Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 7216344 times)

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"N" is Nasty's
« Reply #8380 on: November 07, 2006, 01:54:19 pm »
Jack Nasty's nickname was coined by Dishwarshin' Alma.
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"O" is oversteps
« Reply #8381 on: November 07, 2006, 01:59:24 pm »
Alma oversteps Ennis's line when she refers to Jack as "Jack Nasty."

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"P" is perky
« Reply #8382 on: November 07, 2006, 01:59:59 pm »
Alma: "And then you come back, lookin' all perky and said you caught a bunch a browns and ate them up.  Do you remember?"   [2005 screenplay]
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"Q" is quickens
« Reply #8383 on: November 07, 2006, 02:00:16 pm »
The pace of Alma and Ennis' angry remarks quickens until Ennis storms out of the house.
« Last Edit: November 07, 2006, 02:03:42 pm by Memento »

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"R" is retaliation
« Reply #8384 on: November 07, 2006, 02:08:58 pm »
Alma brought up Ennis's fishing trips in retaliation for his low blow in saying "once burned."
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"S" is skating
« Reply #8385 on: November 07, 2006, 02:10:16 pm »
While Ennis and Alma were getting perky and nasty, the girls were watching figure skating, and Monroe was smoking a (get along little) stogie.

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"T" is tone
« Reply #8386 on: November 07, 2006, 02:12:09 pm »
Proulx wrote:

"You know," she said, and from her tone he knew something was coming, "I used to wonder how come you never brought any trouts home.  Always said you caught plenty.  So one time I got your creel case open the night before you went on one a your little trips...."
« Last Edit: November 07, 2006, 02:18:20 pm by D-A Fran »

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"U" is umbrageous
« Reply #8387 on: November 07, 2006, 02:16:38 pm »
Now Alma really knows how umbrageous Ennis can be.  And Hershel will get the force of his anger.

def - Easily offended; irritable
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"V" is vents
« Reply #8388 on: November 07, 2006, 02:18:09 pm »
After dinner Ennis vents his spleen at Alma after she had brought up the subject of Jack Nasty.
« Last Edit: November 07, 2006, 02:23:00 pm by Memento »

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"W" is when
« Reply #8389 on: November 07, 2006, 02:19:07 pm »
Alma:  "I looked in the case when I got a chance, and there was my note still tied there and that line hadn't touched water in its life."  [story]