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andry said:I want to find the humour of it, but you guys have lost me (note my 'cross' icon). I'm just finding it funny because you think it's funny, but I still don't know why you find it funny. Makes sense?
Is there some sort of PR campaign going on the make 'Orthodoxy' 'fun'? You know, the way computer geeks are really cool dudes.
Iconographer said:I guess you can call theoniondome.com an inside joke to us Orthodox. It just simply points out the funnier aspects of Orthodoxy, which to the non-orthodox might seem a bit wierd and unfunny. But to me, that website is a total riot and has been the source of several very hard laughing spells.
You make perfect sense! As Michael has already rightly pointed out, "The Onion Dome" is a bit of an "inside" thing for Orthodox. Ya see, we tend to take things rather seriously, often a bit TOO seriously, so this levity at our own expense is rather refreshing.Self depricating humor is good for the soul.andry said:
Orthodox are bad at PR. Heck, I didn't even know the Orthodox Church existed until I was in my late twenties.andry said:Is there some sort of PR campaign going on the make 'Orthodoxy' 'fun'? You know, the way computer geeks are really cool dudes.
Oblio said:
Oblio said:
P) The one who told that awful story at the party about absorbing her twin....she reminded me of my father's sister....that movie really got to me because my Irish family is JUST like them! Change the Greek accents to Irish brogues and you have my family...
Oblio said:Sorry, but I would be beaten sensless by Yia Yia's should I reveal hidden Hellenic secrets
Seriously, I don't know any, not being Greek-American, or Greek anything for that matter, I just heard that from some in our mission that are.
In the scene where they are introducing the fiance to all the family, almost everyone's name is some variant of "Nicholas." That's funny in itself, but when you watch the credits, notice the large percentage of Greek actors credited whose names are some variant of "Constantine." They are definitely making fun of themselves. We joke about this in my church too, becuase the prayer list goes something like: "Ivan, Tatiana, Ivan, Vladimir, Ludmilla, Ivan, Vladimir, Tatiana, Ivan, Alexi, Vladimir, Ludmilla, Ivan...."Suzannah said:
