Amy has tagged me with the “Four Things” meme. (Meme is a funny word.) Here goes:
Four Jobs I’ve Had
1. Assembler of juice dispensers
2. Customer service at a Christian bookstore and church supply company
3. Water meter reader for Canton, Mass. (summer job after senior year in high school; boring but at least I was outdoors)
4. Editor of Catholic World Report magazine
Four Movies I Watch Over and Over Again
1. Lord of the Rings
2. Master and Commander
3. Tommy Boy
4. Monty Python’s Holy Grail
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Holy Grail?? Yeck!!!
My sense of humor is as well developed as anyone’s and I was a Python fan back in the early ‘70s. But the life and ministry of Jesus is not fit material for satire, imho, and I tuned out on Cleese, Chapman et al., when they made this dreck.
Some things are sacred.
I said “Holy Grail,” not “Life of Brian.”
Looking at this list you put together, I’d say you’re lucky to have found Melanie!
My apologies Dom!!!
I was confusing “Holy Grail” with “Life of Brian”.
Mea culpa, mea culpa…………
Has anyone noticed that no one knew what “meme” was until bloggers started, um, “meming” ??
TOMMY BOY?!?! TOMMY BOY?!?!
I guess I should be glad he didn’t go for BEVERLY HILLS NINJA. (Hey … remember that scene where Chris Farley tries to do something like a ninja, only he can’t on account he is a big fat white guy. Remember. That was awesome.)
Besides, everybody knows that PORKY’S is the creme de la creme of dumb guy-comedy.
I’m too young to have seen Porky’s.
I had a philosophy professor at Steubenville, smart guy, brilliant even. His favorite movie? Dumb and Dumber.
De gustibus…
JenB,
Being a word nerd I looked up “meme” in the Shorter OED and discovered that it is a custom or behavior that is passed from one individual to another. A word coined in the late 20th century I might add. I wonder if the next edition of the OED will mention the particular usage of the term by bloggers.
Dude … you’re only two years younger than me.
And you would have been 13 years old at the time PORKY’S was released. The ideal age, I’d say.
Two years makes all the difference in the world.
I didn’t say I didn’t want to see it, or that I didn’t have the entire movie narrated to me by my brother.
I’ve got you *now*, Tommy Boy!
melanie-so it’s a noun that we’ve turned into a verb? How unlike us english speakers!
You have inflicted this on your lovely and pregnant wife?
Prepare to build a doghouse.
(But I don’t own a dog.)
Exactly.