Comments for The Snowclones Database http://snowclones.org Snowclones are the new eggcorns. Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:51:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on The queue by Anne Hodgson http://snowclones.org/the-queue/#comment-3393 Anne Hodgson Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:51:11 +0000 http://snowclones.org/the-queue/#comment-3393 "Will the real [person's name] please stand up?" From: To Tell the Truth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Tell_the_Truth “Will the real [person's name] please stand up?”
From: To Tell the Truth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Tell_the_Truth

]]> Comment on The queue by Anne Hodgson http://snowclones.org/the-queue/#comment-3388 Anne Hodgson Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:33:20 +0000 http://snowclones.org/the-queue/#comment-3388 Please don't squeeze the X. (Store manager George Whipple squeezed the Charmin from 1964 to 1985) Please don’t squeeze the X.
(Store manager George Whipple squeezed the Charmin from 1964 to 1985)

]]> Comment on The queue by Amy de Buitléir http://snowclones.org/the-queue/#comment-3385 Amy de Buitléir Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:47:53 +0000 http://snowclones.org/the-queue/#comment-3385 And "sweet, sweet candy" - Futurama And “sweet, sweet candy” – Futurama

]]> Comment on The queue by Amy de Buitléir http://snowclones.org/the-queue/#comment-3384 Amy de Buitléir Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:43:06 +0000 http://snowclones.org/the-queue/#comment-3384 Adjective Noun is adjective I think this started with LOLcats. E.g., "Skeptical Cat is fraught with skepticism" http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/08/02/skeptical-cat/ But I mostly see it in its streamlined form. E.g., "Flexible Arduino is flexible" http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/06/flexible_arduino_is_flexible.html Apologies if this is already in the snowclone database, but I couldn't think of a good way to search for it. Adjective Noun is adjective

I think this started with LOLcats. E.g., “Skeptical Cat is fraught with skepticism” http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/08/02/skeptical-cat/

But I mostly see it in its streamlined form. E.g., “Flexible Arduino is flexible” http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/06/flexible_arduino_is_flexible.html

Apologies if this is already in the snowclone database, but I couldn’t think of a good way to search for it.

]]> Comment on To X or not to X by zeptimius http://snowclones.org/2007/08/31/to-x-or-not-to-x/#comment-3307 zeptimius Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:32:08 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/08/31/to-x-or-not-to-x/#comment-3307 When interviewed about his full-length movie version of "Hamlet", Kenneth Branagh said that since it would run a full 4 hours, the main question on the audience's mind might be "To pee or not to pee?" When interviewed about his full-length movie version of “Hamlet”, Kenneth Branagh said that since it would run a full 4 hours, the main question on the audience’s mind might be “To pee or not to pee?”

]]> Comment on In Soviet Russia, X Ys you! by state http://snowclones.org/2007/05/22/in-soviet-russia-x-ys-you/#comment-3285 state Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:52:23 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/05/22/in-soviet-russia-x-ys-you/#comment-3285 In America, you have prisons. In Soviet Russia, prisons have you! In America, you have prisons.
In Soviet Russia, prisons have you!

]]> Comment on the only good X is a dead X by Creaser http://snowclones.org/2007/12/13/the-only-good-x-is-a-dead-x/#comment-3221 Creaser Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:02:21 +0000 http://snowclones.org/2007/12/13/the-only-good-x-is-a-dead-x/#comment-3221 The only good ex is a dead ex! The only good ex is a dead ex!

]]> Comment on call for variations: I [shape] X by SB http://snowclones.org/2009/04/08/call-for-variations-i-shape-x/#comment-3178 SB Mon, 31 May 2010 00:51:43 +0000 http://snowclones.org/?p=129#comment-3178 Amsterdam (luckily) has found a way to avoid this particular snowclone with the slogan I AMSTERDAM where 'I am' and 'sterdam' are depicted in different colours: http://www.loopbaan.nl/upload/amsterdam_002.jpg Amsterdam (luckily) has found a way to avoid this particular snowclone with the slogan I AMSTERDAM where ‘I am’ and ‘sterdam’ are depicted in different colours: http://www.loopbaan.nl/upload/amsterdam_002.jpg

]]> Comment on The queue by Anthony http://snowclones.org/the-queue/#comment-3106 Anthony Mon, 17 May 2010 16:54:04 +0000 http://snowclones.org/the-queue/#comment-3106 All that Xs is not Y. All that Xs is not Y.

]]> Comment on The queue by James http://snowclones.org/the-queue/#comment-3050 James Tue, 11 May 2010 18:22:53 +0000 http://snowclones.org/the-queue/#comment-3050 X this (where X is an imperative verb) X this (where X is an imperative verb)

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