[quote]bond james bond wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]StevenF wrote:
The only smear on Clint was that movie Paint your Wagon, good grief.
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Eff You! That’s a GREAT MOVIE ! Double feature with the Great Scout and Cat House Thursday at Chez Say once a year. BYOPC !
[quote]Ambugaton wrote:
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]Ambugaton wrote:
That is nothing compared to the feeling that the universe fucked you for no good reason and you have to pay for some stranger’s mistake.
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Avoid reading The Stranger. It will probably depress you. [/quote]
I’m not rusty on Camus, unfortunately. Yes, it was a bit depressing. [/quote]
I actually enjoyed The Stranger, but The Plague–now that was depressing.
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood were three times the man that fucking punk was.[/quote]
And Paul Newman. I bet he would have left a note. And a bottle of delicious salad dressing.[/quote]
Fuck! How could I forget about the manliest of them all?
I met Paul Newman at the inaugural (and now defunct) San Jose Grand Prix about 8 years ago or so. He was racing go-karts and believe it or not, there were a lot of people who didn’t recognize him. I shouted out that I could eat fifty-ONE eggs and he turned around and laughed, then came up and shook my hand. I told him I thought he had the most on-screen charisma of any actor I’ve ever seen and that it was a shame they didn’t make actors like him anymore. He was awesome, and any guy who can compete in the Petits Le Mans at the age of 75 is a real fucking man in my book. Hell, the guy finished in second overall in the 24 Hrs of Le Mans once.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]Ambugaton wrote:
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]Ambugaton wrote:
That is nothing compared to the feeling that the universe fucked you for no good reason and you have to pay for some stranger’s mistake.
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Avoid reading The Stranger. It will probably depress you. [/quote]
I’m not rusty on Camus, unfortunately. Yes, it was a bit depressing. [/quote]
I actually enjoyed The Stranger, but The Plague–now that was depressing. [/quote]
Haha, are we jacking this thread?
I haven’t read The Plague. I’m looking it up now, and it is often compared to Kafka’s The Trial, which is one of my favorite non-American works of fiction. Can you comment on similarities, beyond the obvious existential themes?
[quote]Ambugaton wrote:
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]Ambugaton wrote:
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]Ambugaton wrote:
That is nothing compared to the feeling that the universe fucked you for no good reason and you have to pay for some stranger’s mistake.
[/quote]
Avoid reading The Stranger. It will probably depress you. [/quote]
I’m not rusty on Camus, unfortunately. Yes, it was a bit depressing. [/quote]
I actually enjoyed The Stranger, but The Plague–now that was depressing. [/quote]
Haha, are we jacking this thread?
I haven’t read The Plague. I’m looking it up now, and it is often compared to Kafka’s The Trial, which is one of my favorite non-American works of fiction. Can you comment on similarities, beyond the obvious existential themes?[/quote]
Its definitely got a different feeling than The Trial, and there’s lots of different takes on it. But it is literally set in a city that is cut off from the rest of the world and sequestered because of the plague. Basically, lots of people die badly in a very random way and the book is the tale of the way everyone else deals with a very bad and oppressive situation and “normalize” it. I’ve seen some say the “plague” is a metaphor for communism or oppression in general, but shit, there’s a lot of levels to it. Its a good read, but very depressing.
[quote]flipcollar wrote:
ethics > money
/thread[/quote]
Poor people talk.
Can we go back to hating on John Wayne?
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood were three times the man that fucking punk was.[/quote]
And Paul Newman. I bet he would have left a note. And a bottle of delicious salad dressing.[/quote]
Fuck! How could I forget about the manliest of them all?
I met Paul Newman at the inaugural (and now defunct) San Jose Grand Prix about 8 years ago or so. He was racing go-karts and believe it or not, there were a lot of people who didn’t recognize him. I shouted out that I could eat fifty-ONE eggs and he turned around and laughed, then came up and shook my hand. I told him I thought he had the most on-screen charisma of any actor I’ve ever seen and that it was a shame they didn’t make actors like him anymore. He was awesome, and any guy who can compete in the Petits Le Mans at the age of 75 is a real fucking man in my book. Hell, the guy finished in second overall in the 24 Hrs of Le Mans once.[/quote]
I’m surprised you didn’t try to get his attention by yelling out quotes from “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?”
[quote]super saiyan wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood were three times the man that fucking punk was.[/quote]
And Paul Newman. I bet he would have left a note. And a bottle of delicious salad dressing.[/quote]
Fuck! How could I forget about the manliest of them all?
I met Paul Newman at the inaugural (and now defunct) San Jose Grand Prix about 8 years ago or so. He was racing go-karts and believe it or not, there were a lot of people who didn’t recognize him. I shouted out that I could eat fifty-ONE eggs and he turned around and laughed, then came up and shook my hand. I told him I thought he had the most on-screen charisma of any actor I’ve ever seen and that it was a shame they didn’t make actors like him anymore. He was awesome, and any guy who can compete in the Petits Le Mans at the age of 75 is a real fucking man in my book. Hell, the guy finished in second overall in the 24 Hrs of Le Mans once.[/quote]
I’m surprised you didn’t try to get his attention by yelling out quotes from “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf?”[/quote]
I did tell him that if he even existed I would divorce him. Security hauled my ass out of there really fast after that.
Speaking of which, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” was the answer on Final Jeopardy last week and none of the contestants got it right.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Can we go back to hating on John Wayne?[/quote]
Yes. Fuck John Wayne. He’s emblematic of everything backwards in this country. How’s that for a starting off point?
Take it from there ID!
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Can we go back to hating on John Wayne?[/quote]
Yes. Fuck John Wayne. He’s emblematic of everything backwards in this country. How’s that for a starting off point?
Take it from there ID![/quote]
'zackly!
<---- (Looks down, sees he has the ball, but doesn’t know which way to our team’s goal post).
[quote]Aggv wrote:
[quote]thethirdruffian wrote:
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
[quote]thethirdruffian wrote:
Yes, I would and did.
I waited for the owner for a while, called my insurance and told them, then left a note, business card and my insurance with a claim number.
The Dallas cops gave me a ticket for “leaving the scene of an accident.”
Seriously.[/quote]
So the pigs expected you to wait around, possibly for HOURS until the owner showed up?
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Who knows.
I had already taken pictures and emailed them to USAA (my insurance co) and their adjuster beat the owner to her car.
Part of the issue was the owner turned out to be a hysterical fat bitch lawyer who couldn’t believe I had already taken care of everything — she called the cops.[/quote]
That story is reason enough to not leave a note. It all depends on the situation, but if i did the “right thing” and it back fired by getting a bullshit ticket, and dealing with some gross cunt i would pissed to say the least. [/quote]
x2
And sometimes when I see someone do a terrible parking job adjacent to the spot I want, I’ll park my car as close to them as I possibly can even making it so that they can’t get in unless they take the passenger door. I’m not worried about superficial damage to my car because it’s old. It’s my hope that maybe they’ll park better next time.
The trick is to drive a car that you don’t care gets damaged, then hope someone hits you. Then their insurance will write you a big check to fix it and you cash that sucker to buy drugs and hookers.
[quote]StevenF wrote:
The trick is to drive a car that you don’t care gets damaged, then hope someone hits you. Then their insurance will write you a big check to fix it and you cash that sucker to buy drugs and hookers. [/quote]
Hell yeah!
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Can we go back to hating on John Wayne?[/quote]
He looks like he smells like way too much Aqua Velva and uncontrollable flatulence, but that is just a cover for the booze he swills.
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
[quote]csulli wrote:
[quote]DBCooper wrote:
Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood were three times the man that fucking punk was.[/quote]
And Paul Newman. I bet he would have left a note. And a bottle of delicious salad dressing.[/quote]
Fuck! How could I forget about the manliest of them all?
I met Paul Newman at the inaugural (and now defunct) San Jose Grand Prix about 8 years ago or so. He was racing go-karts and believe it or not, there were a lot of people who didn’t recognize him. I shouted out that I could eat fifty-ONE eggs and he turned around and laughed, then came up and shook my hand. I told him I thought he had the most on-screen charisma of any actor I’ve ever seen and that it was a shame they didn’t make actors like him anymore. He was awesome, and any guy who can compete in the Petits Le Mans at the age of 75 is a real fucking man in my book. Hell, the guy finished in second overall in the 24 Hrs of Le Mans once.[/quote]
More and more I am finding common ground with you. Paul Newman was one of the last great men in Hollywood I would have encouraged my sons to look to as a role model. Laugh about his salad dressing all you want, that company, with all the millions of dollars it made, did nothing but good for this world, and remained a non-profit, charitable organization from start to finish. He’s also one of the very few Hollywood stars that stayed married to his wife until his death. A great guy all around.
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Can we go back to hating on John Wayne?[/quote]
Sorry, ID. Fuck John Wayne!
Slapshot
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
[quote]Iron Dwarf wrote:
Can we go back to hating on John Wayne?[/quote]
He looks like he smells like way too much Aqua Velva and uncontrollable flatulence, but that is just a cover for the booze he swills.
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LMFAO!!
I would like to say that I would.
A few years ago, someone hit my car while it was parked (legally) and left a note. Apparently, he was with his entire family driving some big car and tried to back into the space that was taken up by my little MINI. He said he didn’t even see it.
He did $2,500 worth of damage. I was very happy to have a note and his insurance paid for the damage.