Apparently Roald Dahl wasn't happy with the sardonic rewrites of Wonka's character, but Gene played it so well I think it was an improvement.

Post more videos, and pop less spit? 76 more star points before ya trade-in that rusty sheriff's badge for a gold one-Find content to share and prattle-on less may-haps?? JUST a suggestion (he offers, sardonically)....*COUGH!

Ohhhhh, Looky! MORE human error and human tragedy, the world just keeps getting better and better (he remarked sardonically) !!

She was way ahead of her time. Sadly, even today. we have the church saying; "Aids is bad, but condoms are worse."
Had to smile, sardonically, at the end when she impugned her integrity somewhat by endorsing the cigarettes.

>> ^GenjiKilpatrick:

Hah! But no, seriously.
@lantern53 knows.. that depriving servers of a living wage and forcing them to bust their asses for 5% gratuity on a $130 check.. you know, builds character.
Struggling in quasi-poverty for years of your life is what the American Dream is all about! duh.
That's why Mitt Romney is such a great American and needs to be President.
He knows what it's like.. to force people to struggle. For their own good.
p.s. - Everyone knows that raising the minimum wage is just another Socialist/Marxist scheme by Obama to disenfranchise the Job Creators in this country.

We need a "sardonic" button

>> ^Quboid:

I like the line "who apparently are both billionaires and brain-dead". It bugs me that footballers are labelled thick, as if you have to be thick to get paid well over £1,000,000 a year. I know Mitchell has no interest in football, but he's a bright guy and I'm pretty sure he meant this sardonically. He's got to know better, even if much of the general population falls for this cliché.
Of course some footballers are thick, but on the whole, I'd guess top footballers are on average more intelligent than most.
The reason they aren't hated is because they're not responsible for wreaking the economy.


I can only speak from my knowledge of English football but most footballers aren't especially bright. To earn large amounts of money in the game you have to be good at football and many are, apart from Charlie Adam. Most skipped further education and signed on with professional clubs at a young age or flitted around until they failed to make the grade.
Regardless, their working class backgrounds probably meant there wasn't much of a history of outstanding educational achievement. As soon as the talent is evident the desire to balance sporting and academic achievement evaporates.

I have no idea why you'd think that "top" footballers would be more intelligent on average. Than whom? The entire population? I'd guess their football intelligence is better.

Even the foreigners are capable of acting like twits. Apparently Bendtner's got off today on vandalising cars with Lee Catermole, Meanwhile Ricardo Fuller was sent off over the weekend for violent conduct (again) which his manager labelled "stupid" and my favourite player Balotelli indulged in a series of pretty dumb stunts all season long. They all earn incredible amounts of money and don't act in a way that is consistent or respectful of the rather sweet lifestyles they've landed.

Yes it's always silly to generalise but as a group they don't veer towards smart cookie territory. For example I give you David Beckham, the popular Joey Barton and possibly the most inept in the brain department Wayne Rooney.

I like the line "who apparently are both billionaires and brain-dead". It bugs me that footballers are labelled thick, as if you have to be thick to get paid well over £1,000,000 a year. I know Mitchell has no interest in football, but he's a bright guy and I'm pretty sure he meant this sardonically. He's got to know better, even if much of the general population falls for this cliché.

Of course some footballers are thick, but on the whole, I'd guess top footballers are on average more intelligent than most.

The reason they aren't hated is because they're not responsible for wreaking the economy.

Dunno why anyone mentioned race, the title is clearly sardonic in nature. Redirect this to something actually racist lest we turn more fence sitters into full on racists citing political correctness gone mad please!

I didn't mean to offend anyone with this comment and I apologize if anyone has taken offense to it. It was not my intention to imply ingratitude for the sacrifice that many soldiers and their families make on behalf of American freedom and security.

I was simply intending to make a rather sardonic remark about why this family would choose to surprise their kids in this manner. The video seems to suggest that this ploy is clearly more for the parents than it is for the children -- who don't understand the box, the bbq joke, or anything except for the fact that their dad has returned.

>> ^Trancecoach:

Daddy's coming home in a box either way.

Wait. Wait just a second. Who in the right mind would downvote this? Abstain from voting, sure, but downvote? A piece of Alan Rickman-based sardonic comedy cinema?

I also believe that it is meant to offend, but it has gone beyond offensive to outright insulting, IMO. To each his own, I suppose.

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It sounds to me, without knowing any context, like this is a piece of sardonic political commentary, with the intention of being offensive to the ear. Not sure if it's pro or con - if he weren't an avant-garde jazz musician, I'd go with con.

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To my untrained ear this is just painful, but maybe you, as a musician, could appreciate it? Just way too much dissonance for my taste.

It sounds to me, without knowing any context, like this is a piece of sardonic political commentary, with the intention of being offensive to the ear. Not sure if it's pro or con - if he weren't an avant-garde jazz musician, I'd go with con.

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To my untrained ear this is just painful, but maybe you, as a musician, could appreciate it? Just way too much dissonance for my taste.

Hehe, very true! I was more being sardonic that they wouldn't have to go through the trouble of creating a thumbnail if I had bronze... or is that true?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Zevon

Warren William Zevon (January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician noted for including his strange, sardonic opinions of life in his musical lyrics, composing songs that were sometimes humorous and often had political or historical themes.

The day I can't be flippant and irreverent about depression is the day I slit my wrists.

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I cry myself to sleep every night.

LOL..
dude.i love your sardonic wit.