The Unofficial Badmovies.org Random Thought Thread!

[AndyC]

that is baffling

Just happened to hear John Cougar Mellencamp today, and got to thinking what a weird lyric that is. How does one suck on a chili dog? Is it a common slang expression somewhere? It makes no sense.

[indianasmith]

My book is over 350 pages now, and racing to its conclusion!

[Trevor]

My book is over 350 pages now, and racing to its conclusion!

[Rev. Powell]

that is baffling

Just happened to hear John Cougar Mellencamp today, and got to thinking what a weird lyric that is. How does one suck on a chili dog? Is it a common slang expression somewhere? It makes no sense.

"Sucking down" is a slang expression for eating or drinking something fast. Maybe he says sucking down, not sucking on?

[AndyC]

that is baffling

Just happened to hear John Cougar Mellencamp today, and got to thinking what a weird lyric that is. How does one suck on a chili dog? Is it a common slang expression somewhere? It makes no sense.

"Sucking down" is a slang expression for eating or drinking something fast. Maybe he says sucking down, not sucking on?

I know "sucking down" and it would make more sense, but he's pretty clearly singing "sucking on." And it's that way in every song lyric resource I've checked, even ones that differ slightly in other parts of the song.

[Leah]

San Andreas's Mission; Learning to Fly, is rustling my Jimmies!

[Mr. DS]

I had a dream last night I visited Andrew and his family in Delaware.  I was yelled at by his wife for using foul language in their home.  Andrew seemed pretty cool though.

[Trevor]

I had a dream last night I visited Andrew and his family in Delaware.  I was yelled at by his wife for using foul language in their home.  Andrew seemed pretty cool though.

Nice 

[indianasmith]

I am a tired pup tonight!

[JaseSF]

Can people buy and sell political power? Should the news and the media be partisan or impartial?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT9exrhtUyI

[indianasmith]

People have bought and sold political power throughout history, and there has never been a truly impartial media.  Go back to the Federalist era and read some of the scurrilous tripe that the newspapers printed about Washington and Adams! (Newspapers funded by none other than the Sage of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson!)

At least today, in the information age, it is easier to cut through the BS, and the fiction is less egregious than it was 200 years ago.

[Newt]

Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.

[Rev. Powell]

Don't believe anything you hear and only half of what you see.

I'm skeptical about that advice.

[Trevor]

I'm a bit worried about AllHallowsDay: I hope he's OK.

[ER]

After being gunned down last May, Osama bin Laden arrived in Hell, only to see the devil opening an elevator door marked "Day Pass Visitors From Heaven" and letting in a long line of angry-looking American men in old time clothes who were rolling up their sleeves and advancing with fierce grins on their faces. Osama recognized George Washington at the head of the pack, with General Patton close behind, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson trailing next, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Sam Houston, and another sixty-five assorted others closing in, fists at the ready.

"Wait!" Osama screamed. "By Aladdin's beard, where are my seventy-two virgins?"

The devil gave him a wink and replied, "I thought in your case seventy-two VIRGINIANS might work out a little better..."