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Ivan Seeking
Aug3-04, 12:43 AM
I thought we might try another winner goes next thread like the What Was It? thread started by Wolram. Quote from any great work of literature, any infamously or not cheesy sit-com, the theater, popular movies, PF conversations, or from any source that should be known to some people at least. Whatever really just try to avoid sources so obscure that no one could possibly know or find the answer. I would think the quotes should be as accurate as possible but that mostly accurate should do in most cases. As before I would think that clues are appropriate as needed.
I’ll go first:
They're shooting at the cans!
zoobyshoe
Aug3-04, 03:22 AM
"Some of God's greatest gifts are unkept campaign promises" -Machiavelli
That would be Machiavelli.
Who said it:
"-then it is a mere matter of time when men will succeed in attaching their machinery to the very wheelwork of nature."
That would be Machiavelli.
:rofl:
Not that quote!
"They're shooting at the cans."
Steve Martin in the Jerk.
humanino
Aug3-04, 07:16 AM
That would be Machiavelli.
Who said it:
"-then it is a mere matter of time when men will succeed in attaching their machinery to the very wheelwork of nature."
could be Laplace ?
Ivan Seeking
Aug3-04, 02:17 PM
:rofl:
Not that quote!
"They're shooting at the cans."
Steve Martin in the Jerk.
Yes I lured in Zooby with the wrong quote. :surprise:
BobG is up.
zoobyshoe
Aug3-04, 02:24 PM
Yes I lured in Zooby with the wrong quote.
No, hehehehehe, I gave exactly the answer the Jerk would have given.
Ivan Seeking
Aug3-04, 02:27 PM
Geez. I fell for it hook line and sinker. :biggrin:
That would be Machiavelli.
Who said it:
"-then it is a mere matter of time when men will succeed in attaching their machinery to the very wheelwork of nature."
Nikola Tesla
With God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly. :smile:
Ivan Seeking
Aug3-04, 02:57 PM
"With God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly".
WKRP; Herb Tarlek.
I think that was one of the funniest sit-com episodes ever. I loved Les's Hindenberg-like disaster reporting on the scene when the turkeys were released from the helicopter. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
NEXT:
This is the most stupidist thing I have ever done
Ivan Seeking
Aug3-04, 03:26 PM
You still have a question coming BobG.
"Whaaaat... dooooeeees... theeeee... yeeeel-looowwww... liiiiight... meeeeaaan?"
"Whaaaat... dooooeeees... theeeee... yeeeel-looowwww... liiiiight... meeeeaaan?"
Jim from Taxi.
I saw a special on that once. The director told him to repeat it until the audience stopped laughing. Great scene. :rofl:
Gokul43201
Aug3-04, 08:22 PM
To ere is Truman.
Wow ! Is that attributed to one person? I thought that joke had been around since after the bomb :eek:
zoobyshoe
Aug3-04, 10:08 PM
Nikola Tesla
Affirmatory. (<---Can't just say "yes". Have to use a long word because the system won't post messages with less than ten characters.)
Ivan Seeking
Aug4-04, 01:52 AM
Jim from Taxi.
I saw a special on that once. The director told him to repeat it until the audience stopped laughing. Great scene. :rofl:
Your up Artman.
Here is a hint for my quote: Olympics
This is the most stupidist thing I have ever done
Wow ! Is that attributed to one person? I thought that joke had been around since after the bomb :eek:
That quote was used on a popular TV show. That is the one I am looking for.
Ivan Seeking
Aug4-04, 02:24 PM
This is the most stupidist thing I have ever done
This quote is from the Olympic figure skating silver medalist, Nancy Kerrigan - the victim Portland's own Tanya Harding. Kerrigan unintentionally said this loud enough for the microphones to hear while she was in the celebration parade of her success, at Disneyland. What a spoiled little brat.
Next, I bet someone can get this in one word:
Dave
zoobyshoe
Aug4-04, 04:29 PM
"Open the pod bay doors, Hal."
"I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do that."
"Open the pod bay doors, Hal."
"I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do that."
"What are you doing Dave?"
Darn, wasn't in time.
Ivan Seeking
Aug4-04, 05:17 PM
"Open the pod bay doors, Hal."
"I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do that."
One of my all time favorite movie quotes. :biggrin:
zoobyshoe
Aug4-04, 05:49 PM
Who said it:
"Hello. I'm coming to your seminar. But first, where is the tea?"
Ivan Seeking
Aug4-04, 06:35 PM
To ere is Truman.
I couldn't name the character but was News Radio the show?
Hypercase
Aug5-04, 06:31 AM
"Hello. I'm coming to your seminar. But first, where is the tea?"
----------Albert Einstein to Richard P Feynman.
Hypercase
Aug5-04, 06:33 AM
Who said?
"A witty saying never proved a thing."
In response to:
"To ere is Truman."
I couldn't name the character but was News Radio the show?
maybe, but that is not the one I was aiming for.
Hint:
The show ran longer than the event in which it is set.
Ivan Seeking
Aug5-04, 09:12 AM
Would it be Hawkeye
Would it be Hawkeye
Yes it would.
Gokul43201
Aug5-04, 10:13 AM
Would it be Hawkeye
Was that a guess ? :eek:
Vintage Hawkeye ! :smile:
zoobyshoe
Aug5-04, 01:51 PM
"Hello. I'm coming to your seminar. But first, where is the tea?"
----------Albert Einstein to Richard P Feynman.
Correct! Your question is up:
Who said?
"A witty saying never proved a thing."
Ivan Seeking
Aug5-04, 03:42 PM
"I remember that it ended with my breaking out in tears because I just couldn't stand this pressure from Bohr"
Ad Infinitum NAU
Aug6-04, 08:43 PM
"I remember that it ended with my breaking out in tears because I just couldn't stand this pressure from Bohr"
Heisenberg, on Bohr's disagreement over copenhagen interpretation?
I'm pretty sure I read that somewhere..
If so, here's min (Sorry about the quantity.. I just love them)
"OOOOH! INTERCOURSE THE PENGUIN!"
or
"The thing about saying the wrong words is that A, I don't
notice it, and B, sometimes orange water gibbon bucket and
plastic."
or
"His head was about the same size as that of an large dog, that is to say, two very small dogs, or four very
large hamsters, or one medium-sized rabbit, if you count the whole of the body and not just the head."
Ivan Seeking
Aug6-04, 10:09 PM
Heisenberg, on Bohr's disagreement over copenhagen interpretation?
Correct!!!
This one still sends a chill up my spine: "We've had a main B bus undervolt."
Ivan Seeking
Aug6-04, 10:49 PM
Who said?
"A witty saying never proved a thing."
I think we need a hint
Ivan Seeking
Aug6-04, 10:51 PM
This one still sends a chill up my spine: "We've had a main B bus undervolt."
Apollo 13 was a great movie. I remember that as well as Apollo 1 very clearly.
I am maybe the one person here who has not seen the movie. :cry: I can remember the early 1970s though, and it seems like there was a picture taken from inside the command module after the service module separated, and a whole panel had been blown off of the S.M.
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