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Good entries so far.
The all-time ( to me ) flub I witnessed is somebody writing/typing "<i>Walla!</i>" when he clearly tried to say "Voila!".
Thank you for this post. Very informative.
Recalling it, it was in the late 1990s. Even today $20.00 would surely cover increased A/C use for a few days.
As a rhetorical gesture and matter of practicality though, it's a bargain at twice the price.
I can identify with that. Both my own experiences and what I've heard others say. In turn, as to the trope about relatives who live in Florida and are very stingy in their use of air conditioning: it's all true.
A funny thing I remembered was when a guy I used to work with told me how he dealt with visiting his parents in Florida. After getting there and exchanging the usual greetings and pleasantries, he would pull a 20 dollar bill out of his pocket, slap it down on the kitchen counter and say "<i>Alright, how 'bout some air conditioning</i>".
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She is lovely in this movie.
Air conditioning.
I'm not sure. I mean, he was very cagey about what he said, for fear that those he acquired guns for would think he betrayed them. That's why you hear Detective Foley complain to him that the information Eddie gave him was too late to be of any use. In turn, Eddie was careful about what he divulged, trying to play it down the middle.
I'm thinking, but I don't recall a moment in the film where it was made clear to him that he knew he was thought of as a rat. Obviously, he knew he'd fit the profile since he made it clear he didn't want to do any ( more ) time, but I don't think he <i>knew</i> they knew.
That last night at the game at Dillon's invite I think it was Eddie thinking "what the hell...I may as well at least have a fun evening to forget about the mess I'm in, even though it's temporary". I really don't think he would've taken up Dillon's invite if he knew he was going to be murdered, even if he was mellowed out from alcohol and having a good time.
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I sure caught a lot of static for running against the hype grain. It was like I was skewering a sacred cow.
Favorite: Tangelos. Juicy, tasty, easy to peel.
Least favorite: Pomegranate. I like the tart yet sweet taste, but what a PIA to eat one. Tens ( hundreds? ) of individual seeds, each individually encased in the bittersweet pulp. Quite labor-intensive to eat. Just buy the juice form and be done with it.
Dishonorable mention: Durian fruit. Like Limburger cheese, the taste is better than the smell, but Durian's smell/taste ratio pretty much makes the case that it's not worth it. Tastes alright, but totally not worth the fact that it smells more like fresh vomit than vomit.
'The Jerky Boys' ( 1995 ) IMDB: 4.7, Me: 8/10
The motorized automatic shoulder belts that were on so many cars in the early to mid 90s.
I believe in seat belt use but those motorized ones were infernally obtrusive and either tried to strangle you or get in your way if you didn't get in and seat yourself in the strictly choreographed way the system seemed timed for.
Where I live winters are comparatively mild ( generally, only the morning lows get below freezing, an average of 5 inches of snowfall per year ) and so I much prefer it to summer. It would be a tough call to make comparing a more intense winter climate to summer, but I can always add more clothing to stay warm.
I just can't stand the heat & humidity of the summer...<i>at all</i>. I suffer horribly. I'd rather toil inside an air conditioned facility than partake in even my favorite activities outdoors during the summer.
I second the mentioned of Cracked.com. It's become more and more superficial. LCD on steroids.
I still go there every few days, but it takes a couple of week's worth of visits to capture even my mild interest compared to what even a day's viewing would bring a few years ago.
I like them, grew up with them, but don't want to have one now: too much of a disruption. Dealing with what to do in the case of travel or even absences during a work day, logistics etc.
I'd much rather enjoy the company of other people's dogs either while visiting, or chit-chatting with them in the neighborhood*
*with the exception of when certain people who own over-anthropomorphized badly behaved dogs and who seem to be completely oblivious to the fact.
'Atypical'
'Rome'
'Deadwood'
That's a good one too, though Otto's ( Emilio Estevez ) great retort to "I blame society" must be included to consummate the scene.
I want to say '<b>I Spy</b>'.
"Ordinary people ( very short pause ) I hate 'em" - Harvey Dean Stanton' in 'Repo Man'.
They're just using dialog on how many people realistically talk, especially in casual situations. As such, they're not literally attributing those words to a patriarchal religious figure, it's just an expression.
In any case, the US is not a theocracy.