"It doesn't DO anything. That's the beauty of it." (8878 hits)
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Submitted by DonovanMD <Dmacd58.at.telus.net> (View user info) at 2005-02-24 02:47:13 EST
If you're anything like me, prepare to have your brains broken.
This thread is going strong on the SomethingAwful forums, and nobody can figure out where that (subject) line comes from. I thought I'd bring it here to see what kind of luck you guys have. When you say it out loud, with the proper emphasis, it sounds painfully familiar, but I defy you to place that line exactly. Placing it exactly doesn't mean "OMFG It's frum "whatever TV show" you stupid twatwaffle!!!!!11!!11!,"
If you know it's from a show, tell me which episode, or find a script for the show online, otherwise feel free to speculate with everyone else. I myself have no idea where it's from, so don't think messaging me will get you closer to the solution, unlike my last brain teaser (http://www.ubersite.com/m/60149), I dont know the answer to this. I will however, pay to find out.
So here's my deal: The person who figures this out gets 2 things from me.
1. They get EVERY post of theirs +2ed.
2. They get a coupon code from the back of a new, unused $20 Best Buy gift card, which can be used online. The card has no expiration date.
Who will accept the challenge?
Please note: It might be best to put on a helmet before smashing your head into a wall.
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Submitted by slapsticky (user info) at 2006-09-07 15:55:08 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2006-05-26 04:24:48 EDT (#)
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It still doesnt do anything.
Submitted by matt27032 (user info) at 2005-02-28 22:12:35 EST (#)
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Submitted by Sh4d0w (user info) at 2005-02-27 18:18:55 (#)
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Jesus christ I've been trying to comment on this for days.
I'm almost positive its from A Christmas Story... the father referring to the lamp leg
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I think i remember this but maybe not he might just say it doesnt do anything
Submitted by Skolky2 (user info) at 2005-02-28 20:39:33 EST (#)
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You know what's stuck in my mind?
In Bruce Almighty when Morgan Freeman says "Yes, you can. That's the beauty of it!"
I know that's not the answer, but I can't get it out of my head whenever I read the quote.
Submitted by Jimmy (user info) at 2005-02-28 18:58:45 EST (#)
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I'VE GOT IT !!!!
Submitted by lucid (user info) at 2005-02-28 18:44:55 EST (#)
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Perhaps it's an homage to a uvula.
Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2005-02-28 12:54:53 EST (#)
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Submitted by Mitchapalooza (user info) at 2005-02-25 10:06:02 (#)
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Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2005-02-24 10:02:04 (#)
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It's from Hitchhiker - read that bit last night.
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I see... so you were lying when you wrote the above statement.
Never mind then.
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Hold on a sec... what makes you think I was lying?
I certainly did read it, but I read very very very quickly and also read a huge amount of the book last night. I just haven't had the chance to go through and find it yet.
Submitted by Heather (user info) at 2005-02-28 11:17:39 EST (#)
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I am now leaning to a John Candy or Steve Martin film. I was thinking Planes, Trains and Automobiles. I also can see John Cusack saying it in High Fidelity.
Submitted by Thored (user info) at 2005-02-27 22:52:35 EST (#)
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Yeah... it's from Spaceballs.
Thanks whoever posted that. Now I feel stupid.
Submitted by Thored (user info) at 2005-02-27 22:51:08 EST (#)
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...Im slow to review this. I just realized I never +2'ed this.
I swear I know the answer to this too...
Awkward. Maybe someone already answered it and I'm too dense to notice.
Submitted by Sh4d0w (user info) at 2005-02-27 18:18:55 EST (#)
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Jesus christ I've been trying to comment on this for days.
I'm almost positive its from A Christmas Story... the father referring to the lamp leg.
Submitted by Slovin (user info) at 2005-02-27 18:03:14 EST (#)
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http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/55229
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, apparently.
Submitted by Auf-Der-Maur (user info) at 2005-02-27 16:33:57 EST (#)
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I thought it was from Calvin and hobbes too, but not that story
Submitted by sublime (user info) at 2005-02-27 12:02:35 EST (#)
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Submitted by JustAnotherHunter (user info) at 2005-02-26 18:59:48 (#)
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I may be way off base, but I think its from a Calvin & Hobbes strip... He spends a day making a robot, and his mom asks him what it does or something...I can't remember exactly what book it's in, and I don't have the time to check trhough all the books I have....If i find the strip, I'll scan it and email it as proof if need be. If I'm right, that is.
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I concur. i remember seeing that line in C&H
Submitted by Bizdorph (user info) at 2005-02-27 11:21:58 EST (#)
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I figure that by the time anyone can really figure this out I could have directed a movie that uses it and saved everyone the trouble.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2005-02-27 11:03:01 EST (#)
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I said it, apropos of this post.
Now fuck off and look up "apropos", you illiterate stooges.
Submitted by Jay_Bassman (user info) at 2005-02-27 10:54:39 EST (#)
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This is gonna kill me... I can tell.
I keep hearing Kramer from "Seinfeld" saying it though...
"That's the beauty of it Jerry. It doesn't DO anything!"
AAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHH
Submitted by JustAnotherHunter (user info) at 2005-02-26 18:59:48 EST (#)
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I may be way off base, but I think its from a Calvin & Hobbes strip... He spends a day making a robot, and his mom asks him what it does or something...I can't remember exactly what book it's in, and I don't have the time to check trhough all the books I have....If i find the strip, I'll scan it and email it as proof if need be. If I'm right, that is.
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2005-02-26 03:52:30 EST (#)
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oh, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy is another possibility
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2005-02-26 03:41:03 EST (#)
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http://www.killermovies.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-7949
its in final fantasy 7
a star trek episode
van helsing
Submitted by Demolocke (user info) at 2005-02-25 23:38:42 EST (#)
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My Seinfeld-dar is definitely going off, but I've got nothin.
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2005-02-25 18:31:41 EST (#)
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I have unconfirmed suggestions that it's from Better Off Dead with John Cusak. I don't have a copy of this movie and can't find a script online so if someone's got the movie, check it out and you may find the answer to this movie quote mystery.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-25 18:16:21 EST (#)
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Rockateer: Both of the ones you mentioned have been proven wrong. I need some proof of it please. Its definitly not the Simpsons episode. Check the Angelfire.com link somewhere on this review.
Submitted by TheRocketeer (user info) at 2005-02-25 17:27:13 EST (#)
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It's also from the Simpsons. Danny DeVito is the voice of the character that says it.
"What does it do?"
"It doesn't DO anything. That's the beauty of it!"
It's from The Simpsons in the episode where Homer's half brother Herb Powell is explaining his invention. He is talking about the 'drinking' bird and Homer asks, "What does it do?"
Submitted by TheRocketeer (user info) at 2005-02-25 17:24:05 EST (#)
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^^winnar
It's from spaceballs.
Submitted by FelizJbirth (user info) at 2005-02-25 17:03:24 EST (#)
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Ahhhh, too many windows open, sorry, wrong thread :P
Submitted by FelizJbirth (user info) at 2005-02-25 17:02:59 EST (#)
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My entry: http://www.ubersite.com/m/60645
Submitted by FelizJbirth (user info) at 2005-02-25 15:34:02 EST (#)
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And FelizJbirth, I dont expect you to read the entire thread worth of reviews, but that episode of the Simpsons has been disproven already. Theres an angelfire.com link with the audio clip from that episode further down the reviews.
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Oops, my bad, I did actually skim them, guess I should have actually read instead. I looked for a transcript of the episode after I posted the review and couldn't find the quote, so I guess that person is full of shit.
I know way too much about pop culture and this one has got me stumped, I hope someone figures it out soon. I downloaded an e-book of Hitchhiker's Guide a few weeks ago but I deleted it after I listened to it, I can't remember the line but that means nothing.
Submitted by PlaguedByMurphy (user info) at 2005-02-25 15:03:22 EST (#)
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This may be the same as the GRY riddle -
http://www.riddlenut.com/gryriddle.php
Its lost in the translation, so to speak. Someone created this quote from two or more quotes but thought it was one quote (Honest mistake).
Thats my take on it.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-25 12:18:59 EST (#)
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Submitted by Heather (user info) at 2005-02-25 10:10:09 (#)
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This is making me crazy. I thought about it last night and this morning. Thanks.
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haha, your welcome. Its had that affect on me and some close friends as well. I would really like to know where it was spoken.
And FelizJbirth, I dont expect you to read the entire thread worth of reviews, but that episode of the Simpsons has been disproven already. Theres an angelfire.com link with the audio clip from that episode further down the reviews.
Submitted by Heather (user info) at 2005-02-25 10:10:09 EST (#)
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This is making me crazy. I thought about it last night and this morning. Thanks.
Submitted by Mitchapalooza (user info) at 2005-02-25 10:06:02 EST (#)
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Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2005-02-24 10:02:04 (#)
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It's from Hitchhiker - read that bit last night.
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I see... so you were lying when you wrote the above statement.
Never mind then.
Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2005-02-25 05:51:52 EST (#)
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One thing to consider - I'm fairly certain that Hitchhiker has been through several small rewrites between editions for the UK and the US, mainly to alter the grammar for trans-atlantic differences - I'm convinced my copy has that line in it but it's possible some versions don't.
Somewhere in my head is telling me it's got something to do with the black spaceship but most of my head is telling me that's wrong.
Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2005-02-25 05:21:53 EST (#)
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Submitted by Mitchapalooza (user info) at 2005-02-24 12:51:12 (#)
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Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2005-02-24 10:02:04 (#)
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It's from Hitchhiker - read that bit last night.
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WO WO WO!!! OK ... STAY WITH ME HERE... WHICH BOOK, WHICH PAGE (I HAVE THE BIG BOOK WITH EVERY TOME OF IT, SO PLEASE BE SPECIFIC SO I KNOW WHERE TO LOOK!)
PLEASE POST ANSWERS!!!
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Fuck it... you mean I've got to plough through the whole damn complete book which I indeed... also have? I think it may be Restaurant but forgive me if its not.
May take me a day or two... I read about 200 pages across two books that night. Yes. I have no life. And... if I find it, I will scan it and post it.
Submitted by FelizJbirth (user info) at 2005-02-25 05:03:12 EST (#)
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It's from The Simpsons in the episode where Homer's half brother (I think, maybe step brother) Herb Powell is explaining his invention. He is talking about the 'drinking' bird and Homer asks, "What does it do?"
That's from this link: http://www.courier-journal.com/features/columnists/judy.html
Don't know if it's right or not, maybe it will refresh someone's memory.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-25 03:10:28 EST (#)
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Yeah I know, the people at IMDB have been trying to track it down for a while now, but to no avail.
Submitted by Pacifist248 (user info) at 2005-02-25 00:38:17 EST (#)
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Oh, and it comes from the IMDb, http://www.imdb.com/board/bd0000001/flat/1180562?d=1872466
Quote:
"Help with quote: "It doesn't DO anything. That's the beauty of it"
by - ssywak (Thu Apr 10 2003 15:10:14 )
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I am trying to track down the movie which contains the dialogue:
"What does it do?"
"It doesn't DO anything. That's the beauty of it."
I have a number of people wracking their brains for at least a week trying to figure this out.
TIA!
--Steve"
Thank you. :)
Submitted by Pacifist248 (user info) at 2005-02-25 00:26:23 EST (#)
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I have H2G2 dl/ed in pdf form and word form. . . I searched "beauty of it" on the word doc. and nothing came up.
Don't know how accurate it is though.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 22:52:27 EST (#)
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Submitted by Gent (user info) at 2005-02-24 21:18:03 (#)
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Hudsucker Proxy
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Thats one I thought of to, but apparently its been disproven. Look it up, with a script or watch the movie, and let me know for sure. If you win, the stuff is yours.
Submitted by okokididitbutiwasdrunk (user info) at 2005-02-24 22:26:49 EST (#)
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Re-Re
Submitted by Gent (user info) at 2005-02-24 21:18:03 EST (#)
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Hudsucker Proxy
Submitted by Joemama (user info) at 2005-02-24 19:51:57 EST (#)
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Only the second portion of "the line"
exists in; Ernest Goes To Jail
-3 for renting it
+3 for the "look" I received
So its a wash
I have no life.........
someone......
Just shoot me
Submitted by screamfeeder (user info) at 2005-02-24 18:29:55 EST (#)
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Guys Give it up.
That single quote is not taken from anything.
There are THOUSANDS that come close but nothing has that specific quote it in.
This has been tossed around the web for YEARS.
If anything DOES have it at this point it is BECAUSE of all the hooplaw created on the web.
Give.
It.
Up.
You people are being had.
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2005-02-24 18:20:01 EST (#)
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i copied the entire script for Willy Wonka and did a find for the following words...some of which came up but not in that context:
Beauty
Anything
then i did Doesn't...
an hour later I was convinced. it's not from that movie.
Submitted by Bryanhoop (user info) at 2005-02-24 18:18:31 EST (#)
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It's from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory after they get all those bubbles on them from that slow-moving train/car/watchmacallit. Charlie says something to the effect of "What does it do?" to which his grandfather replies, "It doesn't do anything. That's the beauty of it!"
Submitted by Nobb (user info) at 2005-02-24 18:11:44 EST (#)
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Has anyone thought that perhaps the real line is "that's the beauty of it, it doesn't do anything" ?
Submitted by mxc_jwebber (user info) at 2005-02-24 17:45:20 EST (#)
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I believe it may be from an episode of the American version of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and if it is... I'll take code delivery via email.
Submitted by G-prime (user info) at 2005-02-24 17:28:50 EST (#)
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I think it's from Third Rock From The Sun
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2005-02-24 17:08:35 EST (#)
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i don't have sound on my computer at home but i figured that link was it. oh well, fuck you all.
Submitted by tuesdaydelay (user info) at 2005-02-24 17:01:26 EST (#)
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It's from "SOMEONE'S FOUND A NEW WAY TO HITWHORE AND GET EVERY DUMB FUCK TO FALL FOR IT: Episode V".
Submitted by zakalwe (user info) at 2005-02-24 16:55:51 EST (#)
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Doing a great job with the unusual hitwhores.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 16:50:15 EST (#)
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Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2005-02-24 15:43:47 (#)
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you know my whole 'there is no answer' idea? it's forgotten.
ANSWER INCOMING WITH PROOF:
Simpsons "Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes"
http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/megswain/
click the link to hear the soundclip.
I want +2 for life for this shit.
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What does this prove? That the episode with Herb, Homers half brother did NOT have that quote? Yeah, good job.
Submitted by Heather (user info) at 2005-02-24 16:47:50 EST (#)
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Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2005-02-24 15:43:47 (#)
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you know my whole 'there is no answer' idea? it's forgotten.
ANSWER INCOMING WITH PROOF:
Simpsons "Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes"
http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/megswain/
click the link to hear the soundclip.
I want +2 for life for this shit.
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Ummmm, It was posted there becuase it was ruled out as a possible solution.
Submitted by thaumaturge (user info) at 2005-02-24 15:50:25 EST (#)
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I don't really want the +2's or anything at all, but I think I might know it..
Not a TV show, but a film.. "Run Ronnie Run"
Am I close?
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2005-02-24 15:43:47 EST (#)
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you know my whole 'there is no answer' idea? it's forgotten.
ANSWER INCOMING WITH PROOF:
Simpsons "Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes"
http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/megswain/
click the link to hear the soundclip.
I want +2 for life for this shit.
Submitted by Ranx05 (user info) at 2005-02-24 15:02:07 EST (#)
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The 90's sitcom NewsRadio?
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 14:36:42 EST (#)
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Yeah if it is HitchHiker it should be as easy a ctrl F to find it. I read through that one board that confirmed NOs and they said it wasa untrue however. I have the book, so confirm where, what chapter, a general page number (it might be different if we have different books) and whats happening and Ill take the time to find it.
Until then I wont declare a winner. And I still find it hard to believe, becasue while it is the best book ever, so few have read it these days, what with so many people being complete morons. Of course people on a board about writing have read it though.
Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2005-02-24 14:32:02 EST (#)
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I didn't think of Mouse from the Matrix until whoever said it below . . . that could definitely be it.
My initial thoughts were "Real Genius" and "revenge of the Nerds" but I downloaded a script for "Real Genius"and searched for the word "beauty." Nope.
I can't find a script for "Revenge of the Nerds."
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2005-02-24 13:35:14 EST (#)
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I'm a bit obsessive. i have to know this now. is it in hitchhiker? i have the book- i'll try and look it up if someone wants to make a suggestion of where to start.
Submitted by Mitchapalooza (user info) at 2005-02-24 13:22:20 EST (#)
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unabonger, i'd normally be inclined to agree with you, but so far, 3 independent sources have all claimed that it's from hitchiker's guide to the galaxy, and each has also independently confirmed it (not just a "yea it's that one simpons's episode, I think").... actually wrote down "confirmed, I just saw it again".
I'm downloading the book from kazaa tonight and i'll do a word search.
If this hitchiker's guide thing turns out to be crap, then i'll side with you.
but i think it's too soon to say 'it doesn't exist'.
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2005-02-24 13:13:56 EST (#)
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there is no answer.
the people on the internet message boards are the nerdiest of all internet gurus. i, myself, have stated i can find the answer to any question on the internet within 10 minutes.
upon searching for this answer, i found over 10 other message boards looking for the answer as well. nobody has it.
if there was an answer, some dickhole would have found it by now. there's similar quotes in alot of movies but that specific quote isn't in anything...if it is and nobody on the internet can find it, the Seventh Seal has been broken and the Gates of Hell will open soon. Armageddon.
there is no answer and that's where I stand.
Submitted by Bizdorph (user info) at 2005-02-24 13:13:41 EST (#)
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Bwahahahahahahahahahaha
"twatwaffle"
Oh god... that is gold. Can I please steal it?
Submitted by Mitchapalooza (user info) at 2005-02-24 12:51:12 EST (#)
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Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2005-02-24 10:02:04 (#)
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It's from Hitchhiker - read that bit last night.
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WO WO WO!!! OK ... STAY WITH ME HERE... WHICH BOOK, WHICH PAGE (I HAVE THE BIG BOOK WITH EVERY TOME OF IT, SO PLEASE BE SPECIFIC SO I KNOW WHERE TO LOOK!)
PLEASE POST ANSWERS!!!
Submitted by TheSunGod (user info) at 2005-02-24 12:19:28 EST (#)
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the replies to this post once again confirm that the good people of uber have WAAAAAYYYY more time on their hands than anyone else in the world.
long live uber, and may peace be on its populace. except that maskedmacabre bitch. he irks me.
Submitted by standardeviant (user info) at 2005-02-24 12:15:56 EST (#)
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That is right. When George is talking to Jerry about the television show.
Jerry,"So it's a show about nothing?"
George, "nothing."
Jerry, " I think that might just work".
Submitted by ETS (user info) at 2005-02-24 12:14:54 EST (#)
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I noticed that "Real Genius" is not listed, and also this seems like something that Steve Martin might have said in "The Man With Two Brains". Either of these are the best guesses I have.
Submitted by ETS (user info) at 2005-02-24 12:10:01 EST (#)
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Heidi (Disney) MAR 19 04
Hellraiser IV: Bloodletting MAR 01 04
Maybe in flashback sequence.
Help! AUG 09 04
NO, Watched, SEP 10 04
High Fidelity APR 18 03
NO Watched 08 11 04
It's Only Money AUG 11 03
Jason's Lyric APR 14 03
Jurassic Park APR 21 03
Goldblum line?
Last Angry Man MAY 30 03
Leisure Suit Larry game MAY 10 03
Little Noises Apr 23 03
Mary Poppins NOV 18 04
Meet the Parents APR 12 04
NO Watched JUL 08 04
Mom and Dad Save the World MAY 31 04
Garr and Lovitz
Mr. Accident MAY 08 03
National Lampoon's Vacation APR 12 03
(various)
Needful Things JAN 28 04
Neverending Story, The APR 11 03
NO Watched NOV 11 04
Nine Months APR 14 03
Nutty Professor, The MAY 07 03
Pleasantville MAR 07 04
In the diner when everyone is asking about the books?
On the Yard JUN 27 03
NO per "certainly not" JUL 30 03
Red Dwarf TV APR 19 03
NO Checked Scripts NOV 02 03
Remains of the Day APR 20 03
Scrooged APR 20 03
Seinfeld TV APR 11 03
Sleeper APR 15 03
No offered close quote APR 16 03
Spaceballs May 09 03
NO Checked Script May 09 03
Talented Mr. Ripley APR 22 03
NO Watched APR 24 03
"10" APR 14 03
Third Rock from the Sun TV APR 10 03
Three Stooges, The Shorts APR 16 04
Few things would be more satisfying than for this to pan out. High likelihood pre-1950 date, and they are AMERICAN.
Time Bandits APR 14 03
Time Machine, The (1960) AUG 06 03
No Watched AUG 27 04
Tomb Raider JUN 01 03
Clock scene, NO Watched Jun 01 03
Two Weeks' Notice APR 17 03
What Women Want APR 20 03
NO Watched APR 20 03
When Harry Met Sally APR 12 03
NO, Watched APR 13 03
Wizard of Oz APR 17 03
NO Checked Script APR 17 03
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Updated: 18/02/05 4:36 PM CST
STRONG BUT REFUTED
Topic: *STRONG but refuted
Big APR 10 03
NO, Checked Script, APR 10 03
Big Lebowski APR 18 03
NO APR 21 02 unclear whether Watched or Checked Script
Christmas Story APR 10 03
NO, Watched, APR 11 03
Formula 51 APR 11 03
NO, Watched, APR 12 03 Also known as 51st State, The
Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy, The APR 16 03
Radio, audio, prose, TV
A MATCH JAN 04 04 reported for it "on DVD," but it's a special case because the report was on another site. First hand corroboration requested. Meantime we have a first-hand NO Watched FEB 01 04; and another NO Watched from the Original Poster APR 22 04.
No Checked prose (HHGG only) MAY 14 04
BUT SEE ALSO "Exceptional Cases" section for more on the books; they were given a "Yes" by an adamant poster on the original ssywak thread early in 2005.
Hudsucker Proxy, The APR 15 03
NO Checked Script, AUG 04 03; NO Watched APR 15 04
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, The APR 15 03
Movie, about the pills
NO Checked Script Sep 04 04 used search on PDF file, no "it do," "anything," "beauty"
Kids in the Hall, The TV APR 15 03 by association
Vague match Checked Script Sep 04 04
[http://www.kithfan.org/work/transcripts/three/newdog.html] The website's "synopsis" for the transcript is "So, what does it do?" They date the sketch as 1991. Operant part: Kevin: [putting dog on floor] Here Tiggy. [sits down on couch]
Dave: So. Tsk, what does it do?
Kevin: Huh?
Dave: Tsk. [to the dog who doesn't move as Dave talks to her] Come on, lie down. Lie down. Roll over. Come on. Lie down. Roll over. Play dead. [to Kevin] What a useless dog!
Kevin: Huh?
Dave: It doesn't do anything. Gotta go Jerry. [gets up and walks towards door] Thanks for lettin' me see your dog.
Live a Little, Love a Little APR 12 03
A definite YES NOV 29 03
But NO, Watched 08 17 04 (by me, currently CLOSEST EARLIEST. I will elaborate.)
Lover Come Back JAN 10 04
NO Watched (by me) AUG 19 04 Closest it came was Q:"I have a right to know." A:"There's no such product as Vip." Vip was later created, and did something. It was not beautiful, what it did.
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life APR 15 03
NO the machine that goes Ping, Checked Script MAY 02
Pulp Fiction APR 13 03
Should check Jules & Vincent re: foot massages APR 23 03
NO in general per constant viewing MAY 11 03
Raising Arizona APR 12 03
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins OCT 23 03
NO Watched OCT 29 03
Simpsons, The TV APR 12 03
Not any one specifically. I enter it here as each suggested ep gets shot down posthaste.
Simpsons, The TV AUG 13 03
Giant head. Some dispute over YES or NO Jan 12-14 04
NO, Checked script, I've lost the date of post
Simpsons, The TV JUL 04 04
Homer, Herb, drinking bird NO, Watched, APR 07 04. On MAY 13 04, a vision of the same scene but in live action was reported.
Star Trek IV JUN 22 03
Glasses scene, NO but Close (includes Beauty) JUN 22 03
Star Trek TNG TV APR 17 03
Season 4, "The Wounded" ep, Special case AUG 15 03. An exact match is reported, but on another site. Corroboration is requested, with specific air date. ST:TNG is quite late, and as much as I like ST (plenty), it never had an original thought in its 40 year history. On AUG 15 03 it was suggested they stole it from this thread. All they would have to have done is fly a boomerang trajectory around the sun.... Meantimes, a first-hand NO Checked Script FEB 03 04, for "Wounded" and all ep (except ep 2), also DS9 and all movies, and a NO Watched for "Wounded" from same source.
True Lies DEC 23 03
CLAIMED EXACT MATCH Schwarzenegger and Arnold, same wording, different emphasis. Needs corroboration.
NO Watched AUG 31 04
Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory APR 11 03
NO, Checked Script, APR 11 03
Submitted by ETS (user info) at 2005-02-24 12:09:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
About a Boy APR 16 03
Prolly alternate wording
Addams Family MAY 08 03
Did not specify panel, TV or movie
Airplane II OCT 06 04
Shatner's character?
American Beauty APR 12 03
NO Watched AUG 27 04
Avengers, The TV APR 15 03
prolly not a Peel
Arthur APR 14 03
Back to the Future I APR 10 03
NO Checked Script, APR 10 2003
NO Watched SEP 10 04
Back to the Future II APR 18 03
NO unclear Watch or Checked Script AUG 27 04
NO Watched SEP 10 04
Back to the Future III APR 10 03
NO unclear Watch or Checked Script AUG 27 04
NO Watched SEP 10 04
Barbarella MAY 02 02
NO per excellent memory MAY 02 03, NO Watched AUG 09 04
Beauty and the Beast Disney APR 12 03
not typical Belle APR 13 03
Beetlejuice SEP 22 04
One of Delia's scultures?
Bedazzled (1967) APR 24 03
Bell, Book and Candle MAY 09 04
NO Watched MAY 09 04 (both cites by same poster in same post; but actual dialogue fun, poster cites word "beautiful," NO Watched by me 08 21 04 and word was "fascinating.")
Bicentennial Man JUN 11 03
Biodome DEC 01 03
MST3K SEP 12 04
The Brain That Wouldn't Die ep was suggested
Whether it was the wiseass robots or the film itself was not specified.
Brazil APR 17 03
Character says "That's the beauty of it." only NOV 11 04
Buckaroo Banzai AUG 15 03
Unclear NO AUG 15 03, NO Checked Script (by me) AUG 23 04
Catch Me if You Can APR 21 03
Hanks line?
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang APR 18 03
NO Watched (by me, won't guarantee 100% attention) 08 21 04
NO, Watched, SEP 10 04
City Slickers APR 12 03
Clockwork Orange APR 14 03
Commercial TV APR 13 03
Not any one specifically
Commercial, IBM TV APR 17 03
NO per IBM APR 28 03
But what about the boss when played by Marshall Bell (Total Recall) SEP 12 04?
Comedian, Standup TV MAY 29 03
Woman on Comedy Central, about toothbrush
Crazy People APR 12 03
Moore line?
Cube APR 12 02
NO Watched APR 09 04, will say there may be confusion on my part between a The Cube and a Cube.
Delicate Delinquent, The AUG 11 03
Dennis the Menace JUL 03 03
assume movie
Dr. Strangelove JAN 10 05 (via Private Message)
Drop Dead Fred APR 23 03
Rik Mayall, Button dialogue Close, need to verify and date for Early
Dogma APR 14 03
NO, Watched, APR 15 03
Ernest Goes to Jail MAY 30 04
Bank security scene
Doctor Strangelove JAN 10 05
East Village AUG 06 03
Far Side Newspaper Strip MAY 09 03
Fisher King, The APR 14 03
Flubber APR 18 04
assume recent movie
Friends TV APR 11 03
MATCH when 2 ep combined JUN 02 03
Futurama TV APR 11 03
Check the Farnsworth Engine ep JUL 30 03
Get Smart TV APR 10 04
Ghost Train DEC 08 04
By Arthur Askey, based on Arnold Ridley play.
Ghostbusters APR 12 03
Great Muppet Caper, The APR 14 03
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2005-02-24 12:07:04 EST (#)
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God I am stumped...
I *have* heard it, but in a TON of places. Just different variations of it from place to place, THAT is what makes it so hard.
Submitted by Heather (user info) at 2005-02-24 11:59:58 EST (#)
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George said it on Sienfeld... maybe
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-02-24 11:34:50 EST (#)
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This has a good title.
Now I'll read it.
Pray that I don't change my mind now.
Submitted by standardeviant (user info) at 2005-02-24 10:10:29 EST (#)
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I am not sure if there is a definitive answer. But this is the best I could find.
About a Boy APR 16 03
Prolly alternate wording
Addams Family MAY 08 03
Did not specify panel, TV or movie
Airplane II OCT 06 04
Shatner's character?
American Beauty APR 12 03
NO Watched AUG 27 04
Avengers, The TV APR 15 03
prolly not a Peel
Arthur APR 14 03
Back to the Future I APR 10 03
NO Checked Script, APR 10 2003
NO Watched SEP 10 04
Back to the Future II APR 18 03
NO unclear Watch or Checked Script AUG 27 04
NO Watched SEP 10 04
Back to the Future III APR 10 03
NO unclear Watch or Checked Script AUG 27 04
NO Watched SEP 10 04
Barbarella MAY 02 02
NO per excellent memory MAY 02 03, NO Watched AUG 09 04
Beauty and the Beast Disney APR 12 03
not typical Belle APR 13 03
Beetlejuice SEP 22 04
One of Delia's scultures?
Bedazzled (1967) APR 24 03
Bell, Book and Candle MAY 09 04
NO Watched MAY 09 04 (both cites by same poster in same post; but actual dialogue fun, poster cites word "beautiful," NO Watched by me 08 21 04 and word was "fascinating.")
Bicentennial Man JUN 11 03
Biodome DEC 01 03
MST3K SEP 12 04
The Brain That Wouldn't Die ep was suggested
Whether it was the wiseass robots or the film itself was not specified.
Brazil APR 17 03
Character says "That's the beauty of it." only NOV 11 04
Buckaroo Banzai AUG 15 03
Unclear NO AUG 15 03, NO Checked Script (by me) AUG 23 04
Catch Me if You Can APR 21 03
Hanks line?
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang APR 18 03
NO Watched (by me, won't guarantee 100% attention) 08 21 04
NO, Watched, SEP 10 04
City Slickers APR 12 03
Clockwork Orange APR 14 03
Commercial TV APR 13 03
Not any one specifically
Commercial, IBM TV APR 17 03
NO per IBM APR 28 03
But what about the boss when played by Marshall Bell (Total Recall) SEP 12 04?
Comedian, Standup TV MAY 29 03
Woman on Comedy Central, about toothbrush
Crazy People APR 12 03
Moore line?
Cube APR 12 02
NO Watched APR 09 04, will say there may be confusion on my part between a The Cube and a Cube.
Delicate Delinquent, The AUG 11 03
Dennis the Menace JUL 03 03
assume movie
Dr. Strangelove JAN 10 05 (via Private Message)
Drop Dead Fred APR 23 03
Rik Mayall, Button dialogue Close, need to verify and date for Early
Dogma APR 14 03
NO, Watched, APR 15 03
Ernest Goes to Jail MAY 30 04
Bank security scene
Doctor Strangelove JAN 10 05
East Village AUG 06 03
Far Side Newspaper Strip MAY 09 03
Fisher King, The APR 14 03
Flubber APR 18 04
assume recent movie
Friends TV APR 11 03
MATCH when 2 ep combined JUN 02 03
Futurama TV APR 11 03
Check the Farnsworth Engine ep JUL 30 03
Get Smart TV APR 10 04
Ghost Train DEC 08 04
By Arthur Askey, based on Arnold Ridley play.
Ghostbusters APR 12 03
Great Muppet Caper, The APR 14 03
Heidi (Disney) MAR 19 04
Hellraiser IV: Bloodletting MAR 01 04
Maybe in flashback sequence.
Help! AUG 09 04
NO, Watched, SEP 10 04
High Fidelity APR 18 03
NO Watched 08 11 04
It's Only Money AUG 11 03
Jason's Lyric APR 14 03
Jurassic Park APR 21 03
Goldblum line?
Last Angry Man MAY 30 03
Leisure Suit Larry game MAY 10 03
Little Noises Apr 23 03
Mary Poppins NOV 18 04
Meet the Parents APR 12 04
NO Watched JUL 08 04
Mom and Dad Save the World MAY 31 04
Garr and Lovitz
Mr. Accident MAY 08 03
National Lampoon's Vacation APR 12 03
(various)
Needful Things JAN 28 04
Neverending Story, The APR 11 03
NO Watched NOV 11 04
Nine Months APR 14 03
Nutty Professor, The MAY 07 03
Pleasantville MAR 07 04
In the diner when everyone is asking about the books?
On the Yard JUN 27 03
NO per "certainly not" JUL 30 03
Red Dwarf TV APR 19 03
NO Checked Scripts NOV 02 03
Remains of the Day APR 20 03
Scrooged APR 20 03
Seinfeld TV APR 11 03
Sleeper APR 15 03
No offered close quote APR 16 03
Spaceballs May 09 03
NO Checked Script May 09 03
Talented Mr. Ripley APR 22 03
NO Watched APR 24 03
"10" APR 14 03
Third Rock from the Sun TV APR 10 03
Three Stooges, The Shorts APR 16 04
Few things would be more satisfying than for this to pan out. High likelihood pre-1950 date, and they are AMERICAN.
Time Bandits APR 14 03
Time Machine, The (1960) AUG 06 03
No Watched AUG 27 04
Tomb Raider JUN 01 03
Clock scene, NO Watched Jun 01 03
Two Weeks' Notice APR 17 03
What Women Want APR 20 03
NO Watched APR 20 03
When Harry Met Sally APR 12 03
NO, Watched APR 13 03
Wizard of Oz APR 17 03
NO Checked Script APR 17 03
Submitted by Adereterial (user info) at 2005-02-24 10:02:04 EST (#)
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It's from Hitchhiker - read that bit last night.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2005-02-24 09:48:10 EST (#)
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Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 05:05:51 (#)
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I own and have read the book, and agree it is a good possibility. However I dont know simply because not everyone has read the book, as popular as it is. If its true however, post something to prove it, even if its just a chapter or something and let me know. I can confirm that myself.
Somehow I dont think it is though, I read that book twice, most recently just a year ago and its among my favourites.
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If it were from H2G2 I'd guess it was Slartibartfast who said it while in the bistro.
Submitted by Mitchapalooza (user info) at 2005-02-24 09:30:48 EST (#)
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Hitchhiker's Guide....great series.
Its confirmed. Rewinded the DVD and played it again. A straight quote from that film.
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I guess no one's paying attention to the fact the question's already been answered?
That's cool. Maybe it's more fun to keep guessing.
Ok, how about that asian kid from the goonies whilst speaking of one of his inventions.
Or, mmmh, how about indiana jones while talking to one of the nazi guards about his whip.
Or, hey what about homer, in every simpson episode, talking about bart/marge/his libido/ned flanders/ the bible etc....
Wow... I could go on for minutes.
Submitted by fluff (user info) at 2005-02-24 09:11:30 EST (#)
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I guess it's Futurama's Professor showing an invention of his. I am pretty certain That's it, but I can't remember which episode that was.
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-02-24 09:10:39 EST (#)
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Dude, it's from Spaceballs.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-02-24 08:53:42 EST (#)
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President Bill Clinton during his 1998 deposition.
Submitted by InsoManiac (user info) at 2005-02-24 08:32:29 EST (#)
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I think Mouse said it. He was the kid who wrote the program for the woman in the red dress, for those who dont know.
Submitted by InsoManiac (user info) at 2005-02-24 08:30:54 EST (#)
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Oh yeah, "twatwaffle": priceless.
Submitted by InsoManiac (user info) at 2005-02-24 08:30:10 EST (#)
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Actually, the line goes: "Thats the beauty of it, it doesn't DO anything."
Its from The Matrix. I dont remember who said it, but its from the first Matrix movie, and it was said in the "real world" by someone on the Nebuchanezzar shortly after Keanu "I only have one face when I act" Reaves wakes up.
Hope that helps. Ill keep thinking, and try to remember who said it.
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2005-02-24 08:01:42 EST (#)
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Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:13:09 (#)
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I think it was TigerLilly that coined twatwaffle. If Im not mistaken. Someone on Uber did.
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Me. It was me. Bitches.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 05:06:48 EST (#)
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That kicks ass Siren! hahahaha
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 05:05:51 EST (#)
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I own and have read the book, and agree it is a good possibility. However I dont know simply because not everyone has read the book, as popular as it is. If its true however, post something to prove it, even if its just a chapter or something and let me know. I can confirm that myself.
Somehow I dont think it is though, I read that book twice, most recently just a year ago and its among my favourites.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-02-24 05:04:23 EST (#)
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Well, I came across this in my search...
http://www.pixelscapes.com/spatulacity/button.htm
Submitted by Mitchapalooza (user info) at 2005-02-24 05:03:40 EST (#)
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bubububut wait there's more:
Can anyone at UBER CONFIRM this? (holy crap, this is from 2003, you guys are slow):
11. December 2003 @ 18:15
It is most definitely from "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy". I've been watching it and it came up when someone was using a machine. The alien fella says (after being asked 'What does it do') "It doesnt do anything, thats the beauty of it".
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12. December 2003 @ 03:23
Wow is this confirmed or just a strong feeling?
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12. December 2003 @ 06:49
Hitchhiker's Guide....great series.
anyone read the 5th book in the trilogy of 4?
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12. December 2003 @ 07:28
Its confirmed. Rewinded the DVD and played it again. A straight quote from that film.
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I've got the book, but there's no way I'm fishing through 1000+ pages to find the quote.
Somebody download the pdf version from kazaa and ctrl-F the bitch.
Until further notice, my work here is done.
Submitted by Mitchapalooza (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:56:41 EST (#)
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Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:26:21 (#)
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Sorry Mitch, its definitly NOT from that episode with Homers half brother Herb.
This sets it stright right here:
http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/megswain/
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Donovan, you're right, good catch.
In which case I'll have to revert to my second suggestion from the list.
It's not a real quote.
It's a mesh of 2 or more quotes strung together to form a question with no answer.
So to anwer your question, it doesn't exist, and somebody better use it in a movie real soon to get credit for it.
Submitted by Joemama (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:53:00 EST (#)
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Rawrg is correct
I gave up and started to "cheat"
and "its" all over the Internet
Submitted by mystiamoon (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:50:23 EST (#)
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okay, like i said i didn't know it, it just sounded like a convo Dante and that Randall guy would have about something totally obtuse.
Submitted by wijormiclat (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:48:47 EST (#)
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Clerks is definitely wrong. I watched it two days ago.
Submitted by mystiamoon (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:34:37 EST (#)
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Also, I have no clue really but I like to guess so my guess is .....
Clerks..
Submitted by Dustbrother (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:34:37 EST (#)
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this is bullshit. if this were a real quote at least one of the hundreds of thousands of people who have read this question on dozens of forums would have recognized it. it sounds like two quotes hacked up and joined together, like half from the simpsons giant head and half from some other crappy quote.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:34:16 EST (#)
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Your so well spoken mystiamoon, when are you going to post something? You must be a decent writer.
Submitted by mystiamoon (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:32:32 EST (#)
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Is it possible nobody can find it because it was improvised?
I mean alot of actors, comedy actors mostly, don't always follow their scripts word for word or they sometimes just say something they like better and the director just keeps it in if its good.
I'm not entirely sure about the show transcripts from TV, but i've ordered transcripts from certain science shows before and it hasn't actually been word for word either.
just thinking aloud here.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:26:21 EST (#)
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Sorry Mitch, its definitly NOT from that episode with Homers half brother Herb.
This sets it stright right here:
http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/megswain/
Submitted by Mitchapalooza (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:23:18 EST (#)
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A dissertation of 3 suggestions:
1) the least probably source... I said it:
My girlfriend, after we've had sex 4 times in 2hrs, and still wants more.
Her: why are you limp?
Me: cause I'm done for the night. When I'm done, it goes limp.
Her: What does it do when it's limp?
Me: That's the beauty of it, it doesn't DO anything.
2) the more probably source, the Simpsons say it, but people remember it slightly different, repeat it slightly differently, and infect other people's memories with fallacies:
The Simpsons episode where at the end Mr. Burns gave the Simpsons that present for Barts blood. That giant stone head.
*family looking at head*
Homer - "What does it do?"
Marge - "It doesn't do anything"
Homer - "No really, come on"
Marge - "If it does anything, it's doing it right now"
3) the most probably source:
A user from another blog writes:
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rocky_923
You were really close with the simpsons. Wrong episode. When homer's brother Herb comes back for his second appearance he goes to homer for money. While making a presentation to the family he uses a drinking bird as an example.
Homer(refering to the bird): "What does it do?"
Herb: "That's the beauty of it, it doesn't DO anything!"
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I hope this helps, and if it doesn't, I'm going to try really really hard this time to actually care.
Submitted by boneface (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:22:54 EST (#)
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Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:45:32 (#)
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It sounds like something Kramer might say...
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"It doesn't DO anything, Jerry, that's the beauty of it!"
That seems so right to me.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:20:50 EST (#)
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"...this is going to be most heated anyway... "
-By noon. Guaranteed.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:13:09 EST (#)
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I think it was TigerLilly that coined twatwaffle. If Im not mistaken. Someone on Uber did.
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:13:01 EST (#)
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Has anyone watched Billy Madison recently? It seems like the principal could possibly say it.
Then again, I'm just throwing out ideas now. You have created an obsession.
Submitted by Rawrg (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:12:57 EST (#)
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You know, I want to say it was in an Ad for "Upright Citizens Brigade". I'm almost positive. By the way, upon googling, I discovered that this thing has been kicked around the internet for over half a year. Maybe it's just some sort of anomaly.
Submitted by DavyJones (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:12:04 EST (#)
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Haha...twat waffle...sorry, this is going to be most heated anyway and that line cracked me up.
Someone AIM me, I'm incredibly bored and can't sleep. DaveJones1986
...twat waffle...I so have to use that sometime
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:10:42 EST (#)
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Somebody should look into Half Baked, or another stoner movie.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:06:09 EST (#)
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Hmm.. rad, I think you're right. Must have just been the "Play it again, Sam" one, then.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:04:59 EST (#)
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If someone were smart they would hurry up and use this quote in movies or tv or something so it will be attributed to them from now on.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:04:54 EST (#)
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Submitted by DavyJones (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:02:51 (#)
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Donovan - all the proven no's from what I can gather are from actual scripts not containing, books read and reread, and movies watched by multiple sources.
For a search of this scale to exist, and have gone on for over a year without results...the only answer is there isn't one.
On the bright side, you saved yourself 20 bucks.
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Possibly. But who knows. Maybe now that you've heard the line, youll hear it on TV tomorrow and can come back and collect your best buy card and +2s.
Submitted by Rawrg (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:03:19 EST (#)
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26 hits and 45 reviews? Wow...
Submitted by DavyJones (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:02:51 EST (#)
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Donovan - all the proven no's from what I can gather are from actual scripts not containing, books read and reread, and movies watched by multiple sources.
For a search of this scale to exist, and have gone on for over a year without results...the only answer is there isn't one.
On the bright side, you saved yourself 20 bucks.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-02-24 04:00:59 EST (#)
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Siren, I'm pretty sure "Here's looking at you, kid" was spoken.
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:59:13 EST (#)
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The quote does not exist.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:58:59 EST (#)
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I know Donovan, but it might be something similar. There's no way to know. Did you know that "Beam me up, Scottie" was never said on Star Trek? Or that "Here's looking at you, kid" and "Play it again, Sam" were never spoken either?
It's only a suggestion that it's something that is so universal melted down to one quasi-familiar line.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:58:11 EST (#)
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How would they even confirm all those?
Submitted by DavyJones (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:54:01 EST (#)
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for anyone else still going crazy about this, it turns out I was wrong.
http://kcor1953beauty.tripod.com/blog/
this link has extensive reseach, some near matches, and some confirmed no's to popular guesses.
My final thought is: it doesn't exist, but it's catchy and reminds people of lines they have heard. I know the first thing I thought of was willy wonka, then formula 51...when princess bride was mentioned I could literally picture him saying it, but in fact he does not.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:53:40 EST (#)
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The thing is Siren, if its not a real quote, why does it seem so familiar to everyone?
Submitted by big_n_veiny (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:53:27 EST (#)
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It's from Spaceballs.
Between Dath Helmet and an Officer.
Submitted by Joemama (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:53:06 EST (#)
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Earnest goes to jail
A bank guard explaining a security device to him
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:51:49 EST (#)
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Maybe John Candy...
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:49:47 EST (#)
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I am almost positive that it is referring to an invention.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:48:56 EST (#)
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From my brief research, it seems it is indeed a movie. And, dammit if it isn't more and more familiar every time I read it. I'm leaning toward something a little older. I'm picturing Chevy Chase or Steve Martin saying it.
You know someone is just sitting back and laughing at this. It's probably not from ANYTHING. Some chode just made it up, and let it out there for all to wonder about.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:48:24 EST (#)
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let's look at what the quote might be about:
Pet rocks
a baby
lsd or other drugs
placebo pills
seemingly useless inventions
any one else have an idea?
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:45:32 EST (#)
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It sounds like something Kramer might say...
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:43:06 EST (#)
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Damn, I totally remember that line from SOMETHING. This is quite a puzzler.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:41:14 EST (#)
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Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:40:01 (#)
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well, i just skimmed the Office Space script and I didn't see it in there. I think it still could be one of those things that they threw in unscripted but that's doubtful.
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I doubt it. It has to be something relatively popular, as 9/10 people seem to have heard it before.
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:40:01 EST (#)
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well, i just skimmed the Office Space script and I didn't see it in there. I think it still could be one of those things that they threw in unscripted but that's doubtful.
Submitted by boneface (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:38:34 EST (#)
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Sorry, that's not right...
Submitted by boneface (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:37:43 EST (#)
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我刚刚放屁了。
There's your answer.
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:35:44 EST (#)
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here's what you do, find someone who doesn't recognize the quote. compare hwat popular movies you have seen to ones they have not.
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:34:00 EST (#)
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I'm pretty sure it's from the guy explaining the "jump to conclusions" mat in the movie Office Space. I can't find the script online so if anyone has the dvd you should check.
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:33:28 EST (#)
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Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:27:36 (#)
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"Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:25:58 (#)
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Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:08:04 (#)
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That's from the smart dude from "A Princess Bride" - You know, the guy that always says "inconceivable"
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It most certainly is not. "
I already retracted that statement, dildohead.
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My apologies. I just skimmed over the comments.
Submitted by Ainkara (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:33:13 EST (#)
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Dammit, that sounds so fucking familiar..... ARGH!!!
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:32:31 EST (#)
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But I know I've heard it somewhere, and so do many other people. So it must be out there somewhere. I know I've heard it on something.
Submitted by Joemama (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:31:59 EST (#)
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Back to the future?
I know for sure
its from a movie
at least
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:31:46 EST (#)
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I contend that it is not on the internet because this question has been going on for over a year now.
Therefor either it was made in something quite old or unpopular to the fact that nobody bothered putting it online, or the line itself is not real only meant to seem similar to quotes we know and slowly drive us insane.
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:27:36 EST (#)
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"Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:25:58 (#)
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Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:08:04 (#)
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That's from the smart dude from "A Princess Bride" - You know, the guy that always says "inconceivable"
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It most certainly is not. "
I already retracted that statement, dildohead.
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:26:46 EST (#)
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I think it might be from Office Space. Remember the "jump to conclusions" mat?
Submitted by Siren (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:25:58 EST (#)
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Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:08:04 (#)
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That's from the smart dude from "A Princess Bride" - You know, the guy that always says "inconceivable"
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It most certainly is not.
Submitted by Joemama (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:25:01 EST (#)
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I now understand the last line of your post
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:23:34 EST (#)
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The simpsons half brother Herb episode is completely false. Its been proven, just watch the episode. Whoever wrote that is wrong.
Heres an audio clip of that episode.
http://www.angelfire.com/poetry/megswain/
Sorry try again.
Submitted by DavyJones (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:19:47 EST (#)
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I'm nearly positive it's in the movie Formula 51 a.k.a. The 51st State. Samual L. Jackson says it, but I'll be damned if I can find a movie script for it anywhere.
Submitted by ghey (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:17:01 EST (#)
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Either that or it's from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:16:14 EST (#)
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I remember it is some guy that is trying to pitch an invention to people and they all ask what it does.
Submitted by ghey (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:14:21 EST (#)
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Dunno if this is right or not, but:
"What does it do?"
"It doesn't DO anything. That's the beauty of it!"
It's from The Simpsons in the episode where Homer's half brother (I think, maybe step brother) Herb Powell is explaining his invention. He is talking about the 'drinking' bird and Homer asks, "What does it do?"
Source: http://www.courier-journal.com/features/columnists/judy.html
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:14:14 EST (#)
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nevermind, i retract that last statement
Submitted by rad1101 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:13:49 EST (#)
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My brain is broken.
Submitted by DavyJones (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:13:31 EST (#)
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I just checked that script, isn't in the one I saw. Still think I know the answer, but am searching for proof...
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:12:43 EST (#)
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It does seem like a line that could have been put together from multiple quotes. Not princess bride by the way
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:10:15 EST (#)
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Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:08:04 (#)
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That's from the smart dude from "A Princess Bride" - You know, the guy that always says "inconceivable"
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I'm not going to do any looking. Find it, prove it to me with something or another. And let me know. If your right, you win. I've looked and failed already.
Also, The Simpsons and Seinfeld are both very popular choices, but neither has been proven.
I would imagine its something very popular, that weve all seen or heard at one point. Because most people seem to remember the line.
Submitted by jwlmar10 (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:08:04 EST (#)
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That's from the smart dude from "A Princess Bride" - You know, the guy that always says "inconceivable"
Submitted by darko (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:03:40 EST (#)
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Sounds Seinfeld esque.
Submitted by DonovanMD (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:02:29 EST (#)
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Submitted by Joemama (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:00:59 (#)
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Space Balls?
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I dont think so, thats been mentioned before. But prove me wrong with where and when the line was used.
Submitted by Otters (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:02:07 EST (#)
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Goddammit. This is going to drive me crazy. It does sound so familiar. AHRRRRRRRHHg.
Submitted by Joemama (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:00:59 EST (#)
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Space Balls?
Submitted by DavyJones (user info) at 2005-02-24 03:00:13 EST (#)
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Pretty sure I know the answer, just having trouble finding the script.
Submitted by CookieLass (user info) at 2005-02-24 02:59:03 EST (#)
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maybe when I'm not drunk I'll know it.