, but not WHOOSH. He's pointing out that they screwed up their "exact" figure, and making a reference to the $50K Pyramid.
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Kevin Prather

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« Reply #10 on: December 03, 2005, 03:57:03 PM »
No. Whooosh. It's okay if the figure isn't exact. The whole point of this type of humor, and what makes it funny, is EXAGGERATION.
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« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2005, 04:17:17 PM »
[quote name=\'whoserman\' date=\'Dec 3 2005, 04:57 PM\']No. Whooosh. It's okay if the figure isn't exact. The whole point of this type of humor, and what makes it funny, is EXAGGERATION.
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NO, it's an overanalysis. No WHOOSH necessary in this case, IMO.
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Kevin Prather

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« Reply #12 on: December 03, 2005, 04:27:19 PM »
This is silly. Why are we arguing over something so petty? And we wonder why we have problems...

I shall drop it.
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Gus

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« Reply #13 on: December 03, 2005, 09:18:18 PM »
For the record, I know exectly what their point was, and where the humor is dervied, and I knew I was gonna get WHOOSHed by someone for mentioning such an inane fact.
I was really just pointing out their presumed source for the figure, and the fact that a realistic inflation-adjusted game show prize value would be $50,000, not implying that the photo was intended to be realistic in any fashion.
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Robert Hutchinson

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« Reply #14 on: December 04, 2005, 04:40:26 AM »
The only reason I ever stick my foot in the door for things like this is usually some piddling, barely related point--in this case, upholding the definition of "whooosh".

A nitpick that has no bearing on a joke's humor is still a nitpick, and not a missing of the joke.
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