"Run, Forest! Run!" comebacks challange

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"Free beer down the street" has the advantage of not possibly getting a person arrested for inciting a panic. (OTOH, if no beer is found maybe that could maybe incite a riot.)

Another idea: a shirt that says "Run Forest Run" on it, so if they yell it out they don't get to feel all clever and sarcastic. Defuse the idiocy before it happens.

[gripe-rant] It's always young 20-something guys that are jackasses like that. Even though I was once a 20-something male I never felt like I had to be like that. Yet another way social-mal-adjustment ain't all bad.[/gripe-rant]

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LOL - these are good!

What!? Modify my travel habits and routes just because of some derisive remarks? That's absurd! I said they annoy me, not hurt me. (sticks & stones)

When I do run, it's usually to go faster between errands downtown, and besides, there's no local place I'd rather run than on the downtown streets anyway. San Luis Obispo is just a pleasant city. (Don't get me wrong about parks and forest trails. They're fun too when I'm in the mood for that.)

Traffic (automotive and pedestrian) is rarely ever congested. There's not really an issue of diver's respect for pedestrians around here; We pretty much just follow the traffic laws and everyone gets where they need to go.
The people who shout run forest run have either been walking, standing, or sitting down. I've never heard a driver say it.

I was looking for a witty remark, not travel advice, but thanks for your comment nonetheless.

It's a classic in my book . I love that movie! I used to get the 'Run Forrest' treatment when I'd run with my team during high school. Runners just demand attention for some reason, people just have to make a big deal about us whether it be cheering excitedly for us during a warmup or shouting old quotes; it comes with the culture. The peace sign is a good idea by the way.

Here's what I would do in Fatal Noogie's scenario...
1. I would buy myself a pair of Nike "Corky" Cortezes to run in just like Hanks had in the film...
http://sneakers.pair.com/l/cortez92.jpg
2. I would respond to the "Run Forrest" comment by pointing at my shoes and saying, "I want to see if they really last as long as they did for Gump" (IIRC he supposedly ran several times back and forth across the U.S. in the same pair)...

"Run forest run" was only a humorous thing to say or hear right after forest gump first came out. Now when i hear someone say it i feel like kicking their balls through their ass. How many other lame, overused moviequotes and TV lines make me feel like that? "I'll be back." "Hasta la vista, baby". "Luke, i am your father." "And that's all she wrote." "OMG, they killed kenny." There are many more but (thank god) they aren't coming to mind. I don't necessarilly hate those shows and movies, i'm just sick as hell of people using the lines and quotes from them.

Rivers run, not forests

Just yell something that makes little to no sense, to gve yourself pleasure in their confusion.

"F***ing ninjas!"
"Where's my taco?!"
"I thought I had enough cupcakes"

"Another advantage of being a crazy cat lady. They keep me in training!"

I get REALLY insulted when people call me Forrest, or say "Run, Forrest, Run!" because, as you know, he is meant to be autistic.

I love the t-shirt, I need to get one.

I've only had one person say this to me...interestingly it was part of an assignment for my gifted support class where we needed the fastest runner to run from one end of the school to the other. I was the fastest in the group so I got to do it. Someone said it when I ran past but it was just a general joke since Forrest Gump is my favorite movie.

Not long after that I was in Chicago with a few friends and we found this place called Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. I got a Run Forrest Run license plate although I hung it in my room since I didn't have my car yet (I was still 16 with a learners permit). It just got to be a fixture there so I didn't put it on my car.