Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 7913785 times)

Offline southendmd

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"T" is tagline
« Reply #16090 on: January 01, 2008, 11:43:47 am »
The most famous tagline of the film is:  "I wish I knew how to quit you".

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"U" is understating
« Reply #16091 on: January 01, 2008, 01:44:11 pm »
Jack knew that Ennis was understating his reaction when he said, "Well, see you around, I guess." The wind tumbled an empty feed bag down the street until it fetched up under his truck.
"Right," said Jack, and they shook hands, hit each other on the shoulder, then there was forty feet of distance between them and nothing to do but drive away in opposite directions.


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"V" is vintages
« Reply #16092 on: January 01, 2008, 01:50:02 pm »
Jack appeared in vehicles of varying vintages over the years, but Ennis knew a new truck would never be within his means.
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"W" is widens
« Reply #16093 on: January 01, 2008, 02:04:51 pm »
In time, the gulf between Alma and Ennis widens, and she comes to the conclusion that it's time to get a divorce and start a new life.

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"X" is xpires
« Reply #16094 on: January 01, 2008, 02:07:50 pm »
When Lureen describes how Jack xpires on the lonely Texas highway, Ennis thinks a tire iron was used.
But when Old Man Twist admits that he knew Jack's and Ennis's secret, as did the people in Lureen's life, then Ennis knew that they would have used a tire iron on Jack - just like they did on Earl. 

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Xcellent round.

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Round 628!
« Reply #16095 on: January 02, 2008, 03:11:39 am »
ROUND 628
It's not quite too late!






Let's start the New Year by including the word year

in each post, and revisiting our old friends J, K, Q, Y and Z

for Auld Lang Syne...
« Last Edit: January 02, 2008, 04:29:17 am by Fran »
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"A" is allotting
« Reply #16096 on: January 02, 2008, 03:25:06 am »
Jack and Ennis got into the habit of allotting at least a couple of weeks a year to their much-anticipated fishing trips.
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"B" is biding
« Reply #16097 on: January 02, 2008, 04:26:39 am »
Year after year, Jack and Ennis led separate lives of quiet desperation, biding their time until their next fishing trip.

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"C" is contain
« Reply #16098 on: January 02, 2008, 09:12:22 am »
Jack had to contain his excitement at seeing Ennis two, three times a year.

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"D" is delayed
« Reply #16099 on: January 02, 2008, 09:34:42 am »
Jack and Ennis delayed the happiness in their lives until the few times a year that they could be with each other.

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Great round ideas.