tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post4967587707523606756..comments2024-03-28T18:35:54.237+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: Kevin's Pie: empty todayKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-17855573132604823532016-07-13T00:43:11.819+09:002016-07-13T00:43:11.819+09:00A dollop of weirdness is a slice of life.A dollop of weirdness is a slice of life.TheBigHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-57147915069060906752016-07-12T14:06:29.144+09:002016-07-12T14:06:29.144+09:00No hard feelings at all!
Here's to adding a m...No hard feelings at all!<br /><br />Here's to adding a measure of weirdness to life.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-37032909257331880612016-07-12T14:00:36.668+09:002016-07-12T14:00:36.668+09:00Kevin,
I agree with you that this is a weird disc...Kevin,<br /><br />I agree with you that this is a weird discussion we are having. But, for me at least, it is precisely the weirdness of it that makes it pleasant. You are the only person I know with whom I would ever contemplate having a discussion of this nature. It has really been fun for me. I truly hope there are no hard feelings, for that was not at all what I was intending.TheBigHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-77027522078526442282016-07-12T11:09:11.414+09:002016-07-12T11:09:11.414+09:00This is a weird, weird discussion we're having...This is a weird, weird discussion we're having, but I'll go with it.<br /><br />I'd say that "smelly asshole" is redundant only if non-smelly assholes are impossible. But here in Korea, people eat <i>makchang,</i> which is basically pig assholes (see <a href="http://daeguhostel.com/files/things/food_07.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a>). Admittedly, <i>makchang</i> is smelly to me, assuming that the word "smelly" connotes something negative. But if a certain smell is <i>pleasant</i> to someone, is it still <i>smelly,</i> per se? Maybe; maybe not. My mother was Korean; she made her own <i>kimchi,</i> which is spicy fermented cabbage. Living in the States as she did, Mom understood that many Americans found <i>kimchi</i> disgustingly smelly; "Smells like a fart," she'd say, laughing. So Mom could simultaneously affirm that <i>kimchi</i> was smelly, and that that odor was, for Koreans, aromatic.<br /><br />But ask a Korean in Korea about <i>kimchi</i>'s odor, and s/he'll never use the negative adjective "smelly" to describe it. For the unreconstructed Korean, <i>kimchi</i> is aromatic. Certainly not fragrant like a flower, but definitely a pleasant smell that signals the comforts of home and hearth.<br /><br />Older Koreans, perhaps hypocritically, are repulsed by strong, farty cheeses like Gorgonzola, whereas younger Koreans greedily devour Gorgonzola white pizza drizzled with honey (it works!).<br /><br />At the very least, I think I've established that it's possible for pig assholes to be aromatic, not smelly, to some. If I've done my work correctly—and maybe I haven't—I think you're safe from redundancy when you use the phrase "smelly asshole" because some assholes aren't smelly to certain people.<br /><br />And even if the locution <i>were</i> redundant, would that be a sin? Pleonasms abound in all languages. In French, the expressions "descendre en bas" and "reculer en arrière" are common and casually used, even though they mean, respectively, "descend down" and "reverse backward." In English, we say "I saw it with my own eyes" and "fall down." So no: I don't think pleonasms are a sin, which is why I'm OK with "unpleasant asshole." Strangely enough, when you Google "unpleasant asshole," you find that the phrase is often fused with "rude," to wit: "a rude, unpleasant asshole." Assholes are inherently rude, too, are they not? A <i>double</i> pleonasm!Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-70055549414371389742016-07-12T09:37:12.088+09:002016-07-12T09:37:12.088+09:00Indeed. But amusing is not synonymous with pleasan...Indeed. But amusing is not synonymous with pleasant. I submit that all assholes are unpleasant, at least to anyone with a sense of smell. Well, OK, there may be some people who have a perverted affection for smelly assholes (I know, "smelly assholes" is also redundant :)TheBigHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-36842168234969024692016-07-12T09:28:03.100+09:002016-07-12T09:28:03.100+09:00Some assholes are downright amusing.Some assholes are downright amusing.Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-12019315269300865462016-07-12T02:13:33.181+09:002016-07-12T02:13:33.181+09:00Unpleasant asshole? Redundancy? Can there be a ple...Unpleasant asshole? Redundancy? Can there be a pleasant asshole?TheBigHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.com