The sun is a mass of incandescent gas...
Willow: It feels like we're going around in circles. Xander: Our circles are going around in circles. We got dizzy circles here.
'Sleeper'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DXMachina - Aug 26, 2005 6:55:00 am PDT #1390 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Strega - Aug 26, 2005 7:09:07 am PDT #1391 of 10002
I mean, I know Streep's line inspired Oz's band, but I'm thinking the shirt's a BtVS shout-out, not A Cry in the Dark.
Sorry, but... I'm pretty sure it's not. I don't think Glark was that into the show, really.
Plus, it's not nearly as funny if it's a Buffy riff.
§ ita § - Aug 26, 2005 7:10:02 am PDT #1392 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Huh. It never even occured to me that it was a movie reference. I thought it was a RL ref.
bon bon - Aug 26, 2005 7:20:41 am PDT #1393 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Yeah, the Dingo At My Baby thing was pretty big way before BtVS (it was in Seinfeld, too), and I don't think it necessarily comes from the movie. But maybe billytea knows if it was a pop culture phrase before the movie came out.
Vortex - Aug 26, 2005 7:22:10 am PDT #1394 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Wasn't the movie based on a real story? It may have been in the lexicon in Australia before Meryl Streep made it famous.
Emily - Aug 26, 2005 7:24:23 am PDT #1395 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
So I'm checking my email this morning, and what do I see but that one of the things I've listed on half.com has sold! Indeed, the most expensive thing by far! Yippee! Now where did I put it... Oh that's right, it was in the bin with all the books vw and I listed on half.com, which vw (with my full consent) took to Goodwill last weekend. There followed much head smacking. It never occurred to me to remember that the textbooks I'd listed were in the same bin. And you know, I'd feel dumb but not quite so bad if I'd realized this because someone tried to buy a book listed at $8. But no, it was an order for $45 that I had to most-apologetically cancel. Doofus. Doofus, doofus, doofus!
Fred Pete - Aug 26, 2005 7:40:38 am PDT #1396 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Allyson - Aug 26, 2005 7:41:28 am PDT #1397 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
My people run Hollywood, own the banks, didn't go to work on 9/11, and now, all your paper cups are belong to me.
Next, we shall control the world's sporks.
Theodosia - Aug 26, 2005 7:41:29 am PDT #1398 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Emily -- have you thought to run over to Goodwill and check to see if you can buy the book back?
brenda m - Aug 26, 2005 7:45:28 am PDT #1399 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Wasn't the movie based on a real story? It may have been in the lexicon in Australia before Meryl Streep made it famous.
It's a real story, but the "dingoes ate my baby" riff I'd say is more due to the movie (and later Seinfeld) than the actual. It was a real scenery chewing moment.