“Humour is at least somewhat subjective, I know, but I think one use of the word ‘pee-pee hole’ would have been more than enough.”
Having read the piece, I actually disagree with this - to the extent that the joke works at all (which is to say, barely), it works by repetition of the silly phrase "pee-pee hole". Once is merely silly, four times in a paragraph is giggle-inducing. Or at least it presumably is for Felton's audience.
Incidentally, the linguistic term for compound swearwords like "cockwomble" is "shitgibbon" (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shitgibbon), because linguists apparently have the sense of humour of a five-year-old too.
As soon as I read Ben’s excoriating piece, I wondered whether you’d link to it - and I’m delighted to see you have. Please, do continue your „pointless vendetta”, thank you.
“Humour is at least somewhat subjective, I know, but I think one use of the word ‘pee-pee hole’ would have been more than enough.”
Having read the piece, I actually disagree with this - to the extent that the joke works at all (which is to say, barely), it works by repetition of the silly phrase "pee-pee hole". Once is merely silly, four times in a paragraph is giggle-inducing. Or at least it presumably is for Felton's audience.
Incidentally, the linguistic term for compound swearwords like "cockwomble" is "shitgibbon" (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shitgibbon), because linguists apparently have the sense of humour of a five-year-old too.
As soon as I read Ben’s excoriating piece, I wondered whether you’d link to it - and I’m delighted to see you have. Please, do continue your „pointless vendetta”, thank you.
the cockwomble nonsense always reminds me of this :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFh_IhFNKFM&ab_channel=BBCThree
Quick link 2 incomplete?
Dammit! It’s this:
https://stuartritchie.substack.com/p/growth-mindset-decline