Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 5605348 times)

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"I" is intoxication
« Reply #11630 on: March 06, 2007, 03:36:23 pm »
Intoxication was the goal that morning in the bar, be it with beer, whiskey or each other.

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"J" is joint's
« Reply #11631 on: March 06, 2007, 04:38:51 pm »
Ennis and Jack had their choice of seats at the bar since they were the joint's only customers.
« Last Edit: March 06, 2007, 04:41:54 pm by Fran »

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"L" is lifting
« Reply #11632 on: March 06, 2007, 06:14:28 pm »
Before they started doing heavy lifting up on the mountain, Jack and Ennis' first workout was lifting beer bottles to their mouths.

« Last Edit: March 06, 2007, 06:19:30 pm by Memento »

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"M" is mastery
« Reply #11633 on: March 06, 2007, 07:11:44 pm »
According to Annie Proulx, Jack bragged about his mastery of shooting in the bar that morning:

He had shot an eagle, he said, turned his head to show the tail feather in his hatband.
« Last Edit: March 06, 2007, 09:39:14 pm by Toast »

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"N" is normally
« Reply #11634 on: March 06, 2007, 09:02:46 pm »
Ennis's expectations about what would normally be a routine job up on Brokeback were shaken by Jack's description of the prior summer's lightning-zapped sheep.
« Last Edit: March 06, 2007, 09:07:16 pm by Meryl »
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"O" is oxygen
« Reply #11635 on: March 06, 2007, 09:13:10 pm »
Jack told Ennis how we was oxygen deprived by being almost asphyxiated by the putrid vapors of the lightning-zapped sheep.
« Last Edit: March 06, 2007, 09:18:15 pm by Memento »

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"P" is popping
« Reply #11636 on: March 06, 2007, 09:26:01 pm »
Jack and Ennis talked about a number of things while popping back a few beers:

  • Last year's zapped sheep.
  • Whiskey.
  • Money.
  • Aguirre's expectations.
  • John Twist's expectations.
  • Rodeoing.
  • Ranch people.
  • Dead Del Mars.
  • Living Del Mars.
  • Whiskey.

« Last Edit: March 06, 2007, 10:04:35 pm by Toast »

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"R" is reserved
« Reply #11637 on: March 06, 2007, 10:42:59 pm »
In response to Jack's question as to whether he had any rodeo experience, Ennis replied in a reserved manner: 

"You know... I mean, once in a while, when I got the entry fee in my pocket."
« Last Edit: March 06, 2007, 10:47:24 pm by Fran »

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"S" is steamed
« Reply #11638 on: March 07, 2007, 12:31:04 am »
10 INT: PICKUP TRUCK: NIGHT:   10

JACK sleeps in his old pickup, slumped against the door. ENNIS, in the passenger seat, wide awake, smokes, gazes through the steamed windows into the darkness. [2003 screenplay]
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"T" is trophy
« Reply #11639 on: March 07, 2007, 08:41:37 am »
In Annie Proulx's Brokeback Mountain, Jack Twist showed off his trophy eagle tail feather in the bar in 1963; and he wore the same hat and feather on their 1983 boneless blue trip to the Hail Strew River drainage.
« Last Edit: March 07, 2007, 08:53:11 am by Toast »