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Report your use of Brokieisms in so-called "real life"
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on October 11, 2008, 03:51:01 pm ---Brokeism for recent times: When you ain't got nothing, you don't need nothing!
--- End quote ---
Thanks, F-R. I'm making that my mantra!
LauraGigs:
Tell ya what: here is a Brokie-ism that I just recently adopted — but I wish I'd done long ago. Because it's surprisingly effective in real life!
I'm talking about the Lureen Nod — which occurs in the film after Jack's verbal daddy-in-law smackdown. Lureen gives Bobby a full-on stare, then intensifies it with a slight nod and a raise of her eyebrows — an expression which in primate code seems to mean: You know exactly what I want. Get to it.
My husband + I were in the bath dept at Lowe's, waiting to speak to the salesman. He had been helping another couple for several minutes, and then their conversation swung around to small talk — the kind that can go on forever, and typically involves the other party either leaving in a huff or 'rudely' cutting in. Instead, I gave the salesman The Nod from where we stood (around 15 feet away). He promptly and smoothly ended his chat with the other couple and attended to us.
A few days later I was in water aerobics — a class of benign ladies in a collective struggle to get fit amid echoing swirls of screaming kids, splashing pool-jumpers and hurtling projectiles. I tried The Nod (again, from several yards away) at a 14-year-old apparently intoxicated by testosterone and the sound of his own yelling, and — amazingly — he settled the f*ck down!
Seriously, I've been amazed at the effectiveness of this! Another way Brokeback Mountain has revolutionized my life. Heehee.
Front-Ranger:
Wow, friend that rocks! I'm gonna have to try that soon myself!! Maybe it will get my wayward son to do his homework!!
And I noticed the "Tell you what" too!!
Way to go, friend!
Katie77:
Well done Laura.....I will have to practice it in front of the mirror, to make sure I get it right before I use it too...
August7th:
Recently, after hearing about someone's arrogant behavior, I said they must think they're the "stud duck."
BTW, I thought that Annie Proux may have made up that term, but I found online that it is oilfield jargon. One Web site defines it as follows: "Stud duck--The person having the most authority. Sometimes this was the toolpusher or the company man, depending on the type of drilling contract and the personalities of those involved. This was also the name given to a B-17E flown in the South Pacific during World War II by the US 43rd Bomber Group."
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