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- Rick Warren
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Every time someone asks me how I want my hamburger, this scene plays in my head. (You only need to watch from 00:30 to 1:00)
That's Dirk Benedict (AKA Faceman and Starbuck)in 1981. This movie is about a Vietnam vet who comes to a small town, has trouble fitting into society, has run-ins with the locals and ends up having to use his army skills to fight and survive. (This movie came out 2 years before Stallone's "First Blood")
I saw it when I was in middle school on HBO and I've never forgotten the hamburger scene. Do you have a particular movie scene that replays itself at particular moments? For example, every time someone asks you your name you picture Mandy Patinkin saying, "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
Tell me under comments.
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Comments on "Did You Say "Rare"?":
5. t.smith
- 09/16/2009 9:16 am CDT
"You're killing me Smalls!" from the Sandlot, when frustrated with someone. Also, the s'mores scene from same movie. "Ferris, you're my hero!" when someone does something nice for me. And the classic "It's in the tail, and the tails...GONE!HaHaHaHa!" from the movie "Alive" when something is lost around the house.
6. Michele
- 09/16/2009 11:55 am CDT
Whenever I call out, "We love you!" (like with my kids or something) I add, "And we want you to LIVE!" (From "Waiting for Guffman": "We love you, Corky, and we want you to live!"
Sorry, but I don't know why this scene stuck in your head. It was super boring. But and interesting post.
7. Shrode
- 09/16/2009 12:58 pm CDT
t. smith, "The Sandlot" is ripe with quotes, isn't it? I love that movie.
Michelle, the whole three minutes is boring, you're right. The relevant portion is only 30 seconds long, from 00:30 to 1:00.
I think what made it stick in my head was the sheer shock of it. Imagine someone going to a hamburger stand and requesting their hamburger "raw". That shocked me when I first saw it. Then I pondered, as a young person, what Vietnam must have been like to make someone prefer raw meat to cooked. This scene has always fascinated me. Plus it cracks me up. I've tried this by the way. I've quoted Benedict here in a whispery voice, and the server gives me the same look that he gets. Their eyes say,"Are you nuts?" Then I get to say, "Nevermind, I'm just quoting a movie. I want it well-done." 
8. Brian
- 09/16/2009 1:07 pm CDT
"Two dollars! I want my two dollars" from Better Off Dead - whenever someone is needing money.
"French fries, french toast, french dressing" from the same movie - when the appropriate food presents itself
"You shall not pass!" from LOTR - mostly when playing with the kids.
9. leeberguy
- 09/16/2009 2:07 pm CDT
When I hear someone say, "It's possible." I'm taken to the "Princess Bride" where Wesley says, "It's possible, pig."
That's the part that stands out although the whole quote is, "It's possible, pig. I might be bluffing. It's conceivable you miserable, vomitous mass, I'm only lying here because I lack the strength to stand."
10. Scott
- 09/16/2009 2:18 pm CDT
As far as movie lines go, "Let me explain…no, there is too much. Let me sum up." occurs to me a lot.
Also "What we have here... is a failure to communicate."
12. TheCalvinator
- 09/17/2009 10:07 pm CDT
I've been known to pull out "But these go to 11"
Princess Bride is imminently quotable
"You keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
I use "You're killing me Smalls" all the time. Even when it isn't terribly sensitive.
"You don't like coconuts? Say brainless, don't you know where coconuts come from? Tahiti; Fiji Island; the Coral Sea."
I say that last one anytime someone says he or she doesn't like coconut, even though I can't stand coconut myself.
13. TheCalvinator
- 09/17/2009 10:13 pm CDT
How could I forget this one?
"Why don't you give me a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice on it?"
14. TheCalvinator
- 09/17/2009 10:14 pm CDT
Oh, and
"What is your name?
What is your quest?
What is the average air velocity of an unladen swallow?"
15. Karl
- 09/21/2009 2:22 pm CDT
Monty Python's Holy Grail:
"It's just a flesh wound!"
"She turned me into a newt! . . . I got better."
"Bring out your dead!"
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries"
"Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!"
(so many more)
Princess Bride:
"I'm not a witch, I'm your wife!"
"You keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
"Mawwiage . . ."
Die Hard
"Yippie Ki-yay . . ."
"When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer."
Ohhhh, the quarterback is toast."
"Kahl!" (my name, said with heavy German accent)
16. Rong
- 09/22/2009 6:22 am CDT
Any time my coworkers go to see our boss, "Have fun storming the castle!"
I've tried to find the title to the movie but alas no luck. It was an old B rated WWII movie. After every big mission the sergeant would turn to his lackey corporal and say, "Butt me a fag stinky". I don't know why but I love that line. Unfortunately it's so obscure most people can't even fathom what I just said. :-(
17. Manders
- 09/23/2009 3:30 pm CDT
I'm also a big fan of "I want my two dollars!" Also, whenever I hear the Beatles' version of "Twist and Shout" my mind automatically envisions Matthew Broderick on a parade float.
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Whenever I'm at one of my kid's games and I see a kid on the bench who I think should be playing, I always say and/or think "no one puts Baby in a corner" (also in honor of Patrick Swayze today).
I find myself thinking "so I've got that going for me, which is nice" almost daily........even though I've never been a fan of Caddy Shack.
When someone asks me my name, I always picture "Any of you h*m*s call me Francis, I'll kill ya" (Stripes).
But mostly, I picture moments from Seinfeld. Life is Seinfeld.