Ah I see...

Quoting films is fine as long as the other person gets it! I'm in no way getting at you here, but it's reminded me of something my brother-in-law does. He watches a load of TV and films and has a fairly good recall of the script/lines. He's a quiet soul, but when you do get him talking he often quotes shows to the point he just inserts them into conversation without thinking, most often an obscure reference that doesn't quite fit, plus he's not an actor and just reciting lines in his monotone doesn't really convey the original meaning. He usually then has to explain what the hell he was on about. :/

It brings to mind that idea that there's no original thought anymore and everything we think and say is based on regurgitated prior knowledge. But, I guess that's the learning process for you.
 

Well, I do have a more British sense of humour.  :-B I thought you'd get it. Actually, my humour while tending more to the dry, British side can be somewhat abstract; some really get it, some don't. My brother for instance, can find humour in nearly anything. Occasionally I have to explain, in a more abstract Bob Hope sort of way. But I never use monotone, am quite animated and generally put those quotes in where they fit. The bed-buying scene to me was funny because they did go on a bit about the "ticking" and as I recall were making fun of the salesman because of it. It was a fairly popular movie, for Basinger (yum) and Rourke, both at their prime. Now I feel like your brother or Cliff Clavin on Cheers!, so perhaps I should move on...

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Perhaps in your brother's case, that is true - but not in mine. I am full of original thought. Full of it.  %-) Regurgitated prior knowledge? I'd say we all are guilty of that from time to time, don't you think? We all share what we know or have learned in the past from time to time. JFK quotes, historical quotes and references... I could probably pull a couple hundred out of posts in any forum.

Oh, well - sorry. Maybe you should see the movie again. Dated, but KB isn't difficult to look at throughout the film and there are certainly other reasons to watch it other than just for the ticking and her visage. The acting was particularly good by both, not something I can say about many of the regurgitated themes and scripts of many films today.

Actually, isn't this thread a regurgitated cartoon reference?  :-O

ISWYDT

I'm not saying it's a bad thing, what's language if not the same thing? It's just underwhelming that which people normally make of it. Damn, that's a horrible sentence. But probably original. :/

Never seen 9 1/2 weeks. :J

It's fucking 9½ fucking weeks, for fuck's sake!

I, for one, kowtow to our new chief of the Grammar Gestapo.

Actually, fuck that. The only difference is that you're saving character space. If you're not using twitter, who gives a flying rat infested pig of a fuck?

 (angel)

 

Well, don't see it unless of course you are one of those unusual males who like pretty blondes with large, pillowy red lips and a curvaceous figure...

Actually, that's HTML Gestapo </Bastard-style pedant>

I prefer redheads. If that makes me less of a gentleman, so be it.

This pedant road is a dark and dreary one and will only lead to animosity and bitching. A bit like Loose Women.

 

Incorrect. 91/2 would be saving a character space. 9½ is getting it /right/.

9.5

I prefer the latter, thanks.

I am married to one, so we are in the same boat. Be careful if /you/ marry one.

BFD. You could read it and understood. I can appreciate the pedantic twittishness, somewhat.

I am married to one, and nearly had a son with red hair. It's ok, he's gone blonde now.

So then you know.  :O)

She's not a typical red head, more stubborn than anything else!