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SVU 48: No Rules - Part 2

Dec 24, 2008 15:48

summer break, tom watts, neil freemount, exchange student, summer love, saint elizabeth of sweet valley, sam burgess, trusty boyfriend todd, holidays, road trip mini series, strange view of europe, doormat syndrome, recapper: xbexuniquex, svu

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kakeochi_umai December 26 2008, 08:37:49 UTC

Clearly Sam wouldn’t approve of me, who doesn’t care at all about learning to drive. Big deal. Public transport is cheap when you’re a student. A car is not.

While I agree absolutely 100% (and still don't drive 4 years after graduating from uni), it's...a cross-country race in RVs. If you're going to enter an RV race, one would think that knowing how to drive one would help just a tad. So, no sympathy for Charlie.

“say it to the hand ‘cause the ears ain’t listening”

I've always been fond of this saying. It makes me think of my friend's brother saying "Talk to the butt, cause the hand ain't listening." (Though it also reminds me of this awful song by Daphne and Celeste about stealing someone's boyfriend that may even be worse than Advil Latrine's heinous Girlfriend video.)

Charlie still maintains that it’s dangerous, and they could die. WHY IS SHE EVEN ON A ROAD TRIP SPONSERED BY AN EXTREME SPORTS CHANNEL?

Entertainment for the viewers! Though it'd be funnier if she'd previously given a soundbite saying "Fear is a complete waste ( ... )

xbexuniquex December 27 2008, 21:37:33 UTC

it's...a cross-country race in RVs. If you're going to enter an RV race, one would think that knowing how to drive one would help just a tad. So, no sympathy for Charlie.

Good point. I so should not have written this recap at 1am and then not proof-read it. Clearly Charlie was only thinking about her boyfriend when she signed up for this trip. She can't drive and hates exteme sports...on an extreme sports road trip? Mhm.

Though it also reminds me of this awful song by Daphne and Celeste about stealing someone's boyfriend that may even be worse than Advil Latrine's heinous Girlfriend video.Wow, that may actually be worse than the Avril song. I didn't even think that was possible. That saying always makes me think of some crappy British "teen" programme which was on every Saturday morning. They'd get some British celeb on to the show and ask them awkward questions, and they could only ever say "Talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening" once. Oh, and they had a giant yellow foam hand to use when they said this phrase. Those ( ... )

kakeochi_umai December 27 2008, 23:25:41 UTC

I was going through my blog for this year-in-review meme I was doing and came across this exchange between my Swedish friend and this bot someone found:

ALICE: What's your favorite movie?
Human: deep throat
ALICE: Are you a man or woman?
Human: a goat
ALICE: Be more specific.
Human: a brown goat
ALICE: Be more specific.
Human: a brown goat with horns
ALICE: Go on.
Human: and I like herring
ALICE: You are not the only one. No, I don't care for it.
Human: you should try herring
ALICE: I will mention that to my botmaster.
Human: and tentacle sex
ALICE: it is more fun alone.

irinaauthor January 11 2009, 15:35:24 UTC

What horrible parents. "I don't like your boyfriend. If you marry him, I won't pay for your accomodation any more. Haha!" Then again...this is Sweet Valley, Home to Bad Parenting. Spiteful Parenting can't be too far removed from that.

I can see the merit, though. If you're old enough to get married, you're old enough to support yourself.

I hate Sam. But I loved your recap!

anonymous December 27 2008, 01:00:57 UTC

A corn dog is a hot dog dipped in cornbread batter, then fried and served on a stick. They're really common at carnivals and amusement parks and the like.

Cornbread is bread made from cornmeal. =) Very common in Southern cooking.

Aaand now I want some cornbread. haha

xbexuniquex December 27 2008, 21:38:03 UTC

Thanks for the explanation! It sounds pretty nice :)

umbrelafosforus December 27 2008, 02:13:58 UTC

Omg, I am sooo eager for someone to do Stranded! It's totally cracked out...Jessica hooks up with the ghost of Elvis, who is acting as her spirit guide. I know. It's pretty much awesome. I might recap it myself if no one else wants to/has it, but I'd have to order it from the library and stuff, so it might be a while.

xbexuniquex December 27 2008, 21:39:37 UTC

Wait, he was the GHOST of Elvis? I thought he was an Elvis impersonator? I wish my library still had this book but they appear to have chucked it. All I remember is the fact that Elvis was in it and Jess hooked up with him. Didn't they break into Real Elvis's mansion?

I can't wait to read the recap of this now.

umbrelafosforus December 27 2008, 21:53:50 UTC

Yeah, he was allegedly an Elvis impersonator. But he was a very good one, who never broke character and refused to tell Jessica his real name. I dunno...sounds suspicious to me! (Plus "ghost of Elvis" sounds so much more fun than "Elvis impersonator" in my head... =P )

anonymous January 16 2009, 14:37:47 UTC

Do you seriously have to take a class in learning how to drive when you’re in high school? I would hate that. I would be like, “Um, do you think I can afford Uni and a car? No. Please let me go back to Advanced Higher History.”

Public transportation in the US doesn't really exist apart from in the bigger cities. We get our licenses at 15/16 because it's literally the only type of transportation around. Most of the people I know either have a car or get access to one on a regular basis. I can't speak for other school districts but I know the high schools in mine didn't require a Driver's Ed class. Oh and about colleges. Most of the people I went to school with have gone on to college after graduating so I can understand why Liz would think it's a big deal for someone to drop out or not go at all. Granted she's a busybody and suck up but I can sort of understand where she's coming from.

Sorry for the lengthy paragraph. I love your recap and just wanted to clarify about driving and stuff.

South Dakota qt_shanny February 18 2010, 18:05:54 UTC

Just in case we didn’t think he was unappealing enough already. Rob says that he’s been to Wall, South Dakota (Rob has been everywhere) and that there are jackalope there. I have no idea what jackalope are, and neither does Microsoft Word Spellcheck. They all laugh at this suggestion and Jess is glad that they’re all getting along so well in her team.

As a good North/South Dakota girl, I can help out here. A jackalope is a fictional creature that resembles a mixture between a jack rabbit and an antelope. It really is a stupid concept. Also, Wall Drug does exist and, weirdly enough, people do drive for hundreds of miles just to see it. I've been there a couple of times and I still don't get it.