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10-24-2006, 11:11 AM
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#1321
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Flyover land
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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
I had a late start, so no breakfast for me this morning. Usually it's Grape Nuts with some sort of berry.
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Raspberry-peach-yogurt smoothie and huge latte. I will have to supplement with something else later; I'm already getting hungry.
eta "and"
Last edited by ltl/fb; 10-24-2006 at 11:13 AM..
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10-24-2006, 11:11 AM
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#1322
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Random Syndicate (admin)
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Romantically enfranchised
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Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
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Apropos of nothing, Real Genius never gets enough credit.
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2. You know I have your back on this one.
"It's yet another in a long series of diversions in an attempt to avoid responsibility."
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10-24-2006, 11:23 AM
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#1323
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For the People
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: on the coast
Posts: 1,009
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Most important meal of the day
Veggie sausage.
And I thought The Big Lebowski was the official Best Film of the FB. But if we're talking 80s comedies, may I suggest Better Off Dead?
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10-24-2006, 11:27 AM
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World Ruler
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 12,057
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Most important meal of the day
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Originally posted by Jack Manfred
Veggie sausage.
And I thought The Big Lebowski was the official Best Film of the FB. But if we're talking 80s comedies, may I suggest Better Off Dead?
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Soapdish was the greatest comedy of 1991.
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10-24-2006, 11:31 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 18,597
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Most important meal of the day
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Originally posted by Jack Manfred
Veggie sausage.
And I thought The Big Lebowski was the official Best Film of the FB. But if we're talking 80s comedies, may I suggest Better Off Dead?
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I love that movie, but, unlike the train scene in Trading Places, the restaurant scene with the burger animation, actually detracts from the brilliance of the picture.
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10-24-2006, 11:36 AM
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#1326
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Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Pop goes the chupacabra
Posts: 18,532
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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Agreed on Jim Belushi, but at least, in my opinion, he didn't get in the way and drag the movie down. Besides, they had to get Al Franken and the other handler some screen time. Plus there are other decent parts to the train scene.
Billy Ray gives secret knock.
Louis responds with secret knock.
Louis: Who is it?
Billy Ray Valentine: Open the door, man!
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I'm not saying do away with the whole train sequence. They needed to get Beeks out of the picture somehow. Maybe this is like the 2006 yankees--too many stars. They should have left Belushi and Franken out, or had them commit to smaller parts.
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10-24-2006, 11:54 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Here
Posts: 8,092
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Originally posted by ltl/fb
I love Real Genius. Maybe I will get a lanyard for my badge and wear it backwards.
(someone please insert picture of Val Kilmer's character wearing his keys or card or whatever backwards -- I can't find one, but I remember it, crystal clearly)
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Top Secret. It's a really good movieeeeee. Also with Val Kilmer.
Whatever happened to Val Kilmer. He used to be incredibly hot. And now he's just incredibly creepy. Speaking of creepy, I have a plaster cast of his face. He has an extremely large forehead.
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10-24-2006, 11:59 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: NYC
Posts: 18,597
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I'm not saying do away with the whole train sequence. They needed to get Beeks out of the picture somehow. Maybe this is like the 2006 yankees--too many stars. They should have left Belushi and Franken out, or had them commit to smaller parts.
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They actually didn't have to take Beeks out of the picture at all. Louis, being the expert in commodities that he was, might have known what the form of the crop report looked like and could have substituted 1 of 2 variations after making the initial switch. That way, Beeks could have simply delivered the wrong report and much of the train scene could have been eliminated, giving us more time with Louis and Billy Ray.
I should have written my senior thesis on Trading Places.
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10-24-2006, 12:04 PM
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Southern charmer
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: At the Great Altar of Passive Entertainment
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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
But don't all the smart people who were ever raised in upstate NY get out? Have you ever lived there, man?
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No. But here and elsewhere, I have heard y'all's cries.
Mostly I'm amused by these stories. It's like a cross between a narrative of disaster refugees and a community theater presentation of the " I am Spartacus!" scene.
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10-24-2006, 12:07 PM
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#1330
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Flyover land
Posts: 19,042
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Medical emergency
Aside from "quit posting" and "quit using the bberry," any ideas on how to cure a bad case of bberry/mouse thumb?
Ouch.
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10-24-2006, 12:09 PM
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#1331
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Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Pop goes the chupacabra
Posts: 18,532
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What did I do?
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Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
They actually didn't have to take Beeks out of the picture at all. Louis, being the expert in commodities that he was, might have known what the form of the crop report looked like and could have substituted 1 of 2 variations after making the initial switch. That way, Beeks could have simply delivered the wrong report and much of the train scene could have been eliminated, giving us more time with Louis and Billy Ray.
I should have written my senior thesis on Trading Places.
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What if Beeks had read it before, and reviewed it again after the switch. He would have known about the change, and tipped off the Dukes.
Of course, all Beeks needed to do was call with the contents of the report--it was all of one or two sentences when read at the news conference.
But the brilliance of the movie goes beyond the plot and dialog. Consider two examples:
1) The opening sequence, contrasting the life of the Dukes with the life of Billy Ray, all set to the overture from the Marriage of Figaro (it's an opera).
2) The use of the hanging portraits in the main room of the Heritage Club when Beeks frames Winthorp--each of the portraits is captured to appear to be looking with disdain at Winthorp.
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10-24-2006, 12:10 PM
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#1332
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Steaming Hot
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Giving a three hour blowjob
Posts: 8,220
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Cable
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Originally posted by Gattigap
No. But here and elsewhere, I have heard y'all's cries.
Mostly I'm amused by these stories. It's like a cross between a narrative of disaster refugees and a community theater presentation of the "I am Spartacus!" scene.
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I have to go to upstate New York this afternoon. I have to stay there overnight. I do not want to go with every fiber of my being. |
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10-24-2006, 12:22 PM
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#1333
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It's all about me.
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Enough about me. Let's talk about you. What do you think of me?
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Cable
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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I have to go to upstate New York this afternoon. I have to stay there overnight. I do not want to go with every fiber of my being.
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I'm going on Friday. I cannot fucking wait.
It was cold here this morning, in the 60s. I got scolded by the school nurse for failing to send in a sweatshirt for the Brazenette.
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10-24-2006, 12:24 PM
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#1334
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Proud Holder-Post 200,000
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corner Office
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Originally posted by ltl/fb
Because she is prohibited from receiving personal packages at work. It is a policy that is quite strictly enforced.
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I thought you WERE benefits. Can't you just email out a policy change?
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10-24-2006, 12:29 PM
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#1335
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Flyover land
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Quote:
Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I thought you WERE benefits. Can't you just email out a policy change?
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It's not a benefit, you moron. |
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