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Why the Lie?
David:
Considering that Ennis kept Jack a secret from Alma until the postcard arrived, I'd have thought Ennis would have had another panic attack after seeing that postcard! He probably walked into the bathroom and threw up he was so nervous!
Remember, in the story he tells Jack:" it took a year for me to figure out I shouldn't have let you out of my sight". I wish he said that in the movie because it really tells us that he now knew Jack was his true love. Alma was secondary.
tiawahcowboy:
I would say the reason that Ennis rushed out of the kitchen was to go change out of his work clothes. He not only changed his shirt, he switch cowboy hats. When drove in from work, he was wearing a felt hat; but, at the post office in the very next scene, he was wearing a straw cowboy hat, sort of a "Shady Brady" style.
Penthesilea:
--- Quote ---I'd have thought Ennis would have had another panic attack after seeing that postcard! He probably walked into the bathroom and threw up he was so nervous!
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;D I can't help but laugh. I've read someone else suggesting Ennis was heading for the bathroom for doing something comletely different. Something way more enjoyable than throwing up ;D "wrang it out", ya know ;)
Please don't get me wrong. I don't laugh neither about your idea nor about the other one. But about the fact that both ideas about what Ennis might do are completly opposite.
Okay, it's late here and I'm a bit goofy: I imagine Ennis standing in the bathroom, singing a counting-out rhyme to find his descicion what to do ;D Okay, maybe I'm more than a bit goofy. Time to go to bed: N8, folks!
tiawahcowboy:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on May 27, 2006, 06:45:00 pm --- ;D I can't help but laugh. I've read someone else suggesting Ennis was heading for the bathroom for doing something comletely different. Something way more enjoyable than throwing up ;D "wrang it out", ya know ;)
Please don't get me wrong. I don't laugh neither about your idea nor about the other one. But about the fact that both ideas about what Ennis might do are completly opposite.
Okay, it's late here and I'm a bit goofy: I imagine Ennis standing in the bathroom, singing a counting-out rhyme to find his descicion what to do ;D Okay, maybe I'm more than a bit goofy. Time to go to bed: N8, folks!
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To "wring" and to "wring out" (or as Ennis says in past tense "wrang it out)," is the act of trying squeeze out an answer to why something happens which seems to have no answer. The expression has no connection with masturbation.
http://ca.encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861714245/wring.html
wring [ ring ]
transitive verb (past wrung [ rung ], past participle wrung, present participle wring·ing, 3rd person present singular wrings)
Definition:
1. twist and compress something: to twist and compress something in order to force liquid out of it
Wring the towel out and hang it up to dry.
2. force out liquid by twisting: to force liquid out of something by twisting and compressing it
3. extract something with difficulty: to extract something from somebody with great difficulty
finally managed to wring an answer out of him
4. twist something forcibly and painfully: to twist something such as an animal's neck forcefully, usually causing pain or death
5. cause distress: to cause somebody emotional pain and distress
noun (plural wrings [ rung ])
Definition:
twist given to wet material: a twist or squeeze given to wet material in order to force out water or other liquid
[ Old English wringen < Germanic]
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: tiawahcowboy on May 27, 2006, 09:03:46 pm ---To "wring" and to "wring out" (or as Ennis says in past tense "wrang it out)," is the act of trying squeeze out an answer to why something happens which seems to have no answer. The expression has no connection with masturbation.
http://ca.encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861714245/wring.html
wring [ ring ]
Definition:
1. twist and compress something: to twist and compress something in order to force liquid out of it
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This definition most certainly can be analogous to masturbation. Whether the word is supposed to mean it or not. Especially as in 1962, Alma was still doing laundry, where you would 'wring out' the laundry to squeeze out the excess water. An action Ennis is most certainly familiar with.
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