GREAT ON PAPER!

[Zhukov]

Can this comment be elevated to the new "You are a Nazi" jibe? ie if someone says:
Sounds great in theory, but then again, so dis Karl Marx' theories. Like communism, it works in theory, but human nature gets in the way.
Good on paper, bad in practice, like Communism.
...then they automaticaly lose the argument?
Achimp I hope you were joking :(

[Spectre X]

But Communism really IS only good on paper.

[Zhukov]

It shouldn't matter if it does or not; that type of sentence is fucking annoying. :(

I see it lots of times >:

[the_dudefather]

i mean that type of sentance looks great on.....


im going to stop now

[DeadKennedys]

What's equally annoying is the people who keep ranting that Communism can really work!

[Zhukov]

It's annoying because it is so cliche and it is never weighted with any real discussion.

I don't do that. On purpose.

And I don't rant, either.

[AChimp]

Find me an example of a Communist country that hasn't gone down the shitter or whose leadership hasn't wound up being a bunch of paranoid, power-tripping control freaks then.

Everyone is supposed to be equal under communism, but it always ends up being that some are more equal than others.

[Perndog]

You dirty bastards (excluding Zhukov). Read my response to those quotes in the other thread. >:

[Ant10708]

Communism can work in small communites like religious communites such as the Francescan Brothers.

[ItalianStereotype]

Unbreakable Union of freeborn Republics,
Great Russia has welded forever to stand.
Created in struggle by will of the people,
United and mighty, our Soviet land!

Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!

Through tempests the sunrays of freedom have cheered us,
Along the new path where great Lenin did lead.
To a righteous cause he raised up the peoples,
Inspired them to labor and valorous deed.
[Or, the old way:
Be true to the people, thus Stalin has reared us,
Inspire us to labor and valorous deed!]

Sing to the Motherland, home of the free,
Bulwark of peoples in brotherhood strong.
O Party of Lenin, the strength of the people,
To Communism's triumph lead us on!

In the vict'ry of Communism's deathless ideal,
We see the future of our dear land.
And to her fluttering scarlet banner,
Selflessly true we always shall stand!

[Anonymous]

Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC
Didn't get to bed last night
Oh, the way the paper bag was on my knee
Man, I had a dreadful flight
I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the USSR, yeah

Been away so long I hardly knew the place
Gee, it's good to be back home
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case
Honey disconnect the phone
I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the US
Back in the US
Back in the USSR

Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the west behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
They Georgia's always on my my my my my my my my my mind
Oh, come on
Hu Hey Hu, hey, ah, yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are, boys
Back in the USSR

Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the west behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
They Georgia's always on my my my my my my my my my mind

Oh, show me round your snow peaked
mountain way down south
Take me to you daddy's farm
Let me hear you balalaika's ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm
I'm back in the USSR
Hey, You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the USSR
Oh, let me tell you honey

[kellychaos]

I assume that you've read Animal Farm? That's pretty good on paper.

[Emu]

PUNS >:

[executioneer]

you know what else is good on paper acid man that sh*t is truppy as F*CK lol

[Helm]

animal farm is a piece of crap

[Preechr]

I think she was referring to a book.

[Helm]

More about

[Perndog]

...puns.

[Anonymous]

Pun

A pun (also known as paronomasia) is a play on words that transposes the meanings of words with similar sounds. This is usually for humorous effect, although one well known pun of serious intent is found in the Bible: Matthew 16.18:

"Thou art Peter [Greek Πετρος, Petros], and upon this rock [Greek πετρα, petra] I will build my church."

(Note that while petra is "rock", the word for "stone" in general is petros, or πετρος.)

The word pun itself is thought to be originally a contraction of the (now archaic) pundigrion. This latter term is thought to have originated from punctilious, which itself derived from the Italian puntiglio (meaning "a fine point"), diminutive of punto, "point", from the Latin punctus, past participle of pungere, "to prick." These etymological sources are reported in the Oxford English Dictionary, which nonetheless labels them "conjecture".

Although there are several varieties of puns, there are two main linguistic methods for creating them:

Homographic, in which where the pun exploits a word with multiple meanings. For example: "Being in politics is just like playing golf: you are trapped in one bad lie after another."

Homophonic, in which the pun exploits two words with similar sounds. For example: "A chicken crossing the road is pure poultry [like poetry] in motion."

The compound pun is one in which multiple puns are colocated for additional and amplified effect. An example of this is the following story:

A woman had three sons who emigrated from Ireland to the USA. They prospered and soon became the owners of a large cattle ranch. They weren't, however, sure what to call it, so they wrote back to their mother for advice. She sent a one-word reply on a postcard: Focus. Puzzled, they wrote back for an explanation. Her response was: "It's where the sons raise meat" ["Sun's rays meet"].

Sometimes puns can be used in a name. For instance the name Justin Tyme sounds like "just in time". This sort of naming is found in many works of fiction, for example, Piers Anthony's Xanth novels, The Eyre Affair, The Simpsons and the Carmen Sandiego computer games.

Puns are also found in serious literature. See Alexander Pope, James Joyce, Vladimir Nabokov, and others discussed under word play.

Numerous pun formats exist:

Tom Swifty
Spoonerism
Knock-knock joke
Shaggy dog story
Daffynition
Transpositional puns
Bilingual pun

[Emu]

mad max you're like the encyclopedia from the future

[Perndog]

:love Mad Max