Thursday, January 27, 2005

Two greatest "crap" lines in a movie

I was watching Grumpier Old Men yesterday while waiting for the wife to get out of the shower. It was on HBO early in the morning. Burgess Meredith was in it, and it occurred to me that he has the two greatest "crap" line in a movie.
The first is from Grumpy Old Men, and I think of it every time I count out some change. I do that a lot, as I try to use up my change as much as possible. Sometimes it annoys the folks at the register when you use 19 nickels and 4 pennies to pay for something that is $0.99.
  • "Relax. Kids swallow quarters all the time.... Sure! If she craps out two dimes and a nickel, then you can start worrying, huh?"

  • His other great line comes from Rocky, probably his most memorable role too. When he's trying to toughen Rocky up he tells him, "You're gonna eat lightnin' and you're gonna crap thunder!" I couldn't find a sound clip of it, too bad. For a little guy, he sure could motivate, probably better than that Tony Robbins guy. I could use someone like him in my lab.

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