Did you read it? Or just see it? Because the build-up was what was funny.
Also-- I have no penis.
The girl's not playing with a full deck, Giles. She has almost no deck. She has a three.
Buffy ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Sophia Brooks - May 31, 2005 7:48:40 am PDT #3530 of 10002
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Nutty - May 31, 2005 7:49:21 am PDT #3531 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Well, lacking the equipment in question, I did find it funny in the book (never seen any movie version). Funny in that "Oh no he did not!" way. It was all set up just so that the confluence of circumstances/cars/teeth was inevitable.
So, funny in that way of blowing away a secondary character in a Minearverse production can occasionally be funny, although the secondary character himself would greatly prefer not to be dead.
tommyrot - May 31, 2005 7:49:37 am PDT #3532 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I thought it was funny when I read it. I've never seen the movie.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 31, 2005 7:50:18 am PDT #3533 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I saw it before reading it, which may have colored the impression I got from the book. Then again, I can't recall finding any similar instances in literature amusing, either.
Nutty - May 31, 2005 8:13:02 am PDT #3534 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
There are more? Like, is it a major meme to have a scene where a woman gets a clonk on the head from behind while performing fellatio and thus bites off the object of her attention?? Next up: novels and movies where people performing cunnilingus are similarly clonked, and break their noses on the pubic bone.
Steph L. - May 31, 2005 8:14:56 am PDT #3535 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
And John Irving has other issues (like bears and wrestling)
And Vienna. And hookers. And really weird sex with inappropriate people.
§ ita § - May 31, 2005 8:15:32 am PDT #3536 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
novels and movies where people performing cunnilingus are similarly clonked, and break their noses on the pubic bone.
This is making me think of Chasing Amy, but I dare not google to make sure.
flea - May 31, 2005 8:15:57 am PDT #3537 of 10002
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Nobody is mentioning the huge SCREWING YOUR SISTER I.E. INCEST issue John Irving has???
(Edit: I guess that would be covered under "really weird sex with inappropriate people.")
Gris - May 31, 2005 8:17:33 am PDT #3538 of 10002
Hey. New board.
Still excited about The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
So far it's getting pretty good reviews.
Sadly, I don't think I'll be able to convince any of my friends to go see it with me. I might be walking to a Pasadena theater all on my own.
Nutty - May 31, 2005 8:18:01 am PDT #3539 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Well, Garp doesn't have a sister. Although, his mom screws a comatose soldier (hence the existence of Garp), so you could say that the not-kosher, non-con sex issue is quite present.