I think the context is just a series of funny talks. You'll laugh at a comedian doing normal things (pauses, exaggerated expressions) just because you're ready for them to make you laugh. Warm-up acts - or in this case other talks - help get you in the mood.

Having said that, I laughed through it myself. His timing of the first line was spot on.

There is really no consensus that I can find as to whether the oceans are warming up consistently, whether that has to do with atmospheric conditions, and whether greenhouse gasses are the cause (if indeed it is happening).

(from Jazz master James Morrison's yt channel):

Marian Petrescu playing a little bit of rhythm changes :-)

A little taste of what you'll see at Generations in Jazz this weekend. Marian Petrescu just warming up!

I don't think it's really that bad to come to the correct answer in 10, even 15 minutes to what is essentially a vague guessing game?

Numbers in ascending order isn't really a Black Swan scenario, this isn't something people couldn't fathom existing, it's just an arbitrary rule he decided on in a system all the people were familiar with, numbers.

All it really showed was people are slow to activate their critical thinking skills when randomly stopped in the street, once they get warmed up with a few throw-away guesses, there reasoning becomes more complex.

I don't see anything unusual about that, especially since half the problem was actually just deceptive word play.

Called Jätkän Kynttilä (loose transl. Redneck Candle) in Finland.. Never heard of Swedish Torch.

The other great fire for outdoors is Rakovalkea (white crack, yeah it's double entendre), it consists of 2 large logs and the fire is set between them. It'll warm up one camp for a whole Finnish winter night, guaranteed. Same principle, restricted burn.

Meh. Your tumescent head and my own together make the Hindenburg look like a child's toy balloon. If any piece of shit was worthy of a shanghai it was this one...

A suggestion? How about embedding some sift-worthy offerings and run that for a while instead of your flatulent, grade-school bully script. Tell all your circle-jerk buddies to do the same and perhaps the place will profit from some traffic, creativity, intelligent banter and bit more color.

Done with this thread, off to hijack another school bus full of Special Olympics kids-oh and, DO come back for more soul-searching exercise, I'm just warming-up.

i warmed up to it, kinda funny how they all buy his ...schtick

Yes, it was their warm-up.

...and that's probably just a shtick they did as a warm-up.

Here is Garden of Love, the first song they played. I liked them both, but thought they'd warmed up more for the second.

Material is fantastic. Delivery takes a few minutes to warm up, but worth the wait.

that was him just getting warmed up

The mustaches were throwing off my concentration. Wish I would have seen this yesterday. It probably would have been hilarious. Screw it, gimme 15 minutes to warm up the vape.

EDIT: HILARIOUS!!

Nothing can warm up Cruises image, besides leaving the church.

Just warming up his pitching arm for when the official Basewars league finally opens.