Lines I quote a lot

Dana Sherman

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Jul 20, 2002, 3:34:23 PM7/20/02

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One thing I love about MASH is the number of lines that lend
themselves to be quoted out of context. I do that with a lot of TV
show (Star Trek, Remember WENN, All in the Family, etc.) But MASH is
especially good for that.

I am incapable of hearing about something being silk without saying
"Hand made by a worm". In my family, cleaning a room is "commiting a
neatness", and of course the proper response to "can you identify
yourself" is "this is me".

MASH is a great show for quotable lines and catchphrases!

Dana

Mibbitmaker

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KJ no_te!l wrote:

>"your loving son... Queen Victoria."
>
>Yes, one of my favorite charachters was
>Col. Sam Flagg.

mine, too!

>Another "Flaggism" I use (too much) is...

>"Hold it!! Nobody goes before I do, and I
>never do!"

Hawkeye: "Don't look now, but your dog has fleas."

And, of course, my favorite line about Flagg by Hawkeye is in my sig
(not to be confused with El's sig! ;-) )!
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"If there were more men like you, there'd be less men like you"

"...Because Buckwheat would've wanted it that way."
;-)

ESolomonso

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Jul 21, 2002, 4:02:52 PM7/21/02

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>Alm...@aol.com (Dana Sherman)
>Date: 07/20/2002 3:34 PM Eastern

>MASH is a great show for quotable lines and catchphrases!

One of my favs to quote is when anyone asks why I did something:

"What is it I'm supposed to have done that makes you ask if I've done what I
did?"

Eddie
======================================
If I want to chew the fat, I'll eat a sandwich.

yesrules

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Jul 21, 2002, 4:55:58 PM7/21/02

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Two of my favorites to use, one from Trapper and one from Henry:

Klinger: "I'm touched."
Trapper: "I've always thought so."

Henry: "Here's looking up your old address."

YesRules

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when he said the world was round . . .
but he went on to write a great song."

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PAUL GADZIKOWSKI

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Jul 21, 2002, 10:04:18 PM7/21/02

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Dana Sherman <Alm...@aol.com> wrote:
: One thing I love about MASH is the number of lines that lend

: themselves to be quoted out of context.

: MASH is a great show for quotable lines and catchphrases!

The ones I use regularly:

"We'll see. Then we'll know."

"I was just going to suggest that."

"'Kyou."

[under special circumstances] "Don't do that, Radar."

--
Paul Gadzikowski, scar...@iglou.com since 1995
http://members.iglou.com/scarfman

In the World Trade Center rubble they found Timexes that were still
running. God bless America.

Hogne B. Pettersen

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Jul 22, 2002, 5:32:02 AM7/22/02

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I use a Charles line everytime someone talks about a town that's considered to
be out on the country (take your pick here in Norway). If I'm at such a place
and someone asks me what time it is, I reply: 1842!

And of course, "Now I know why they shoot people at sunrise. Who wants to live
at six o'clock in the morning" was in my sig-file a few years ago. :)

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Mac-user: "Look, how it matches the furniture!"

Dwayer

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Jul 22, 2002, 11:40:43 AM7/22/02

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In message <3d3b6...@news.iglou.com>, PAUL GADZIKOWSKI
<scar...@shell1.iglou.com> wrote:

>Dana Sherman <Alm...@aol.com> wrote:
>: One thing I love about MASH is the number of lines that lend
>: themselves to be quoted out of context.
>
>: MASH is a great show for quotable lines and catchphrases!
>
>The ones I use regularly:
>
>"We'll see. Then we'll know."
>
>"I was just going to suggest that."
>
>"'Kyou."
>
>[under special circumstances] "Don't do that, Radar."

Everytime I reach for a clipboard at work, I think of Henry's line
"Radar, give me this here clipboard that I have here."

and Winchester's line "Don't think I'm doing this because I'm
generous, or worse, amiable" comes in handy.

Cheers,
Will
--
****
"If people don't know what you're doing,
They don't know what you're doing wrong."
--Sir Arnold Robinson, _Yes, Minister_

MOFTAP

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Jul 22, 2002, 3:42:13 PM7/22/02

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Whenever I hear someone say the same word three times in a row, I hear
Hawkeye's voice singing, "... the boys are marching!" :-)

Becca

yesrules

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Jul 22, 2002, 5:45:52 PM7/22/02

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Another couple of my favorites:

When anyone says that's the least I can do:

"Never let it be said I didn't do the least I could do."

When anyone asks if I drink:

"Only to excess".

YesRules

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but he went on to write a great song."
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TheBab5Kat

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Jul 22, 2002, 6:11:07 PM7/22/02

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"It's nice to be nice to the nice."

Kat

DangerGirl

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Jul 22, 2002, 6:50:44 PM7/22/02

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I always get a laugh out of Potter song "I love to go swimmin with bowl
legged women and swim between their legs"

I also love the "gun" bit done by Hawkeye:

"I'll carry your books, I'll carry a torch, I'll carry a tune, I'll carry
on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to
Old Virginia, I'll even Harry Carey, if you show me how, but I will not
carry a gun!"

"I am the wind" - Flag
*CRASH*
"I think the wind just broke his leg" - Hawkeye

"Frank Burns Eats worms"

and of course
"Ferret face"

Those are some of my favorites

-DangerGirl

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ESolomonso

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Jul 22, 2002, 6:59:15 PM7/22/02

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> theba...@aol.com (TheBab5Kat)
>Date: 07/22/2002 6:11 PM

>"It's nice to be nice to the nice."
>
>Kat
>

That's nice.

Rulle

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> >
> Henry: "Here's looking up your old address."
>

> My favorite line.
No one of my danish friends understand it,when I say it at toasts.
I have to show them Henry's fantastic acting in that episode sometime.
I think about it so often,and laugh to myselfe everytime.

Regards

>
>

Brad Filippone

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Jul 22, 2002, 10:30:10 PM7/22/02

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"You don't have to point out the incredibly obvious. The merely obvious
will do just fine."

The Other Brad

Doug

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Jul 22, 2002, 10:35:31 PM7/22/02

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"The device has yet to be invented that can measure my indifference to that
remark"

Didn't CWE3 say that?.....or was it Hawkeye?

-Doug

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ESolomonso

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Jul 22, 2002, 11:27:46 PM7/22/02

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>"Doug" dou...@bright.net
>Date: 07/22/2002 10:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time

>"The device has yet to be invented that can measure my indifference to that
>remark"
>
>Didn't CWE3 say that?.....or was it Hawkeye?

Hawkeye.

James Allen

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Jul 23, 2002, 12:29:18 AM7/23/02

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"Know what kind of wood this desk is made of?"

"Oak."

"Nope. It's oak!"

MOFTAP

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Danger...@hotmail.com

>"I'll carry your books, I'll carry a torch, I'll carry a tune, I'll carry
>on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to
>Old Virginia, I'll even Harry Carey, if you show me how, but I will not
>carry a gun!"

Uh, that would "hari-kari" ... not Harry Carey.

Becca

ESolomonso

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Jul 23, 2002, 2:24:43 AM7/23/02

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>mof...@aol.com (MOFTAP)
>Date: 07/23/2002 2:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time

>Uh, that would "hari-kari" ... not Harry Carey.
>
>Becca
>

She might be right about Harry Carey. I think Elsig mentioned that it was a
reference to an actor but I can't swear to it.

Elsig?

George B. Eldredge, Jr.

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Jul 23, 2002, 2:33:00 AM7/23/02

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In article <20020723022443...@mb-mm.aol.com>,
esolo...@aol.comnospam says...

there was an actor in the first half of the century named Harry Carey,
but i don't think thats what the quote is referring to...if i recall
correctly, to "hari kari" means to kill yourself in a ritualistic manner
(i think involving falling on your sword or something like that)

MOFTAP

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Jul 23, 2002, 2:37:32 AM7/23/02

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Esolo...@aol.comnospam:

>She might be right about Harry Carey. I think Elsig mentioned that it was a
>reference to an actor but I can't swear to it.

But it wouldn't make sense that way. I found this exchange in the archives:

From: Elsig (el...@aol.com)
Subject: Re: Hawkeye and Carrying a Gun
Newsgroups: alt.tv.mash
Date: 2001-02-15 09:54:35 PST

>It seems like it should be hari kari, because he says, "I'll even hari kari
*if you show me how*"...That couldn't be relating to a person :)
>

You're absolutely right. I'm so embarrassed I might commit hara kiri, Jr.

LG

DangerGirl

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Jul 23, 2002, 3:30:40 AM7/23/02

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"MOFTAP" <mof...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Actually the correct spelling is hara-kiri but you are right I did spell
that in error. It does refer to how the Japanese used to kill themselves
instead of the death penalty.

-DangerGirl

MOFTAP

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Jul 23, 2002, 3:42:38 AM7/23/02

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Danger...@hotmail.com:

>Actually the correct spelling is hara-kiri

Well, since you brought it up, I was aware of the correct spelling, but my
dictionary lists hari-kari as an acceptable variant of hara-kari, and since
that's the way Hawkeye pronounced it, I went with the alternate spelling.

Becca

Brad Filippone

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Jul 23, 2002, 8:06:49 AM7/23/02

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MOFTAP (mof...@aol.com) wrote:
: Danger...@hotmail.com

I'm sure the estate of Harry Carey Sr. and Jr. appreciate the plug though.

The Other Brad

VB

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Jul 23, 2002, 2:32:34 PM7/23/02

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Here's another one:

"Attention,all personel!
Tonights Wardepartment-film,on how to live a good clean life,
has been cancelled due to unusually heavy indifference."

Cracks me up everytime.

Regards

Hogne B. Pettersen

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Jul 23, 2002, 3:00:34 PM7/23/02

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"VB" <t...@tdcadsl.dk> writes:

My favourite announcement is the one where it's announced that next sunday is
cancelled. I think it's in Dear Dad. Anyone remember the excact quote?

VB

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"Hogne B. Pettersen" <e...@elfworld.org> skrev i en meddelelse
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> "VB" <t...@tdcadsl.dk> writes:
>
> | Here's another one:
> |
> | "Attention,all personel!
> | Tonights Wardepartment-film,on how to live a good clean life,
> | has been cancelled due to unusually heavy indifference."
> |
> | Cracks me up everytime.
> |
>
> My favourite announcement is the one where it's announced that next sunday
is
> cancelled. I think it's in Dear Dad. Anyone remember the excact quote?
>

> Isn't it something like,"Due to this Sundays bla bla next Sunday has been
cancelled"?
Ah can't remember.Anyone?

Today I was complimentet for helping my friend,
and I just rambled of "Yes we do beautifull work" without even
thinkin' about it.:)

ESolomonso

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Jul 23, 2002, 6:29:46 PM7/23/02

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>"Hogne B. Pettersen" e...@elfworld.org
>Date: 07/23/2002 3:00 PM

>My favourite announcement is the one where it's announced that next sunday is
>
>cancelled. I think it's in Dear Dad. Anyone remember the excact quote?

"Due to the number of people bored last Sunday, next Sunday will be cancelled."

Way2rick

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Jul 23, 2002, 9:44:31 PM7/23/02

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Whenever I'm in an argument with someone and I think they're not telling the
truth, I tell them in a quiet, condescending tone, "You're lying, (name)"

I wait for their response...

Then I add, "I happen to know the colonel despises duck sauce on his eggroll."

Rick

Brad Filippone

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Jul 24, 2002, 7:42:51 AM7/24/02

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VB (t...@tdcadsl.dk) wrote:

: Here's another one:

: Cracks me up everytime.

We could make an entire thread on PA announcements.

"Attention all Personal. Incoming wounded! No surgeon should be without
one!"

The Other Brad

yesrules

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Jul 24, 2002, 9:01:17 PM7/24/02

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And who could forget this classic retort:

Whenever anyone tells me they have a problem, I always respond

"I can't improve on nature, (name)."

==============================
"They all laughed at Christopher Columbus
when he said the world was round . . .
but he went on to write a great song."

ESolomonso

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Jul 24, 2002, 10:24:23 PM7/24/02

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>al...@chebucto.ns.ca (Brad Filippone)
>Date: 07/24/2002 7:42 AM

>We could make an entire thread on PA announcements.

"The following men have volunteered for this afternoon's ten-mile physical
fitness hike:"

"Attention all personnel, when filling out GI insurance forms, be sure to state
your age and sex at the time of your last birthday"

James Allen

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Jul 24, 2002, 11:05:21 PM7/24/02

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>From: esolo...@aol.comnospam (ESolomonso)

>
>>al...@chebucto.ns.ca (Brad Filippone)
>>Date: 07/24/2002 7:42 AM
>
>>We could make an entire thread on PA announcements.
>
>"The following men have volunteered for this afternoon's ten-mile physical
>fitness hike:"
>
>"Attention all personnel, when filling out GI insurance forms, be sure to
>state
>your age and sex at the time of your last birthday"
>

"Come one, come all to the funeral of the late, great Captain Pierce. We'll be
mourning all afternoon and evening. The eulogy will be delivered by the
deceased. The guests will have 10 minutes for rebuttal."

Janie

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> "Come one, come all to the funeral of the late, great Captain Pierce.
We'll be
> mourning all afternoon and evening. The eulogy will be delivered by the
> deceased. The guests will have 10 minutes for rebuttal."

One of my faves!

Fletcher

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Jul 25, 2002, 8:12:34 AM7/25/02

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Actually, falling on one's sword was a Roman thing.
B
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Fletcher

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Jul 25, 2002, 8:15:34 AM7/25/02

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I always say, when I have to go shopping for toiletries:
"I also have to get some shampoo. As opposed to real poo."
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VB

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Jul 25, 2002, 2:51:07 PM7/25/02

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"Brad Filippone" <al...@chebucto.ns.ca> skrev i en meddelelse
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> We could make an entire thread on PA announcements.
>
> "Attention all Personal. Incoming wounded! No surgeon should be without
> one!"
>
>

I just heard another goodie:

The following people have volontiered for this weeks
10 mile physichal fitness hike.......................................

Dana Sherman

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Jul 26, 2002, 9:59:24 AM7/26/02

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"And here's an oldie but a goodie. Half the family dying. Other half pregnant"

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Jul 28, 2002, 6:30:43 PM7/28/02

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>From: "walter sobcheck"

>
>he could have been making the reference to Harry Carey
>the famous baseball broadcaster, think about it.
>

I though about it, and no, it isn't.

The line is "I'll even hari-kari [commit suicide, Samurai style] if you show me
how."

Gian Mignone

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Jul 28, 2002, 6:50:39 PM7/28/02

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In article <Mig954-2807...@192.168.123.128>, Mig...@charter.net
(Gian Mignone) wrote:

> I quote at least one of these lines almost every day:
>
> "I avoid church religously."
>
> "I'm an atheist." "Really?" "Swear to God."

Of course these are always said in jest.....

James Allen

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>(Gian Mignone) wrote:
>
>> I quote at least one of these lines almost every day:
>>
>> "I avoid church religously."
>>
>> "I'm an atheist." "Really?" "Swear to God."
>

"You won the pool again, father. Who do you know?"

(Mulcahy looks up)

"Namedropper."

Dough Hubler

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Jul 28, 2002, 9:25:57 PM7/28/02

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Everytime the schoolbus stops, I think, "The bus stopped with a jerk and I
got off!"

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Lars

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Jul 30, 2002, 1:05:22 PM7/30/02

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A quote I've said a lot is "Well they also serve who stand and stuff."

Cracks everybody up.:)

Regards
> >
> >
>
>

Cyn

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Jul 31, 2002, 5:25:29 AM7/31/02

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One of my favs is a Henry line....2nd season but can't recall the title..
LIP accuses Radar of Fatherhood and a guy comes to investigate..
Henry stands and introduces everyone...

"This is Lt. Pak R.O.K. and this is Father Mulchay, G.O.D."

that whole episode keeps me in stitches...no pun intended

Cyn
=^..^=

yesrules wrote:

> Another couple of my favorites:
>
> When anyone says that's the least I can do:
>
> "Never let it be said I didn't do the least I could do."
>
> When anyone asks if I drink:
>
> "Only to excess".
>
> YesRules

>
> ==============================
> "They all laughed at Christopher Columbus
> when he said the world was round . . .
> but he went on to write a great song."

Fletcher

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Jul 31, 2002, 8:00:19 AM7/31/02

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One of my faves has Radar, Hawk and either BJ or Trapper and a man I can't
remember. It was something about trading something for blue movies...
"...Guaranteed to make a grown man blush."
Looks at Radar...
"Probably *kill* you."
B

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James Allen

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Aug 2, 2002, 9:50:03 PM8/2/02

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>From: "Fletcher"

>
>One of my faves has Radar, Hawk and either BJ or Trapper and a man I can't
>remember. It was something about trading something for blue movies...
>"...Guaranteed to make a grown man blush."
>Looks at Radar...
>"Probably *kill* you."

"Radar, we're running low, bring us another order of Yankee Doodle."

Cyn

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Aug 4, 2002, 7:23:00 AM8/4/02

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And there's the all time great advice from Dr. Sydney Freeman...

"Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice....pull down your pants, and slide
on the ice!"

when I'm having a bad day....that's always sure to bring a smile!

Cyn
=^..^=

Patrick Rock

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Aug 10, 2002, 1:46:42 PM8/10/02

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In an episode where Radar was bitten by a stray dog, and
they spent most of the show looking for it, there was one
scene where someone described it (in Korean) to a farmer and
asked if he had seen it. He answered affirmatively, and
then indicated that "it was delicious".

Years later, when I was working in a computer operation job
with about 40 others, whenever someone came in asking about
a lost item (could be a clipboard, a pen, a memo, whatever),
the unanimous answer was "Yes, and it was delicious". I
still occasionally give that same response involuntarily,
and for some reason my co-workers think I'm weird. Go
figure. :-)

Patrick Rock

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Aug 11, 2002, 11:01:49 AM8/11/02

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I was reminded of one more line I love:

In "Heal Thyself" (Eighth season), Potter and Winchester
share Potter's tent while quarantined with the mumps. As
they argue over music, Potter, whose taste in music runs
solely to cowboy ballads, asks Winchester if that "Caruso
feller" can YODEL. Winchester gives one of his most classic
retorts:

"Not even at gunpoint!"

I still use that occasionally, some time without even
thinking. That has been my answer for such disparate
questions from voting for certain candidates to eating at
certain restaurants. It's all purpose.

Dwayer

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Aug 11, 2002, 11:36:30 AM8/11/02

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In message <3D567D90...@SWboll.not>, Patrick Rock
<Roc...@SWboll.not> wrote:

> Winchester gives one of his most classic
>retorts:
>
>"Not even at gunpoint!"
>
>I still use that occasionally, some time without even
>thinking. That has been my answer for such disparate
>questions from voting for certain candidates to eating at
>certain restaurants. It's all purpose.

Another general purpose one that I was reminded of is the line from
"Operation Noselift" when the Plastic Surgeon looks at the VIP tent
and asks "Where do you flush this room?"

Cheers,
Will
--
****
"If people don't know what you're doing,
They don't know what you're doing wrong."
--Sir Arnold Robinson, _Yes, Minister_