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We once roamed the vast forums of Corona Coming Attractions. Some of us had been around from The Before Times, in the Days of Excelsior, while others of us had only recently begun our trek. When our home became filled with much evil, including the villainous Cannot-Post-in-This-Browser and the dreaded Cannot-Log-In, we flounced away most huffily to this new home away from home. We follow the flag of Jubboiter and talk about movies, life, the universe, and everything, often in a most vulgar fashion. All are welcome here, so long as they do not take offense to our particular idiom.
- Dalty
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In Japan, Lord Voldermorts middle name is Elvis.
- Mal Shot First
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The rawness of her vocals in parts of that "Exes and Ohs" song kind of reminds me of this:The Swollen Goiter of God wrote:Didn't know the name, but I looked her up, and I've heard the song she's famous for. It sounds like the kind of song that would have played in an American Eagle Outfitters store in the early aughts.
I don't mean that as a slight or as a compliment. For some reason, it just transports me back to 2002. I'm in the mall with an ex-girlfriend. She's looking through stacks of overpriced shirts for something that'll fit her. She's scolding me for poking a mannequin's boob. She wants me to stay close, but for God's sake, not that close. Go to the other side of the store. Stop touching everything. Jesus, Goiter. You know what? Just go to the food court.
I think American Eagle Outfitters used to sell CDs full of the songs they played in the stores. I wonder if getting on an American Eagle Outfitters CD was a big deal for a band. I bet it was.
I knew Abby Elliott was Chris Elliott's daughter, but I guess the name makes that a little more obvious.
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I think the fuzzy guitars and all the processing and reverb applied to her voice are what reminded me of the American Eagle Outfitters tracks from the early aughts.
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I remember when American Eagle Outfitters was just American Eagle and a great place to get your preppie gear.
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Yes, I know I'm old.
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It is in France, but not in Japan.Dalty wrote:In Japan, Lord Voldermorts middle name is Elvis.
トム・マールヴォロ・リドル
tomu ma-ruboro ridoru
- Mal Shot First
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Ma-ruboro looks like the Japanese transcription of Marlboro.
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Jubbers wrote:It is in France, but not in Japan.Dalty wrote:In Japan, Lord Voldermorts middle name is Elvis.
トム・マールヴォロ・リドル
tomu ma-ruboro ridoru
I thought it has to be in order to make the "I am Tom Marvello Riddle" anagram from Chamber Of Secrets work due to the vagueries of the Japanese language?
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They didn't try. They present the anagram in English, with the literal Japanese in parentheses.
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I have the first, second, and fourth books in Japanese.
- Mal Shot First
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I was actually only slightly off:Mal Shot First wrote:Ma-ruboro looks like the Japanese transcription of Marlboro.
マールボロ (Marlboro)
マールヴォロ (Marvello)
But then again, I guess I was about as much off as Marlboro and Marvello are in their English spellings.
- The Swollen Goiter of God
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It appears you were less slightly off than Dalty, at least.
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Jubbers is my go to Japan SME on all things that don't involve being crazily Japanese. So her word is basically Japanese Law from where I am standing.Jubbers wrote:They didn't try. They present the anagram in English, with the literal Japanese in parentheses.
So...... FACT DENIED!
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I was going to ask if you studied Japanese at the Sorbonne, but I waited too long.
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Why would I study Japanese at a small, ice-cream like, iced dessert?
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Because it's such a sure bet.
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I knew you wouldn't let me down.
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The flag of Hawaii includes the flag of the United Kingdom.
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In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.
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I had one of those! No matter how much I spun my arms, it never worked in real life.Dalty wrote:In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called "Growing Up Skipper." Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.
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Welsh for microwave is "pop-di-ping".
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Johnny Depp was in Platoon.
- Mal Shot First
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That synth-whistling sound you hear in a lot of West Coast rap from the 90s is called G-funk whine.
An example:
An example:
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Well I never!