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"Run, Forest! Run!" comebacks challange

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25 May 2008, 8:26 pm

This happens to me all the time: I'm running downtown, and as I pass people, they shout, "Run! Forest! Run!" Usually, it's men in their early 20s with their friends.
This annoys me. I don't know why.
I just prefer the sidewalk to the superfluous reciprocating mockery of a treadmill? Do I violate some unwritten rule by running in my jeans and t-shirt, instead of "athletic attire". I just run when I'm on foot and I feel like running. Do I really need a reason?

Anyway, sometimes I would yell back "You don't know where I'm going! You don't know that I need to run!", but that isn't really a comeback line. Lately, I just ignore them, and don't say anything at all, but I think I'm missing an opportunity for a creative comeback.

Do you have any good ideas for comeback lines? Please post them here.

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25 May 2008, 8:32 pm

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25 May 2008, 8:35 pm

Fatal-Noogie wrote:

This happens to me all the time: I'm running downtown, and as I pass people, they shout, "Run! Forest! Run!" Usually, it's men in their early 20s with their friends.
This annoys me. I don't know why.
I just prefer the sidewalk to the superfluous reciprocating mockery of a treadmill? Do I violate some unwritten rule by running in my jeans and t-shirt, instead of "athletic attire". I just run when I'm on foot and I feel like running. Do I really need a reason?

Anyway, sometimes I would yell back "You don't know where I'm going! You don't know that I need to run!", but that isn't really a comeback line. Lately, I just ignore them, and don't say anything at all, but I think I'm missing an opportunity for a creative comeback.

Do you have any good ideas for comeback lines? Please post them here.

well. . .what did Forrest say back to them?

it wound up that most people thought Forrest was cool, that's a good start

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25 May 2008, 8:37 pm

Just flash them the peace/victory sign.

I haven't heard that for a while myself, but back when I had this long red beard and ran barefoot on the streets, I did hear it.

I think it's weird these people are quoting a movie that's well over 10 years old!
It's not really even a classic or cult film at that!

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25 May 2008, 8:56 pm

wsmac wrote:

Just flash them the peace/victory sign.

If you're gonna go for hand signals, there are better ones than that. :wink:

wsmac wrote:

I think it's weird these people are quoting a movie that's well over 10 years old!
It's not really even a classic or cult film at that!

Hey! It is a classic!

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25 May 2008, 9:02 pm

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Hey! It is a classic!

I agree.

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25 May 2008, 9:06 pm

The point of the movie is that awkward people who do un-mainstream things can both out-accomplish "normal" people in traditional fields and be finer human beings than they. Every weird thing Forrest does in the movie, including running, becomes a victory for him.

People will always be asses. The only way to win is to keep doing your own thing, and show yourself above them. Do what Forest did; keep running.

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25 May 2008, 9:27 pm

"I didn't know I was Forest."

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25 May 2008, 9:31 pm

Spokane_Girl wrote:

"I didn't know I was Forest."

how about "Oh, wow, THANKS! Forrest was KEWL!"

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25 May 2008, 11:30 pm

How about, "There's free beer down the street."

Then you'll have a crowd running with you like Forrest did.

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25 May 2008, 11:38 pm

CanyonWind wrote:

How about, "There's free beer down the street."

Then you'll have a crowd running with you like Forrest did.

That one's actually pretty good. I say go with it.

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26 May 2008, 12:01 am

LOL. . .

yeah, that is pretty good.

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