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<img src='http://houserules.tk/om20040427-c.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /><br><br><br>Well here is the new House Rules.<br><br>it was great. I loved it. Greate Job Caigan

The correct image location is <a href='http://lupinia.us/houserules/archive/20 ... 0427-c.jpg' target='_blank'>http://lupinia.us/houserules/archive/20 ... 7-c.jpg</a>

I noticed that Ozy said he'll get it in 2 minutes and roll his eyes. How ironic that I still don't get it at all... <!--emo&<_<--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ns/dry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='dry.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Thanks for posting this up for me guys, my head has been out of it for a few days, head cold and all. Should be back alive soon.

Hate to explain a joke, but...<br><br>Taipei personality is a play on the phrase Type A Personality. A Type A Personality is someone who is always under stress, and has a 'flat' personality, very strict to certain rules, such as Avery with his strictness to 'being cool'.<br><br>Type B's, on the other paw, are those who are more free-willed, creative, and philisophical.

<!--QuoteBegin-coolsteve64+Jan 5 2005, 07:24 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (coolsteve64 @ Jan 5 2005, 07:24 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I noticed that Ozy said he'll get it in 2 minutes and roll his eyes. How ironic that I still don't get it at all... <!--emo&<_<--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ns/dry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='dry.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>Which part do you not get? Have you not heard the term "type A personality," or do you not know that Taipei is a city in Taiwan, or have you simply failed to make the connection? <!--emo&B)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/cool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cool.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Bah. I've been wondering about that too, but it never occured to me to <i>pronounce</i> it. Not sure about anyone else, but I <i>never</i> hear words when I read them.

<!--QuoteBegin-dcsimpson+Jan 5 2005, 12:17 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (dcsimpson @ Jan 5 2005, 12:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <!--QuoteBegin-coolsteve64+Jan 5 2005, 07:24 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (coolsteve64 @ Jan 5 2005, 07:24 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I noticed that Ozy said he'll get it in 2 minutes and roll his eyes. How ironic that I still don't get it at all... <!--emo&<_<--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ns/dry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='dry.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>Which part do you not get? Have you not heard the term "type A personality," or do you not know that Taipei is a city in Taiwan, or have you simply failed to make the connection? <!--emo&B)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/cool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cool.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Yes,<br><br>'Tis a pun, and an egregious one at that.<br><br>Surprised that's given folks trouble . . .

I believe the problem is that some people (like myself) do not hear written words when reading. At least, the words are not registered by the brain in quite the same way as a spoken word. The spoken word "Taipei" can be interpreted as "Taipei" or "Type A" because they have the same pronunciation. However, there is no such choice for the written word. In essence, I believe the brain is holding the two possible choices - "Taipei" and "Type A" at once, and makes the connection. <br><br>Then again, I am not a doctor. Despite what some nurse at a doctor's office thought.

<!--QuoteBegin-dcsimpson+Jan 6 2005, 04:17 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (dcsimpson @ Jan 6 2005, 04:17 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <!--QuoteBegin-coolsteve64+Jan 5 2005, 07:24 AM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (coolsteve64 @ Jan 5 2005, 07:24 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I noticed that Ozy said he'll get it in 2 minutes and roll his eyes. How ironic that I still don't get it at all... <!--emo&<_<--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ns/dry.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='dry.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>Which part do you not get? Have you not heard the term "type A personality," or do you not know that Taipei is a city in Taiwan, or have you simply failed to make the connection? <!--emo&B)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/cool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cool.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> I didn't even know about the whole Type A and B thing; that makes it pretty much impossible to get this one <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

<!--QuoteBegin-dcsimpson+Jan 5 2005, 06:17 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (dcsimpson @ Jan 5 2005, 06:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Which part do you not get? Have you not heard the term "type A personality," or do you not know that Taipei is a city in Taiwan, or have you simply failed to make the connection? <!--emo&B)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/cool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cool.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> I've heard the terms before, and I do 'hear' words when I read them. I simply didn't connect Taipei to Type A through the pronounciation. How could I miss that one!?

I got it when I first read it and I said OHHHHH. I am another person who hears the words the I am reading.

Hahaha.. it is such fun to be able to read the puns. Anyway, I'm always happy to see another of these fine strips in full glorious color!<br><br>Taipei personality... *snrrk* Honestly, Simpson's puns are at least as bad as the ones we fling at each other here. And that's what makes it so fun to make them.