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Re: New Train Sets #10013 and #10014
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Mon, 25 Jun 2001 03:23:06 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Shiri Dori writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> > "NOBODY expects the Spanish Encephalitis!"
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> Sliding Doors (was that the name in english?), woohoo! I loved that movie,
> I'm a goner for parallel worlds / anything of the sort, and that was very
> cool. Plus it was a romantic comedy in the mix. And it had that cute British
> guy. Can't say I love Gwyneth, but she's OK. Good movie :-) ... in fact, I'm
> gonna add it to my favorites on my membership page (I forgot all about it
> til right now).
What movie? The phrase faaaarrr predates Gwyneth Paltrow--
it probably predates her *birth*, in fact. It's a Monty
Pythonism from the Flying Circus days (not the movies).
Three guys in red outfits who show up whenever someone gets
offended and says "Well, I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition"
burst in and yell "NOOOObody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Cardinal Biggles, PUT HER IN THE COMFY CHAIR!" etc etc etc.
One of the better bits, really--nobody ever *did* satisfactorily
explain why one of them wore a leather flight cap with goggles.
best
Lindsay
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 | | Re: New Train Sets #10013 and #10014
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| (...) I know, Lindsay dahlin - but in Sliding Doors (grr - I think that was the name) the British guy *was* referencing to Monty Python. He's standing next to Gwyneth in the elevator, she drops her earring, he picks it up, she says thanks, and he (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: New Train Sets #10013 and #10014
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| (...) Sliding Doors (was that the name in english?), woohoo! I loved that movie, I'm a goner for parallel worlds / anything of the sort, and that was very cool. Plus it was a romantic comedy in the mix. And it had that cute British guy. Can't say I (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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