I think that it would only be ironic if they canned him. I mean, fish don't drown.
Posted by John Emerson | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 9:21 AM
That's what makes it ironic. The creator of a creature incapable of drowning, drownded! ... or something.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 9:26 AM
Also, I thought it was "Charlie Tuna", not "Charlie the tuna". Granted that Charlie Tuna is probably the only tuna named Charlie, but then it shouldn't be in quotation marks, non?
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 9:27 AM
probably the only tuna named Charlie
There's that guy with the deep voice in Jurassic 5.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 9:31 AM
Is the linkless "via" a stylistic innovation?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 11:33 AM
You didn't beat me, I don't think. (Timestamps Mountain time.)
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 1:42 PM
There's a valuable lesson somewhere in Anders Weinstein's comment on that post.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 1:49 PM
I think it's that John Emerson is right about how studying analytic philosophy leaves you prone to making really dumb objections in real world cases.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 1:53 PM
I think that it would only be ironic if they canned him. I mean, fish don't drown.
Posted by John Emerson | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 9:21 AM
That's what makes it ironic. The creator of a creature incapable of drowning, drownded! ... or something.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 9:26 AM
Also, I thought it was "Charlie Tuna", not "Charlie the tuna". Granted that Charlie Tuna is probably the only tuna named Charlie, but then it shouldn't be in quotation marks, non?
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 9:27 AM
probably the only tuna named Charlie
There's that guy with the deep voice in Jurassic 5.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 9:31 AM
Is the linkless "via" a stylistic innovation?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 11:33 AM
You didn't beat me, I don't think. (Timestamps Mountain time.)
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 1:42 PM
There's a valuable lesson somewhere in Anders Weinstein's comment on that post.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 1:49 PM
I think it's that John Emerson is right about how studying analytic philosophy leaves you prone to making really dumb objections in real world cases.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 07-11-05 1:53 PM