by Tdarcos » Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:24 pm
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:21 am
Can we agree that the opening of Inglorious Basterds was a high point in cinema? And the movie has one of the stupidest names ever?
And it is potentially another reason people misspell things, as this quote from my book points out. In this segment, everyone in the scene is dead and this is the afterlife they wound up in:
/////He heard some people say, “There he is!” excitedly. It did not sound like the anger of a mob, but Supervisor 246 never takes chances, he always leaves his Immunity from Assault privilege enabled except when alone with people he trusts. Someone walks up to him. “246, you have got to see this,” and points over toward a different row. He walks over to where a man is holding a sign that reads “SUPERVISOR 246 IS A RACIST SKINHEAD BASTERD WHO DESERVES TO BE STRUNG UP BY HIS BALLS.”
/////246 walks up to the man and looks at him as if he is angry. In a rather harsh tone, he says to the man, “Young man, what is your name?”
/////“Ralph 30445"
/////He looks at Ralph for a few minutes, studying him and his sign. Apparently doing a slow burn, or so it seems, he finally says, again in a harsh tone, “Ralph, give me your sign, now, please.”
/////The man smiles. “No. What you going to do about it?”
/////“If you do not give me your sign I’ll hire people to stand on every square near you holding a sign pointing at you that says ‘That man, Ralph 30445, is an incompetent fool who does not know what he is doing, ask me why.’ and they’ll be able to tell people exactly why if they can’t figure it out. Now hand me your sign, now, please.”
/////While this is happening, a man with a video camera was recording the whole thing. Ralph decides to hand 246 his sign.
/////246's tone returns to normal. “Thank you, Ralph. I see you have a marker there. Would you hand it to me, please?” The man does so. 246 makes some marks on the sign, and hands it back to the man. “Here’s your sign and your marker back, thank you. Next time, spell the word ‘bastard’ correctly as I have done on your sign and people won’t think you’re stupid, okay?”
/////The man stands there, clearly not happy that 246 wasn’t upset. “But, I thought it was spelled right, and I figured you’d get mad and tear up this sign.”
/////“Well, First I intend to have a serious talking to Quentin Tarantino when he shows up here...”
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Can we agree that the opening of Inglorious Basterds was a high point in cinema? And the movie has one of the stupidest names ever?
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And it is potentially another reason people misspell things, as this quote from my book points out. In this segment, everyone in the scene is dead and this is the afterlife they wound up in:
[color=#FFFFFF]/////[/color]He heard some people say, “There he is!” excitedly. It did not sound like the anger of a mob, but Supervisor 246 never takes chances, he always leaves his Immunity from Assault privilege enabled except when alone with people he trusts. Someone walks up to him. “246, you have got to see this,” and points over toward a different row. He walks over to where a man is holding a sign that reads “SUPERVISOR 246 IS A RACIST SKINHEAD BASTERD WHO DESERVES TO BE STRUNG UP BY HIS BALLS.”
[color=#FFFFFF]/////[/color]246 walks up to the man and looks at him as if he is angry. In a rather harsh tone, he says to the man, “Young man, what is your name?”
[color=#FFFFFF]/////[/color]“Ralph 30445"
[color=#FFFFFF]/////[/color]He looks at Ralph for a few minutes, studying him and his sign. Apparently doing a slow burn, or so it seems, he finally says, again in a harsh tone, “Ralph, give me your sign, now, please.”
[color=#FFFFFF]/////[/color]The man smiles. “No. What you going to do about it?”
[color=#FFFFFF]/////[/color]“If you do not give me your sign I’ll hire people to stand on every square near you holding a sign pointing at you that says ‘That man, Ralph 30445, is an incompetent fool who does not know what he is doing, ask me why.’ and they’ll be able to tell people exactly why if they can’t figure it out. Now hand me your sign, now, please.”
[color=#FFFFFF]/////[/color]While this is happening, a man with a video camera was recording the whole thing. Ralph decides to hand 246 his sign.
[color=#FFFFFF]/////[/color]246's tone returns to normal. “Thank you, Ralph. I see you have a marker there. Would you hand it to me, please?” The man does so. 246 makes some marks on the sign, and hands it back to the man. “Here’s your sign and your marker back, thank you. Next time, spell the word ‘bastard’ correctly as I have done on your sign and people won’t think you’re stupid, okay?”
[color=#FFFFFF]/////[/color]The man stands there, clearly not happy that 246 wasn’t upset. “But, I thought it was spelled right, and I figured you’d get mad and tear up this sign.”
[color=#FFFFFF]/////[/color]“Well, First I intend to have a serious talking to Quentin Tarantino when he shows up here...”