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Mel Udall (played by Jack Nicholson) is an extreme case of OCD. He avoids cracks on the sidewalks when he walks -- and if the pavement has multiple cracks, he does an elaborate dance to avoid all of them -- he only allows one waitress to serve him at his favorite restaurant, at which he provided his own plasticware. When he uses Neutragena to wash his face, he uses each bar only once, then throws out the rest of it.
While having dinner with his waitress/soon-to-be-girlfriend Carol (played by Helen Hunt), he inadvertently but characteristically says something so offense to her that she's ready to walk out. He begs her to stay, but she demands a compliment.
After struggling to think of something nice to say (something he's not at all used to), he tells an anecdote of how his shrink prescribe him some pills for an unspecified ailment. Despite his extreme hatred of pills (which he considers very dangerous), he began taking them.
Carol does not understand how that could be a compliment for her. Then...BOOM!...Mel lays the grandest compliment that she had ever received. And she is appropriately floored.
See for yourself.
Patrick
at September 18, 2013 8:37 AM
I enjoyed the pictures of Saturn, Old RPM. Although I don't much like Saturn. Such a vain, superficial planet. "Oh, look at my gorgeous rings, and I'm so light I would float on an ocean!"
Yeah? Well, fuck you, Saturn!
Kidding aside, did you know that in Sweden, it's legal to masturbate in public as long as you're not targeting a specific individual.
Aw, Patrick, Saturn's just being Saturn. You know, if you got the stuff to flaunt, you might as well do it while you can. Regarding Sweden: I hadn't planned to visit, although we can put your post in the "reasons not to" column.
A friendly word of advice to all: If you borrow a book from the library, remember to bring it back. Forty-seven years of delinquency can result in some hefty fines!
Old RPM Daddy (OldRPMDaddy at GMail dot com)
at September 18, 2013 10:53 AM
Eric, yeah, that was pretty interesting. Jack Nicholson as the devil addressing a church full of pious churchgoers on the evils of womanhood.
Yep, you, too, can masturbate in public in Sweden. Just don't "target" anyone, guys.
Some really cool pictures of Saturn taken by the Cassini space probe!
Old RPM Daddy (OldRPMDaddy at GMail dot com) at September 18, 2013 4:24 AM
"...at least 52 convicted felons received routine unauthorized installation access, placing military personnel at increased security risk."
Another instance of non-journalism from CNN, equating past criminal behavior with the slaughter committed by an insane paranoid at the Navy shipyard.
Perhaps they want us to throw felon and ex-con Martha Stewart back in the hoosegow, just in case she goes wild with a hot glue gun?
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at September 18, 2013 6:17 AM
I like how everyone posts such interesting and good stuff here. Here's mine. Probably not as good, but I had the urge to share it.
My favorite scene from As Good As It Gets.
Mel Udall (played by Jack Nicholson) is an extreme case of OCD. He avoids cracks on the sidewalks when he walks -- and if the pavement has multiple cracks, he does an elaborate dance to avoid all of them -- he only allows one waitress to serve him at his favorite restaurant, at which he provided his own plasticware. When he uses Neutragena to wash his face, he uses each bar only once, then throws out the rest of it.
While having dinner with his waitress/soon-to-be-girlfriend Carol (played by Helen Hunt), he inadvertently but characteristically says something so offense to her that she's ready to walk out. He begs her to stay, but she demands a compliment.
After struggling to think of something nice to say (something he's not at all used to), he tells an anecdote of how his shrink prescribe him some pills for an unspecified ailment. Despite his extreme hatred of pills (which he considers very dangerous), he began taking them.
Carol does not understand how that could be a compliment for her. Then...BOOM!...Mel lays the grandest compliment that she had ever received. And she is appropriately floored.
See for yourself.
Patrick at September 18, 2013 8:37 AM
I enjoyed the pictures of Saturn, Old RPM. Although I don't much like Saturn. Such a vain, superficial planet. "Oh, look at my gorgeous rings, and I'm so light I would float on an ocean!"
Yeah? Well, fuck you, Saturn!
Kidding aside, did you know that in Sweden, it's legal to masturbate in public as long as you're not targeting a specific individual.
It's TRUE!
And yes, they did say that it was all right as long as he wasn't "targeting" anyone. A really poor choice of words. Ugh. Gross.
Patrick at September 18, 2013 8:47 AM
Patrick- Helen Hunt has always been one of my favorite natural beauties, as is Laura Dern.
I know the exact line and scene you are talking about. Cuba Gooding was great in that film.
My favorite Jack scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADxFPQZAlJw&feature=player_detailpage#t=74
Eric at September 18, 2013 9:25 AM
Twenty. Seven. MILLION. Dollars.
No school administrators will lose their jobs over this, regardless of the victims.
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at September 18, 2013 9:28 AM
Unlike those naughty, hot female teachers, he is at least facing some serious jail time. In the meantime . . .
Freaky Psychedelic Obamacare Ad
mpetrie98 at September 18, 2013 10:34 AM
Aw, Patrick, Saturn's just being Saturn. You know, if you got the stuff to flaunt, you might as well do it while you can. Regarding Sweden: I hadn't planned to visit, although we can put your post in the "reasons not to" column.
A friendly word of advice to all: If you borrow a book from the library, remember to bring it back. Forty-seven years of delinquency can result in some hefty fines!
Old RPM Daddy (OldRPMDaddy at GMail dot com) at September 18, 2013 10:53 AM
Eric, yeah, that was pretty interesting. Jack Nicholson as the devil addressing a church full of pious churchgoers on the evils of womanhood.
Yep, you, too, can masturbate in public in Sweden. Just don't "target" anyone, guys.
Patrick at September 18, 2013 1:15 PM
Never tell me the odds!
Especially if they're 175,223,510 to one.
Gog_Magog_Carpet_Reclaimers at September 18, 2013 3:45 PM
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