IF I HEAR ONE MORE JOURNALIST MAKE THE FOLLOWING "JOKE" HERE IN ATHENS, I WILL KILL HIM WITH AN ANCIENT ROCK
"It's all Greek to me!"
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Posted by: Barb Mallari | August 20, 2004 at 01:18 AM
Don't the Greeks have a similar saying? They say "It's all Chinese to me," I believe. Pronounced, of course: ''TIPIYOTKI.''
Posted by: Cris | August 20, 2004 at 01:28 AM
Question, Dave: Would it make you mad if I started calling you "Davy"? I think that's a funny name. But even though your name is funny, I happen to have an extra screwdriver handy that I am willing to part with, if you've lost yours. If the price is right.
Posted by: Doug Brockmeier | August 20, 2004 at 01:41 AM
Hey Dave... you should go around town wearing one of those Julius Caesar headbands they make all the medalists wear. Might get you into the spirit.
Posted by: Milo | August 20, 2004 at 02:17 AM
Just don't bring up the Trojan war. I understand they're still touchy about that.
Woo Hoo! I'm 4th? A new record for me.
Posted by: Contents_Under_Pressure | August 20, 2004 at 03:27 AM
Dave, I can agree with your sentiments about that joke. If you have to carry out your threat, please make sure to put the ancient rock back where you found it once you are done. This way you will be able to get away with a misdemeanor (killing someone who made the "all greek" joke) as opposed to a felony (removing an ancient rock.) You should definitely insist on having access to an english-speaking attorney, saying "TIPIYOKTI" won't cut much ice with the local cops. Especially if the rock got chipped in the process. Have fun!
Posted by: George | August 20, 2004 at 03:46 AM
are there any new rocks?
Posted by: slyeyes | August 20, 2004 at 03:49 AM
Dave, just call them a malakas, then while they're thumbing through their English-Greek translation books you can hit them upside the head with a piece of spanokopita (pronounced TIPIYOKTI)which is about the same texture and density as an ancient rock. OPA!
Posted by: Kilmeny | August 20, 2004 at 04:03 AM
"It's all Gree . . " Ha Ha, Ho Ho! Man that's rich!
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | August 20, 2004 at 04:24 AM
Funny, I feel the same way after seeing the first 100 instances of "Tipiyokti."
Posted by: GDogg | August 20, 2004 at 04:27 AM
Ancient joke = ancient rock. The punishment fits the crime.
Humans keep telling me to "don't fly too close to the sun!" Curses, ancient curses upon Daedelus and Icarus.
Posted by: waxwing | August 20, 2004 at 04:28 AM
Dave, take it from someone who knows the industry: Even though you are one, you really need to stop hanging around journalists. :-)
Posted by: Gregg | August 20, 2004 at 04:28 AM
Well, there are new rocks, but they are dressed up as old ones and sold to tourists.
Posted by: Brendan | August 20, 2004 at 04:56 AM
Maybe those clever journalists could dress up in a small toga, buy a magazine, flip to the advertisement for the local brand name salt called 'Sal', and declare that they "like a little Caesar dressing with their Greek Sal ad."
Posted by: Dat Phan | August 20, 2004 at 05:16 AM
Some interesting anagrams
"It's all Greek to me!"
Meeter kills toga
Mel lit, toga reeks
* MeL, this doesn't refer to you, Dear. *
Posted by: MOTW | August 20, 2004 at 05:19 AM
ancient rock --> conk a cretin
Posted by: MOTW | August 20, 2004 at 05:24 AM
Why don't you just kick them in the asterisk, Dave?
Posted by: bbescuela | August 20, 2004 at 05:34 AM
My, I have viable competition now! Well, beat THIS (it took me a little while): "MOTW" anagrams to "MOWT." Hah! There! Beat that!
Posted by: Doug | August 20, 2004 at 05:39 AM
Dave,just counter attack with some Springer-Speak:
Just shout out "I heard that!" every time someone says that..You will soon find yourself alone..
Posted by: Sean | August 20, 2004 at 05:53 AM
But don't kill anyone in a Fet-a rage..
Posted by: Sean | August 20, 2004 at 05:55 AM
Dat Phan, that joke was more labored than Hercules.
Posted by: GDogg | August 20, 2004 at 06:05 AM
More anagrams"It's all Greek to me!"
(You'd have to pay a)- Smite a Greek toll
Get Leo, smite Karl
OK - greet, smite all
Posted by: MOTW | August 20, 2004 at 06:08 AM
Just sprinkle a few of these beetles in their shorts
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | August 20, 2004 at 06:22 AM
MKJ - loved the line
instructions included for "how to cultivate a hot Culture". Alas, they cannot be shipped internationally.
Posted by: MOTW | August 20, 2004 at 06:31 AM
IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME = A TEETER SLOG MILK!
Posted by: PETER | August 20, 2004 at 07:16 AM
Hey Dave,
Remember when you "partied with" Mick Jagger at that hotel, and Nate (pronounced Nah-Tay) told you that you should "rock the Ceasar," well:
1. Why has nobody made a joke about that since you're in Greece? and
2. Why didn't you hit her with an ancient rock? That would have been worth the bail money.
Posted by: Federal Duck | August 20, 2004 at 07:18 AM
Wait. "Rock" the "Ceasar" !!! OMG if I had done that on purpose, it would have been really witty and urbane. Too bad I'm such a total farmer.
Posted by: Federal Duck | August 20, 2004 at 07:22 AM
Ceasar then hit her
Posted by: Mahatma Kane Jeeves | August 20, 2004 at 07:25 AM
That line was only ever funny in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" because it wasn't expected. Once the line's been repeated in a blockbuster movie, it should be laid to rest.
Posted by: Layla | August 20, 2004 at 07:47 AM
You know the joke I can't stand that I've heard approximately twenty thousand times while watching the Olympics?? "Well, Bob, I know you were going to ask this, but no! They will not be competing in the nude!" RAWR it makes me want to throw rocks at my TV! (Meanwhile "Bob" is thinking, How dare he include me in the delivery of his stupid inane joke?!?!)
Posted by: Emily | August 20, 2004 at 08:00 AM
Emily,Bob had the worst hair-dye job about ten days ago..I swear he had over spray on his fore head!
Posted by: Sean | August 20, 2004 at 08:10 AM
Is it just me, or did the comments from the previous blog post on toolsize just die?
Posted by: Leetie | August 20, 2004 at 08:26 AM
Whew. It was just me.
Posted by: Leetie | August 20, 2004 at 08:35 AM
anagrams for "Competing in the nude"
Oh, induce petting men
I need much petting, no?
Posted by: MOTW | August 20, 2004 at 08:44 AM
WWTD?
What would Tony (the taxi driver) do?
Posted by: Cheesewiz | August 20, 2004 at 08:53 AM
Greet like am lost
Posted by: MOTW | August 20, 2004 at 08:53 AM
Sure hitting people over the head with ancient rocks is funny until someone loses an eye.
Or not.
TINAK
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | August 20, 2004 at 09:00 AM
Oh, and Shuttlecock!
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | August 20, 2004 at 09:03 AM
I am sitting thinking to myself... "So if the journalist thinks he is funny when he says that, what is his reaction if Dave shouts "Allah Akbar" or "YEEEEE-HA" back at them?"
Posted by: outside observer | August 20, 2004 at 09:07 AM
I like the "YEEEE-HAW!" idea. Especially if it's delivered with a big goofy smile, and like cocking your head back in the midst of it. That would be amazing.
Posted by: Emily | August 20, 2004 at 09:34 AM
Hey Dave,
I happen to be here in Athens (using the bus successfully...for the most part)...and I happen to speak Greek (so no, nothing is "Greek" to me, it is indeed "Chinese" as Cris states) and I even have trouble some times. Let me know if I can assist you in your visit. I would he honored to take you to dinner (ouzo and lamb innards are a special favorite, and I know just the place!) I presume you have access to my e-mail, if not let me know if you are indeed interested...(I bet you get random strangers offering to take you to dinner all the time) Maybe you can write your next article on the great Greek cuisine.
Posted by: Agnes | August 20, 2004 at 09:36 AM
Do they have ancient foam rocks that you can throw at each other? They usually gouge the prices of those.
And now Dave gets dinner offers over the internet by whining.
STUD!
Posted by: crash | August 20, 2004 at 10:09 AM
Agnes, do they really eat sheep's eyes?
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | August 20, 2004 at 10:11 AM
Be careful with your threats, Mr. Barry. You know, ancient paper beats ancient rock. Every time.
Posted by: D'Artagnan | August 20, 2004 at 10:39 AM
Why do Greeks wear togas?
Or for that matter, why do Scottsmen wear kilts?
Sheep can hear zippers.
Sorry, had to be said.
Posted by: BigD | August 20, 2004 at 10:58 AM
Just make sure you use a whiffle rock, so nobody gets hurt.
Posted by: Lmd33 | August 20, 2004 at 02:26 PM
Throw Dave into the arena so he can let out his aggression.
Posted by: entertainment news | August 20, 2004 at 02:43 PM
Jeff,
They do indeed...(well, some do). I will eat lamb brains (tastes like chicken...) but never did manage to eat the eyes...not sure why that would gross me out...
Posted by: Agnes | August 21, 2004 at 07:25 AM
Mother: "Now, Nicky, you need to eat your lamb parts to grow up big and strong ..."
Nicky: "Awww, Mama! These EYES, they do not taste like chicken!"
Mother: "Well, all right, just pick them out and eat the brains."
Nicky: "Okay. Pass the ketchup, please."
Posted by: MOTW | August 23, 2004 at 05:35 AM
Mama: "Nicky! Stop picking your brains!"
Nicky: "Yes, Mama."
Posted by: MOTW | August 23, 2004 at 11:56 AM
MOTW: that reminds me of the old (bad) joke from when I was a kid.
"Mommy, mommy, aren't Mary's eyes pretty?"
"Yes dear, now put them back where you found them."
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | August 23, 2004 at 03:28 PM