Snark - post it here. Get it all out of your system and just whale away.

[LaurenG]

Come on you know you want to. This place is brimming with tension. Let it all out here.

[Maddy McCall]

1. Oh lord. This is the same lecture I give my students when they write Whales instead of Wales.

I draw a picture of a whale's tale and an arrow to it with the note "This is a whale."

But I think you mean "wail."

I know you don't mean "whale."


How's that for snark?

:D

[LiberalAndProud]

5. Hmmm... I suppose there might be some wailing.

http://www.answers.com/topic/whale-away


But I think whale is the correct term, and you're the bestest at snark.

[Maddy McCall]

10. I dunno...

Urban Dictionary says that it's "wail."

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wail

And thanks for the snark compliment! I try really hard! :D

[LiberalAndProud]

22. Funny, the things that pique my curiosity...

So I pulled out the book (New College Edition, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Lanugage)

whale (second definition)
To strike repeatedly with a whip, stick, or the like: thrash. To attack vehemently. Often used with away.

There's more, but it's in very small type and I can't find my reading glasses.

[Maddy McCall]

25. Awesome!

Thanks for that! Next time I beat my son with the thrasher...I'll know what to say and how to spell it.

/snark

:D :hug:

[LiberalAndProud]

32. Your son will hate whales and that wont be good.

Lie to him. Tell him it's wayle (the e should remain silent.)

[LaurenG]

6. I had this argument with my husband and he was adamant he was right.

He went to dictionary.com and I believed him. I really, really, really wrote wale but he told me I was just getting old and forgetful, (talk about snark). And thank you for the GREAT snark!

:7

[Maddy McCall]

LOL!

I'm sooo glad you didn't take me utterly seriously...I was just lookin' for a reason to snark at ya.

:hug:

[cliffordu]

15. I bow to the World Heavyweight Champion of the snarkology.

I gotta admit, Maddy - you are the best.

:headbang:

[Maddy McCall]

17. Well, THANK you!

:D

[cliffordu]

24. I've had to take it easy lately.....

So I'm in the program...




I could certainly take you to a Monday night meeting if you want to go....

[Maddy McCall]

27. I have, too! Thus, my all-day posting at DU.

How are you recuperating?

:hi:

[cliffordu]

34. I keep relapsing....

I'm just a snarkoholic

:hi:

[cbayer]

19. Might want to check your message for errors, genius.

Wales is a country in the UK.

I know you didn't mean Wales.

(snark attack)

:hi:

[Maddy McCall]

23. Yeah...

and it's on map tests that I usually make that notation.

Students write in "Whales" instead of "Wales."

So THERE! :P

[Bicoastal]

2. And now we will hear a short speech from Brother Dennis Leary:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNzZzsvOClc

[sellitman]

3. My favorite Snark:

[Cant trust em]

4. Here's my snark...

Shouldn't it be WAIL away? We're not talking about aquatic mammals, are we?

[LaurenG]

7. I thought it was wale away - but wail would fit

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: <------- wailing! Great snark.

[RazBerryBeret]

9. hmmm...from the OP's link above:

Attack physically or verbally, as in Our boys whaled away at the enemy, or The talk-show host whaled away at the hostile critics. The word whale here does not allude to the ocean mammal, but means "flog" or "thrash."


flog or thrash, I think that covers it!

[LaurenG]

Well that is what my husband said and I didn't believe him

but that's it, flog and thrash away that's what I was trying to say. I have now learned that I know nothing about spelling. :7

[shomino]

8. Save the Whales!

P.S.

Snark!

[LaurenG]

12. I'm not changing it, I'm leaving it just for the snark it produces

:7

[Cant trust em]

14. Whales vs. Snarks...or

VS.

[shomino]

28. LOL @ cant trust em!! -nt

[Cant trust em]

29. I don't know why, but that shark picture always cracks me up.

Like he's smiling for the camera or something.

[El Supremo]

11. Snark from the 1950's >>

There was also something called a Bomark.

They preceded ICBMs.

[RainDog]

13. ...

[emilyg]

16. You're a *&&^%(())(*&&&^^****

that felt so good.

[LaurenG]

18. Aw that wasn't so bad.

I don't think I quite understood what you were saying though, could you clarify? ;)

[IsItJustMe]

20. GD MF'ing SOB'ing POS. There, now I feel better. LOL

[LaurenG]

21. There ya go!

:rofl:

[mcctatas]

26. I'm running out of snark...

behold the end is nigh!!!!

[AlCzervik]

30. ok you know what i am really fucking sick of, the same people complaining about the

cable news networks but they still watch everyday and report fuckface this and fuckface that's every fucking word. Stop fucking watching if it pisses you off, it's not that difficult! "OMG i hate Tweety so much but i'm going to keep watching him until i have a stroke!!!!????" This post is applicable to gd as well.

ok, i'm done now.

[LaurenG]

31. w00t!

Great snark!

[AlCzervik]

33. thank you for the opportunity, that one has been inside for awhile.

[Sparkly]

35. Okay: Get some perspective and quit acting like any of this is important!!!

Oh the Drama, the DRAMA!!! It's TRAGIC!! Everything that happens on DU is so significant -- why the battles of good and evil the world over depends on how things lean on DU!!

And the "Self-Proclaimed Lefties" here are ready to storm the Bastille, just as soon as the smelling salts awaken them from their faint after the last political insult at the tea party!

And life itself -- you know, the thing that takes place in every home and family and community around the world, within which our computers exist -- is both the essential thing and the thing to ignore in order to face the real priorities such as reaching conclusions about legislative matters on DU, and no I don't mean anything pending NOW, I mean what happened to HRwhatever years ago, when it really mattered!

And nothing could be worse than whatever we -- the truly sensitive, peaceful people here -- are feeling right now, and if you don't understand that you obviously do not care about people who are suffering all over the world!

But I know -- I just KNOW -- that once I "zing" you properly and leave you shocked and awed by my superior wit, knowledge, logic, and sheer level of CARING about what really matters, then I will win. And in that way, one person at a time, I shall change the world.

:sarcasm:

[Jed Dilligan]

36. Nice post, Hitler.

[4_Legs_Good]

37. LMAO

Best reply EVER!!

Thanks :)

David

[Jed Dilligan]

39. Can't claim it as original, but I love it and use it as much as I can.

It's especially effective as a reply to the "Can't we ALL just come together brothers and sisters?" kind of posts.

[TragedyandHope]

38. Snorks