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ToddD · 09/29/2009, 05:13 pm

Celebrations to toast to:

Diwali (an office episode)
Bring Your Daughter to Work Day (another episode)

Punishment

100 Demerits (a threat Dwight uses on Jim)

any I'm missing?

*seanvanaman* · 09/29/2009, 05:20 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by ToddD

Celebrations to toast to:

Diwali (an office episode)
Bring Your Daughter to Work Day (another episode)

Punishment

100 Demerits (a threat Dwight uses on Jim)

any I'm missing?

i do indeed enjoy the office, but diwali was offered up by joe and i just ran with the rest of the these without trying to make any references (although i do like to hand out demerits around the office from time to time)

Rather Dashing · 09/29/2009, 05:49 pm

Wait, that's the wrong office-related visual media. Nevermind.

SHODANFreeman · 09/29/2009, 05:52 pm

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Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

Wait, that's the wrong office-related visual media. Nevermind.

Office Space > The Office

By an infinite amount.

JedExodus · 10/01/2009, 05:32 am

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Originally Posted by Pale Man

Office Space > The Office

By an infinite amount.

British The Office > US The Office

SurplusGamer · 10/01/2009, 05:37 am

I thought Bring Your Daughter To Work Day was a Portal reference. So there ya go.

SHODANFreeman · 10/01/2009, 05:39 am

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Originally Posted by JedExodus

British The Office > US The Office

Anything British > Anything US > Either version of The Office

JedExodus · 10/01/2009, 05:41 am

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Originally Posted by Pale Man

Anything British > Anything US > Either version of The Office

Not necessarily, there was a British version of Married With Children that somehow was worse than the original, though this was an anomaly and the exception to the rule and we don't speak of it round these parts

doodinthemood · 10/01/2009, 05:41 am

Oh by the way.
DIWALI is pronounced DIVALI.
That got to me a bit. Dunno why though ¬_¬

DeLuca · 10/01/2009, 06:26 am

I personally like both versions of the Office...

Epic Kiwi · 10/01/2009, 06:46 am

Uh. Bring Your Daughter To Work Day has been around much longer than The Office or Portal.

SurplusGamer · 10/01/2009, 06:57 am

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Originally Posted by Jade Zealot

Uh. Bring Your Daughter To Work Day has been around much longer than The Office or Portal.

That doesn't mean it isn't allowed to be a reference to either.

Epic Kiwi · 10/01/2009, 06:59 am

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Originally Posted by SurplusGamer

That doesn't mean it isn't allowed to be a reference to either.

But that's kind of like saying a character on The Office making an ugly face and saying "ARRRR!" is a reference to Monkey Island because they do it in that game. :S

doggans · 10/01/2009, 07:13 am

I don't think any one of those things on its own would have been seen as an Office reference, but when there are three or more separate jokes reminiscent of Office episodes, it makes sense that the OP would start thinking in that direction.

The Commissioner · 10/01/2009, 07:34 am

I just thought that you put Diwali in there because it happens this month! I thought that was the beauty of episodic releases... you can put current events in there.

SurplusGamer · 10/01/2009, 07:46 am

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Originally Posted by Jade Zealot

But that's kind of like saying a character on The Office making an ugly face and saying "ARRRR!" is a reference to Monkey Island because they do it in that game. :S

Not quite. People are speculating that something might be a reference. In the same way, your hypothetical example of a character in The Office 'The Office making an ugly face and saying "ARRRR!"' indeed -might- be a Monkey Island reference. Then again, it might not. But just because pulling a face and going ARRRR! was invented long before Monkey Island, that doesn't mean that whoever wrote it in wasn't making a reference.

For example, if I put the words 'bring your daughter to work day' into a thing I made... say, a song or something, I'd definitely be doing it as a Portal reference because I associate that phrase with Portal more than anything else. Maybe the person who put it into MI did it as a Portal reference. Maybe they did it as an Office reference. Maybe they did it as neither. We don't know, but it's fun to speculate.

tredlow · 10/02/2009, 06:47 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by ToddD

Celebrations to toast to:

Diwali (an office episode)
Bring Your Daughter to Work Day (another episode)

Punishment

100 Demerits (a threat Dwight uses on Jim)

any I'm missing?

Hahaha! I just realized that!

09/29/2009, 05:13 pm	#1
ToddD Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 47	Writers: 'The Office' Fans Much? Celebrations to toast to: Diwali (an office episode) Bring Your Daughter to Work Day (another episode) Punishment 100 Demerits (a threat Dwight uses on Jim) any I'm missing?

10/01/2009, 05:37 am	#6
SurplusGamer Mojo Mixer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 418	I thought Bring Your Daughter To Work Day was a Portal reference. So there ya go. __________________ http://www.mixnmojo.com - The source for classic LucasArts related news. http://nukezilla.com/author/SurplusGamer/ - My Author Page on Nukezilla.com, a game site I write for. http://www.surprisedman.co.uk - Games wot I make.

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10/01/2009, 06:46 am	#11
Epic Kiwi not a coconut Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: I accidentally the entire city of Boston Posts: 331	Uh. Bring Your Daughter To Work Day has been around much longer than The Office or Portal. __________________ Status: Epic Now Playing: Telltale Texas Poke 'Em 2

10/01/2009, 07:34 am	#15
The Commissioner Mysterious phone voice Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 383	I just thought that you put Diwali in there because it happens this month! I thought that was the beauty of episodic releases... you can put current events in there. __________________ "Now you guys are sure this won't emancipate me from my ridiculous striped pants?"

09/29/2009, 05:49 pm	#3
Rather Dashing Throw Baby Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 7,806	Wait, that's the wrong office-related visual media. Nevermind.

10/01/2009, 05:41 am	#9
doodinthemood Your 4th favourite member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Birmingham England Kudos: 867 Posts: 975	Oh by the way. DIWALI is pronounced DIVALI. That got to me a bit. Dunno why though ¬_¬

10/01/2009, 07:13 am	#14
doggans Zombie Wiseau Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Currently, New Havenish, CT Posts: 708	I don't think any one of those things on its own would have been seen as an Office reference, but when there are three or more separate jokes reminiscent of Office episodes, it makes sense that the OP would start thinking in that direction.

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