The Index of the Giant's Comments V―On a Saner Forum, We Wouldn't Need this Index

[Peelee]

Sometimes I prefer the oldfashioned option, "as the actress said to the bishop".

I believe that's a very specifically British one, though.

[HorizonWalker]

Sometimes I prefer the oldfashioned option, "as the actress said to the bishop".

I believe that's a very specifically British one, though.

It's also more longwinded than "that's what she said," and also may take a fair bit of explaining on your part if the person you're talking to doesn't get it, or doesn't understand what actresses, bishops, and sexual innuendo have to do with each other.

[Gwynfrid]

It's a play on "That's what she said", implying sexual innuendo. (As in someone saiys "<phrase that could have a double meaning when referring to something about sex, even when the innocent meaning is intended.>" then another replies "That's what she said!") Which... it's not a phrase I'm particularly fond of, especially because it's often simply inserted everywhere.

That's what she said.

Nice. I learned something today! Thanks to both of you.

[Floogal]

jasdoif is our resident banana, look at their avatar and signature.

Just to nitpick:
If you're viewing this forum on a mobile phone, you don't see their custom banana avatar. You instead see a stock Oots avatar of a dagger-wielding bloke in a dark cloak.

[Throknor]

If you have to explain a joke then it failed.

A bit late, but I'm throwing this in in honor of the last main book coming up (and none of the proposed grabbed me).

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Final Chapter

[HorizonWalker]

If you have to explain a joke then it failed.

Eh, just about every joke ever is gonna take some explanation for someone to get it. It's not anyone's fault in particular, most of the time- it's not my fault for picking an obscure joke, because "That's what she said" isn't an obscure joke, and it's not Gwynfrid's fault they don't understand every single pop culture catchphrase that's flittered into their life like a plastic bag on the wind.

[Quebbster]

It's also more longwinded than "that's what she said," and also may take a fair bit of explaining on your part if the person you're talking to doesn't get it, or doesn't understand what actresses, bishops, and sexual innuendo have to do with each other.

Hence my preference. as the bishop said to the actress.

If you have to explain a joke then it failed.

A bit late, but I'm throwing this in in honor of the last main book coming up (and none of the proposed grabbed me).

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Final Chapter

I like the thought, but I don't think this will be the last iteration of the thread so the title may be a bit misleading. Maybe something like
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Beginning of The End (possibly "of the story" if it fits)

[D.One]

Hence my preference. as the bishop said to the actress.

I like the thought, but I don't think this will be the last iteration of the thread so the title may be a bit misleading. Maybe something like
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Beginning of The End (possibly "of the story" if it fits)

Just to be clear, I keep my vote where it is (That's What HE Said and Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas).

That said, I believe this suggestion is improved by making it "The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Beginning of The End (possibly)"

[Schroeswald]

You know if this thread keeps moving at the pace it has today we’ll be on the next one before the book ends.

[Quebbster]

Just to be clear, I keep my vote where it is (That's What HE Said and Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas).

That said, I believe this suggestion is improved by making it "The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Beginning of The End (possibly)"

I do believe you have a good point, sir.

[Emanick]

"That's what HE said"... Well, I don't get the joke or reference, assuming there's one.

In addition to what everyone else has already said, it doubles as a reference to the punchline of this strip. (That's how I interpreted it, anyway.)

[D.One]

In addition to what everyone else has already said, it doubles as a reference to the punchline of this strip. (That's how I interpreted it, anyway.)

And besides all the jokes and references, this thread is basically built around what HE (The Giant) said, because our forum isn't sane enough to not need such index :-)

[Jasdoif]

Have I voted against including the tweet yet?

You hadn't expressed your opinion (that I saw) until this moment, no.

That brings it to....5 for, 12 against; minimally underwater. Okay, in case the topic hasn't settled down yet, anyone else have opinions on this?

Minrah is her own character with her own role. She's not anyone's replacement, any more than Blackwing replaced V.

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And again; new page, new reminder about thread title vote, etc.

While this isn't formal, we've got a few pages left before the next thread, so in the interests of post wrangling....

This will be approval voting: vote for (and/or propose) as many titles as you like, even if there's only one you like; whichever title has the most people voting for it will be the title of the next thread. In the case of a tie, I will choose one of the tied options.
....
I'll be tracking viable titles until I start on the next thread in...a few pages.

Incidentally, if anyone is intentionally changing their vote, please make a new post containing all the titles you're voting for; trying to track one person's vote across multiple posts almost guarantees I'm going to mess up somewhere....

Proposed Title	Votes	Voters
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Rich in Comments	9	Gift Jeraff, NobleCuriosity, Caerulea, snowblizz, Emanick, dmc91356, Sir Norbert, Algeh, Joerg
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's What HE Said	9	Ron Miel, D.One, HorizonWalker, snowblizz, Bundin, Emanick, dmc91356, Kish, Joerg
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas	8	137ben, D.One, Emanick, Squire Doodad, Schroeswald, b_jonas, Rollin, super dark33
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Now Up to 50% On Topic	8	Gwynfrid, Lissou, Zherog, DataNinja, Fyraltari, Caerulea, Algeh, Rollin
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Bimonthly Banana Bread at Best	2	Resileaf, Gwynfrid
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from a Few Zapped Pines	2	Reboot, b_jonas
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Undiscovered Comment	2	rbetieh, Algeh
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Clearly Just Advertising Copy	1	Doug Lampert
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Annotated Edition	1	Fyraltari
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Beginning of the End	1	Quebbster
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Final Chapter	1	Throknor

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If you have to explain a joke then it failed.

A bit late, but I'm throwing this in in honor of the last main book coming up (and none of the proposed grabbed me).

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Final Chapter

I like the thought, but I don't think this will be the last iteration of the thread so the title may be a bit misleading.

Hmm....I could see it working as sort of a Final Fantasy reference.

[Emanick]

I'd like to withdraw my vote for Rich in Comments. I don't think it's as good.

[Jasdoif]

Ah, knew I forgot to re-quote something....

Incidentally, if anyone is intentionally changing their vote, please make a new post containing all the titles you're voting for; trying to track one person's vote across multiple posts almost guarantees I'm going to mess up somewhere....

[Emanick]

My bad. In that case, I'm voting for:

1. The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas
2. The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's What HE Said

[Jasdoif]

My bad.

Hardly your fault that I didn't remember to quote that bit across the page boundary before you posted o_o In any case, that breaks the tie for first-place:

Proposed Title	Votes	Voters
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's What HE Said	9	Ron Miel, D.One, HorizonWalker, snowblizz, Bundin, dmc91356, Kish, Joerg, Emanick
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas	8	137ben, D.One, Squire Doodad, Schroeswald, b_jonas, Rollin, super dark33, Emanick
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Now Up to 50% On Topic	8	Gwynfrid, Lissou, Zherog, DataNinja, Fyraltari, Caerulea, Algeh, Rollin
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Rich in Comments	8	Gift Jeraff, NobleCuriosity, Caerulea, snowblizz, dmc91356, Sir Norbert, Algeh, Joerg
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Bimonthly Banana Bread at Best	2	Resileaf, Gwynfrid
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from a Few Zapped Pines	2	Reboot, b_jonas
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Undiscovered Comment	2	rbetieh, Algeh
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Clearly Just Advertising Copy	1	Doug Lampert
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Annotated Edition	1	Fyraltari
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Beginning of the End	1	Quebbster
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Final Chapter	1	Throknor

[Lissou]

I would like to keep my vote for Now up to 50% on Topic but also add a vote to That's what HE said.

[Throknor]

Chane mine to Now up to 50% on Topic.

[Schroeswald]

I would like to keep my vote for Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas and add one to Bimonthly Banana Bread at Best

[Mad Humanist]

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI ― Making Dogma from zapped bananas

Okay I shall vote for this one, just so that my life has some impact on the world for good or evil. Hey, I'm a chaos voter.

[Sir_Norbert]

I wish to keep my vote for "Rich in Comments" and add a vote for "Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas".

[Gwynfrid]

Eh, just about every joke ever is gonna take some explanation for someone to get it. It's not anyone's fault in particular, most of the time- it's not my fault for picking an obscure joke, because "That's what she said" isn't an obscure joke, and it's not Gwynfrid's fault they don't understand every single pop culture catchphrase that's flittered into their life like a plastic bag on the wind.

This is true. In addition, while the joke may not be obscure in the broad English-speaking culture, it certainly is to other cultures, such as my own, where English isn't the first language. So, I don't mind the joke being explained to me, in fact I find it great.

In addition to what everyone else has already said, it doubles as a reference to the punchline of this strip. (That's how I interpreted it, anyway.)

... And yes I had totally missed it at the time. I guess I didn't find the time to go check the forum for an explanation back then.

You know if this thread keeps moving at the pace it has today we’ll be on the next one before the book ends.

I think it's entirely possible that we fill 50 pages with a discussion of our next thread title after this one

[D.One]

I think it's entirely possible that we fill 50 pages with a discussion of our next thread title after this one

I'll take the oportunity to submit for the next next iteration:

The Index of the Giant's Comments VII ― Focusing on What Matters: Discussing Titles

[Doug Lampert]

Change my vote:
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Now Up to 50% On Topic
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Undiscovered Comment
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's What HE Said

Any of those is good enough.

[Jasdoif]

I think it's entirely possible that we fill 50 pages with a discussion of our next thread title after this one

If it means I don't have to hold an official vote across multiple threads, I'll consider that a feature

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Proposed Title	Votes	Voters
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's What HE Said	11	Ron Miel, D.One, HorizonWalker, snowblizz, Bundin, dmc91356, Kish, Joerg, Emanick, Lissou, Doug Lampert
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from Zapped Bananas	10	137ben, D.One, Squire Doodad, b_jonas, Rollin, super dark33, Emanick, Schroeswald, Mad Humanist, Sir_Norbert
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Now Up to 50% On Topic	10	Gwynfrid, Zherog, DataNinja, Fyraltari, Caerulea, Algeh, Rollin, Lissou, Throknor, Doug Lampert
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Rich in Comments	8	Gift Jeraff, NobleCuriosity, Caerulea, snowblizz, dmc91356, Algeh, Joerg, Sir_Norbert
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Bimonthly Banana Bread at Best	3	Resileaf, Gwynfrid, Schroeswald
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Undiscovered Comment	3	rbetieh, Algeh, Doug Lampert
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - Making Dogma from a Few Zapped Pines	2	Reboot, b_jonas
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Annotated Edition	1	Fyraltari
The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Beginning of the End	1	Quebbster

[Charybdis136]

I vote The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - That's What HE Said

[Ortho]

I cast my votes for Rich in Comments

Unlike the previous Rich title pun, this one works on two levels, so that's enough to make it my favorite.

[Jaxzan Proditor]

Considering that some people have expressed a belief Minrah is replacing someone in the Order (I’ve seen some Durkon, and now more Belkar), I’m in favor of including the tweet.

[Cerlis]

If you have to explain a joke then it failed.

A bit late, but I'm throwing this in in honor of the last main book coming up (and none of the proposed grabbed me).

The Index of the Giant's Comments VI - The Final Chapter

if a joke stops being funny because people understand it it wasnt funny. usually what people are doing is just making it a meme. people laugh because they are 'in' on it and have that dopamine feeling of recognizing something, making that mental connection and then feeling special to be 'in' on it

every funny joke can be explained , all humor can be. its just most people who explore that (see: Big Bang Theory and Their Horrible Characterization of Sheldon) go out of their way to make anyone trying to understand humor a moron who doesnt get it