I give you the web classic... ROFLMAO!

Fauxie said:

and when i type i really mean

Protege said:

When I type I really mean...

sextonseven said:

if I read that I think of gnomes

ZombieKitten said:

Is that how Aussie gnomes laugh?

sextonseven said:

I don't think we have them here, but this is a swedish "tomte" anyway, gnome is closest translation I could think of. I bet they do laugh EXACTLY like that!

Yup.


The falloff is REALLY the result of a heartfelt LOL.
The LOL is a a spirited chuckle to a full on laugh.


And I use the giggle for a light chuckle or a smile.


I always wonder this too.

if I give 3 falloffs and a few !!!! you've really made me laugh and know it was a very appreciated moment

ZombieKitten said:

I never get the !!! so what does your standard mean? I want to know where I stand.

Fauxie said:

it's not something I found profoundly funny, right up my alley, my kind of humour funny, just plain funny and I probably won't remember it in the morning

I'll be honest. The poodle threads crack my shit up so the emoticons are very much real.



Shit, I could click the first poodle thread right this damned minute and bust a gut, shoot.

ZombieKitten said:

I'll take it!

Why when I read that did I equate it to sex though - unprofound, not right up your alley, just plain funny and you won't remember it in the morning. Mon's such a lucky girl.

Imago said:

Those have been responsible for most of my genuine LOL experiences here. Only on occasion have I really cracked up on the org, but sometimes it's been to the point of tears rolling down my cheeks and uncontrollably laughing so hard I've had to get up and walk around the room to get it together again.

Fauxie said:

if I give you the 3 falloff and the exclamation marks, count yourself lucky! it's not every day I hand those out

Fauxie said:

Dude, I swear to god, I have to do these 'interviews' every week to test English Proficiency of graduating students, right?

So I'm allowed to ask them anything for 12 minutes (And for 3 of those minutes the students have to 'tell me a story' or 'explain something' to me). Anyways, I am seriously thinking of bringing a picture of the mullet haired poodle man picture, showing it to my students and having them describe how the picture makes them feel for 3 minutes.... then posting the results on the org

I'm not even joking

Imago said:

jesus you will get a call to the dean's office

I dare you, though I bet you $10 you can't keep a straight face, AND the evidence must be presented to me in video format with written essays in your student's handwriting

ZombieKitten said:

omg

I think they'd let me do it actually cause it's a test of proficiency and not content
I'll have to check.


I swear to God, yesterday I was interviewing the cutest young lady, but her answers just blew me away.

I asked her to "Tell me a story" about something that is really, really, REALLY, important to her.

She told me a 3 minute story about her false eyelashes

Imago said:

I figured some would talk about either fashion or food.

Fauxie said:

I swear, I almost bit my tongue off trying not to laugh !!!!


And yes, I've had a few say 'fashion'

that's tragic
how old was she?

Imago said:

Promise me that if someone says 'freshy' you'll smack their hand with a steel ruler.

ZombieKitten said:

She was a senior at the Uni, so I would say between 20 and 24, depending on her circumstances.

According to her, the lashes make her eyes look bigger, thus making her look 'better' and more confident. Ergo, she's able to give speaches, interviews, and conduct other social events more 'professionally' with eyes that look bigger.


There's a undercurrent of Euro-centric self-loathing here that is pervasive sometimes. The girls here love to die their hair light brown (I've even seen blondes), and the have 'black contacts'...The black contacts make their eyes look bigger---they're obsessed with two things...bigger eyes, and lighter skin.

They're not even ashamed to admit it

Fauxie said:

this one you will have to explain to me!!! sounds intruiging

I'm not googling, not after jubblies!!

Fauxie said:

It's a common derogatory term here at the Uni for 'freshman'.


What did it mean when they said it to you? I got it sense that it was only specific to this Uni when used in that context.

ZombieKitten said:

I'm interested to know this too.

I'd say more than half of uni grads in Thailand I've spoken to basically can't speak English, as in be comfortable having a regular conversation about whatever. They can be so quiet and self-conscious, it's just painful. I prefer to speak in Thai with Thais because of this. It's easier being the underdog than having to try to speak slowly and grade my language. This is why I suck as a teacher, but why Mon, despite her shocking failure with grammar, can talk to anyone about pretty much anything.

Imago said:

I can understand that I guess
all those points make sense

it's just crazy though, that it MATTERS SO MUCH!

when I was 20-24, what was most important to me?
getting drunk and getting laid I guess but I wouldn't have given a speech about that in another language so I would have gone with music or something

Fauxie said:

Dude, Mon is sooooo far beyond most of my students (And these are rich, rich, RICH, spoiled rich, upiddity sons and daughters and shit.... RICH AND SPOILED) and they can't speak English as well as Mon.




Hell, my mom blows them out of the water, posely and all.

Imago said:

That's funny, and it makes sense in that context. I meant the made-up 'freshy' with the superfluous 'y' added with the understanding it's necessary for making an adjective.

e.g. 'New fashion for trendy, freshy lifestyle!'

ZombieKitten said:

Thai's are superficial in general as a nation of citizens. Politicians will lose jobs not because they're not affective, but because they're 'boring'. They lack "Sanuk (good fun or whatever)".

It's not important that you are affective at your career--it's important how good you look doing it.




And I'm not even joking