I once dated someone who wore an ascot.
Simon: Captain... why did you come back for us? Mal: You're on my crew. Simon: Yeah, but you don't even like me. Why'd you come back? Mal: You're on my crew. Why we still talking about this?
'Safe'
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megan walker - Jan 18, 2008 9:47:37 am PST #3423 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Sue - Jan 18, 2008 9:52:59 am PST #3424 of 10000
hip deep in pie
I went to college with a guy who occasionally wore and ascot. And yes, he was rich, but even the other rich kids thought he was OTT.
tommyrot - Jan 18, 2008 9:54:18 am PST #3425 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I once dated someone who wore an ascot.
I went to college with a guy who occasionally wore and ascot. And yes, he was rich.
Any of these guys solve mysteries? Drive around in a weirdly-colored van? Been describes as a "meddling kid"?
megan walker - Jan 18, 2008 9:54:59 am PST #3426 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Not sure of my guy's exact finances, but since I met him at his sister’s wedding in the Royal Chapel in the Seville Cathedral and his family had a box in the Real Madrid stadium, I’m going to go with rich.
ETA: He did not solve mysteries. The only mystery was why the f*ck I thought dating a guy who wore an ascot would be a good thing.
Jon B. - Jan 18, 2008 10:03:45 am PST #3427 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
And while I can't think of an example offhand, I react worst when it's done with music. If you're setting your movie in the '80s, your soundtrack shouldn't include "Baby Got Back."
Dirty Dancing!!!
JZ - Jan 18, 2008 10:09:00 am PST #3428 of 10000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Dirty Dancing!!!
Just when I thought I couldn't possibly love you more, dearest Jon B... the Big Giant Emotionally Sweeping And Completely Anachronistic Theme Song of that movie drives me so bugfuck I literally can't sit through any of the rest of it. Even during the 99% of the movie that it's not playing, I know it's there, lurking, with its wrong wrong sound.
I have the same problem with Grease; some of the music is really really good fake '50s music, and some of it just makes you say, "Really, I beg your pardon, but what the fucking fuck?"
megan walker - Jan 18, 2008 10:16:46 am PST #3429 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
And here I thought he was just making a "Baby" joke.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 18, 2008 10:18:28 am PST #3430 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
If you're setting your movie in the '80s, your soundtrack shouldn't include "Baby Got Back."
I think that rule should apply to all movies no matter what decade they're set in.
I saw Down with Love in the company of several relatives who likewise work in publishing, and when Renee Zelwiger did the monologue with that line about writing a bestseller and waiting the 2 to 3 weeks it would take for it to be published and read by everyone in the world, we all fell out laughing. it was hysterical!
Typo Boy - Jan 18, 2008 10:23:16 am PST #3431 of 10000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I wish I could remember the name of the film. But I would swear I saw film once where the hotel had a view of Mt. Ranier -- from Washington D.C.
Jon B. - Jan 18, 2008 10:28:49 am PST #3432 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I have the same problem with Grease;
Yes! Only the movie though. The original play was fine, music-wise. "Grease is the Word" on the other hand...
With Dirty Dancing, it's mostly the Big Giant Emotionally Sweeping And Completely Anachronistic Finale that has me rolling my eyes so far back that I end up looking forward again.