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Taking Chances, by E. L. Van Hine and L.H. Nicoll
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: DavidinHartford on November 03, 2006, 09:56:37 pm ---Ricardo Montalban used to do those campy Chrysler Cordoba commercials bragging about the fine (albeit optional) Corinthian Leather. The leather was real, not that fake naugahyde stuff.
This was before Ricardo starred in Star Trek III, the Wrath of Khan. Then Chrysler dropped him and switched to using fine "Mark Cross" leather. ;)
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Thank God we have a car enthusiast who can set us all straight. Chyrsler Cordoba, Corinthian leather. Got it. Thanks, David.
Now, is there anyone who remembers the PG-13 rated movie that says Fuck only once?
L
neatfreak:
--- Quote from: louisev on November 03, 2006, 06:29:00 am ---Gee, I don't know. Betty, a new reader of the Saga, just finished "Taking Chances" and said it had too much sex in it! Maybe I need to write less sex.
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Just want to clarify: I'm not this Betty. I have found the sex in these volumes to be quite, um, educational. Yes, that's it: educational. I'm all for learning new things.
Betty/neatfreak
magicmountain:
--- Quote from: Kazza on November 03, 2006, 07:43:35 pm ---Wow... you have got a good memory. I don't recall that bit. Then again, my rock 'n' roll lifestyle is taking it's toll on my brain cells.
Karen
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Talking of rock 'n' roll - Maybe Ennis has disco deafness!
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: NavyVet on November 03, 2006, 11:24:41 am ---
2. How many times was the word fuck spoken in BBM? I know Jack said at their last meeting by the lake. Did he say at the Thanksgiving fiasco? Did Ennis ever say it? I can't recall, darn it!
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I am actually reading the 31 March 2004 draft of the screenplay and I believe the first "fuck" in the movie is uttered by Aguirre, when he is talking on the phone and says, "No. No. Not on your fuckin' life."
I need to find one of those websites that counts word utterances for the total number after that.
L
magicmountain:
Laramie – A Lovers’ Tale
Laramie is a peaceful town
Its people love to wander
up and down its sunny streets
Their hearts grow ever fonder
The people here are just plain folks
who like a beer and cracking jokes
To chill out in the morning sun
and just enjoy a little fun
Down the road in Riverton
there lives another breed
that frets and fumes
its angst consumes
and on itself appears to feed
They cast dark looks upon their neighbour
from their bustling town
Hurling curses as they labour
to bring old Laramie down
While on the surface Riverton
seems welcoming and friendly
Underneath that beaming smile
lurks bitterness and bile
The town locked Ennis in his trailer
ever doomed to grief
For him to smile was deemed a crime
there never was a place or time
so lacking in belief
The general feeling in the town
is Ennis had no hope
He’d drink and grieve and find some work
mucking out for Scrope
They can’t conceive
that he would leave
his hopelessness behind
On a journey to discover
what was always on his mind
To find out more about the life
that he had feared and lost
The kind of life that Jack had known
that came at such a cost
And so a shrine to loss was built
It was a great endeavour
And a new faith was proclaimed
Two lovers paired forever
But love can never be restricted
People’s lives thus so afflicted
Love had never really left
nor would Ennis stay bereft
Ennis set out on his journey
reaching out for Jack
On the road to Laramie
he never once looked back
For Ennis found that hope returns
through pain and loss that sears and burns
The love that shone in Jack’s sweet face
he found in Ellery’s warm embrace
Even though through ridicule
some seek to blight this story
Ennis lives to tell the tale
of loss and new love’s glory
And we who read this lovers’ tale
remember how the boys’ travail
in Brokeback made their lives a hell
And so refuse to hate as well
those people who would see him fail
Let’s all remember that the aim
of Annie’s tale was not to blame
nor hate that which we cannot see
nor loathe instead of disagree
Hope in the heart burns like a flame
that purges grief and blame
An endless love that’s pure and free
for all of us in Laramie
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