Reminded me of the Pale Man from Pan’s Labyrinth.

I called her bad fucking news the day she showed up. It’s one thing to get suckered in by that type when you’re 25 but it takes a real special kind of schlemiel to still be getting taken by manipulative psychos at 47.

It’s 541, smartass. Six are non-voting but they’re still members of Congress.

Just you wait, kiddo. Shit collapses with a quickness. You’ll see.

It’s also been three direct-to-video sequels, complete with recycled footage and much, much lower VFX budgets:

Does the Space Coyote count?

Wouldn’t RoboCop need RoboParamedic? If he’s already been burned there’s not much RoboFirefighter can do.

There was also a Lenny Bruce poster on Louis’ wall. Don’t know if that means anything.

Her argument made some sense but only as a mirror for Louie’s schlubby insecurities. I’m not that much younger than him and I have yet to feel stupid around young people. Cranky and irritatable, sure, but not stupid. I’m not the one wearing board shorts and flip-flops to work in 50° weather.

There aren’t any trilobite fossil records from the Pre-Cambrian.

Trilobite fossils are a dime a dozen, excepting certain rare species in excellent condition. The planet was basically carpeted with them for a while there.

I think Cage does spend a lot of time in New Orleans. IIRC he’s a member of one of the Mardi Gras krewes.

They don’t object to the dumpy everyman getting an unrealistically hot wife though, they object to him being portrayed as an incompetent schlub for laffs. It’s an ancient trope though. I remember an old children’s story — maybe even medieval —about a farmer who makes a bet with his wife involving trading work for a…

It must have sucked to land a regular part on a very popular sitcom — a cute kid part no less! — and have nowhere to go with it because the show does an anti-Full House and resolutely refuses to focus on you, ever. Raymond even says “It’s not really about the kids” in one version of the opening credits.

Employer- (or government-) provided health insurance isn’t really them buying something for you, it’s just cheaper than paying you the cash equivalent it would take for you to afford the same policy individually. And it’s definitely cheaper than paying for abortions and orphanages.

If that’s what you took away from it, no wonder you thought it was odd.

139 comments in and no suggestion of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse?

The boat must have had at least one radio on it. Two-way radio even. Just fix that.

Different Herzog.

Maybe in case external power to the house were cut and your backup batteries could only supply full amperage to one shutter at a time, and it’s better to have some of them all the way down than all of them slowwwwlllly closing but still halfway open?