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Momma don't like no tattletales  

40Deuce 46M
4635 posts
10/28/2018 8:50 am

Last Read:
10/29/2018 4:46 pm

Momma don't like no tattletales


There's a movie called Speed , you've probably never heard of it because it's pretty obscure - only real cinefiles like myself have seen it . In Speed , which you've probably never heard of , there's a scene early on where the dude from Easy Rider has trapped from people in an elevator and is trying to get some ransom money . He is thwarted by Keanu and the guy from Dumb & Dumber . In this scene all the people who were trapped in the elevator are scrambling out but one lady is too scared to move . The last dude in there with her tries to get her to move out but when things start going south and it's clear that she's not going to move he bugs out and saves himself .

I think this is the right thing to do . He tried to save her , he made a legit effort , but it wasn't going to happen so he looked after his own safety .

I feel like 90% of people go one of two ways in that scenario - either they're<b> assholes </font></b>who don't try to help anyone and they're only look out for themselves , or they're the "no one left behind" type who stay in the elevator and also die trying to help past the point of reason .

And I feel like that's why we have so many problems as a species/society/whatever . There's not a lot of middle ground . Either 100% selfish or 100% self-sacrificing . Which obviously is going to cause issues .

One time this dude who's an army medic started laying into me verbally because all I ever do is talk about comic books and movies and TV shows and not about "real" life and out of nowhere this other dude I don't really know who's a vice cop stuck up for me .

He said that people learn and remember things through stories - the Bible is all parables for a reason - and that movies and TV are how we tell stories so that is what we should be talking about .

Which was nice to hear , but the truth is I'm just a no class beat down fool who has nothing else to talk about .

Here's my latest mash-up idea - a super-team is consisting of Dr. Quinn (medicine woman), Quint (shark murderer) , Q (James Bond gadgeteer) and Q (street fighting robot detective) is brought together from their various times in history by Q - the extra-dimensional being of unknown origin who possesses immeasurable power over normal human notions of time , space , the laws of physics and reality itself - in order to travel the world stopping terrible catastrophes .

They will be known as the Q-Crew and the ongoing joke is people will think they're a morning radio "crew" . It will be mildly funny at first and quickly people will grow to hate it .

In 1934 a Soviet scientist said "Hey , I bet gravitons are a thing and they make gravity happen" and all the other scientists were like "yeah , that sounds right" and they decided that they were massless because the gravitational force is very long range and appears to propagate at the speed of light .

But they don't know because if they exist they can't detect them . Because no one really understands how gravity works .

Newton described gravity as 'a force which causes any two bodies to be attracted to each other, with the force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them' but that dude ate mercury and thought that the second coming of Jesus was going to happen any day so what does he know about anything ?

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40Deuce 46M
5725 posts
10/28/2018 8:52 am

Stuntwoman-turned-actress Susan Backlinie was cast as Chrissie - the first victim in Jaws - because she knew how to swim and was willing to perform nude .

Based on that criteria I should be in so many movies

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smartasswoman 66F  
35813 posts
10/28/2018 9:07 am

Gravity seems to be centered in my giant ass. That’s my take on it.


40Deuce replies on 10/29/2018 4:47 pm:
I'm certainly attracted to it

Daddylong310 50M
6 posts
10/28/2018 9:14 am

Lol


HAMONMAN 64M
13128 posts
10/28/2018 9:43 am

"Q - the extra-dimensional being of unknown origin who possesses immeasurable power over normal human notions of time , space , the laws of physics and reality itself"

You left out 'chef extraordinaire'

And you must use French pronunciation for 'chef extraordinaire' in your head when you read this, otherwise Q comes off as an ordinary line-cook in a greasy spoon in a town that the interstate bypassed decades ago.


40Deuce replies on 10/29/2018 4:48 pm:
I feel like that was implied , but point taken

superbjversion2 69F  
24388 posts
10/28/2018 1:22 pm

So... Q from Star Trek brings along a full quota of Q named characters. But he never really hangs around any place very long. When they need his help is there a button they can push labeled Q Tips?

Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation bangs on the door forever!


40Deuce replies on 10/29/2018 4:48 pm:
Yes but it just sends them into a Quarantine zone

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