Answer these questions before you go ahead.
Do you wear pastel shades to office?
Do you wear full shirts?
Do you button your cuffs?
Do you reach office well before time?
Do you shave your beard daily?(insert appropriate/similar question for ladies)
Do you?? punk??(OK, this was not part of the original post.'twas included purely to make this post cool(Clint Eastwood=Cool), which has been severely compromised by this "longish" sentence with apostrophes and brackets)
Do you still want to continue reading this??
If the answer to any of those questions, esp. the last one is a "yes", proceed....
Being prude is difficult.Time and time again there are challenges thrown at the guy who's all "law and order" to test his resolve,if not to break it. Here, we take up the case of ROFL.rofl? yes ROFL..
Many a time we are moved to "laughing out loud" ( LOL in modern parlance) while reading/listening to a joke. But, when you use the extreme version of it, the ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing), you feel the tug in your heart for not doing justice to the phrase.This post here, shall serve as a guide through the process of redeeming your faith in justice, law, mother in law. etc.
The problem with ROFL in comparison to other laughing styles is the time constraint. You are sitting on your chair one instant and you are expected to be rolling on the floor in the next, laughing(this is very similar to target setting. "you are supposed to roll in two seconds. I don't want to know how. work extra time if you want").So, this is how you get there.These are open to improvisations to suit your needs
1. As you read Mails/passages having subjects such as "Fw: hilarious", "FW: funny " etc., get up from your seat.Continue reading it as you unbutton your cuffs and roll your sleeves (skip this step if you are wearing a T shirt). When you are done with reading it, gauge your instant reaction, if it is not worth ROFL, you can always go back to your seat. If it is worthy, lie prone on the ground and start rolling and laughing simultaneously.Rolling for 3-4 secs should suffice for most jokes.
An artist's representation of ROFL in olden times.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/430295_484052234957703_1600900387_n.jpg
2. You've just read a "forward", you're caught in two minds, rofl? lol??You decide ROFL. You stand up.The buttons take time to come loose. There are deadlines to keep. PE is watching. Time is Ticking. what do you do?? what do u DO?? Here's what you do. As soon as the decision(ROFL) is made, lunge out of your chair. Now, airborne, using all your Bond/Bourne movie experience, do a somersault in the air such that you land on the ground rolling. Start laughing as soon as you hit the ground.This is a complicated maneuver which can be mastered with time and practice. The experts can lunge,roll and get up in one sync. motion like a boundary fielder chasing down a ball.
Miroslav Klose finds something funny on the field (a bald referee scratching his head??)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VO55IT-lb1I/TDHoKeaxQKI/AAAAAAAAA1o/QTsYrZvXEBc/s1600/Miroslav_Klose_Salto_Flip.jpg
3. All of us like trolling. We also like loopholes. In fact, we LOVE loopholes.In Indian mythology, Vignesh trolls Karthick in the gnyanapazham (fruit of wisdom) examination with a brilliant argument.So,What is our ROFL loophole?
You have just consumed Andhra meals and you are pretty sleepy, but u still want to be a man of immaculate character. You find something funny, and you want to rofl (lower case 'cos of sleepiness).
Here's your argument/solution.
your chair has wheels--> it rests on the floor --> you are sitting on the chair. This clearly establishes the fact that you are sitting on a chair that can roll on the floor. Just roll around laughing ... ROFL... also ROCL..
Do you wear pastel shades to office?
Do you wear full shirts?
Do you button your cuffs?
Do you reach office well before time?
Do you shave your beard daily?(insert appropriate/similar question for ladies)
Do you?? punk??(OK, this was not part of the original post.'twas included purely to make this post cool(Clint Eastwood=Cool), which has been severely compromised by this "longish" sentence with apostrophes and brackets)
Do you still want to continue reading this??
If the answer to any of those questions, esp. the last one is a "yes", proceed....
Being prude is difficult.Time and time again there are challenges thrown at the guy who's all "law and order" to test his resolve,if not to break it. Here, we take up the case of ROFL.rofl? yes ROFL..
Many a time we are moved to "laughing out loud" ( LOL in modern parlance) while reading/listening to a joke. But, when you use the extreme version of it, the ROFL (rolling on the floor laughing), you feel the tug in your heart for not doing justice to the phrase.This post here, shall serve as a guide through the process of redeeming your faith in justice, law, mother in law. etc.
The problem with ROFL in comparison to other laughing styles is the time constraint. You are sitting on your chair one instant and you are expected to be rolling on the floor in the next, laughing(this is very similar to target setting. "you are supposed to roll in two seconds. I don't want to know how. work extra time if you want").So, this is how you get there.These are open to improvisations to suit your needs
1. As you read Mails/passages having subjects such as "Fw: hilarious", "FW: funny " etc., get up from your seat.Continue reading it as you unbutton your cuffs and roll your sleeves (skip this step if you are wearing a T shirt). When you are done with reading it, gauge your instant reaction, if it is not worth ROFL, you can always go back to your seat. If it is worthy, lie prone on the ground and start rolling and laughing simultaneously.Rolling for 3-4 secs should suffice for most jokes.
An artist's representation of ROFL in olden times.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/430295_484052234957703_1600900387_n.jpg
2. You've just read a "forward", you're caught in two minds, rofl? lol??You decide ROFL. You stand up.The buttons take time to come loose. There are deadlines to keep. PE is watching. Time is Ticking. what do you do?? what do u DO?? Here's what you do. As soon as the decision(ROFL) is made, lunge out of your chair. Now, airborne, using all your Bond/Bourne movie experience, do a somersault in the air such that you land on the ground rolling. Start laughing as soon as you hit the ground.This is a complicated maneuver which can be mastered with time and practice. The experts can lunge,roll and get up in one sync. motion like a boundary fielder chasing down a ball.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_VO55IT-lb1I/TDHoKeaxQKI/AAAAAAAAA1o/QTsYrZvXEBc/s1600/Miroslav_Klose_Salto_Flip.jpg
3. All of us like trolling. We also like loopholes. In fact, we LOVE loopholes.In Indian mythology, Vignesh trolls Karthick in the gnyanapazham (fruit of wisdom) examination with a brilliant argument.So,What is our ROFL loophole?
You have just consumed Andhra meals and you are pretty sleepy, but u still want to be a man of immaculate character. You find something funny, and you want to rofl (lower case 'cos of sleepiness).
Here's your argument/solution.
your chair has wheels--> it rests on the floor --> you are sitting on the chair. This clearly establishes the fact that you are sitting on a chair that can roll on the floor. Just roll around laughing ... ROFL... also ROCL..
Some insight!
ReplyDeleteThe first image of early representation clearly ahs 2 meanings, just like how we suspect every old image has.. one is that it is ONLY ROF (Rolling On Floor) And no laugh.. or it is an extreeme gesture where the forward is sooo funny and its sooo unique, u fall on d floor, joining hands and rolling , thanking them for an epicness...
In an office environment where i doubt there's sufficient place to ROFL because of cubicles, a better option would be the one u said, as in roll around.. or just revolve while stationery, like a 360 degree spin... so thats also a roll, theoretically, in a different axis!
And incase of extreme rofl, i suggest a friend's help with a video recording device ( mobile/dslr/videocam/webcam) and recording 3 varied stages of the expression : ROFL (Extremely epioc) Rofl(Okayy..) and rofl(yawn). the last option works the best in making you sleep, as well.. :)
But a great effort in establishing the concept overall!! :D
^^ very deep..... :)
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