Well, besides that American colloquial term, Working Girl was also a pretty good movie, starring Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, and Sigourney Weaver. It was from 1988, which might have been before your time.

"For What It's Worth" is a great song, for something with only about two chords in it. Of course Stills and the guys had a lot more going on in the song besides the two chords.

The movie I mentioned above had a great Carly Simon song as its "anthem." Let's see if I can still post links.
"Let the River Run"

Edit: The URL is in there, but apparently it's being truncated somehow, and the hyperlink doesn't work.

^^^ Good answer, Mui.

Missed Chris2460's reply until now. Yep, I think somebody called that a "danger bang."
All great fun until somebody finds they're missing body parts.
John Wayne Bobbitt's later movie roles notwithstanding, I would not want to risk that.

Joethebricky wrote:
Ha, ha; new term.

Mikey4 wrote:
Paul Simon? "Just stay on the bus, Gus." No, wait . . .

#2 should be the main rule.
Another way of expressing it is "Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself."
Too few people pay any attention to that one.

Greeneyes wrote:
Hey, I just got an idea for a new business: Blow-up doll patches that look like tattoos.

Sceptical wrote:
Ha; yeah. Sometimes thinking makes my head hurt, so I try to minimize that.

Ha; good question. I always thought they were saying something like "magnifigeek" [whatever that might mean], until I saw the lyrics online. (I can't understand about half of what I hear Brits say on TV. "The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language."--George Bernard Shaw)
But apparently it has to do with MICR, Magnetic Ink Character Recognition, used on checks (or cheques, as they say on the eastern side of the Atlantic), which has been around since at least the latter part of the 20th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_ink_character_recognition

Learned something new today.

Ah ha, that explains it.
Or maybe someone said his name three times in a row, and he appeared.

(Anyone who hasn't watched Beetlejuice probably won't get that.)

Especially in the cities, where parking is at a premium. A carport or something to keep snow off might be handy, too.

But guys like to have a garage, if only so we can post signs like "What Happens in the Garage, Stays in the Garage."

Edit for typo.

Sceptical wrote:
I think I'm real. I could be just a figment of my (and everyone else's) imagination, but I don't think so.

Thanks for getting this stuck in my head. If you recognize its source, you are either a big Moody Blues fan, or as old as I am, or both:
"[First Man:] 'I think, I think I am, therefore I am, I think.'
[Establishment:] 'Of course you are my bright little star,
I've miles
And miles
Of files
Pretty files of your forefather's fruit
And now to suit our
Great computer,
You're magnetic ink.'"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AukFsBv2oDY

Sorry for not being clearer on what I was referring to It was one post that Sceptical made, and you seemed to "strongly agree."


I don't know if either Bond or The Duke would qualify there, except for knowing Adam from Eve. (Although these days . . .
"Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
It's a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world except for Lola
La-la-la-la Lola"

I don't know anyone named Lola.

On the serious side, a lot of barbecue sauces are full of sugar, so last year when some family members were talking about going to a certain restaurant where I've never been before (name sounds like a certain South American country, but ends in i [and 's] instead of e), I was pleased to see that they offered dry rubs as an alternative. We didn't go there (it's about 50 miles away), but it sounded good.

And on the wise@$$ side, sometimes aloe is a necessity. No chemicals, if you get the right brand. (Name and URL by request.)

In before the lock!

Mikey "4 the win," several times in one thread.

Yellowrose put it pretty succinctly.

Those who might look down on an interracial couple should be careful that their small minds don't leak out through their ears.

Next big discussion: Who's more "real," James Bond, or any of John Wayne's movie roles?


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Sceptical "nails it" again.
Okay, guys, we now have something to strive for. (But notice she [and Piscesmoon] said "what to be" and not "how to be that.")

I just saw the meme about not making excuses for nasty people. That's like an advanced version of "making a silk purse out of a sow's ear."

Y'mean it stops ringing before you find out exactly where it is? I hate it when that happens. You know you're in the right area, but just can't find the dang thang.

Sometimes cordless is more of a nuisance than a feature. The "house phone" here is a VoIP, with three handsets and chargers. Someone (not me) is always leaving a handset where they last used it, instead of putting it back in the charger. In the Old Days, with corded phones, they might walk away and leave it off the hook, but there was no leaving the phone in another room, or maybe outdoors. A few weeks ago, a family member got angry while outside with one handset, hung up on the person they were talking to, and threw the phone into the bushes.

The main charger/answering machine is near where the cable line comes into the house, in the master bedroom. It has a "Find Handset" button on it. (A very Good Thing.) I had to push the button and walk around outside listening for the handset beeping until I narrowed down the general area, and before it stopped beeping. Then I went back indoors, pushed the button again, and ran back out to where I thought the handset was. After a little rootin' around, I found it.

Oh, and welcome to Mingle2.

I definitely have the chromosome, and everything else except a garage. (Firefighter/EMT for many years.)
I don't usually do fantasies, but if any of the ladies have one about firefighters, I bet I could get into role-playing with someone (with only X chromosomes) who wanted to wear a French maid outfit.

Of course anyone meeting the above description will turn out to live at least 100 miles away from me.

"No, it's pronounced Fronkensteen'."

Somebody has to say it [falsetto voice]: "Bloody Vikings!"

I just remember, I saw Spam with bacon at the supermarket recently, and bought some. Or at least I thought I did; can't remember putting it away when I got home. If someone hasn't nicked it on me (couldn't have been the dog, unless she got help from the cat), I might have some for lunch tomorrow. With cheese.

I'm glad I hadn't just taken a sip of coffee when I read that, or it would be all over my screen and keyboard.
My best laugh so far today.