Comedy 1: A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants
That works for me.
But I still like Procedurals 1: This whole THREAD is out of order!
Nothing worse than a monster who thinks he's right with God.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Bureaucracy 4: Like Job. No, really, just like Job
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esse - Aug 29, 2007 5:43:39 pm PDT #1536 of 6786
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Polter-Cow - Aug 29, 2007 5:45:14 pm PDT #1537 of 6786
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
(it's a Groucho reference)
Oh. I thought it was a reference to the "Would you like to buy a duck?" game.
billytea - Aug 29, 2007 5:50:12 pm PDT #1538 of 6786
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I'm guessing no one will go for
Procedurals 1: Good Cop
Comedy 1: Drooling Thule cultist berserker
Laga - Aug 29, 2007 6:04:51 pm PDT #1539 of 6786
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
the "Would you like to buy a duck?" game.
I've never heard of this game. Is drinking involved?
DavidS - Aug 29, 2007 6:07:23 pm PDT #1540 of 6786
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've never heard of this game. Is drinking involved?
What? They don't show Marx Brothers at your theater?
Polter-Cow - Aug 29, 2007 7:09:22 pm PDT #1541 of 6786
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I've never heard of this game. Is drinking involved?
Drinking would make it far more difficult, as it involves recursion. It goes like this:
"Would you like to buy a duck?"
"A what?"
"A duck."
"What kind of duck?"
"A purple duck."
"Would you like to buy a desk chair?"
"A what?"
"A what?"
"A duck."
"A desk chair."
"Whose desk chair?"
"What kind of duck?"
"A purple duck."
"Benjamin Franklin's."
"Would you like to buy a monkey?"
"A what?"
"A what?"
"A what?"
"A duck."
"A desk chair."
"A monkey."
"Where's it from?"
"Whose desk chair?"
"What kind of duck?"
"A purple duck."
"Benjamin Franklin's."
"Mongolia."
And so on.
Laga - Aug 29, 2007 7:22:20 pm PDT #1542 of 6786
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
hmm. It sure looks like a drinking game. The harder they are the drunker you smoke!
JZ - Aug 30, 2007 4:10:17 am PDT #1543 of 6786
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Awww. I remember reading a Marx Brothers group biography at my grandfather's house once that had a lengthy interview with Chico about the duck routines, including a long rant about Viaduct/Why A Duck? and how it really should have been Why A Fuck? Though what I mostly remember about it is how scandalized my ten-year-old self was that Chico said the F word.
Frankenbuddha - Aug 30, 2007 4:34:08 am PDT #1544 of 6786
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I mostly remember about it is how scandalized my ten-year-old self was that Chico said the F word.
Heh. Google is my friend. I was thinking about posting this Chico story up, but I found it, along with another really funny one. The first is credited to Dick Cavett in the telling, but I'm pretty sure I heard him tell the second story (the one I've always loved) as well: [link]
t /natter
Fred Pete - Aug 30, 2007 5:26:43 am PDT #1545 of 6786
Ann, that's a ferret.
I think the viaduct/why a duck bit is from Cocoanuts, but my memory may be faulty.
Unfortunately, there isn't any really memorable line from the stateroom scene in A Night at the Opera.