Comments on: A Lesson in Sarcasm

By: Susan M

Susan M — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:03:18 +0000

I was blessed by reading gst’s comment #5.

By: annegb

annegb — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:06:01 +0000

My boss said, “Hi Arlene, welcome to work!” one day. I thought that was very sarcastic.

By: Idahospud

Idahospud — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:19:10 +0000

No sarcasm intended above.

By: Idahospud

Idahospud — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:04:27 +0000

This post made me so happy this morning! You have blessed my life, Julie.

By: Mark Adams

Mark Adams — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:42:56 +0000

Have to agree with #6 and #22 about sarcasm. I think the term sarcasm is oft misused. Irony is usually what is meant.

As far as Isaiah 6:10 goes, maybe Isaiah just had a “natural man” day when he wrote this.

By: Lupita

Lupita — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:25:49 +0000

Patricia, thanks for the distinction. I’ve been told several times by friends that they enjoy my “sarcastic” humor which depresses me. I’m not sarcastic, haven’t been since high school. I try to point out that I’m being ironic but once you try to explain humor, it’s pretty much a lost cause.

By: Friendly

Friendly — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:46:09 +0000

Patricia K. (6, 12): They have not ears to hear.

By: Joachim

Joachim — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:59:53 +0000

The following sequence, including the background of the murmurring by the scribes and Pharisees, makes this parable’s description of the “ninety and nine” look a little sarcastic.

1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.
2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine ain the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:37:02 +0000

I had a missionary companion that was sarcastic so often and without changing his voice inflection that I occasionally thought he was telling the truth. I may be a little dense, but it was quite frustrating at times.

Upon first arriving in Tahiti, my first reaction was that the local sense of humor was simplistic compared to our ‘sophisticated’ humor. Over time, I began to appreciate the simple pleasures and humor the people saw in every day life, and by the time I came home I found that much of what I thought was funny before didn’t really appeal to me anymore.

By: Alison Moore Smith

Alison Moore Smith — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:43:37 +0000

I can get my full daily dose of aggressive sarcasm at any anti-Mormon web page, or in the comments on any story about the Church or any Mormon that appears in the Salt Lake Tribune.

Or any comments on any stories on any websites remotely relating to Mormons, Utah, large families, Mitt Romney, the Osmonds, religion, coffee/tea, jello, or underwear.