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Things I learned watching The Sure Thing

posted 17 years ago by dunbar7
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1) Gib had this whole thing planned

2) That wasn't Gib; he doesn't know why he said those things

3) Lance is talkin' to ya cordless

4) That's new

5) He's Gary Cooper, but not the Gary Cooper that's dead

6) Allison should have taken the bus

7) Allison and Gib are ruining it for everyone

8) Jason never eats food he thinks is bad for him

9) Nothing ever gets done on a Friday night

10) It's too stuffy in the library

11) In America you can go anywhere

12) Casiopia gets a lot of play in John Cusack Movies (see Serindipity)

13) When he was six, Gib wanted to be an astronaut

14) Jimbo's never met anyone like you before

15) That is the most enormous pile of horses*it Gib has ever heard

16) Effective horses*it is how Jimbo got Lucy

17) Gib and Allison speak each other's unspoken language...fluently

18) She's checking under the thing. What's under there, Gib doesn't know

19) Elliot is a fat kid who eats paste

20) Gib doesn't have to sleep on the floor

21) It's important that this place should have an air-tight security system, IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE!!!

22) Credit cards work in a completely different kind of lock

23) Gib appreciates the magnitude of his impending good fortune

24) Astronauts get all the Tang they can drink

25) Spontinaity has its time and its place

26) Junk food doesn't deserve the bad rap it gets

27) Allison didn't have to come over here and sit down

28) When shotgunning a beer, Gib is using a pen

29) Drinks are on Gib; they're on Gib

30) Gib is a good lookin' guy. He is, he is a good lookin' guy

"She's, like, a biscuit older than me..."

[–] leftbanker 17 years ago

28A. Gib thinks a pen is a "household appliance."

31. dunbar7 has far too much time on his/her hands !!

"Nothing personal. Your name just happened to come up."

[–] dunbar7 17 years ago

It's true. I do have too much time on my hands. I'm a guy, by the way.

"She's, like, a biscuit older than me..."

[–] leftbanker 17 years ago

Also a sense of humor, so it's not a total waste. As for the guy/gal distinction, I've learned not to make assumptions; so I go pc on that part.

"Nothing personal. Your name just happened to come up."

[–] gregopego12 17 years ago

I read yours on a recommendation from the
"---Things I learned from watching Rounders"

Very good!
Thank you

[–] corsi71inc 16 years ago

32. Nick's your buddy. Nick doesn't care if you throw up in his car.

1. Being moody.
2. Being bad at maths.
3. Being sad.

[–] dunbar7 16 years ago

33) Somewhere between "The Sure Thing" and "Grosse Pointe Blank," Steve Pink lost all his hair.

"She's, like, a biscuit older than me..."

[–] peace_love_gabey 16 years ago

33. gib told allison she shouldn't of taken that ride

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[–] queen_o_drama86 16 years ago

34. Gib has a cute ass.

35. Gib isn't going to do his English paper tonight; he has a social life.

36. Allison passed out in Elvis' bedroom at Graceland. She's done her share of living.

37. Allison is too busy to help a drowning man.

38. Allison is 15 months pregnant.

39. Gib's freezing to death. Feet are killing him. He just swallowed his gum.

40. Nietzsche died of syphilis.

[–] fete_accompli 14 years ago

41) A feel for ambiguity is very interesting.

42) Lavender ink strains the eyes.

43) Mastin is a genius.

"There was very little sound from the man except for a continual series of moans." Charles Bukowski

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[–] helkaermala 13 years ago

31) Elliott is a fat kid with glasses who eats paste

32) Nick is a real name

33) To Paris women sex is art

34) Allison shouldn't have taken that ride

35) Gib isn't going to bed WITH Allison

36) He's going to bed in a bed she happens to be in also

37) Boys should come to momma

38) You can get a fine for driving with the load not properly tied down

39) Gib's paper doesn't have pepperoni on it today

40) Allison's too busy to help Gib, TOO BUSY TO HELP A DROWNING MAN!!!

[–] dunbar7 12 years ago

Good to see someone joining the fun, helkaermala! Nice additions!

"She's, like, a biscuit older than me..."

[–] MizzNijna 11 years ago

44. Alison didn't hurt Gib..... Until she kicked him.

45. Everybody will understand that "scoops of flesh" means tits.

46. There are three kinds of junk food.

[–] bccct 9 years ago

47. Viveca Lindfors aged (gracefully) but she kept that hauntingly charming voice.