OMG, I just got the Pompey/Vaarsuvius joke

[Elan's Modron]

...and HOW many times have I read this comic all the way through? :smallredface:

[Elan's Modron]

Maybe we could call this the "Jokes It Took You Forever to Get" thread...

[Sewblon]

I don't know, how many times did you read that comic?

[Elan's Modron]

I don't know, how many times did you read that comic?

An embarrassingly large number of times. :smalleek:
And it's extra silly that I didn't get the wordplay until now because when I was a kid, I was rather obsessed with Pompeii, the city- I wrote a whole Atlantis/Pompeii/catastrophe novella when I was like 9 or 10...

[Sewblon]

An embarrassingly large number of times. :smalleek:
And it's extra silly that I didn't get the wordplay until now because when I was a kid, I was rather obsessed with Pompeii, the city- I wrote a whole Atlantis/Pompeii/catastrophe novella when I was like 9 or 10...

I thought you wear talking about a different joke. I didn't even spot that joke until you mentioned it, but now I get it.

[Katana_Geldar]

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[Elfin]

Never saw that joke before. Thanks for pointing it out! :smallbiggrin:

[bue52]

Wait what joke? Where?

[Liwen]

I never figured out that joke myself, mostly because of my utter lack of culture regarding the tragic disappearance of ancient cities to natural disasters such as a volcano going mad. But thanks to these forums, I, a year ago, learned about it!

Thank you fellow forumites! My culture has only increased since the first day I clicked that button 'Forum'.

[Elfin]

Wait what joke? Where?

Vaarsuvius-> (Mt.)Vesuvius
Pompey-> Pompeii

[Silverraptor]

Vaarsuvius-> (Mt.)Vesuvius
Pompey-> Pompeii

Ah. So that's why Vaarsuvius's name was special. When I heard pompey's name the first time, I instantly recalled the city. But I never knew that Vaarsuvius was Vesuvius.

[Elan's Modron]

So now I *am* curious- what other jokes did people take a long time to get?
(I know there's a 'jokes you didn't get' thread- but this is more about copping to one's Swiss Moments - thanks, Katana Geldar- for that term...
what's it called in French: l'esprit de escalier- or something?
related to Fridge Logic...)

[Djibril]

LOL

I never seen it this way

always thought V's name was after the Poland city of Warsaw ( in italian Varsavia, hence Vaarsuvius) and Pompey... well that is obvious

But i never thought V's name was after the Vesuvio volcano :smallwink:

[Optimystik]

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Ninja'ed by 8 hours. Curse you!

[Ormur]

Heh, evil opposites indeed. Never got it until I saw both names together in the title.

[Cleverdan22]

Yeah, I think this one took me a second readthrough to actually get.

[DukeGod]

well,if the casted Fireball to end him it would make easier to understand...
I also understood only after seeing both names together in the topic ^^

[Gullara]

lol i get it

[iTookUrNick]

I never got it either until now!

Nor it is probably the only one I didn't get. I suppose I could plow throug the jokes thread, but it would be best if there was some sort of jokes list for each comic. fan-made, obviously.

[Larkspur]

Don't feel bad- I only got it when I saw the title of this thread.

[Nimrod's Son]

I suppose I could plow throug the jokes thread, but it would be best if there was some sort of jokes list for each comic. fan-made, obviously.
Well, there is an OotS wiki (http://oots.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page). It's not exactly exhaustive yet and it's kinda clumsily written in places, but it's getting better. And most of the jokes and references are explained in each strip's entry.