Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 5489177 times)

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"U" is unconsciously
« Reply #12540 on: April 12, 2007, 05:47:59 pm »
Ennis recalls his dreams of Jack unconsciously.

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"V" is vessels
« Reply #12541 on: April 12, 2007, 05:50:34 pm »
Annie Proulx uses humble vessels like a chipped enamel pan and a stained cup to bring home to readers the essence of Ennis's lonely poverty.
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"W" is wages
« Reply #12542 on: April 12, 2007, 05:57:08 pm »
The owner of the ranch had paid everyone their wages the day before.
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"X" is x-employer's
« Reply #12543 on: April 12, 2007, 06:01:56 pm »
Ennis had instructions to give his x-employer's keys to the real estate shark.

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Round 471!
« Reply #12544 on: April 12, 2007, 09:39:19 pm »
Round 471!
The force has just begun!
Brokeback Mountain in the popular culture!



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"A" is accident-prone
« Reply #12545 on: April 12, 2007, 10:05:45 pm »
The New Yorker magazine, whose cartoonists have had a field day with the movie's theme of forbidden love in the wilds of Wyoming, gave readers "Watch Your Back Mountain" this week. The two protagonists were accident-prone hunter and Vice President Dick Cheney and President George W. Bush.
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"B" is Bunnies
« Reply #12546 on: April 12, 2007, 10:06:42 pm »
Starz and Angry Alien Productions presented the 30-Second Bunnies Theatre's re-enactment of Brokeback Mountain.

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"C" is Cheney
« Reply #12547 on: April 12, 2007, 10:08:42 pm »
Vice President Dick Cheney, from Wyoming, was subject to the editorial whims of the New Yorker magazine.   Please see above.
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"D" is David
« Reply #12548 on: April 12, 2007, 10:27:02 pm »
In response to Brokeback Mountain
David Letterman
joined the fray with his
Top Ten Signs You’re a Gay Cowboy

10. “Your saddle is Versace”
9. “Instead of ‘Home On The Range’, you sing ‘It’s Raining Men’”
8. “You enjoy ridin’, ropin’, and redecoratin’”
7. “Sold your livestock to buy tickets to ‘Mamma Mia’”
6. “After watching reruns of ‘Gunsmoke’, you have to take a cold shower”
5. “Native Americans refer to you as ‘Dances With Men’”
4. “You’ve been lassoed more times than most steers”
3. “You’re wearing chaps, yet your ‘ranch’ is in Chelsea”
2. “Instead of a saloon you prefer a salon”
1. “You love riding, but you don’t have a horse”
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"E" is Emerson
« Reply #12549 on: April 12, 2007, 10:29:51 pm »
An Emerson College-based comedy group called Chocolate Cake City made a spoof of Brokeback Mountain's movie trailer using clips from the movie Back to the Future.  They called it Brokeback to the Future.


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