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fly the train to cuba

posted 10 years ago by uziforu
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did not get.

[–] mawsis 10 years ago

This was the best line in the movie. Back in the 1970's, a lot of hijacked airplanes were flown to Cuba. Stiller was making a joke about that "flying the train to Cuba".

[–] elduderino09 10 years ago

I don't know. "It turned out to be a coupla cantoloupes" was pretty good too.

[–] coys77 10 years ago

Monty Python did a sketch - in the early 70s - where a plane is being hijacked; later on a bus is hijacked and the hijacker says, take this bus to Cuba! when it is destined for Luton, Bedfordshire; makes sense now..

[–] nutsberryfarm 8 years ago

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good stuff.

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[–] johnmarti59 (2356) 4 years ago

A lot of skyjacking back in the '70s. Cuba the favorite for the skyjackers.

[–] TheArgentinian (7069) 2 years ago

Because it's the closest country to the USA without extradition.