All the Best
Can you say busy?
My grand blogging plans seem to have all evaporated in the face of a combination of valid reasons as well as procrastination.
So, I’ll just sign off for 2008 by saying thanks for all the memories, and looking forward to an awesome 2009!
Yeah. Cheers all!
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Car FAIL
We bought a car back in 2001 due to this minor inconvenience. Needless to say, consumer reports will tell you that the car we picked was a piece of crap.
I don’t like pointing fingers, though, so we will call the vehicle in question…
V. Jetta
Wait. That’s too obvious. Let’s just call it…
Volkswagon J.
Anyhoo…
We’ve had quite a number of problems with this car over the years, and so Dave has heard a lot of complaining from me on the subject.
So now Mrs. J and I are thinking about buying a new vehicle, mostly due to space issues. Our current car is just too small.
In a conversation with Dave the other day, I mentioned that we will finally be rid of our old car, which has served us fairly well, but also helped itself to our bank account. I told him that we’d finally be buyng a new one…
Dave: So that’s it eh?
Jorge: Yes. I’m looking forward to getting a new car, man.
Dave: So, if you could only go back in time once, would you warn yourself not to buy that Jetta or would you kill Hitler?
Jorge: Well, I’d go back and warn myself for sure.
Dave: Really?
Jorge: Actually, now that I think about it, if I kill Hitler, Volkswagon might have become a different company and never made that car in the first place.
Dave: Good point.
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Nu Kahr
So, Mrs. J and I are looking for a new vehicle on account of our own vehicle being too small these days. Baby J is growing faster than Industrial Hemp, so it’s important to be ready for such things.
So we’ve been bouncing a bunch of ideas around as to which car we were looking for when I asked Mrs. J about a Hyundai model.
Which one? Well, let me illustrate…
What I Was Referring To
The Hyundai Tuscon
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How It Should Be Pronounced
Tuscon, Arizona
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How I Pronounced It
A Tusken Raider
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I really don’t think I need to write any more about this.
Filed under: Anecdotes, General Dialogue, Humour | Tagged: Idiot, New Car, Star Wars, Stupid Husband | 8 Comments »
Snippet
Every once in a while I have a conversation with someone that is so funny to me that I revisit it several times to brighten my day…
[Chris walks up to Jorge.]
Chris: Hey. Have you had your flu shot?
Jorge: Nope.
Chris: I’m going to go over and get mine now. Wanna come along?
Jorge: Nope.
Chris: Oh. Okay.
Jorge: Yeah. I’ve never actually had a flu shot.
Chris: Fair enough.
Jorge: I hope you don’t think less of me.
Chris: I don’t think that’s actually possible.
🙂
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Pobody’s Nerfect
As with the other Movie Marathons, this year’s offered a number of funny out-takes. I will detail some of them here for your enjoyment.
Please be aware that this entry will contain spoilers. Also, due to the content of some of the movies we watch, some of the subsequent videos and words in the following entry may not be suitable for some. You have been warned…
The Movie: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Scene: Butch and Sundance are on a cliff and have run out of options.
Why It Was Cut: This wasn’t really a blooper. Other than Claire crying in the background and Isha turning around while she was snacking, this clip wasn’t bad. The only problem with it was the disjointed ending, as well as the fact that we stopped filming just before Joe said hold me.
Cut due to better line prospect.
The Movie: The Iron Giant
The Scene: Doesn’t exist in the movie. We created a scene where some scientists create a new version.
Why It Was Cut: We filmed the scene but it turns out that the camera wasn’t running until the end. Dave did this last year during our “Raising Arizona” spot, where he didn’t press the button hard enough and ended up recording the parts in between the actual ones (start was stop and stop was start, if you know what I mean). We call this “Davin’ it up”.
Cut due to being cut already.
The Movie: Glengarry Glen Ross
The Scene: Doesn’t really exist in the movie, at least not exactly like this.
Why It Was Cut: This scene was cut because Dave cracked up way too early and the whole scene could have been done better. We ended up doing a re-take in which Dave doesn’t crack up until the end. Disturbingly, in both clips, Dave latches onto the Pacino line about my balls.
Cut due to not enough swearing.
The Movie: Hard Core Logo
The Scene: Doesn’t really exist in the movie, at least not exactly like this.
Why It Was Cut: Joe and I didn’t even realize that this was being filmed, so this is just random banter. The second take was way better anyway.
Cut due to not knowing this was being filmed.
The Movie: Dolemite
The Scene: Entirely made up. We wondered what it would be like if Dolemite went for a job interview.
Why It Was Cut: In the original movie you could see a boom mic hanging down in quite a number of scenes. We wanted to replicate this, but every time Dave looked at the mic he’d lose his shit.
Cut due to Dave losing his shit.
The Movie: Dolemite
The Scene: Entirely made up. We wondered what it would be like if Dolemite went for a job interview.
Why It Was Cut: Dave cracks up due to the name I made up for the organization who is interviewing him: Neil Bobs Spitz and Swallows.
Cut due to Dave losing his shit, again.
The Movie: Dolemite
The Scene: Entirely made up. We wondered what it would be like if Dolemite went for a job interview.
Why It Was Cut: One of the ideas we had was to have the boom mic tap Dave on the head. Here we see what happens when an unstoppable force meets a very movable object.
Cut due to Dave almost dying.
The Movie: Audition
The Scene: Somewhat made up. Isha plays the evil woman who does bad things. She’s going to go to town on the poor man in the sack, beating him with a big plastic thing.
Why It Was Cut: Dave indicated that he would cover his head for the first hit and then flip over so Isha could hit him harder. Isha misinterpreted the instructions and started waiting for Dave to turn over with his butt in the air. I couldn’t keep it together.
Cut due to camera operator FAIL.
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