Actually, funny you should say that. I was thinking of the novel of The Grifters, and had forgotten it also made it into the movie.
Pulp novels are good for the weirdest bits of knowledge, most of it about illicit activities.
It's a real burden being right so often.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 39 and Holding
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.
Nutty - Oct 12, 2005 9:57:00 am PDT #5557 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Emily - Oct 12, 2005 10:04:32 am PDT #5558 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
There's something fleeting about a Snopes-smack. It just doesn't ever seem to take.
Emily - Oct 12, 2005 10:06:15 am PDT #5559 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I would like to add, for no reason, that the very typing of the word "Tennessee" immediately starts a song playing in my head -- some days it's "Graceland" ("Memphis, Tennessee, I'm going to Graceland"), some days "Tennessee," but always one of them.
ETA: My traveling companion is nine years old, he is the child of my first marriage...
Kathy A - Oct 12, 2005 10:08:40 am PDT #5560 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I was dancin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz
When an old friend I happened to see
I introduced her to my loved one
And while they were dancin'
My friend stole my sweetheart from me.
I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz
Now I know just how much I have lost
Yes, I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing
The beautiful Tennessee Waltz.
§ ita § - Oct 12, 2005 10:09:26 am PDT #5561 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There's something fleeting about a Snopes-smack. It just doesn't ever seem to take.
I've gotten a few to take. At first I thought they were leaving me off most of the mass e-mails as retribution for my Snopesing (just fine by me), and then one cousin asked me after a mass e-mail if it was true, and then looked it up in Snopes herself before I even had a chance to answer.
Burrell - Oct 12, 2005 10:10:46 am PDT #5562 of 10002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
two things:
first, Allyson YOU ROCK! You are my newest hero.
second, ita overhears the best conversations.
Emily - Oct 12, 2005 10:11:20 am PDT #5563 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I think it's finally taken with my mother (that, or she's taken me off the list), but for a while she would include a note asking me if it was true -- on the email she sent to the 15-person list. I felt like saying, "Well, it hardly matters now, does it?"
Emily - Oct 12, 2005 10:15:00 am PDT #5564 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Aw, man, two CVs with Tennessee references in a row! Now my brain's decided to torture me with "Walking in Memphis".
(Which is particularly unfortunate as out in the real world I'm trying to listen to Bach's Magnificat.)
tommyrot - Oct 12, 2005 10:20:18 am PDT #5565 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.
Anyone here subscribe to TimesSelect? I wanna read today's editorial by Maureen Dowd entitled "To Sir, With Love" - I hear it's really good and snarky.
Never Pay Retail [link] doesn't have it.
Sparky1 - Oct 12, 2005 10:21:38 am PDT #5566 of 10002
Librarian Warlord
I can send you a copy, tommyrot.