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Post by sandra on May 16, 2011 14:20:41 GMT -5
But I just can't believe that David would have been involved in a swindle. There are lots of ways that a failing business can gain tax breaks...including being insured for their losses, as well as some of the scenarios that Sandra has described. Damn...I wish I hadn't watched that clip. Somebody help me feel better! Uhm... just to make that clear... I just described that scenario in general, I don't think either that David would have been involved in such a deliberate swindle. As we learned on many occasions later on, he had very clear and upright moral standards.
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Post by beesnbears on May 16, 2011 15:15:30 GMT -5
I thnk the guy misspoke... He even says the show was on NBC.
What he probably meant is David had on the job training of the "no work and pay" kind... Hence why David would say they lost money great... In essence doing his job.
I dont think anyone here was implying that David was dishonest... But the guy on YouTube did...sorta!
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Post by diane on May 16, 2011 21:53:20 GMT -5
But I just can't believe that David would have been involved in a swindle. There are lots of ways that a failing business can gain tax breaks...including being insured for their losses, as well as some of the scenarios that Sandra has described. Damn...I wish I hadn't watched that clip. Somebody help me feel better! Uhm... just to make that clear... I just described that scenario in general, I don't think either that David would have been involved in such a deliberate swindle. As we learned on many occasions later on, he had very clear and upright moral standards. Never thought you were saying that at all, Sandra. That dumb commentator just put me into a blue funk.
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Post by witness on May 21, 2011 0:34:27 GMT -5
So, "You rat bastard" was used in jest at my office today (seems shocking but apropos to the vibe there). Of course I knew full well what it meant, but the lady I work for was saying "That just doesn't even make SENSE! What does it even MEAN?" I replied, "Um, a rat born out of wedlock?" Fits of uncontrollable laughter ensued. I proceeded to look it up on Urban Dictionary so she and another co-worker could understand its true meaning as a derogatory term. I even said "I've heard it on TV, but never in real life!" Incidentally, every time you look something up on UD, it shows you all the merchandise you can buy with that phrase on it.
Ah, maybe it's one of those "Ya had to be there" moments but I thought I would share anyway.
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Post by beesnbears on May 21, 2011 10:12:39 GMT -5
That is funny, witness! ...at work looking up rat bastard... ;D. Haven't THEY heard it on tv? What do people watch these days? Sigh....
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Post by sandra on May 21, 2011 10:27:10 GMT -5
How can you think rat bastard is not derogative?? hehe
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Post by sandra on May 21, 2011 13:37:19 GMT -5
OK, I'd like to share that I'm obviously raising a member of a new ML fan generation, my almost 5 yr old daughter! You might say that is a too early age to introduce her to ML, but it wasn't exactly my intention. It happened as follows:
My daughter is a big music lover, and she loves the Ray Charles song "Hit the road Jack". Therefore I showed her once the scene from TTTM with RC performing it in David's living room. Since then she often wanted to watch it on my cell phone on YT and refers to Bruce Willis as the Hit-the-road-Jack-guy.
A week ago, she asked if she could watch one of my DVDs, "the ones with the Hit-the-road-Jack-guy, Mom!", and I watched with her some epis I thought could be funny. So she saw Somewhere under the rainbow, My fair David, 'Twas the episode before Christmas (from both I didn't let her watch the enter sequence of course, that would upset her) and Atomic Shakespeare. From those, AS is her favorite by far, and she has watched it already 3 or 4 times.
She likes especially the wedding scene with the singing, and she always giggles at the morning after scene! The first time she saw it she said: they have no t-shirt on! You don't go to bed without t-shirt. Haha, look, I can see his chesthair! Too hilarious!
And she seems to get the essence of it: the first epi she saw was MFD, and after 5 minutes, in the middle of the inital fighting scene, she asked: She's his wife, right?
'Nuff said.
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Post by witness on May 21, 2011 16:40:36 GMT -5
How can you think rat bastard is not derogative?? hehe I suppose I meant a more specific definition, e.g. "A bastard who is characterized by devious and base intentions. A wretched and despicable person."
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Post by sandra on Jun 9, 2011 8:32:36 GMT -5
Hmmm... yesterday so it happened that my hub almost knocked out our daughter's new CD player because, as usual, instead of reading the manual, he pushed one button after the other without rhyme or reason. When I had fixed the thing I said something like "This could have worked from the beginning if you hadn't just pressed that darn button without knowing what it was for... why did you do that??"He just shrugged: "Dunno... because I had to."Hrrmph. And I laughed, of course.
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Post by bluemoonshampoo on Jun 9, 2011 11:18:45 GMT -5
That's funny Sandra! You are married to David Addison :-) I had a good one today too- I was observing a new teacher in a lesson when a big case of Limbo struck! She was teaching a poem called 'Limbo'- which made me chuckle quietly anyway - then to break up the serious work she got them all doing the limbo (to the Limbo Rock). The kids loved it, and of course, how could I not? It goes without saying that I gave her a good grade :-) They didn't get lovely parting gifts though haha ;-)
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Post by snappysara on Jun 9, 2011 12:35:33 GMT -5
Loved reading all of your stories (as usual) and soooooooo glad I am not on my own anymore with my addiction to this show!! bluemoonshampoo - glad to see you have introduced Year 10 to Moonlighting. I have been showing various episodes to Year 10/11/12 and 13 as a Christmas and Easter treat for years. Some get it and some don't. Needless to say the ones that do are also my favorite classes!! When watching, I sometimes say the lines before Maddie and David do which impresses the hell out of them!! I have always told them that if I am able to learn whole episodes of Moonlighting off by heart then a 2 minute presentation in French for their GCSE's should be a doddle for them. They buy this! Now that I have my mitts on the French versions I will be showing them these.
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Post by sandra on Jun 9, 2011 15:04:11 GMT -5
That's funny Sandra! You are married to David Addison :-) Sometimes I swear I'm exactly that. That's probably the reason my daughter is turning out to be a veritable David's girl at her tender age of hardly 5... she's crazy about her dad, and she probably sees the parallels. Did you see my earlier post about hub's line "Yes, I am looking up your skirt?!"
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Post by diane on Jun 13, 2011 10:08:45 GMT -5
I have been watching "Lunar Eclipse" this morning.........at least parts of it. No, it's not punishment....just research for a little something I am working on.
I remembered something. Around the same time as the episode aired, my boss at the time was celebrating his 25th anniversary with the company. I wanted to get him something special and thought champagne was appropriate, but I was not an expert in fine wines.
As I stood in front of the champagnes at the liquor store, I recognized the distinctive bottle of Perrier-Jouet that they were drinking in Lunar Eclipse, and figured if it was good enough for Moonlighting, it was good enough for my boss.
Since then I have celebrated a few occasions of my own with it.....good stuff!
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Post by rose35 on Jun 13, 2011 11:07:45 GMT -5
I have been watching "Lunar Eclipse" this morning.........at least parts of it. No, it's not punishment....just research for a little something I am working on. I remembered something. Around the same time as the episode aired, my boss at the time was celebrating his 25th anniversary with the company. I wanted to get him something special and thought champagne was appropriate, but I was not an expert in fine wines. As I stood in front of the champagnes at the liquor store, I recognized the distinctive bottle of Perrier-Jouet that they were drinking in Lunar Eclipse, and figured if it was good enough for Moonlighting, it was good enough for my boss. Since then I have celebrated a few occasions of my own with it.....good stuff! Oh what a Cool & funny story Diane! Watching LE? UGH I hope each time i see it the end is differant LOL CHEERS! LOL
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Post by sandra on Jul 18, 2011 8:04:07 GMT -5
Yesterday my 5 year old daughter managed to impress her idolized 10 year old cousin (which is not very easy) by explaining to him what a detective is: that's someone people can go to when they are looking for something and can't find it, and he can find it for them.I daresay she's becoming a pro now...
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