Not terribly clear, but what the hell. Whale v. Shark
Heh. Not only do Orcas kick the great white shark ass, they do it as casually as a suburban Mom picking up a tasty snack for their youngster.
Tracy: Well-- That call -- That call means you just murdered me. Mal: No, son. You murdered yourself. I just carried the bullet a while.
'The Message'
Natter 42, the Universe, and Everything
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Jan 26, 2006 10:08:39 am PST #2781 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Vortex - Jan 26, 2006 10:09:13 am PST #2782 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Watched it in class, no idea if it was first run (unlikely in the UK)
probably not, since it was probably late afternoon GMT.
lisah - Jan 26, 2006 10:10:01 am PST #2783 of 10002
Punishingly Intricate
I remember when Sadat was assassinated very vividly. I was in 8th grade and that year I was the first one home every day. I remember thinking that afternoon about what I would do if there was some big news story that I would be the first one in the family to hear. And then I turned on the tv.
I remember where I was when Reagan and the Pope (and tellling a teacher in my afterschool program that the pope had been were shot and him thinking we were joking because it was so soon after the attempt on Reagan). And where I was when I learned that John Lennon had been killed (for some reason not until the following morning in home ec class).
But I don't remember where I was when I heard about Challenger. weird.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 26, 2006 10:14:04 am PST #2784 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I thought I remembered seeing the chakllenger explode, but my math says I would have been 13, and therefore in 7th grade, while my memory of watching the shuttle on tv in a classroom has my 3rd grade teacher in it.
I do remember afterwards all the adults saying that this would be our "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?" moment, but I have to say that 9/11 sort of blew that right out of the water.
Fred Pete - Jan 26, 2006 10:16:32 am PST #2785 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
I remember where I was when Reagan was shot,
My dorm room. Some guy ran in.
That was me. "Some guy" was my roommate.
Found out about Lennon the next morning. It was exam time.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 26, 2006 10:16:34 am PST #2786 of 10002
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I also remember that I saw that all about Reagan, Sadat, etc when watching the 6:00 news with my grandparents. I actually remember when the Iran hostages were freed and I was eight.
amych - Jan 26, 2006 10:18:26 am PST #2787 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I do remember afterwards all the adults saying that this would be our "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?" moment, but I have to say that 9/11 sort of blew that right out of the water.
It pretty much did, yeah.
But even before then, it was never my Kennedy moment -- I did see it live, and I was saddened, and then I was quickly annoyed by all the constant repetition. I didn't have the visceral OHMYGODSHOCK that everyone was so busy telling me I was experiencing.
Jessica - Jan 26, 2006 10:19:06 am PST #2788 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I do remember afterwards all the adults saying that this would be our "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?" moment, but I have to say that 9/11 sort of blew that right out of the water.
Yeah, no kidding.
sarameg - Jan 26, 2006 10:23:28 am PST #2789 of 10002
From what's been mentioned, I remember only Challenger. Another was the coup in the Soviet Union, which I'm sure is impressed deeply on others as well. t /sarcasm because I'd just gotten back from there so der.
Oh, and when my cat got hit by a car when I was nine, or course. Somehow I don't think anyone else shares that one.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 26, 2006 10:23:31 am PST #2790 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I do remember afterwards all the adults saying that this would be our "Where were you when Kennedy was shot?" moment, but I have to say that 9/11 sort of blew that right out of the water.
I'm pretty sure my Mom, who can remember both pretty clearly, would say that 9/11 blew Kennedy getting shot out of the water too. Then again, since she was around for Hiroshima/Nagasaki, she's been around for some fairly epic pieces of 20th century violence.