LJ Idol Topic 2: Three Little Words

Oct 27, 2011 22:30

"Autobots, roll out!"

...no, that's not it.

"Don't drive angry."

...no. Not it either.

"I, WANT, MORPHINE!!!!"+

Huh. It is said with feeling...

Still, the thing is: three words can say a lot.

..."Goddam it, Maverick "? NO. Especially since that's really "God damn it, Maverick!" (Very distinct pause between the syllables. James Tolkan's ( Read more... )

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tigrkittn October 28 2011, 06:31:36 UTC
Very clever! I enjoyed this.

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sweeny_todd October 28 2011, 06:52:11 UTC
I giggled. "teeth melt". heh.

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chris_walsh October 28 2011, 20:28:26 UTC
Also inspired by Stephen King! I was amused by his "word-verb" exercise in On Writing and started writing a bunch of two-word sentences. "Teeth melt" was one of them.

I'm glad I've earned giggles. Reminds me that Terry Gilliam loves how a fan once saw a film of his and told him "That was great, Terry. I giggled in awe." He thinks maybe that'll be on his tombstone: TERRY GILLIAM: HE GIGGLED IN AWE. Here's to giggles...

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mac_arthur_park October 28 2011, 08:59:30 UTC
Loved it.

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vaguelyclear October 28 2011, 10:42:10 UTC
"Autobots, roll out!"

I'm not ashamed to admit that I often say this, jokingly, when I'm about to go out with other people.

I really enjoyed this :D

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chris_walsh October 29 2011, 01:35:17 UTC
It's satisfying to say. (I'm still trying to be able to do a Peter Cullen impression. I still can't quite manage it.)

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fizz October 28 2011, 11:35:14 UTC
/cackle. I like this =D

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chris_walsh October 28 2011, 20:30:26 UTC
Excellent! Thank you.

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