I thought Cronyn was # 10 as well...though I heard somebody try to say # 3 there was actually Spectacular Bid.
"Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of citizens to keep and bear arms. This is not to say that firearms should not be very carefully used and that definite safety rules of precaution should not be taught and enforced. But the right of citizens to bear arms is just one more guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible." - Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, 1960
That commercial drove me nuts every time I saw it, because he called the lady "mate" at the end. I guess breaking into her house was offset by helping to clean the floor, but come on, they don't call women "mate" down there, do they? They say "sheila" or something equally hilarious in its from-another-country-ness like that, I think. Jacko never would have made that mistake. Man, that really bugged me. But he shouldn't be dead because of that, or anything.
I guess this make Wilford Brimley the last magic old guy standing from Cocoon.
Originally posted by Dr UnlikelyJacko never would have made that mistake.
Now THAT's damning with faint praise.
OI!
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Originally posted by Dr UnlikelyThat commercial drove me nuts every time I saw it, because he called the lady "mate" at the end. I guess breaking into her house was offset by helping to clean the floor, but come on, they don't call women "mate" down there, do they? They say "sheila" or something equally hilarious in its from-another-country-ness like that, I think. Jacko never would have made that mistake. Man, that really bugged me. But he shouldn't be dead because of that, or anything.
The Crocodile Hunter calls his wife "mate" all the time.
Originally posted by Jeb Tennyson Lund"I can clean that floor, Mate" is a play on the fact that the thing is called a "Floor Mate." It's just a bad gag.
Originally posted by Dr Unlikely ......but come on, they don't call women "mate" down there, do they? They say "sheila" or something equally hilarious in its from-another-country-ness like that, I think.
Well, I use mate for both males and females. Some chicks don't like it. You wouldn't be very likely to say "how ya goin sheila" where "How ya goin mate" is perfectly fine.
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