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All rules are mutually-agreed-upon conventions. So, let's try to follow them. (The "no cheating" rule is the most important one, however.) Robin Williams Dead Poets Society Ethan Hawke

Just a friendly reminder..... People aren't perfect and sometimes believe things are "facts" or "historical facts" that are not true. One example is this "everyone believed the world was flat" thing. I can't speak for uneducated peasants in Europe who never went outside of a 40mile radius their entire lives. However, the educated definitely knew the world was round. Look up "Eratosthenes" sometime to see how this was known in THE GREEK EMPIRE in BC years. Sailors all thought it was obvious, too. They see the horizon every day at sea. The horizon curves. So, it keeps curving and means the planet is round. Columbus didn't have to convince anyone the world was round. He had to convince them the round world was small enough he could sail to India by sailing west from Europe and have enough food to make the trip. Of course, he was wrong. If he hadn't stumbled upon an unexpected CONTINENT, he would have run out of food and had to turn back or starved. This hasn't stopped people from teaching errors, making them into cartoons and songs, and so on. People will let you down sooner or later.

"You're mine, your lips belong to me. Yes, they belong to only me for eternity."

Stripes Judge Reinhold Fast Times at Ridgemont High

I think this is excellent. In fact, I'd like to come back to this. I may want to quote this exactly later to other people.

Sounds like you're "Tangled Up In Blue" like Bob Dylan. I always thought he "was happening to be employed", but all the online lyrics sites have it grammatically correct. (No, I typed my answer in, THEN looked it up before hitting "Reply." It's no fun just plugging in an answer, I have to remember it...)

Let's say you were going to plan a movie festival for friends, or programming the movie list for a TV channel for Halloween, with the obvious theme of "horror film" in any reasonable sense of the word. (i.e. no adding "The Star Wars Holiday Special" to the list just because it's so awful.) What movies do you think should at least be considered for the list? 1) I'll start off with the original "Psycho."

"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

Can only be "HIGHLANDER", with Christopher Lambert. (Personally, I like the TV show. Somehow, I never made it through the first movie all the way.)

I was tempted to link to Robert Downey Jr, but let's try something else. Burt Young Rocky Sylvester Stallone

Here's how the lines fell... "Two households, both alike in dignity In fair Verona, where we lay our scene. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean." The opening narration. In the version with DiCaprio and Danes, this was delivered as a televised news report. "'Peace?' 'Peace?' I hate the word. As I hate Hell, all Montagues, and thee." Hot-tempered Tybalt, starting a street-brawl with members of the Montagues, the house that he and the Capulets fight with all the time. (Naming one house in the quote.) "A plague on both your houses!" Mercutio, as he lay dying. (Mentioning both houses.) "What would you have with me?" "Good King of Cats, only one of your nine lives!" Tybalt and Mercutio, as they struggled. Tybalt is nicknamed "King of Cats" for no obvious reason, and that's mentioned in earlier dialogue. "By my head, here come the Capulets!" "By my heel, I care not." Benvolio and Mercutio, chatting. (And naming the other house.) For those unclear on the names, Romeo is a Montague, and their partisans include Benvolio and Mercutio. Juliet is a Capulet, and Tybalt is her cousin or something like that. --------------- Go, Trefor.

As such, either would be correct, which is why I'd accept either answer. Since you mentioned at least one specifically (Di Caprio was in "Romeo + Juliet" and no other version), you're down with a correct answer. So it's your turn.

I'm certain there's a problem. However, 75% is a ridiculous number, and twi members are fond of making up or passing along made-up "facts" and statistical numbers that can't be found anywhere as a reliable source. I heard quite a few of them when I was in (which wasn't a huge amount of time), and I've heard a number come from them since I left. lcm once claimed he heard of a certain type of person who AVERAGED (meaning some were MORE and some less) 1000 DIFFERENT sex partners a year. Stop and think that through. There's 365 days in a year. That means they'd have to AVERAGE more than 14 DIFFERENT sex partners every week. Even if you wanted to, who has TIME to do that, and who could find that many willing partners? (Maybe someone could set a perverted goal for a week and find 14 sex partners, but by the next week that's not so much fun anymore. By the end of the month, you'd think of taking up stamp collecting or some other hobby. It's like a diet of nothing BUT your favorite food-even if you could survive it, you'd get tired of it.) If there was some RELIABLE source, I'd consider the possibility. However, there's much more likely reasons for someone to be close to the Pope- A) hierarchical ambition. All groups have people with that. B) Zeal. A dedicated adherent to the Roman Catholic Church would consider working close to the Pope as holy a duty as they could perform. (It worked for small-time hustlers like vpw, it works in all religious groups.) C) Talent. The best people for different jobs were promoted to them. D) Favoritism. A friend of a Pope or Cardinal could be promoted up. People like to work with people friendly to them. All of those are common, obvious reasons. No need to invent all sorts of criminal accusations on someone just because they work for the Pope. In twi, besides making stuff up, making stuff up specifically to have an excuse to condemn other Christians is standard operating procedure, as is passing along empty rumors that do the same.

There's moral issues and legal issues. Consider what the standards are in the rest of cyberspace, and there's sensible reasons for this. For moral reasons, we have politeness. Every single thing you post can be found in a quick search. I participated in something innocent and harmless. So did a school teacher. Photos were posted afterwards, with some names included. Nothing that affected her job, the event was fine, but her students were able to search for her name and see what she does in her private life. So, some names were taken down. If someone comes here and uses their legal name, then it's fine. Otherwise, let them have their privacy. I prefer to keep my private life private. I participate freely online whenever and wherever I wish, but I don't use my legal name. Besides, who really needs my legal name? I'm the same guy no matter what I call myself. But I don't like having my legal name searchable and giving out my private life to anyone who wants to do an online search. Then there's legal issues, which the staff can answer. It's still fair game to use the names of twi's official Board- who those people are is a matter of public record. We violate no confidences and no privacies when everyone can find out who they are in seconds. (And if not, legally they should be able to, company board member names are NOT confidential.)

"Two householdss, both alike in dignity In fair Verona, where we lay our scene. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean." "'Peace?' 'Peace?' I hate the word. As I hate Hell, all Montagues, and thee." "A plague on both your houses!" "What would you have with me?" "Good King of Cats, only one of your nine lives!" "By my head, here come the Capulets!" "By my heel, I care not."

He is in the one George mentioned, which was an incorrect guess. Which has nothing to do with my movie.

No. Shakespeare is not a character in this movie.

"Two houses, both alike in dignity In fair Verona, where we lay our scene"

"I love it when you say my name, especially when you say 'yes'"

When it comes to "the way:living in love", I recommend the thread that discussed it in detail. That's "the way:living in wonderland." (There's also a thread, "vp and me in wonderland", which discusses lcm's behind-the-scenes look and shows what he interpreted as deep spiritual meaning was a lot of pettiness. When it comes to twi, if the person is already questioning twi because they're living a miserable life, then any sensible book is good. If the person is in full-on denial mode, no book will be opened, and any reading will just be a narrow cherry-picking, for excuses to dismiss the entire book. (We still get posters and readers who do that to this day, only some of whom are still in twi.) As for good books for any Christian, a sensible book I'd recommend is "How We Got the Bible", by Neil R. Lightfoot. It's fairly basic, it's easy-to-read, and it's got more useful information than just about ANY current innie has on the subject (and more than most people who still revere vpw.) I'd recommend it as a good STARTING POINT on its topics, and a handy reference for any Christian. In fact, I'd consider it mandatory reading for any Christian who actually cares what the Bible says.

Police moving through an area is considered "harassment"? Ever been to a shopping mall? Ever been to a convention? Next time you are, take a look around and say hello to the nice police officers. It's in their best interests to have officers on hand wherever lots of people are congregating. If there's trouble, the police are right there. If not, it's a friendly reminder to avoid trouble- even if there's plenty of private security on hand and the people are cooperative.

Ahhh. That's "Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man)", by Styx. Ahhh. That's "Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man)", by Styx.

Ok, now I know why some of those sounded familiar. This is "The Shadow." I actually should have gotten it from the implosive-explosive line.

Jon Favreau was "Happy" Hogan, Stark's driver and "bodyguard." You may remember him more from when Stark went to catch a plane, and Hogan, in another car, had to chase him. "I thought I lost you!" "You did. I had to cut across Mulholland." Think dark suit and glasses. He has a more prominent role in the sequel. Meanwhile, I was trying to remember just that name. I keep confusing him with Jeremy Piven.... Ok, from Favreau, let's see.... linking to "PCU" would be a bit limiting. How about DareDevil Michael Clark Duncan The Island

Mustard sandwiches, with no cheese? I ate those with cheese for a short time, and then cheese with butter sandwiches for a short time. One of my friends actually switched to the mustard-cheese ones too, for a time. As a kid, I liked Smarties- and still do, when I find them. I haven't had them in a while, but I was introduced to "Willy Wonka's Everlasting Gobstopper (Jawbreakers)" when I started high school. They weren't truly everlasting, but they lasted about an hour if you didn't bite them. Then they started selling the "midgets" smaller versions. I liked those so much that I actually added a little pouch to my belt (shaped like a backpack) and kept some there for a time. Wow, haven't thought about that for a long time...