Do you ever pick things up from TV or movies?

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Fraya
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28 Nov 2006, 7:06 pm

Never anything from television but I have reinacted scenes from books before.

If youve never hid in a storm drain wearing a clown disguise and holding a balloon to see the kids reactions when you ask them if they want one as they pass by you have got to try it

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29 Nov 2006, 12:27 am

BazzaMcKenzie wrote:

werbert wrote:

... injecting you with estrogen.

Its not that I hold a grudge about having my spelling corrected, but its
e-o-s-t-r-o-g-e-n - lol

Do you suppose that e-o-s-t-r-o-g-e-n is a good a-p-h-r-o-d-i-s-i-a-c?

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29 Nov 2006, 12:35 am

Fraya wrote:

If youve never hid in a storm drain wearing a clown disguise and holding a balloon to see the kids reactions when you ask them if they want one as they pass by you have got to try it

The only problem is that if you ran into my daughter, this is the conversation that would happen in my house:

[door slams open]
Tish: DO WE HAVE ANY GASOLINE?
Me: We've got some for the chainsaw in the garage.
Tish: That's the gas/oil mix, right?
Me: Yeah...
Tish: It'll still burn, right?
Me: I think so, yeah.
Tish: Thanks!
[door slams shut]

Me: Wait, what?

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29 Nov 2006, 1:53 am

My former roommate and I watched the movie Henry Fool numerous times. I caught myself many times back then speaking in the pedantic manner of the title character. Ha...kinda funny. Gooooooooood movie!

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30 Nov 2006, 10:54 pm

yeh, ive done it ever since i was young, then i would tell jokes about things which ive remembered and expect other people to know what i'm talking about.

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02 Dec 2006, 1:47 am

novawake wrote:

Do you ever feel tempted to use someone elses words(from a movie, other people or whatever) even if it's in a situation where no one could possibly know you are doing it(or even notice the difference in your speaking)? I'm not neccisarily singling out "unusal" expressions, but just day to day stuff?

I can't think of a good example(I can't make it happen, it just does). I'll try to make one up: if there is a character on tv that says: "i must proceed to the school!" I might be tempted to use that expression when I am explaining that I am going to school. No one would know I am using their words and it's not a memorable quote, but maybe if feels safer to recycle their words?

It feels weird even thinking about it, cause if it happens, it's basically automatic.

Hey me too!

when I do that with closer people, I end up adding "obscure quote from [some show or movie]"

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02 Dec 2006, 1:56 am

Le8369 wrote:

"Ya used me, Skinner, ya used me!" - Groundskeeper Willie quote.

classic

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02 Dec 2006, 5:26 am

Yeah I often quote movies etc.

My favourite one is, "That's my name. Don't wear it out, Maximillion or I'll make you buy me a new one." (Batman Returns -- Selena Kyle/Catwoman to Max Shrek)

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02 Dec 2006, 3:51 pm

I often shout “YOU ARE GOING TO LEAVE ME PSYCOLOGICALLY SCARED HER!:” the clown from Ren & Stip: when I often talk about traumatic experience that I had that comes over very funny.

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02 Dec 2006, 4:09 pm

I pick upa quote, butcher it to have it keep its same meaning, and use it in a story. XD

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02 Dec 2006, 6:27 pm

My mom is always asking me why i borrow so many quotes from elsewhere. But I have excellant recall skills, but I must say it does seem to be a very useless skill

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02 Dec 2006, 8:57 pm

Seeing 007 so much, I do One liner Jokes:

Beware the corn has ears
Dont squash my produce.
Beets me.
Lets rib the Meat Dept.
Meat the cutting edge.
It peppers me up.

All realted to supermarket Meat & Produce.

hahahahhahahahaha.

& other Bad jokes.

Dont Corn mash me.
Its squashing,
Speak Japanese to Fuji apples
& Chinese to Mandarin oranges.
Granny Smith Apples dont age.

Dr Pepper is a drug addict.

ahhahahaha.

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02 Dec 2006, 10:09 pm

I have a strange fascination with little things. And with TV shows/movies as one of my top things to obsess over, I will sometimes find the smallest movement a character makes interesting, and will spend a half hour rewinding and replaying in slow motion, fast motion, pausing. Oh gosh. I do this when I'm alone, though.

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02 Dec 2006, 10:31 pm

Message wrote:

OMG I do the exact same thing!! ! Even if it's something in the blink of an eye, it will have just so much meaning to me. If I'm lucky and my camera will cooperate, I can get screenshots of it.

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03 Dec 2006, 3:28 am

cecilfienkelstien wrote:

My mom is always asking me why i borrow so many quotes from elsewhere. But I have excellant recall skills, but I must say it does seem to be a very useless skill

No such thing as a useless skill.

Having good recall is great for exams.

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