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  • Pelado
    Bald not naked
    • Sep 2010
    • 21137

    #3856
    Originally posted by Clark Addison View Post
    Maybe I am uncultured but I can't conceive that I will ever hear about a "One Man/Woman Play" and think "Wow, I really want to go see that!"
    I didn't know it was a thing until after watching "Val" on Amazon Prime, but I would have liked to see Val Kilmer's Mark Twain performance.
    "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
    - Goatnapper'96

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    • falafel
      loves to talk on things
      • Mar 2009
      • 37973

      #3857
      Originally posted by Clark Addison View Post
      Maybe I am uncultured but I can't conceive that I will ever hear about a "One Man/Woman Play" and think "Wow, I really want to go see that!"
      Not really a play, but I'd love to see Richard Brecky perform as Jellybean.
      Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

      Dig your own grave, and save!

      "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

      "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

      GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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      • Bo Diddley
        Senior
        • Jul 2012
        • 18785

        #3858
        Originally posted by Scott R Nelson View Post
        I would go see James Arrington do the Farley Family reunion again If I ever got the chance. I don't remember how long ago I saw it, but I loved it. He nailed a lot of Utah stereotypes really well.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYoH054GbXM
        I think he must have come out to perform for us in Iraq back in December 2003. I really don't remember anything about it.

        Farley Family Reunion.jpg

        Farley Family Reunion 2.jpg

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        • Bo Diddley
          Senior
          • Jul 2012
          • 18785

          #3859
          Watching a British TV show, I noticed how they washed the dishes but never rinsed them before drying them off. That reminded me of my mission, and I saw that often. When I asked why they didn't rinse the dishes off before drying them, they felt as if I was the quirky one, overly concerned about residual germs and soap.

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          • clackamascoug
            Banned
            • Dec 2009
            • 9709

            #3860
            Originally posted by Bo Diddley View Post
            Watching a British TV show, I noticed how they washed the dishes but never rinsed them before drying them off. That reminded me of my mission, and I saw that often. When I asked why they didn't rinse the dishes off before drying them, they felt as if I was the quirky one, overly concerned about residual germs and soap.
            There's a good bidet joke in there - but dang if I can't clean the closet to find it.

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            • Bo Diddley
              Senior
              • Jul 2012
              • 18785

              #3861
              Originally posted by clackamascoug View Post

              There's a good bidet joke in there - but dang if I can't clean the closet to find it.

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              • Bo Diddley
                Senior
                • Jul 2012
                • 18785

                #3862
                I left my cell phone at home--which in and of itself is liberating--but I'm wondering if that's a sign I should have stayed home today.

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                • Jeff Lebowski
                  Corporate lackey for Jesus
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 69674

                  #3863
                  "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                  "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                  "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                  • old_gregg
                    scaly man fish
                    • Nov 2009
                    • 16915

                    #3864
                    everybody should read dopamine nation. disincentivizing kids (and adults) from taking risks and feeling pain, supplanted with staring at instagram or keyboard warrior-ing or compulsively consuming other cheap sources of dopamine, is causing an epidemic.
                    Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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                    • Jeff Lebowski
                      Corporate lackey for Jesus
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 69674

                      #3865
                      Originally posted by old_gregg View Post
                      everybody should read dopamine nation. disincentivizing kids (and adults) from taking risks and feeling pain, supplanted with staring at instagram or keyboard warrior-ing or compulsively consuming other cheap sources of dopamine, is causing an epidemic.
                      My buddy was telling me about this book recently. I have it in my queue now.
                      "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                      "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                      "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                      • Non Sequitur
                        Where did I put my bodkin
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 5773

                        #3866
                        Originally posted by old_gregg View Post
                        everybody should read dopamine nation. disincentivizing kids (and adults) from taking risks and feeling pain, supplanted with staring at instagram or keyboard warrior-ing or compulsively consuming other cheap sources of dopamine, is causing an epidemic.
                        I couldn't agree with that premise more. We went camping last weekend with my daughter and her young family. When we took the ATV's out, my six-year-old grandson didn't want to go. He wanted to stay in the camper and play games on his cell phone. Yeah, that's right, he's six years old and he has a cell phone. At night, when we were around the campfire roasting hot dogs and smores, he was in the the camper playing games on his phone. I don't get it, but I'm grateful that I grew in a time when childhood required a little more effort.
                        "The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane

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                        • PaloAltoCougar
                          Semper infra dignitatem
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 16935

                          #3867
                          For dinner tonight I made a "cheeseburger salad." It was actually okay, but my wife said she'd prefer a taco salad. That reminded me of this commercial, part of what is likely my favorite ad campaign of all time.

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                          • smokymountainrain
                            Impressive Member
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 22593

                            #3868
                            ha. that's great
                            I'm like LeBron James.
                            -mpfunk

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                            • Donuthole
                              Official Outgayer
                              • Nov 2008
                              • 25266

                              #3869
                              Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post
                              For dinner tonight I made a "cheeseburger salad." It was actually okay, but my wife said she'd prefer a taco salad. That reminded me of this commercial, part of what is likely my favorite ad campaign of all time.

                              Also my favorite ad campaign. IIRC it was a series of radio ads first, and they were so well received they turned them into TV commercials. Mr. Rolling Cooler Cooler Roller is my personal favorite. "Perfect for the man who has everything--everything but a friend to help him carry a cooler."
                              Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

                              There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock

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                              • Clark Addison
                                Senior Member
                                • Nov 2008
                                • 10303

                                #3870
                                Originally posted by Donuthole View Post

                                Also my favorite ad campaign. IIRC it was a series of radio ads first, and they were so well received they turned them into TV commercials. Mr. Rolling Cooler Cooler Roller is my personal favorite. "Perfect for the man who has everything--everything but a friend to help him carry a cooler."
                                Further trivia (I am 90% sure I am remembering this correctly): It was originally "Real American Heroes" on the radio spots, and then after 9/11, they changed it to "Real Men of Genius", as we were a little more sensitive about who we called "Heroes" for a while

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