"Deep Thoughts" Thread - Page 5

LaurV · 2013-11-14, 14:54

Grrr.. what the hack?! This is typical "cultural misunderstanding". I knew about the movie (did not see it), but when I posted I didn't think at all to it! In my culture, the words are synonym for a drunk (i.e. alcoholic) which is somehow suitable for the thread...

kladner · 2013-11-14, 15:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by retina

I read somewhere that Linda Lovelace claims she was forced into making that movie.

I have heard that, too, that it was like serial rape for her.

ewmayer · 2013-11-14, 21:17

Any attempts to drag such a fine upstanding thread into the gutter will be resisted most strenuously.

Uncwilly · 2013-11-15, 00:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by retina

I read somewhere that Linda Lovelace claims she was forced into making that movie.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kladner

I have heard that, too, that it was like serial rape for her.

Read her book. She passed a polygraph about it. Or watch the movie based upon the book.

This now makes me think of "Silent All These Years".

ewmayer · 2014-03-07, 04:27

...if you are so busy watching it that you forget to turn on the stove burner beneath it.

[In my defense, I spent at most 5 minutes watching and stirring before realizing my omission.]

chappy · 2014-08-28, 22:01

something along these lines.

ewmayer · 2020-03-30, 23:21

...was always known as an exceedingly hard worker - a real nose-to-the-grindstone sort of fellow.

Dr Sardonicus · 2020-04-03, 13:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by ewmayer

...was always known as an exceedingly hard worker - a real nose-to-the-grindstone sort of fellow.

The picture is apt for the expression.

The first known instance is in John Frith's A Mirror to Know Thyself of 1532: This Text holdeth their noses so hard to the grindstone, that it clean disfigureth their faces.

Frith, however, wound up being more than disfigured for his writings, as described here.

ewmayer · 2020-06-09, 20:28

Commenting on the recent anti-police-violence protests, a Twitterer makes a similar nomenclatural clarification as is needed for the potent potable commonly referred to as "champagne":

Quote:

Its only tear gas if it comes from the Teârè region of France, otherwise its just sparkling eye irritant

— Jason Sclar (@JasonSclar) June 3, 2020

2014-03-07, 04:27	#49
ewmayer ∂²ω=0 Sep 2002 República de California 103×113 Posts	A watched pot never boils... ...if you are so busy watching it that you forget to turn on the stove burner beneath it. [In my defense, I spent at most 5 minutes watching and stirring before realizing my omission.]

2020-03-30, 23:21	#51
ewmayer ∂²ω=0 Sep 2002 República de California 103×113 Posts	In life, Lord Voldemort... ...was always known as an exceedingly hard worker - a real nose-to-the-grindstone sort of fellow. Attached Thumbnails

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2013-11-14, 14:54	#45
LaurV Romulan Interpreter Jun 2011 Thailand 10010110001011₂ Posts	Grrr.. what the hack?! This is typical "cultural misunderstanding". I knew about the movie (did not see it), but when I posted I didn't think at all to it! In my culture, the words are synonym for a drunk (i.e. alcoholic) which is somehow suitable for the thread...

2013-11-14, 21:17	#47
ewmayer ∂²ω=0 Sep 2002 República de California 11639₁₀ Posts	Any attempts to drag such a fine upstanding thread into the gutter will be resisted most strenuously.

2014-08-28, 22:01	#50
chappy "Jeff" Feb 2012 St. Louis, Missouri, USA 13·89 Posts	something along these lines.