Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 7241198 times)

Offline Mikaela

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"L" is locked
« Reply #5400 on: August 01, 2006, 01:42:04 pm »
“….as a coat hanger is straightened to open a locked car and then bent again to its original shape, they torqued things almost to where they had been….”
(From the short story)

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"M" is munching
« Reply #5401 on: August 01, 2006, 01:51:06 pm »
Ennis and Jack visibly enjoyed munching on the jerky.  ;)
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"N" is nickel
« Reply #5402 on: August 01, 2006, 02:31:49 pm »
Linda tucks the one postcard into a small envelope.
Linda Higgins "That'll be thirty cents." (smiles at him, likes him) "Big investment."
Ennis lays out a quarter and a nickel.  [Leaves.]   [screenplay]
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"O" is off-putting
« Reply #5403 on: August 01, 2006, 02:37:18 pm »
There is something about the senior Twist that is very off-putting and also mesmerizing, like watching a train wreck.

=compliment= Will & Sandy
Speaking of trains, what great graphics!
« Last Edit: August 04, 2006, 01:16:10 pm by Front-Ranger »
"chewing gum and duct tape"

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"P" is pointedly
« Reply #5404 on: August 01, 2006, 02:49:52 pm »
When asked if he had a better idea, Jack pointedly responded, "I did, once".

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"Q" is quasi-religious
« Reply #5405 on: August 01, 2006, 02:55:02 pm »
"Water Walking Jesus," written by James McMurtry, Stephen Bruton, and Annie Proulx, is a quasi-religious song.

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"R" is rank
« Reply #5406 on: August 01, 2006, 02:56:17 pm »
It is clear from the fact that Jack nearly asphyxiated that the stench of those 42 dead sheep was extremely rank.

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"S" is slank
« Reply #5407 on: August 01, 2006, 03:01:31 pm »
For the past two months, he'd slank around expecting to get shot by Lureen or the husband, one. -- said of Jack, in the story
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"chewing gum and duct tape"

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"T" is timbre
« Reply #5408 on: August 01, 2006, 03:03:27 pm »
Diana Ossana:  ... [Brokeback Mountain] is a very specific story, with very specific dialogue. The way they spoke, the timbre of their voices, had to be realistic.   [Production Notes]

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"U" is unaware
« Reply #5409 on: August 01, 2006, 03:15:22 pm »
Lureen was unaware of the significance of Jack's fishing trips until a certain phone call.