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| Somebody please explain what a "High School Misdirection Play" is. I did my best to explain American Gridiron, but I'm not a sports nut (far from it). [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 16:38, 27 August 2012 (UTC) | | Somebody please explain what a "High School Misdirection Play" is. I did my best to explain American Gridiron, but I'm not a sports nut (far from it). [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 16:38, 27 August 2012 (UTC) |
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| I've been doing weddings since 1999. Neither footballs nor parachutes have ever been involved, but one ceremony included a kilt and a freshly caught bigmouth bass.[[User:Noni Mausa|Noni Mausa]] ([[User talk:Noni Mausa|talk]]) 14:03, 28 August 2012 (UTC) | | I've been doing weddings since 1999. Neither footballs nor parachutes have ever been involved, but one ceremony included a kilt and a freshly caught bigmouth bass.[[User:Noni Mausa|Noni Mausa]] ([[User talk:Noni Mausa|talk]]) 14:03, 28 August 2012 (UTC) |
− | :Did anyone ever say no? [[User:Buggz|Buggz]] ([[User talk:Buggz|talk]]) 10:52, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
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− | :I think Mausa is being overly prescriptive. The requirements to marry vary depending on the faith and the jurisdiction; for one thing, the ceremony and officiant, like the kilt and bass, are optional. As I recall, the marriage license was less work to get than my parking permit. Blood test, sign here, mazel tov. [[User:Dragonsaver|Dragonsaver]] ([[User talk:Dragonsaver|talk]]) 20:26, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
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− | Let me state first that I am a big fan of xkcd. Yet this cartoon is not only totally unfunny but also the title text totally fails to add to the joke. Am I alone with this opinion, or is this typically American (with obsession towards A. football and highschool sports in general)???
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− | [[Special:Contributions/84.154.135.194|84.154.135.194]] 22:12, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
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− | ::Stereotypes aside, I'm also one to say this isn't one of Randall's funnier pieces, though I see where he is going: in this case, extreme extrapolation of circumstances. But then again, there are those that thought that {{w|Waiting for Godot}} was wonderful while I thought it was dreadfully tedious, and there are those that enjoy dissonant music while I would rather hear fingernails down the chalkboard. There is a matter of taste -- some may find humor in the sheer absurdity of the circumstances portrayed, or enjoy absurdist theater, or revel in dysharmonious notes played together while others don't -- and there's a matter of, um, not every play resulting in a touchdown (to borrow the terminology from Football Américain.) Oh well. There's always the next one. -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 00:19, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
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− | You don't need to be American, an American football fan, a sports fan, or anything else to find this funny (I am none of those things). The joke here is simply about a misdirection - a common tactic in team sports - being carried to a ludicrous extreme, as examined above. The context of sports is just that, a framework for the joke. It could be any other situation just as easily. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.81.216|141.101.81.216]] 11:23, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
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− | Why were all those terms not hyperlinked ugh I had no idea what there were (I fixed that) [[User:Beanie|Beanie]] ([[User talk:Beanie|talk]]) 11:03, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
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