Comments on: “A fast guy in tights and a movie about Coffee”

By: Web Design NY

Web Design NY — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:51:29 +0000

@Peter Hellberg, I knew he was still thinking he was right but it was obvious so I didn’t think it’s part of the joke but you’re right, my bad.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:21:50 +0000

@Eric: They probably get it quicker. We’re too used to “Flash” and “JavaScript” having actual meaning to get puns on the literal terms.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:22:21 +0000

Wow, geeks over analyzing a joke and still finding it… um… humorous… once finally getting it, even with the whole timing thing out the window – CAL(chuckle a litte) :). I loved it even though it, um, took me a moment. Wonder what your average non-geek thinks of it?

By: Dan F

Dan F — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:46:44 +0000

Flash.. ah-hah… defender, of the universe

Go on, try and get that song out of your head :-)

By: Shane

Shane — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:36:28 +0000

Yeah, but he wasn’t fast :-)

By: Dustin Diaz

Dustin Diaz — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:56:10 +0000

FYI: Flash Gordon also wore tights ;)

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:22:53 +0000

@Gavin: The Flash, not Flash Gordon.

By: Artheos

Artheos — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:20:37 +0000

Gavin,

You would be wrong about that, Flash = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally_West (Current continuity)

By: Gavin

Gavin — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:58:58 +0000

@chenggn: Failboat. JavaScript = Java Script = Coffee Script = Script about Coffee = Movie about Coffee. Guy in Tights = Flash Gordon

By: Peter Hellberg

Peter Hellberg — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:09:28 +0000

To state the obvious, the “IF” is absolutely part of the joke. The manager (or whoever he is) still thinks he is correct even though dilbert corrected him.

By: Web Design NY

Web Design NY — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:52:55 +0000

chenggn, the IF isn’t part of the joke, he was just empowering the IF (like shouting it…)

haha that was a good one btw :-)

By: chenggn

chenggn — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 02:03:00 +0000

someone says “coffee” is java and the “guy in tight” is flash.

but I thought the “guy in tight” is his programer, and “a movie about coffee” means his programmer works all night with coffee, looks like a movie.

By: chenggn

chenggn — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:52:39 +0000

I get it, he wants a spell checker! :P

By: chenggn

chenggn — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:42:54 +0000

now I understood what is “a movie about coffee”, but what does the last big IF mean?

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:29:33 +0000

I had to read that twice in order to get it. Losing my touch.

By: Olmo Maldonado

Olmo Maldonado — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:27:40 +0000

@Dean: notice the Flash reference and the order, though. :(

By: mg

mg — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:10:45 +0000

Dilbert is always soooo trueâ€¦

By: Mark Holton

Mark Holton — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:56:22 +0000

great stuff. …Scott Adams was an AT&T employee I believe…

By: BookWise

BookWise — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:23:48 +0000

I’d like to see what he’d do with Python or Ruby on Rails…

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:36:12 +0000

@Anirudh: Yeah, me too.