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Nurgle wrote:The point is is that we dont have a fine line between the two. sure people have thought of what it means but the whole joke is that GW makes us think about who is who and what they mean.

Because they do that on purpose. Violent brawls between orks are known to occur because they don't even know who is who, and their simple minds get more fighty when they are inebriated, which likely is a trick from the one of brutal cunning

DeadlySquirrel wrote:Dis guy got it right. Da one on the right iz Gork, an'd the one on the left looks like Mork. Simple, you stupid grot....

Now where haz dat runt what hit me gone?

Oi, iz you some kinda 'umie lovar? It'z obvious that da left one is Gork, 'cause it got green on it and green is best!

I thought Gork and Mork were the gods of attack and defence. either way GW might need to give out some more info on this subject. Because this subject will not sort it self out.

LORD_PANTERA wrote:I thought Gork and Mork were the gods of attack and defence. either way GW might need to give out some more info on this subject. Because this subject will not sort it self out.

Defenz!? We orkz no sit aroun' whaitin fo' sum meatbaggz to attak uz nor do uz godz. Stupid humie, Gork n' Mork alwayz attakz dem phurst! Gork dakkaz em in da face, Mork choppaz dem in da back. Anyun hoo sayz odderwize gonna get dem a WAAAAAAGGGHHH! comin at um!

Nurgle wrote:
Nice GW now just kill off the Tau

What do you think the diffrence is?

....I'll have you know, YOUNG SIR, that Tau are well liked

Seepollfordetails. Orkboizmakingyoustandcorrectnotincluded:

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/431324.page

Zed wrote:If you're after Gork and Mork fluff, and their effects on the Orks, the Gorkamorka books (in pdf form on the GW site) cover it in some depth, and are also extremely amusing.

Oh my god, thank you for revealing this to me.

I'm reading this now if anyone else is interested in reading some Ork crap online http://www.games-workshop.com/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m1340011_GorkaMorka_-_Da_Uvver_Book.pdf

Yoo iz all Paffetik ya 'ear me? Now Getz bak ta da kitchenz n 'ake me a sandwich ya Gretchiin scumz!!

Nrljm wrote:Yoo iz all Paffetik ya 'ear me? Now Getz bak ta da kitchenz n 'ake me a sandwich ya Gretchiin scumz!!

U iz asskin fo uh krumpin! 'Ake ya own sandwich ya squig!

Right, 'ere's da fing ya stoopid gits, gather round or piss off 'n stop takin up space. Now lissen, 'ere, Gork's all about kickin' out teef. 'E's more lika squiggoth wot got no breakfast: mad an killy. Mork's about jammin' a blade atween ter shouldas when ya izn't lookin. Kommandos are more like Mork: sneaky. Orks are like Gork when der ded ard, but more like Mork when der kunnin. Some peeple believe der two 'eads on da same body, punchin' each uvver.

King Pariah wrote:

Nrljm wrote:Yoo iz all Paffetik ya 'ear me? Now Getz bak ta da kitchenz n 'ake me a sandwich ya Gretchiin scumz!!

U iz asskin fo uh krumpin! 'Ake ya own sandwich ya squig!

Wot iz diz? U darez torkkz bak ta me? I iz gna shuv me klaw inta ya big azz so 'ard both Gork and Mork will be cryin' furr ya

CuddlySquig wrote: Right, 'ere's da fing ya stoopid gits, gather round or piss off 'n stop takin up space. Now lissen, 'ere, Gork's all about kickin' out teef. 'E's more lika squiggoth wot got no breakfast: mad an killy. Mork's about jammin' a blade atween ter shouldas when ya izn't lookin. Kommandos are more like Mork: sneaky. Orks are like Gork when der ded ard, but more like Mork when der kunnin. Some peeple believe der two 'eads on da same body, punchin' each uvver.

'At's bin wat I've bin sayin! Gork dakkas em in da face and Mork choppas em in da bak!

Nurgle wrote:The point is is that we dont have a fine line between the two. sure people have thought of what it means but the whole joke is that GW makes us think about who is who and what they mean.

If you actually start to think about the deeper meaning in any part of the ork fluff, you already missed the point. Ork philosophy goes as far as whether their way of bashing someone in the head is proppa. That's it.

The problem that I have with referencing the Gorkamorka literature for this is that(at one point at least) the game said that the ork god was Gorkamorka, not two seperate gods, Gork and Mork. The copy I have says that, anyway.

-cgmckenzie

cgmckenzie wrote:The problem that I have with referencing the Gorkamorka literature for this is that(at one point at least) the game said that the ork god was Gorkamorka, not two seperate gods, Gork and Mork. The copy I have says that, anyway.

-cgmckenzie

Nope. The Orks called the spaceship/titan/whatever they were building Gorkamorka, because when it was first being built half the Orks decided it was an idol of Gork, and the other half decided it was an idol of Mork. This ended up leading (unsurprisingly) to a big fight one night, and the spaceship/titan/whatever got badly damaged. Therefore the Meks told everyone to call it Gorkamorka, and figured it would tell them which one it represented when it came to life/started working.

The Orks stuck on the planet still tend to believe it's either Gork or Mork, but hide this when in Mektown and near the Meks. When fighting out in the desert, the "Gorkers" or "Morkers" show their colours more.

Zed wrote:

cgmckenzie wrote:The problem that I have with referencing the Gorkamorka literature for this is that(at one point at least) the game said that the ork god was Gorkamorka, not two seperate gods, Gork and Mork. The copy I have says that, anyway.

-cgmckenzie

Nope. The Orks called the spaceship/titan/whatever they were building Gorkamorka, because when it was first being built half the Orks decided it was an idol of Gork, and the other half decided it was an idol of Mork. This ended up leading (unsurprisingly) to a big fight one night, and the spaceship/titan/whatever got badly damaged. Therefore the Meks told everyone to call it Gorkamorka, and figured it would tell them which one it represented when it came to life/started working.

The Orks stuck on the planet still tend to believe it's either Gork or Mork, but hide this when in Mektown and near the Meks. When fighting out in the desert, the "Gorkers" or "Morkers" show their colours more.

Thanks for the insite.
Now you people saying this is a bad post just off. It is the whole joke. They are just for the orks fighting of who is who, and what means what. This good sir is called trolling when you are fighting/debate over somthing from fiction sparking tension. So when we have said person (Zed) give a good point and realise its just a joke on its own it is proof that we are not all angryas the 40k fans.

So you are basically trolling by claiming that GW is trolling.

I like to think of Gork and Mork as a sort of cosmic Tom and Jerry; eternally trying to destroy each other.

celestialhost wrote:I like to think of Gork and Mork as a sort of cosmic Tom and Jerry; eternally trying to destroy each other.

More like Spy Vs Spy...

Jidmah wrote:So you are basically trolling by claiming that GW is trolling.

wat?
No I am sayin the whole joke IS we the orks representing humans saying who is who.

Nurgle wrote:

Jidmah wrote:So you are basically trolling by claiming that GW is trolling.

wat?
No I am sayin the whole joke IS we the orks representing humans saying who is who.

Yeah cause we all know that Gw's has been very philosophical with orks.

The joke is that Orks fight over something that's completely immaterial and they don't even quite know the difference. That is the joke. There is no subtext or metaphor here. Orks are silly and not terribly smart, and fight for frivolous and silly reasons. You're reading into something that isn't there, and your interpretation of such isn't very good. We don't represent anyone here, and we don't care who is who.

I think it's the OP that's trolling YOU guys.

Or he's just very, very, dense.

I'm voting dense myself.

matphat wrote:I think it's the OP that's trolling YOU guys.

Or he's just very, very, dense.

I'm voting dense myself.

Enough of that lad! The point of the thread is to discuss who is who. Also I love it how only half of you actually get the joke
When they think they have all the anwsers I change the question!


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Brother SRM wrote:The joke is that Orks fight over something that's completely immaterial and they don't even quite know the difference. That is the joke. There is no subtext or metaphor here. Orks are silly and not terribly smart, and fight for frivolous and silly reasons. You're reading into something that isn't there, and your interpretation of such isn't very good. We don't represent anyone here, and we don't care who is who.

What interpretation?
Also you sir understand the meaning of this and I respect that.

Roight! Iz gots da real wayz Gork n' Mork gets into its!

Gork iz gonna hit ya, n' go down to da ground. Mork iz gonna go down to da ground, n' hit ya.

Youz gits needz to get it roight! NOW ZOG OFF 'FORE I THUMP YAZ!