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You Know You've Watched Too Much Northern Exposure When You . . .

posted 10 years ago by darryl-tahirali
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-- Walk into a diner and automatically order a mooseburger.
-- Search amazon.com for a build-it-yourself trebuchet kit.
-- Are handed a broom and immediately reply, "Great--now I'll have to sweep out the barn."
-- Reply, when someone asks if you're hungry, "I could eat." *
-- Spot a Cuisinart and ask, "Is that Belle's?"
-- Point to one of your knuckles and tell someone, "See that? Goonie gave me that little number. I remember it every time it rains."
-- Grow misty-eyed for Toolie whenever you hear "A Whiter Shade of Pale."
-- Grow angry-eyed whenever you watch "Heroes" on DVD and listen to the generic folk-rock pap that replaced "A Whiter Shade of Pale" because of licensing issues.
-- Grow angry-eyed about any number of songs from the episodes broadcast originally that have been replaced because of licensing issues.
-- Want to start watching NX all over again whenever you hear "Our Town."
-- See a croissant and remark, "No, Fleischman, that's a brioche."
-- Take your girlfriend to the dump on your date.
-- Hear your girlfriend complain that you never take her to a duck blind.
-- Tell anyone who asks how far away somewhere is that "it's a bus ride from Anchorage."
-- See a voluptuous woman and exclaim, "Man! She's got more curves on her than the Stanley Cup!"

Come on, Northern Exposure fans--what are some others?

* This actually got to be a running joke between my ex-wife and me.

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Shoes for industry! - Firesign Theatre

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[–] cind5 10 years ago

You're throwing tomatoes to celebrate Thanksgiving.
That the local radio station has only one DJ.
That your HMO's office needs paint, new windows and the floor finished.
HMO's nurse has better advice than your doctor.
That the guy who owns the local pub is from Canada, but you swear he's from the South.
When you're dreaming some one else's dream.
It becomes a perfect world, when you see children but never hear them.
When somebody lives in a bubble house and no body is creeped out by it.

Readiness is all.

[–] paleaolien 10 years ago

That is a really hard list to top. But I am working on it ;-)

When someone utters something incomprehensible all you can do is say, "What the hell are you talking about Stevens!"

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Shoes for the dead!

[–] darryl-tahirali 10 years ago

When someone utters something incomprehensible all you can do is say, "What the hell are you talking about Stevens!" - paleaolien

And if they continue to irritate you and they are sitting down, you can say, "Haul your ass outta that chair, Stevens!"

Or if they're not that irritating, but you want to get them back on track: "You want to find your coordinates, there, son?"

Shoes for the dead!

Is that a Firesign Theatre reference? My favorite comedy group, and that is from my favorite album: Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers. I had "Shoes for Industry!" in my signature line just last week . . .

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"Questions are a burden to others; answers a prison for oneself." Village wisdom

[–] paleaolien 10 years ago

Yeah, it's how I always reply to SFI. Don't get me started.

"Hi, I'm Joe Beets . . ."

And- you can't see plate of food served without fighting the urge to toss on a piece of garnish and say "Presentation, Dave!"

[–] darryl-tahirali 10 years ago

Yeah, it's how I always reply to SFI. Don't get me started. - paleaolien

No worries. I'm off to watch the "Howl of the Wolf" movie, anyway, presenting honest stories of working people as told by rich Hollywood stars.

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History is hard to know, because of all the hired bull$hit. - Hunter S. Thompson

[–] Timberwolf0530 10 years ago

- Attribute any recent weight gain this fall to "bulking up for winter."
- Get the urge to run down the street naked at the first signs of spring.
- Hope that it's not a satellite landing on someone every time you see a shooting
star.
- Your favorite bear......Smokey? Nah, Jesse.
- Have a framed print of the Roslyn's Cafe sign signed by the original artist
hanging in your kitchen. (My wife got it for me a long time ago for X Mas).

[–] darryl-tahirali 10 years ago

- Have a framed print of the Roslyn's Cafe sign signed by the original artist
hanging in your kitchen. (My wife got it for me a long time ago for X Mas). - Timberwolf0530

That's a neat artifact to have.

If it's the "original artist," does that mean that it doesn't have the apostrophe-"s" because the artist was "high on the weed"? Did Maurice come over to add that in himself? Just curious . . .

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"Music begins where words leave off." - Village wisdom

[–] Timberwolf0530 10 years ago

No, it doesn't have the apostrophe.........and I like Maurice's explanation better than the real one.

This is neat story if you haven't heard it. The artist's name is Dan O'Connor, and he painted the mural in 1985. I originally had heard that they painted the "'s" for the show, but have since heard that they actually just taped a paper letter there, so the original wouldn't be defaced. There is a website called imagekind that sells photographs of the actual mural, but I don't think you can get the prints any more.

[–] darryl-tahirali 10 years ago

This is neat story if you haven't heard it. - Timberwolf0530

Neat story--thanks for sharing it. Glad they didn't need to permanently alter the original mural!

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"Music begins where words leave off." - Village wisdom

[–] ciocio-2 10 years ago

--Frequently fall into reveries about trysts with Chris in the Morning. Or with Holling. Or with Maggie. Or either Roslyn or Cicely.

--Wish you could have a general doc as smart as Dr. Fleischman.

--Wish you could have--and try to have--fantasies and dream sequences as excellent as those on NX.

--Seriously consider moving to Alaska, despite everything (politics, cold, etc.)

Multiplex: 100+ shows a day, NONE worth watching. John Sayles' latest: NO distribution. SAD.

[–] Infamous-Sulla 10 years ago

-- You peruse the ads in the back of Rolling Stone just to to see if you really can become ordained.

-- You buy Ben and Jerry's ice cream with a clear conscience knowing it's one of the good things white people brought to the native people.

-- When someone drones on about something boring and their voice fades out as you're thinking, "Yucatangee talked and talked. It talked so much it heard only itself. Not the river, not the wind, not even the wolf."

-- When someone says something was lucky or unlucky, you say "maybe".

-- You can't finish making love with your partner because somewhere outside a car backfired and you both started giggling.

With the wind at my back, I'm gonna fly so free

[–] TracyMcP 9 years ago

when you hear of (a nephew, friend's child, etc) becoming an investment banker, you think, "...and he had such promise...."

you not only refer to Man and His Symbols but actually read it (or at least considered reading it).

you want to refer to people only by their last names.

your personal bucket list includes having sex under the Aurora Borealis, learning to knit and seeing a Mummenschanz performance.

[–] tomkaren1994 9 years ago

... have a Russian heart.
... actually read De Tocqueville.
... order a burger for your invisible spirit guide.
... look for a flu remedy called Hio Hio Ipsanio.
... chuck your motorcycle off a cliff for a girl.
... get hit by a satellite.