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Penske_Account 01-05-2009 03:32 PM
Re: Question for dog/pet owners
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 376226)
I'm so sorry to hear that your dog is having problems with his / her joints. I don't have experience with that particular problem, but the Displaced Dog was on SAMe for a few years to help improve his liver function. SAMe is also used a lot for mild depression and for osteoarthritis in humans. My vet said that after a year on the supplement, liver function was improved dramatically, though I don't know if the depression and osteoarthritis improvement would also be there. The Displaced Dog did have trouble getting up in his last few months, but I think that was more due to his exhaustion from congestive heart failure than problems with his joints. He never had problems with depression. They make dog versions of SAMe, but my vet said that they're essentially a more expensive version of the kind sold at Whole Foods or Walgreens for people, so I just picked it up at one of those two places and followed the dosing instructions on one of the pet SAMe websites.

Anyhow, I think that rimadyl has some adverse liver and kidney effects, so you might want to ask your vet if a supplement of SAMe in addition to rimadyl would be a good idea. Rimadyl was especially made for dogs, so I imagine there's a lot of data on its long-term effectiveness.

Good luck! I did everything I could last year on making sure that the Displaced Dog was as comfortable as possible in his twilight, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. He gave me nearly 16 years, and it was the least I could do to make sure that I was as good to him as he was to me. He died in August, and I still miss him a lot.

BTW, I got a note last Monday from the Puppy's breeder that a surprise litter was born on December 27th. We'd thought that it wouldn't be until late spring that we'd get a new puppy, but it looks like we'll be picking up our baby girl on Valentine's day. She's 8 days old today, and the breeder sent me pictures of four itty bitty balls of fluff this afternoon. Mine, I think, was the tiniest of the balls. The Puppy isn't going to like losing her only dog status at first, but I think she misses having someone else to boss around. The cat just doesn't work for her.
Thank. Sorry to hear about the displaced dog, but happy for your puppy. Like you, palliative care/at home will be the final chapter, I'd just like to postpone it for a little longer. [real sniff]

Penske_Account 01-05-2009 03:35 PM
Re: Question for dog/pet owners
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen (Post 376231)
I used Rimadyl for pain management when my Pixie-dog got bone cancer. It didn't seem to help much.

That said, i think that glucosamine made a huge difference in her mobility pre-cancer.
Thanks. that is one of the supplements that he is on. Plus healthy powder (cf: pitcairns natural diet for dogs book), plus a natural foods diet (although that has been for his whole life other than the first few weeks, before he presented epilepsy), plus rimadyl, plus adequan (sic) shots. Ugh.

ThurgreedMarshall 01-05-2009 03:39 PM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Adder (Post 376260)
There is a quite a lot of tension between the two halves of this sentence.
No there isn't. They built the team thinking one way and then went and got Favre. It was a stupid fucking thing to do.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Adder (Post 376260)
In other words, I agree with you. Until next year it works and he is a hero again.
You're crazy. Favre is done. His teammates cut him slack in Green Bay because he's a god there, even when he plays like shit. But any team that signs him next year (including the Jets who are apparently leaving it up to him on whether or not he will return) will be ripped apart.

TM

Penske_Account 01-05-2009 03:46 PM
Re: Top 25 Funniest Movies
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 376249)
Couldn't you have put Holy Grail in its appropriate spot and have your assistant re-number the remaining movies in the post for you? For me, this list is tainted.
Confidential to Flower:

I don't want to post this out loud, so as not to offend TM, but assistants who do stuff like that, amongst other things, wink wink, iykwimaiktyd, are corner office perqs.

Adder 01-05-2009 03:47 PM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 376269)
Favre is done.
I think (and hope) you are right, but I have said that about him before (e.g. before last season) and he has surprised people.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 01-05-2009 03:51 PM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Adder (Post 376274)
I think (and hope) you are right, but I have said that about him before (e.g. before last season) and he has surprised people.
It's different this time, though, isn't it? Last year GB had to do something with him--they could play him or trade him, since if they cut him the Bears grab him. The Jets aren't in that position. They can cut him. They don't need to trade him or play him, and he's not going to end up in the division, much as they probably hope he would, since that would help their chances.

Hank Chinaski 01-05-2009 03:54 PM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) (Post 376278)
It's different this time, though, isn't it? Last year GB had to do something with him--they could play him or trade him, since if they cut him the Bears grab him. The Jets aren't in that position. They can cut him. They don't need to trade him or play him, and he's not going to end up in the division, much as they probably hope he would, since that would help their chances.
i bet the Lions pick him up. we just refilled our brain-trust, so we're ready for some dramatic moves.

bold_n_brazen 01-05-2009 04:22 PM
Re: Question for dog/pet owners
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Penske_Account (Post 376266)
Thanks. that is one of the supplements that he is on. Plus healthy powder (cf: pitcairns natural diet for dogs book), plus a natural foods diet (although that has been for his whole life other than the first few weeks, before he presented epilepsy), plus rimadyl, plus adequan (sic) shots. Ugh.
When Pixie stopped coming to meet me at the door when I got home, and when she couldn't sleep through the night without crying, I knew what I had to do.

It's the hardest thing I've ever done.

Adder 01-05-2009 04:33 PM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) (Post 376278)
It's different this time, though, isn't it? Last year GB had to do something with him--they could play him or trade him, since if they cut him the Bears grab him. The Jets aren't in that position. They can cut him. They don't need to trade him or play him, and he's not going to end up in the division, much as they probably hope he would, since that would help their chances.

You are right. I was just saying that Favre has looked done (and sucked) before only to come back and have a good year again. While the Jets can cut him, he will have a job next year if he wants one.

Replaced_Texan 01-05-2009 04:35 PM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 376279)
i bet the Lions pick him up. we just refilled our brain-trust, so we're ready for some dramatic moves.
I think that Favre is done. He had a great season last year and was still having a lot of fun when the season ended. This year he didn't have nearly as much fun, and he ended the season in disgrace. Also, I think he's physically not able to do it. His arm just can't last a whole season anymore. He'll keep the Jets dangling for awhile, but that's because he thinks he was rushed into making a decision last year. But at the end, they'll be talking to Mike Shanahan and telling themselves that boy weren't they lucky that they got rid of a quarterback who took a 1-15 team to the playoffs only to throw 7 interceptions in the first playoff game while they hunt for a new quarterback.

Much more interestingly is that Matt Cassel is a free agent. Rumor has it that the pretty Brady boy isn't going to be at 100 percent at the beginning of the season due to a fucked up couple of surgeries that are going to have to be redone. (Though he looked fine on SNL last night.) So is New England fucked with a thrid stringer until Brady gets his ass fixed up? Where does Cassel go? And for how much? He took the team to 11-5, though couldn't get them into the playoffs. Was that all the support he had from the rest of the team, or was he good enough to take that somewhere else? Detroit? The Jets? Kansas City?

bold_n_brazen 01-05-2009 04:39 PM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 376285)
I think that Favre is done. He had a great season last year and was still having a lot of fun when the season ended. This year he didn't have nearly as much fun, and he ended the season in disgrace. Also, I think he's physically not able to do it. His arm just can't last a whole season anymore. He'll keep the Jets dangling for awhile, but that's because he thinks he was rushed into making a decision last year. But at the end, they'll be talking to Mike Shanahan and telling themselves that boy weren't they lucky that they got rid of a quarterback who took a 1-15 team to the playoffs only to throw 7 interceptions in the first playoff game while they hunt for a new quarterback.

Much more interestingly is that Matt Cassel is a free agent. Rumor has it that the pretty Brady boy isn't going to be at 100 percent at the beginning of the season due to a fucked up couple of surgeries that are going to have to be redone. (Though he looked fine on SNL last night.) So is New England fucked with a thrid stringer until Brady gets his ass fixed up? Where does Cassel go? And for how much? He took the team to 11-5, though couldn't get them into the playoffs. Was that all the support he had from the rest of the team, or was he good enough to take that somewhere else? Detroit? The Jets? Kansas City?
I read somewhere that NE plans to franchise tag Cassel.

Adder 01-05-2009 04:39 PM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 376285)
Much more interestingly is that Matt Cassel is a free agent. Rumor has it that the pretty Brady boy isn't going to be at 100 percent at the beginning of the season due to a fucked up couple of surgeries that are going to have to be redone. (Though he looked fine on SNL last night.) So is New England fucked with a thrid stringer until Brady gets his ass fixed up?
Rumor also has it that the Pats are going to put the franchise tag on Cassel, which probably means he isn't going anywhere (given that it will take top-of-position money and two compensatory first round picks to get him).

Quote:
Where does Cassel go?
I love for him to go to Minnesota, although I am not so sure if he is indeed tagged as NE's franchise player.

Pretty Little Flower 01-05-2009 04:43 PM
Re: Top 25 Funniest Movies
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Penske_Account (Post 376273)
Confidential to Flower:

I don't want to post this out loud, so as not to offend TM, but assistants who do stuff like that, amongst other things, wink wink, iykwimaiktyd, are corner office perqs.
Really? What a horrid existence for the others. Thank goodness I don't care.

dtb 01-05-2009 04:48 PM
Re: Question for dog/pet owners
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Penske_Account (Post 376265)
Thank. Sorry to hear about the displaced dog, but happy for your puppy. Like you, palliative care/at home will be the final chapter, I'd just like to postpone it for a little longer. [real sniff]
When my baby big-girl's time came, the vet came to our home and administered her lethal dose while she was in my arms. I think it was the kindest way. Right before, she was even able to sit up a little for a bit of cheese. I think (and hope!) she was happy in her final hour. It still makes me sniff, and it was more than 6 months ago.

You owe it to them to help them when the time comes (duh); it's just scary making the decision as to when that is. But they're counting on you for it.

I'm so sorry - it's such a hard thing to go through.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 01-05-2009 04:48 PM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Adder (Post 376284)
While the Jets can cut him, he will have a job next year if he wants one.
Who would take him on? You can't build anything around him because he has no more than 2 years left in him, if 2 days. He's more likely to be a mid-season replacement for someone.

As for Cassel, he will be a Patriot next year unless he is traded after Brady is proven to be able to play. He will not become a free agent, other than whatever the franchise rule allows (2 first round picks, I think, in exchange).

Hank Chinaski 01-05-2009 05:06 PM
Re: Top 25 Funniest Movies
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower (Post 376288)
Really? What a horrid existence for the others. Thank goodness I don't care.
poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king. Me? I pick who gets which corner office. You won't believe the price Penske paid to have the view. But I'm sure you got yours on merit?

Adder 01-05-2009 05:12 PM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) (Post 376290)
Who would take him on? You can't build anything around him because he has no more than 2 years left in him, if 2 days. He's more likely to be a mid-season replacement for someone.

Perhaps more likely, but I fear the Vikings would still pick him up if he wants to play. I wouldn't rule out Detroit either, out of simple desperation. There is a good chance he will find a job if he wants one, most likely for a bad team that can't find a long term solution at qb.

ThurgreedMarshall 01-05-2009 05:20 PM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) (Post 376290)
As for Cassel, he will be a Patriot next year unless he is traded after Brady is proven to be able to play. He will not become a free agent, other than whatever the franchise rule allows (2 first round picks, I think, in exchange).
Can you think of a scenario where the Patriots don't franchise him to let him go to the Jets?

Yeah. I can't either.

TM

Sidd Finch 01-05-2009 05:24 PM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 376285)
I think that Favre is done. He had a great season last year and was still having a lot of fun when the season ended. This year he didn't have nearly as much fun, and he ended the season in disgrace. Also, I think he's physically not able to do it. His arm just can't last a whole season anymore. He'll keep the Jets dangling for awhile, but that's because he thinks he was rushed into making a decision last year. But at the end, they'll be talking to Mike Shanahan and telling themselves that boy weren't they lucky that they got rid of a quarterback who took a 1-15 team to the playoffs only to throw 7 interceptions in the first playoff game while they hunt for a new quarterback.

Much more interestingly is that Matt Cassel is a free agent. Rumor has it that the pretty Brady boy isn't going to be at 100 percent at the beginning of the season due to a fucked up couple of surgeries that are going to have to be redone. (Though he looked fine on SNL last night.) So is New England fucked with a thrid stringer until Brady gets his ass fixed up? Where does Cassel go? And for how much? He took the team to 11-5, though couldn't get them into the playoffs. Was that all the support he had from the rest of the team, or was he good enough to take that somewhere else? Detroit? The Jets? Kansas City?


Maybe he could come to the Resurgent 49ers. All props to Hill and all, but the slot is still open for competition.

Gattigap 01-05-2009 05:29 PM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 376297)
Can you think of a scenario where the Patriots don't franchise him to let him go to the Jets?

Yeah. I can't either.

TM
Quote:
Q: How 'bout this hypothetical? It's 2012, Matt Cassel is the quarterback for the Vikings and standing with a Super Bowl MVP trophy in one hand and a Super Bowl trophy in another. It's his third Super Bowl MVP in four years, two with the Vikings and one with the Patriots in 2009. He states in his opening remarks, "I would like to dedicate this Super Bowl to Tom Brady for getting injured and allowing me to finally get my shot." Flash to Foxboro, where Tom Brady has never returned to his 2007 form and reinjured his knee three times since, and Bill Belichick has retired from coaching due to having a heart attack from seeing Cassel win his second Super Bowl without the Patriots. Jump to 2022, as the Patriots have become the '90s Cincinnati Bengals and you are hysterically crying while writing a piece titled "The Curse of Matt Cassel: IT IS REAL."
-- Andrew, Boston

SG: Just real enough that I made the same face that babies make when you stick a lemon in their mouths.
SG

Penske_Account 01-05-2009 05:30 PM
Re: Question for dog/pet owners
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by bold_n_brazen (Post 376283)
When Pixie stopped coming to meet me at the door when I got home, and when she couldn't sleep through the night without crying, I knew what I had to do.

It's the hardest thing I've ever done.
Ugh, yes, I am sure. Right now Monsieur Roux is unable to get to his feet without some assistance, so there is no greeting at the door. I am happy with a lifting of the head and an acknowledgement from his eyes or even better a wagged tail. The status depends on the diagnosis of the latest bloodwork. Cushings disease, if the medicinally treatable kind (85% of cases) would be the preferred affliction and would offer hope of some recovery.

Penske_Account 01-05-2009 05:32 PM
Re: Question for dog/pet owners
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dtb (Post 376289)
When my baby big-girl's time came, the vet came to our home and administered her lethal dose while she was in my arms. I think it was the kindest way. Right before, she was even able to sit up a little for a bit of cheese. I think (and hope!) she was happy in her final hour. It still makes me sniff, and it was more than 6 months ago.

You owe it to them to help them when the time comes (duh); it's just scary making the decision as to when that is. But they're counting on you for it.

I'm so sorry - it's such a hard thing to go through.
[sniff 2] A month ago I commented that I would not be able to see Marley and Me as I know its sort of the ghost of christmas future, but I wasn;t thinking it would be this year. Ugh.

Penske_Account 01-05-2009 05:33 PM
Re: Top 25 Funniest Movies
 
Etd

Replaced_Texan 01-05-2009 05:55 PM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Adder (Post 376292)
Perhaps more likely, but I fear the Vikings would still pick him up if he wants to play. I wouldn't rule out Detroit either, out of simple desperation. There is a good chance he will find a job if he wants one, most likely for a bad team that can't find a long term solution at qb.
Both Tim Tebow or Colt McCoy coming up in the draft in two years. If I were the GM of a horribly bad team with no current quarterback prospects, I'm not quite sure I'd want to improve much next year if I could get my hands on one of them the following year.

Replaced_Texan 01-05-2009 05:59 PM
Re: Question for dog/pet owners
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Penske_Account (Post 376304)
[sniff 2] A month ago I commented that I would not be able to see Marley and Me as I know its sort of the ghost of christmas future, but I wasn;t thinking it would be this year. Ugh.
Pretty much everyone in my extended family is avoiding that movie like the plague. Either too recent memories or a (hopefully distant) future no one wants to look too closely at.

Give the boy a scratch for me and tell him to feel better soon.

Gattigap 01-05-2009 06:14 PM
Flinty & Montecore, sittin' in a tree.
 
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/c...TigerChimp.jpg

Adder 01-05-2009 06:47 PM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 376309)
Both Tim Tebow or Colt McCoy coming up in the draft in two years. If I were the GM of a horribly bad team with no current quarterback prospects, I'm not quite sure I'd want to improve much next year if I could get my hands on one of them the following year.

I certainly wouldn't tank it for a shot at Tebow. And I would certainly hope no GM is planning to continue to suck on the off chance they get are lucky enough to draft in the right spot and the guy they pick works out (although some of them are probably dumb enough to try).

Not Bob 01-05-2009 06:55 PM
I got a Nikon camera, I'd love to take your photograph.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gattigap (Post 376312)
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/Gattigap/TigerChimp.jpg
Apropos of Nothing, I am not a big fan of avatar changes (unless frequent changes are part of the charm of the poster a la Hank), but your new one seems to work for you.

One question, though -- is your firm aware that you are using your headshot from their fancy-schmancy home page as an avatar?

Gattigap 01-05-2009 07:00 PM
Re: I got a Nikon camera, I'd love to take your photograph.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Not Bob (Post 376317)
Apropos of Nothing, I am not a big fan of avatar changes (unless frequent changes are part of the charm of the poster a la Hank), but your new one seems to work for you.

One question, though -- is your firm aware that you are using your headshot from their fancy-schmancy home page as an avatar?
While I appreciate your kind words, know that this avatar switch is merely a temporary change, made in honor of the Gaplet's current onstage role.

FWIW, my law firm headshot does look similar to this, I acknowledge, though I try not wear the lederhosen at work.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 01-05-2009 07:20 PM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Adder (Post 376316)
I certainly wouldn't tank it for a shot at Tebow. And I would certainly hope no GM is planning to continue to suck on the off chance they get are lucky enough to draft in the right spot and the guy they pick works out (although some of them are probably dumb enough to try).
Even Matt Millen eventually got fired for trying that strategy.

Not Bob 01-05-2009 07:43 PM
I leave/and heave/a sigh and say good-bye.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gattigap (Post 376318)
While I appreciate your kind words, know that this avatar switch is merely a temporary change, made in honor of the Gaplet's current onstage role.

FWIW, my law firm headshot does look similar to this, I acknowledge, though I try not wear the lederhosen at work.
Egad. I seem to have mistaken Kurt for Jem. (The color should have made me realize my goof.) Apologies.

Sidd Finch 01-05-2009 08:17 PM
Re: I got a Nikon camera, I'd love to take your photograph.
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gattigap (Post 376318)
I try not wear the lederhosen at work.
Probably a gut idea.

taxwonk 01-05-2009 10:48 PM
Re: Now will you friend us, Coltrane?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane? (Post 376238)
http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/o...g?t=1230338345

Of course. Except the one with the cankles.

Woof.

taxwonk 01-05-2009 11:45 PM
Re: Top 25 Funniest Movies -- Old Fart Edition
 
1. Blues Brothers
2. Trading Places
3. Dr. Strangelove
4. Life of Brian
5. Take the Money and Run
6. Raising Arizona
7. Ruthless People
8. Stripes
9. Animal House
10. Happy, Texas
11. Fargo
12. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
13. Shaun of the Dead
14. The Pink Panther
15. Harold and Maude
16. Young Frankenstein
17. After Hours
18. What About Bob
19. Intolerable Cruelty
20. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
21. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
22. Amelie
23. Gross Pointe Blank
23. Full Moon in Blue Water
24. La Cage aux Folles
25. Nobody's Fool

Hank Chinaski 01-06-2009 01:17 AM
Re: Top 25 Funniest Movies -- Old Fart Edition
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by taxwonk (Post 376347)
1. Blues Brothers
2. Trading Places
3. Dr. Strangelove
4. Life of Brian
5. Take the Money and Run
6. Raising Arizona
7. Ruthless People
8. Stripes
9. Animal House
10. Happy, Texas
11. Fargo
12. To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
13. Shaun of the Dead
14. The Pink Panther
15. Harold and Maude
16. Young Frankenstein
17. After Hours
18. What About Bob
19. Intolerable Cruelty
20. Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
21. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
22. Amelie
23. Gross Pointe Blank
23. Full Moon in Blue Water
24. La Cage aux Folles
25. Nobody's Fool
no Mae west?

Atticus Grinch 01-06-2009 02:35 AM
Re: Top 25 Funniest Movies
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 376248)
Here is my list (and I'm limiting it, not to the last 25 years, but to movies that came out during my lifetime):

1. Trading Places (not just the greatest comedy, the greatest movie of all time)
2. Blazing Saddles
3. Vacation
4. Caddyshack
5. Animal House
6. Stripes
7. Office Space
8. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
9. Raising Arizona
10. Fletch
11. Airplane
12. Young Frankenstein
13. What About Bob
14. My Cousin Vinny
15. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
16. Swingers
17. Anchorman
18. The Gods Must Be Crazy
19. Elf
20. The Jerk
21. Bachelor Party
22. Austin Powers
23. Weird Science
24. Beverly Hills Cop
25. Holy Grail (Should be higher, but I thought of it too late)

TM
I agree with most of this, except the exclusion of Lebowski is incapable of explanation, as is the inclusion of Elf, which had exactly one funny scene (the one with the dude from The Station Agent) and a series of totally phoned-in performances by Newhart, Deschanel, Caan, and yes I'll say it, Farrell. That movie was turned up to eight, and it needed a ten to be tolerable. Farrell was great in Old School and Anchorman, and really quite good in Stranger Than Fiction, but shit, he got upstaged by everybody else in Talladega Nights, and that was supposed to be a star vehicle for him. I don't know that America has that much patience left for That Character He Plays. What made Stranger Than Fiction so interesting is that he wasn't That Character He Plays.

I could quibble with one or two other movies you chose to include, but at the risk of sounding like Sebby, you pretty much nailed it.

Resolved: The following is the funniest dialog ever committed to film:

Quote:
Maude: Do you like sex, Mr. Lebowski?
Dude: 'Scuse me?
Maude: Sex. The physical act of love. Coitus. Do you like it?
Dude: I was talking about my rug.
Maude: You're not interested in sex?
Dude: You mean coitus?
That made me laugh just cutting and pasting it.

Jack Manfred 01-06-2009 05:55 AM
Re: Top 25 Funniest Movies
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 376248)
Here is my list (and I'm limiting it, not to the last 25 years, but to movies that came out during my lifetime):

1. Trading Places (not just the greatest comedy, the greatest movie of all time)
2. Blazing Saddles
3. Vacation
4. Caddyshack
5. Animal House
6. Stripes
7. Office Space
8. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
9. Raising Arizona
10. Fletch
11. Airplane
12. Young Frankenstein
13. What About Bob
14. My Cousin Vinny
15. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
16. Swingers
17. Anchorman
18. The Gods Must Be Crazy
19. Elf
20. The Jerk
21. Bachelor Party
22. Austin Powers
23. Weird Science
24. Beverly Hills Cop
25. Holy Grail (Should be higher, but I thought of it too late)

TM
The 25 Funniest Movies of My Lifetime:

1. The Big Lebowski (the most quotable & rewatchable film of my lifetime)
2. Office Space
3. Blazing Saddles (Manfred pawn in game of life)
4. Caddyshack *
5. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
6. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
7. Trading Spaces
8. Groundhog Day (might not be funny enough for this ranking, but it's such a good movie)
9. Airplane!
10. Rushmore
11. Monty Python's Life of Brian
12. Raising Arizona
13. Superbad
14. A Fish Called Wanda
15. National Lampoon's Vacation
16. Stripes
17. Revenge of the Nerds
18. Kicking and Screaming (the Noah Baumbach film not the Will Ferrell one)
19. Clerks
20. Old School
21. Best in Show
22. Broadcast News (people forget all the funny lines in this one)
23. Beverly Hills Cop
24. Gross Pointe Blank
25. The Woman Chaser (indie film w/Patrick Warburton at his funniest)

* the asterisk is for Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb, which must be mentioned in any list of the funniest movies ever, even if it doesn't qualify for this list because I wasn't born in the "Boomer or Older" demographic. Strangelove supplants Caddyshack in an ageless countdown.

And as for funniest dialogue, here's a dialogue where you only hear the half of it:

President Merkin Muffley: [to Soviet Premiere Kissoff] Hello?... Uh... Hello D- uh hello Dmitri? Listen uh uh I can't hear too well. Do you suppose you could turn the music down just a little?... Oh-ho, that's much better... yeah... huh... yes... Fine, I can hear you now, Dmitri... Clear and plain and coming through fine... I'm coming through fine, too, eh?... Good, then... well, then, as you say, we're both coming through fine... Good... Well, it's good that you're fine and... and I'm fine... I agree with you, it's great to be fine... a-ha-ha-ha-ha... Now then, Dmitri, you know how we've always talked about the possibility of something going wrong with the Bomb... The *Bomb*, Dmitri... The *hydrogen* bomb!... Well now, what happened is... ahm... one of our base commanders, he had a sort of... well, he went a little funny in the head... you know... just a little... funny. And, ah... he went and did a silly thing... Well, I'll tell you what he did. He ordered his planes... to attack your country... Ah... Well, let me finish, Dmitri... Let me finish, Dmitri... Well listen, how do you think I feel about it?... Can you *imagine* how I feel about it, Dmitri?... Why do you think I'm calling you? Just to say hello?... *Of course* I like to speak to you!... *Of course* I like to say hello!... Not now, but anytime, Dmitri. I'm just calling up to tell you something terrible has happened... It's a *friendly* call. Of course it's a friendly call... Listen, if it wasn't friendly... you probably wouldn't have even got it... They will *not* reach their targets for at least another hour... I am... I am positive, Dmitri... Listen, I've been all over this with your ambassador. It is not a trick... Well, I'll tell you. We'd like to give your air staff a complete run-down on the targets, the flight plans, and the defensive systems of the planes... Yes! I mean i-i-i-if we're unable to recall the planes, then... I'd say that, ah... well, ah... we're just gonna have to help you destroy them, Dmitri... I know they're our boys... All right, well listen now. Who should we call?... *Who* should we call, Dmitri? The... wha-whe, the People... you, sorry, you faded away there... The People's Central Air Defense Headquarters... Where is that, Dmitri?... In Omsk... Right... Yes... Oh, you'll call them first, will you?... Uh-huh... Listen, do you happen to have the phone number on you, Dmitri?... Whe-ah, what? I see, just ask for Omsk information... Ah-ah-eh-uhm-hm... I'm sorry, too, Dmitri... I'm very sorry... *All right*, you're sorrier than I am, but I am as sorry as well... I am as sorry as you are, Dmitri! Don't say that you're more sorry than I am, because I'm capable of being just as sorry as you are... So we're both sorry, all right?... All right.

Fugee 01-06-2009 08:07 AM
Re: Favre
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Adder (Post 376292)
Perhaps more likely, but I fear the Vikings would still pick him up if he wants to play.
I hope not. After all the years of being the enemy, I don't think he'd do well in Minnesota.

dtb 01-06-2009 09:09 AM
Re: Top 25 Funniest Movies
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Manfred (Post 376350)
The 25 Funniest Movies of My Lifetime:

7. Trading Spaces
8. Groundhog Day (might not be funny enough for this ranking, but it's such a good movie)
Agree with 8 (not sure if it's laugh-out-loud funny in more than a few places, but it is an outstanding movie)

I assume you mean Trading Places (the Eddie Murphy/Dan Akroyd vehicle) and not the Lifetime home-decorating show.

dtb 01-06-2009 09:22 AM
Paging All Tax Jokers
 
I seem to recall that the maximum gift amount has been raised (perhaps several times) from $10,000. What is it now? Please don't make me wade through the Code for it.

Just gimme de ansa.

OK, just looked it up. Where do I find the consumer price index?

ETA: Thanks for all your help! I get $13,000. I love the Code!!! And I love calculating percentages from arcane tables of otherwise unintelligible information!!


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