Funny 'quote'.

[GrimJack]

Someone sent this to me at work, and it just keeps making me giggle, so here you go.

Scout "How did you know?"
Yoda "Grand Master of Jedi, I am. Win this position in raffle, think you?"

 

[aye mate]

I don't know...must be a Starwars geek thing...whatcha think CK?
















J/K Grim I have little giggle everytime I hear someone talk like Yoda...even though I'm not a Starwars fan.

 

[Squid699]

hahah everytime i hear yoda talk i want to correct his grammar.

 

[lanky189]

yoda's grammar is correct..

a rarely used passive voice, it is.

 

[csr ma71]

I don't get it. Unless it involves monkeys acting like humans, it's just not funny.

 

[TONY!]

I don't get it. Unless it involves monkeys acting like humans, it's just not funny.

...
Scout "How did you know?"
Yoda "Grand Master of Jedi, I am. Win this position in raffle, think you?"

The way I analyzed -- I did think about it briefly -- is as follows:


Scout was asking Yoda how he was aware of a piece of information.

Being that Yoda is supposedly super smart and all knowing, he states who he is and his credentials, then sarcastically asks Scout if it is by random chance that he is Grand Master.


Why would it be funny to some?
Two reasons:
1) I would guess that in a work setting (Grim’s workplace), it reminds a manager/higher-up (as Grand Master) what he/she could tell a rookie (as Scout): that it is more than just chance that got him/her to be where he/she currently is. (Possibly, when reading it, other coworkers came to mind with the same symbolic roles as the story.)

2) At another level, just the way Yoda talks is funny. [EDIT: I just remembered that I have also heard Grim say, "me thinks," so he likes that kind of weird talk lol]


OK Grim, was I right on my first part?
Grade my literature skills.

 

[GrimJack]

Well... honestly, I think it's funny because Scout is asking a question with an obvious answer, and Yoda, who has been silly upon occasion but is usually serious, is making fun of him.

PS: methinks is actually one word - and is geek talk for "I think that..."

 

[meggs521]

I don't get it.

Me either. Even after the explaination I still don't think it's that funny, but I've never seen an entire Star Wars movie so I guess I wouldn't get it.

 

[jbsupra89t]

I can't even see how far over my head that one went...

 

[GrimJack]

Let me rephrase it in 'normal' circumstances.

Director of the FBI: Hello Johnny. I like your boyscout uniform - nice collection of badges you have there. How are your parents, Tim and Susan treating you?

Johnny: How did you know my parents names?

Director of the FBI: Johnny, I am the head of the FBI. Do you think I got this position by accident?

Adding the Star Wars background just adds to the joke.

 

[SupraMario]

Director of the FBI: Hello Johnny. I like your boyscout uniform - nice collection of badges you have there.

Do all FBI directors sound gay?

 

[lanky189]

The way I analyzed -- I did think about it briefly -- is as follows:


Scout was asking Yoda how he was aware of a piece of information.

Being that Yoda is supposedly super smart and all knowing, he states who he is and his credentials, then sarcastically asks Scout if it is by random chance that he is Grand Master.


Why would it be funny to some?
Two reasons:
1) I would guess that in a work setting (Grim’s workplace), it reminds a manager/higher-up (as Grand Master) what he/she could tell a rookie (as Scout): that it is more than just chance that got him/her to be where he/she currently is. (Possibly, when reading it, other coworkers came to mind with the same symbolic roles as the story.)

2) At another level, just the way Yoda talks is funny. [EDIT: I just remembered that I have also heard Grim say, "me thinks," so he likes that kind of weird talk lol]


OK Grim, was I right on my first part?
Grade my literature skills.

holy crap!

please tell me you're an analyst of some sort...if not you missed your calling man!

 

[TONY!]

holy crap!

please tell me you're an analyst of some sort...if not you missed your calling man!

heheh Lanky, I am very flattered! I was wrong though, although I did provide some basis. I am just someone who had to take couple of courses in literature.

Also I am good at analyzing my own dreams, which is the way I analyzed the quote Grim mentioned. All my dreams make much sense to me, and I know exactly what my subconscious is wrestling with when I think about them. In my dreams there are much symbolic representations. All I have to do is think of what happened the previous day and look for similarities, and bingo. I am a good dreamer – I only wish I could remember more of them when I wake up because they accurately tell me what is on my mind and aren’t too hard to figure out. I think you will only be aware of them if you are not in a deep sleep. (It has been said that you dream every time you sleep.)