Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Vaivaantuneen hiljaisuuden paluu

Ah!
Lämpimät elokuun yöt ja laulukaskaat (crickets) ovat täällä.



Tai ---
Ehkä hyvät vitsit ovat ehtyneet.
Iskulauseet ovat taantuneet vaisuiksi tussahduksiksi.
Kaikki sanottava on jo sanottu.

Taustalla kuuuluu aina vain *chirp*chirp*chirp* ---

Sirinän taustaa Wikipediasta:

Since the days of radio entertainment, the sound of crickets chirping has been used as an indication that a scene is taking place late at night. In comedy formats, the sound of crickets may be used to humorously indicate a dead silence when a response, such as laughter after a punch line, is expected. Similarly, in online communication, writers may use the concept of "crickets chirping" in a rhetorical sense to signal that the writer believes that he or she has made a point that a hypothetical opponent cannot answer. The space that would have been occupied by the nonexistent answer is instead occupied by the symbolic word *crickets* or *chirp chirp* to symbolize this silence.

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