Saturday, May 31, 2008

Lacanian Jokes of the Day

Q: What makes a Lacanian joke funny?

A: Its signifier by its very nature anticipates meaning, unfolding its dimension before it.
McSweeney's has your Lacanian Jokes of the Day.
A genie tells a man he can have three wishes.

"First of all," the man enthuses, "I want to be Slavoj Žižek."

"You cretin!" the genie replies. "You already are Slavoj Žižek!"

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