Thanks to all for the congratulations!
Glad it all worked out in the end SA.
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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Jars - Dec 14, 2004 8:01:37 am PST #7332 of 9843
evil jimi - Dec 15, 2004 12:19:03 am PST #7333 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Has anyone seen a commercial for Cadbury Favourites, that has a lad standing in the middle of a salt pan, suddenly being confronted by hundreds of people wanting one of his lollies? It's been around for a couple of years at least and they've just started showing it again.
I've probably been sucking on the crack pipe too much but I'm convinced the lad is Thomas "Andrew" Lenk. At the very least, the actor resembles him.
Emlah - Dec 15, 2004 1:34:10 am PST #7334 of 9843
To every idea a shelf...
I'm fairly sure it actually is Tom Lenk. So if you're smoking crack it is the Crack of Unexpected Correctness.
Polter-Cow - Dec 15, 2004 5:55:18 am PST #7335 of 9843
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Salt pan? Lollies? You Brits.
Okay, I know what a lolly is, of course, but what's a salt pan?
Jim - Dec 15, 2004 6:01:53 am PST #7336 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Brits?
Kate P. - Dec 15, 2004 6:19:36 am PST #7337 of 9843
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Heh. Emlah and jimi are Aussies, and I remember seeing that commercial when I was in Australia. It's definitely Tom Lenk.
dcp - Dec 15, 2004 1:12:15 pm PST #7338 of 9843
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
what's a salt pan?
wikipedia entry: [link]
"Salt pan" is the proper geological term, but Americans usually call them salt flats -- like the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, where they do the land speed records. Remember the first part of "Buckaroo Banzai"?
evil jimi - Dec 15, 2004 5:44:50 pm PST #7339 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
woohoo! Three cheers for the Crack of Unexpected Correctness!
Actually, over here a "salt pan" is a really big saucepan for turning salt into diamonds.
evil jimi - Dec 19, 2004 2:56:02 am PST #7340 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Emlah ... did you catch Carnivale?
I missed the first 20 minutes but a dear friend filled me in on what I missed. The first season is available on DVD in the States, so hopefully it'll get here fairly quickly. Unfortunately, my reception of the ABC is pretty crappy, so I missed some of the more subtle visual details (hence my hope-age on a speedy release of the DVDs) but got more than enough to be thoroughly engaged by the style and the story. Cannot wait for next week's episode!
Emlah - Dec 19, 2004 5:03:45 am PST #7341 of 9843
To every idea a shelf...
I had trouble watching it properly as well, the tape I used must have been too old because it was all jumpy and the audio was crap. But I was still very impressed. Unfortunately I read some spoilers back when I thought it would never air here, but not too many, so I'm sure there are still heaps of surprises in store. And I think it's cool that ABC is airing it in 2 hour blocks.