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Originally posted by Spiffor
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Yes, I've been mixing up homonyms all week. Insane trade volumes on the market means very late nights for me.
"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Also, Spiffor, what does "bouffon" mean in French?
Is it someone who is laughed at?"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Oh, I thought you did it on purpose, in context with the whole conversation."I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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"Bouffon" traditionally means someone who's funny, though the humour isn't subtle at all. Among the French humorists, Jean-Marie Bigard has a humour based on sex and crude words, but is brilliant about it. He could be considered a modern-day "bouffon".Originally posted by Asher
Also, Spiffor, what does "bouffon" mean in French?
Is it someone who is laughed at?"I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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Sounds like an identical definition to me as the English version..."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Don't get me wrong, people laugh with Bigard, not at him."I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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In the same sense that people laugh with Jim Carrey, not at him?
Jim Carrey's comedy style very much encompasses a "buffoon"."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Jim Carrey could be considered a bouffon too. But he's not the only kind there is: he's mostly funny because of his expressions, which make him look laughable. Whereas Bigard is a typical stand up comedian (just like Seinfeld when he does stand-up), except that his jokes are on the vulgar side
"I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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Jim Carrey could be considered a bouffon too. But he's not the only kind there is: he's mostly funny because of his expressions
Hmm! I wonder if that has any relevance to the origin of the word?
from buffare "to puff out the cheeks," a comic gesture
This is the kind of meaning from every language the word is in, including the languages that originated it.
If there is any additional French-specific meaning, it's because French people are idiots and don't know the meaning of the words they use."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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No, that's because we're creative.Originally posted by Asher
If there is any additional French-specific meaning, it's because French people are idiots and don't know the meaning of the words they use.
No anglo country is creative
"I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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If the French were creative, they could've put up a fight to Germany's invasions.
No, they were not creative -- they were predictable and weak."The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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CIVNo, that's because we're creative.
No anglo country is creative
-Arriangrog want tank...Grog Want Tank... GROG WANT TANK!
The trick isn't to break some eggs to make an omelette, it's convincing the eggs to break themselves in order to aspire to omelettehood.Comment
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We haven't been militaristic since Napoleon. And at that time, we did pwn the Germans bigtime.Originally posted by Asher
If the French were creative, they could've put up a fight to Germany's invasions."I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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Originally posted by Asher
If the French were creative, they could've put up a fight to Germany's invasions.
No, they were not creative -- they were predictable and weak.
The anglo makes a surrender monkey joke... how creative!Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse
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ThanksOriginally posted by Arrian
CIV
I thought it'd go whoosh here
It happened often enough in past Kuci-threads
"I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
"I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
"I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- DisComment
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