AfternoonTea
Tuesday 8th March 2011 10:44pm [Edited]
Kent
11 posts
Quote: MrIntelligent2 Dude @ December 11 2010, 5:45 PM GMT
I'm not sure if it's a lack of self-awareness or simply plain idiocy, but whenever I hear people quote one-liners from their favourite film/tv sketch etc, I cringe.
Don't these people realise just how stupid they sound by trying to imitate someone else's gags?
What might sound funny on screen generally sounds absolutely awful in real life, especially if you recognise the exact quote in question.
At my workplace the other day I overheard 2 colleagues giggling uncontrollably whilst re-enacting a scene from Holy Grail, whereby one of them kept repeating, 'no it isn't, it's only a scratch', to much laughter and delight from the simpletons working nearby.
When they asked why I wasn't laughing, I simply shook my head, rolled my eyes and groaned.
I've come to the conclusion that people who quote films/sketches are indeed the lamest of the lame. That is all.
I do it all the time, I don't see it as pathetic, it's nice because we watch the shows that make us laugh because it makes us happy, and to quote the right thing in the right moment can be a wonferful thing because you're relieving the genius of it, nothing wrong with that surely? It's the same way people quote litrature, philosophers or poetry......... Comedy IS my philosophy, and often my poetry too.