This is the thread where the fringster comes back with teeth

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Fugee

Mr. Darcy dancing freestyle disco to harpsichord music was pretty funny in a P&P geek kind of way!

You know, you've always had some white trash cred, and, what with the shotgun wedding and hanging with the hicks in the country, dtb had been rapidly gathering cred, and I was starting to think of the two of you as sorta Laura Dern and Jodie Foster from the 80s, and then the two of you go and do this.

Come on. Austen. Harpsichords. Uggh.

[Fugee]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

You know, you've always had some white trash cred, and, what with the shotgun wedding and hanging with the hicks in the country, dtb had been rapidly gathering cred, and I was starting to think of the two of you as sorta Laura Dern and Jodie Foster from the 80s, and then the two of you go and do this.

Come on. Austen. Harpsichords. Uggh.

You've got me all wrong. I'm farm girl not simple white trash. Farm girls can get edumacated and learn to appreciate Austen and harpsichords.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Fugee

But No. 2 is my fave. I love that movie. It may be heresy, but I like it better than Lebowski.

Not heresy at all. It's a fantastic movie. I like Lebowski better, but not by much.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

So, we all know that Swayze's character in Roadhouse had a PhD from NYU in Philosophy. That's what makes the line in the title so much more profound.

RIP, mijo.

"Nobody ever wins a fight."

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Fugee

You've got me all wrong. I'm farm girl not simple white trash. Farm girls can get edumacated and learn to appreciate Austen and harpsichords.

Are you saying white trash can't appreciate a good harpie?

And this farm girl thing, help me get it right, are you talking Blanche Dubois, Laurel Sommersby, or Rebecca of Donnybrook Farm?

[Sidd Finch]

Originally Posted by Fugee

But No. 2 is my fave. I love that movie. It may be heresy, but I like it better than Lebowski.

Me too. Way better.

And it's not just Nick Cage's finest moment, but one of Holly Hunter's (not The Piano, but still.)

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

So, we all know that Swayze's character in Roadhouse had a PhD from NYU in Philosophy. That's what makes the line in the title so much more profound.

RIP, mijo.

"Nobody ever wins a fight."

Two of my favorite characters basically have the same philosophy:

"Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies — 'God damn it, you've got to be kind.'" - Eliot Rosewater, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater.

***

"All you have to do is follow three simple rules. One, never underestimate your opponent. Expect the unexpected. Two, take it outside. Never start anything inside the bar unless it's absolutely necessary. And three, be nice."

"If somebody gets in your face and calls you a cocksucker, I want you to be nice. Ask him to walk. Be nice. If he won't walk, walk him. But be nice. If you can't walk him, one of the others will help you, and you'll both be nice. I want you to remember that it's a job. It's nothing personal." - Dalton, Roadhouse

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch

Me too. Way better.

And it's not just Nick Cage's finest moment, but one of Holly Hunter's (not The Piano, but still.)

10 years ago, people would have put Leaving Las Vegas above it. I don't think that's true anymore.

[Oliver_Wendell_Ramone]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

what do you like better, fat oprah or slim oprah?

The moon grows to full
Wanes, before growing again
Kind of like Oprah.

Still the best haiku I've ever written.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Why is semi-colon the default on the keyboard? I shouldn't have to push 'Shift' for a colon. Aren't colons used more often than semi-colons?

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Why is semi-colon the default on the keyboard? I shouldn't have to push 'Shift' for a colon. Aren't colons used more often than semi-colons?

Because the whole point of a QWERTY keyboard is to slow you down?

Althuogh, seriously, how often do you use either a colon or a semi-colon?

[evenodds]

My best friend called me this morning to say his doctor told him he needs to lose (at least) 40 pounds. Though he is a tall man, he is in deep denial about how fat he has become. He argued with me that fitness will be his ticket back to svelteness and that the weight gain has happened over the past 8 months. He is wrong on both counts.

I pointed out to him that he ate a bucket of buttered popcorn and the equivalent of 4 servings of pasta while I was with him last night.

His response: "I hadn't eaten all day and I didn't drink beer!" And then we argued over portion-size.

Any advice on conveying information about proper nutrition and portion size to a man in deep denial?

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally Posted by Fugee

But No. 2 is my fave. I love that movie. It may be heresy, but I like it better than Lebowski.

Fuck Lebowski. There. I said it. Decent movie, but it's nowhere near Raising Arizona.

TM

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by evenodds

My best friend called me this morning to say his doctor told him he needs to lose (at least) 40 pounds. Though he is a tall man, he is in deep denial about how fat he has become. He argued with me that fitness will be his ticket back to svelteness and that the weight gain has happened over the past 8 months. He is wrong on both counts.

I pointed out to him that he ate a bucket of buttered popcorn and the equivalent of 4 servings of pasta while I was with him last night.

His response: "I hadn't eaten all day and I didn't drink beer!" And then we argued over portion-size.

Any advice on conveying information about proper nutrition and portion size to a man in deep denial?

Have him read The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Fuck Lebowski. There. I said it. Decent movie, but it's nowhere near Raising Arizona.

TM

But it's like the white version of Friday!