April 9 (ZZ5MV: T10 #101)

[Nate the Great]

Muddy, if you call that a reach, you obviously don't recall the "that's soap, you wouldn't have smelled it before" joke from my Blood Oath fiver, as described in The Reference Explanation Thread.

[PointyHairedJedi]

Was it obvious, Nate? Was it really?

Oh, duck!

*BLA-BAM!*




*Thud*

Well, turtle actually, but it's dead now either way.

[Nate the Great]

There are entire realms of shades of gray between obvious and "a reach." I just think that the shade in question is closer to white than black, where white is "a direct reference" and black is "the only way these two things have anything in common is because some nut filed them both in adjoining brain cells in his warped mind."

[mudshark]

Originally Posted by Nate the Great

Muddy, if you call that a reach, you obviously don't recall the "that's soap, you wouldn't have smelled it before" joke from my Blood Oath fiver, as described in The Reference Explanation Thread.

You know, I thought I'd succeeded in forgetting it, but I'm clearly mistaken and will need to start over. Heigh-ho!

[Nate the Great]

Aw, and I work so hard on being unforgettable, too. (Now, if only I'd written the fiver for that episode, it would've been so cool!)

[PointyHairedJedi]

...Who are you again?



(Yes yes, I'm weak-willed, we've covered this already.)

[Nate the Great]

Lame...

[PointyHairedJedi]

The Nate calling the kettle black?

[Nate the Great]

I'm just saying that in my mind there's an "obvious-o-meter," if I can coin a phrase. The more obvious, the more painful it is to me. PHJ's joke was just about as obvious as you can get, hence I wince a bit.

As for PHJ's question, everybody has their own obvious-o-meter. His line was just in the red range on MY obvious-o-meter.