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Jossverse 1: Emotional Resonance & Rocket Launchers

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Zenkitty - Jan 20, 2015 12:04:03 pm PST #4893 of 5827

Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

My grandmother called the laundromat, the automat. I didn't know for years that an automat was actually some kind of restaurant. I don't think Mam ever lived anywhere sophisticated enough to have a real automat, I guess she just heard the word and applied it to the thing she knew that made sense for it. This connection in my head made the conversation about automats funny and a bit confusing at first.

You may, if you like, take a guess at what Mam decided a "robot" was, when she first heard the word. Hint: it was in the movie Westworld.

Connie Neil - Jan 20, 2015 12:32:57 pm PST #4894 of 5827

brillig

Sexy killers that looked like Yul Brynner?

Zenkitty - Jan 20, 2015 1:40:07 pm PST #4895 of 5827

Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Basically. There was one robot that was supposed to be a saloon girl or a prostitute. Mam didn't really understand the plot. She said something scornful and righteous about the saloon girl, and I said, "She's just a robot," and Mam said haughtily, "Well, a robot ain't nothing but a whore!" At which point I realized my grandmother would now declare until the world ends that robot means whore, no matter what anyone told her, so I just shut up and went back to the movie.

Connie Neil - Jan 20, 2015 1:43:10 pm PST #4896 of 5827

brillig

"A robot ain't nothin' but a whore!" is a terrific piece of dialogue, though.

Zenkitty - Jan 20, 2015 1:51:40 pm PST #4897 of 5827

Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Isn't it? My grandmother is a great character.

SailAweigh - Jan 20, 2015 2:25:30 pm PST #4898 of 5827

Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Sounds like something Mal Reynolds would say.

Zenkitty - Jan 20, 2015 2:45:48 pm PST #4899 of 5827

Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I don't know why people think Joss Whedon made up that down-home dialect in Firefly.

and we're back to topic! All roads lead to Whedon.

Connie Neil - Jan 20, 2015 2:45:51 pm PST #4900 of 5827

brillig

That's what I thought, SA. Or someone on Firefly.

SailAweigh - Jan 20, 2015 3:05:22 pm PST #4901 of 5827

Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

Now that I think about, more likely Jayne.

DCJensen - Jan 25, 2015 11:02:20 pm PST #4902 of 5827

All is well that ends in pizza.

Argggh, just got into it with a poster on another board who doesn't understand why product placement ads wouldn't work on Agent Carter. I mean, I'm sure Ovaltine would be thrilled to have increased brand recognition in today's market, but they're not going to be financing an hour of primetime on ABC every week.

You'd have to pick some well-known brands and show them in their 1940's iterations, at least.

Well, let's see.... Hershey's. Toll House morsels. Cooper Tires. Goodyear? M&M's. Pepsi-cola. Coca-Cola. Aunt Jemima Syrup (although I'm not sure the current company would want people to see the ads of that time.)

It would take some doing, though. Also? I'm not sure many companies want to seem "old" to their current market.

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