Report your use of Brokieisms in so-called "real life"

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Interesting.  I had not heard "Once Burned" until BBM.  However, I was very familiar with the expression "once bitten, twice shy."

It's interesting, because when you think about it "once burned" and "once bitten" have two different meanings. One implies something like a hot stove -- once burned, you would wisely avoid touching it again. The other suggests an animal, like a dog -- once bitten, you might be afraid of dogs. But unlike the stove, that would be the wrong lesson, since some dogs are nice.

In any case, I don't think "once bitten" would have worked well in a BBM context.

I'm trying to remember -- is that a line Ennis says to Cassie when she asks about why he doesn't get married? Or to Alma?

I guess after 10 fucking years I don't have it as memorized as I once did.

[Front-Ranger]

I had to look it up myself. In both the book and the movie, Ennis says, "Once burned" to Alma at Thanksgiving when she says the girls are worried about him and why doesn't he get married again.

[southendmd]

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A 23-year-old Jim Carrey!

[Front-Ranger]

haha!

[CellarDweller]

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz61YQWZuYU[/youtube]

80s  pop-metal

[Front-Ranger]

While wrapping holiday presents, have you found yourself saying, "If I had three hands, I could!" 

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While wrapping holiday presents, have you found yourself saying, "If I had three hands, I could!" 

  Yes! Since long before I heard Ennis say it. That's one situation where a third hand would definitely come in, er, handy.

[CellarDweller]

While wrapping holiday presents, have you found yourself saying, "If I had three hands, I could!" 

oh yeah, that's a perfect time for that one.

[serious crayons]

I came here as soon as I could to report the triumphant use of a Brokieism in a work environment.

At one of my jobs I'm a copywriter for a medical-device manufacturer that makes, among other things, heart devices. So they help sponsor the American Heart Association's Heart Walk. The main headline for the walk is something like "Keep the Pace." I was assigned to write a subhead. So I submitted seven, three of which were chosen as finalist possibilities, including the one below. I'm really hoping it gets picked, because it will be my most public use of an almost-Brokieism ever.

KEEP THE PACE
Fast or slow, you're going in the right direction.

I might not have thought of it without my Brokie past. If any Brokies see the slogan, which statistically seems like a possibility, it will especially resonate with them.