[Search for users] [Overall Top Noters] [List of all Conferences] [Download this site]

Conference thebay::joyoflex

Title:The Joy of Lex
Notice:A Notes File even your grammar could love
Moderator:THEBAY::SYSTEM
Created:Fri Feb 28 1986
Last Modified:Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1192
Total number of notes:42769

253.0. "" by REGENT::MERRILL (Glyph it up!) Tue Sep 30 1986 10:36

    These often appear in MAD Magazine.  What are your favorites?
    
    Scotching a Rumor      -      beastie at bar
    
    Burying a Grudge	   -      creature in crypt
    
    	RMM
    
T.RTitleUserPersonal
Name
DateLines
253.1Do these count?BAEDEV::RECKARDTue Sep 30 1986 12:558
    Pledging one's Troth   -      waxing some monster
    
    (in a slightly different vein)
    
    Plaster of Paris       -      what Helen of Troy's abductor called
                                  his sheet rock business
    
    Joy of Lex             -      Superman's arch-enemy's glee
253.2ALIEN::MCCARTHYTue Sep 30 1986 12:576
    National Lampoon once did a satire on Mad's "horrifying cliches".
    
    I don't remember many of them, but I'll never forget the illustration
    for "blowing a joke."
    						-Brian
    
253.3REGENT::EPSTEINDare to be eclecticTue Sep 30 1986 15:111
Throwing a tantrum  -  child heaving monster
253.4The "sports" issueJON::MORONEY%SYSTEM-S-BUGCHECK, internal consistency failureWed Oct 01 1986 02:147
Stealing a BASE - Burglar running off with a monster screaming for help
Committing an ERROR - man signing papers with monster with "crazy" look
on its face in the background
Returning a SERVE - woman returning monster with price tag to store
Getting wind of a TRADE - man running away from a swamp holding his nose
while a large beast rises from the water
Playing a DOUBLEHEADER - man playing chess with 2-headed monster
253.5re: .2DRAGON::MCVAYPete McVay, VRO (Telecomm)Wed Oct 01 1986 15:026
    Others in the NatLamp MAD parody, which commented on MAD's humor
    (or lack of it) and general style:
    
    	Raising a dead ISSUE
    
    	Belaboring the OBVIOUS