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>> And it is also a movie that I really, really hate.
>
> So you've seen it, but you don't think you'd recognise the music to it?
> And if person A called person B a "wicked witch of the west", you
> wouldn't know what they're talking about?
I'd recognise several of the musical numbers that happen during the
film, just not the particular bit you mentioned. I hadn't noticed that
particular correlation.
To know what "the wicked witch of the west" means, I doubt it's
necessary to have seen the film at all! :-P
> (FWIW, American Film Institute (the folks who bring you the Oscars) had
> a show yesterday of the top-10-top-10 movies. Wizard of Oz was the #1
> fantasy movie of all times. So, yeah, it's part of the culture, I'd
> think. :-)
Part of *who's* culture? Personally, I don't even know where Kansas
*is*! :-P
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And lo on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:31:36 +0100, Darren New <dne### [at] san rrcom>
did spake, saying:
> Phil Cook wrote:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_(TV_series)
>
> Yep. *That* is the plot summary I remember. :-)
Worrying at the time as I thought Tripitaka* was cute and the character
kept being referred to as a male; that's the sort of thing that can screw
up a young lad :-P
*http://www.infonauta.net/postmortem/url/2.htm
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> Oedipus, eat your heart out....
It could be worse:
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1041
Or even
http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1047
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On 18 Jun 2008 19:41:15 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom>
wrote:
>> He was the most obvious when I googled Richard MacDuff but I could not
>> see the relevance. But then I come from a place where MacDuff is not
>> uncommon. I remember the local band, Fred MacDuff and the duffers :)
>
>There was no connection other than the name tripped that memory in my
>mind. :-)
>
Phew! That's a relief :)
>>>At least I didn't say "Billy Boyd". :-)
>>>
>> The Northern Ireland Labour Party activist? No? The Scottish footballer?
>> No? maybe the actor?
>
>Yes, the actor. ;-) Played Richard in the radio version of DGHDA. :-)
>
As much as I like reading SF I don't really like watching it or
listening to plays. They never live up to the promise :)
I really liked DGHDA and was pissed off he died. As, no doubt, he was
:)
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:43:35 +0100, "Phil Cook"
<phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
>In this particular instance something like 'My Lord doth doff his cap' I
>think it was just an attempt to show that unless you lived at that time
>and in that culture you can't truely appreciate the plays to their fullest.
>
True I see
>> THISBY. I kiss the wall's hole, not your lips at all.
>
>and of course almost anything that Mercutio utters in R&J :-)
>
I've never noticed that but I'm bad at quotes.
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Invisible wrote:
> To know what "the wicked witch of the west" means, I doubt it's
> necessary to have seen the film at all! :-P
That's because of culture. :-)
> Part of *who's* culture? Personally, I don't even know where Kansas
> *is*! :-P
That's kind of the point. :-) It's a "nowhere" kind of place even in the
USA, to people who live on the coasts. Calling someplace "Kansas" is
saying there's nothing of interest there.
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Check your feather pillows for holes
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:21:21 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>
wrote:
>
>That's kind of the point. :-) It's a "nowhere" kind of place even in the
>USA, to people who live on the coasts. Calling someplace "Kansas" is
>saying there's nothing of interest there.
He he, I take it you're not from Kansas, Toto ;)
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Darren New wrote:
> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Or any game, really, that's rigged so the house wins most of the time.
>
> Same thing applies, tho. I win most of the time. I lose bigger, but I
> win most of the time.
>
> Losing $1 just doesn't hurt as much as losing $1,000,000. It's not all
> the numbers in the game. It's also the numbers outside the game.
>
Where is there a lottery that offers 1/100 odds for a 1,000,000 times
return?
Now, would you play a lottery that cost $1 with 1/100 odds, that offered
you a share of $10,000 divided between all the winners?
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Sabrina Kilian wrote:
> Where is there a lottery that offers 1/100 odds for a 1,000,000 times
> return?
Sure. Fifty billion dollar buy-in. Let me know when you're ready to go.
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Darren New wrote:
> Sabrina Kilian wrote:
>> Where is there a lottery that offers 1/100 odds for a 1,000,000 times
>> return?
>
> Sure. Fifty billion dollar buy-in. Let me know when you're ready to go.
>
I'd like to see some documents pertaining to the money reserved to pay
the prize. I think I could get a loan for 200 tickets with that
information. ;-)
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