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low_delta ([personal profile] low_delta) wrote2003-09-05 03:06 pm

movie quotes

Do you recognize this movie quote?

A guy has set up an attraction in the street, where patrons can put on a diving suit and go down a well (or something) and supposedly see all kinds of marvelous underwater sights, some of them being sunken treasure like Spanish doubloons.

Big dumb guy: "Spanish balloons?"
Attraction operator (with big grin): "Right!"

A lot of people have these little movie lines stuck in their head, and when they hear a triggering word or phrase, they emit the quote. This is one of mine. When the word "balloons" pops up, I often say (in the big dumb guy's voice), "Spanish balloons?" But not too long ago I realized that few people (if any) would ever recognize it. Does it sound familiar to you?

[identity profile] ravengirl.livejournal.com 2003-09-05 02:15 pm (UTC)(link)
nope. not me, but i am notoriously bad at this!
...carnal knowlege?
wait, that's not what i meant,
i meant cannery row
...i think