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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.
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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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.
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
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