Sunflowers... by
Elcalion
on 2008-10-11 23:55:00 UTC
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I have to walk past my local primary school (or elementary for those of us in the US) every day on the way to catch the bus to work, and they have a little garden patch out the front... filled with Sunflowers. So I have a little PPC moment almost every morning.
Remember that incident during one of the Gatherings? by
Lily Winterwood
on 2008-10-11 20:44:00 UTC
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Remember the "ATM Machine" thing hS saw at the York Gathering in 2008? (If you don't know what it is, then go here.)
Well, I was going through some of my older yearbooks and noticed the title of one of the spreads was "HIP Program".
It means: Hearing Impared Program...Program.
Deja vu, anyone?
On my first day of school this year... by
Oozaru Angel
on 2008-10-08 09:21:00 UTC
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I was looking at my schedule and found the initials of my new Maths teacher. On the schedule they don't put full names, just the initials.
My new Maths teacher's initials were MS. Yeah, definently a PPC moment there...
Oh, yes... by
Lycaenion
on 2008-10-06 01:52:00 UTC
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...to the point where I will frequently warn my parents and friends of the Ironic Overpower and the Narrative Laws of Comedy if they unwittingly invoke them.
The DTE might want to look at this... by
Lily Winterwood
on 2008-10-06 00:39:00 UTC
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I think of Molly Rath when listening to ... by
Laburnum
on 2008-10-06 00:16:00 UTC
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"The Curse of Millhaven" - a charming little song I found via TVTropes' "Enfante Terrible" entry when entering her in it. "I got a pretty little mouth underneath all the foamin', lalalala lalalalie ..." Violent children are fun, though my mental jury's still out on whether she's going to grow up into a genuinely nasty vermin or just a Chaotic Neutral. Six-year-olds are chaotic neutral by default.
Also have been reading Simon R Green's Hawk and Fisher novels, and I wondered whether they'd make a good agent pair because they have the l33t weaponry skills and witty banter down pat and they're used to killing weird things.
Oh yes. by
Neshomeh
on 2008-10-05 22:22:00 UTC
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To the extent that my close friends actually know what I'm talking about when I say things like that. *g* Unfortunately, none of them are quite inclined to join the cause, even though they support it.
~Neshomeh, who only hangs out with cool geeky people.
Lots. by
insanegrrl
on 2008-10-05 21:17:00 UTC
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I keep on having to stop myself from screaming "STU STU STU!!!" whenever I see people reading the Gold Brick at school (or "SUE SUE SUE!!!" at the sight of Twilight). And I jumped a little when I saw the word Manx when I was looking something up on Wikipedia (dunno what it was, though.)
And then there was the time when the New York Times spelled Tolkien "Tolkein." Glods, was I pissed off...
And then lots of occasions when I wish for Bleeprin loudly and ferverently. I get a lot of odd looks for that one.
Dude, all the time. XD by
lynxihez
on 2008-10-05 12:16:00 UTC
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I constantly talk about the Ironic Overpower, and there's a house near ours called "Acacia", and a road called "Canons Lane". And whenever I see sunflowers, I laugh my arse off. :P
Re: Partly OT: PPC moments of the day! by
Ansela
on 2008-10-05 09:29:00 UTC
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I told my classmates not to tempt the Ironic Overpower on Friday, when one of them said 'at least Chemistry won't have as much maths in it'. It heard her. Four hours of maths is not funny; two of trigonometry and two of algebra, working out molar weights and concentrations.
If I see a geographical error in something printed, such as a paper, or the TV, I'll invoke DOGA.
Oh, of course. by
Kd7sov
on 2008-10-05 08:58:00 UTC
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And as a matter of fact, I often do say something - not explicitly mentioning the Ironic Overpower by name, but I've been known to say that the best way to make an elevator come is to get comfortable, to cringe when somebody says "At least ___ hasn't happened," and so on.
I also seem to remember mentally calling out for DOGA recently, but I have no idea what for. (Well, presumably a geographical aberration, but I don't know what kind or where.)
All the time, actually. XD by
Sara
on 2008-10-05 08:33:00 UTC
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I remember reading something in a book or a poem...can't remember which...that mentioned acacia trees. Guess what the first thing I thought of was?
Yesterday I forgot a whole bunch of textbooks for a class, and a friend lent me her books saying, "Remember, it could always be worse." I had to resist the urge to bang my head against the nearest wall, and tell her not to tempt the Ironic Overpower. This happens a lot.
Oh, very much so. by
Makari
on 2008-10-05 02:41:00 UTC
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I ran into a particularly... er... choice piece of writing on an RP site I frequent.
It burns.
No, it wasn't one of the RPers' writing (I hope); someone posted it for us to stumble upon and despair.
Funny thing is, my first thought was, "Hmm, I wonder who'd be most traumatized by attempting to fix that?"
(For the masochistic among us: Augh.)
More in an RL vein, someone was mentioning things that cannot be unseen yesterday at anime club, and I nearly blurted out "That's what Bleeprin's for."
Haha, I would have gotten so many strange looks...