We named our cat Fur-tagn because we're Lovecraft fans, and also because we are just the worst and did not think through having to say it out loud to vets.
We named our cat Fur-tagn because we're Lovecraft fans, and also because we are just the worst and did not think through having to say it out loud to vets.
That 'sympathetic pat, sympathetic pat, pause, slap' bit is probably the thing that gets 'quoted' the most from The Simpsons between me, my partner and my siblings. Rivalled in frequency only by 'd'oh' (which hardly even feels like it should count any more).
An older Swedish friend of mine always talks about a live action version of The Moomins, starring actors in Moomin suits, that he watched as a small child. Which was apparently so slapdash and low budget that whole scenes would routinely be filmed without the costume heads on, rather than stop for a break when the…
I cry very easily at films/tv/music because I'm a gigantic pussy. So I've learned to cry stealthily, usually get away with it, and thus manage to still lead a rich full life.
Oh lord, I can't even think about that film without crying.
I cried reading this article. I really wish I was joking.
That song was number one for nearly six months over here. Six. Months.
d'Artagnan?
Similarly, for decades the only people who shared my name were elderly Australians of the opposite gender. That's all gone to shit now though as a variant of it is now being used for a character on a hugely popular sf franchise.
Short answer, property. Though I'm sure there's shadier stuff to be found too.
Except we actually don't?
Yikes. That is just straight up evil.
Ugh.
… Wait. Did that actually happen? Please let me be missing a joke.
Counterpoint: I really enjoyed it, and think it did what it was setting out to do quite successfully.
Rather than a straight docu-drama it was basically a feature length skit abut the position the Life of Brian controversy/Mary Whitehouse, Lord Hailsham/ the Festival of Light has in UK pop culture, airing on the same…
WOOF
'…hair!'
The Castle is in my top ten films ever. One of those films where if you
change the channel and it's on you better write of the next hour or so
because you'll be watching it 'til the end.
Bizarro *am* so stupid.
Well, you could at least have waited until you got back from the honeymoon.