Breaking on CNN: Something improbable has occurred, is humorous

[Tummler]

OMG!!!! CNN just reported that a famous celebrity/politician/newsmaker has said/done something totally out of character for said celebrity/politician/newsmaker. At first I didn't believe it, but it's true!!! I am LMAO here!!!!!!

[Waistdeep]

1. Oh, my goodness!

I too am reacting with an uncharacteristically intense expression of amusement.

[Tummler]

2. I am responding...

...to your uncharacteristically intense expression of amusement with a smug sense of dubious accomplishment at your failure to remember that today is, indeed, the 92nd day of a leap year. Check your calendar--it's true!

[Waistdeep]

3. And now

I am filled with predictable self-loathing and, finding myself mocked by my peers, am simultaneously wishing to flee the thread which began this cruel hoax and to stay and defend my honor with a time-honored verbal counterattack.

Holding my head high, I respond with a most unexpectedly barbed, yet humorous, reply.

[Tummler]

4. Touché!

...or other appropriate response to barbed, yet humorous, reply.

[Waistdeep]

7. Dignity intact

I leave this thread without even replying to your acknowledgement that my barbed, yet humorous reply was indeed barbed, yet humorous. Restored, even swaggering, I join another thread to share my unique and incisive insights with appreciative others.

[Canuckistanian]

5. Absolute incredulity is manifesting itself

I am gobstricken, nay, flabbergasted.

[Insider]

6. as usual, i'm flummoxed

flummoxed, i tell you.

[elperromagico]

8. Said celebrity/politician/newsmaker must apologize

for said tasteless comment/wardrobe malfunction/murder/quickie wedding/other immediately! We the people can accept no less!

[Tummler]

9. GOTCHA!!!!

It's the 92nd day of a leap year! Check your calendar!

[elperromagico]

10. Got me? I thought my comments were perfectly in keeping

with the spirit of Ninety-Second Day Of A Leap Year Day! :)

[MnFats]

11. was there a bad pun involved? Everyone LOVES bad puns.

extra points if they lead to a convoluted seque into the next story.


and extra extra bonus points if a story during the same newscast ends with the reporter solemnly entoning, "...and who will speak (dramatic pause, church organ noise optional)... for the CHILDREN>"

[GOPBasher]

12. This thread is cracking me up.

I like the exchange by waistdeep and tummler. The writing skills make the posts even funnier than they would be otherwise. I'll :beer: to it!

[Tummler]

13. Expression of gratitude

...followed by expression of admiration for Waistdeep's skillz.