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A couple of days ago, I was talking to some people that I work with about guilty pleasures. They told me theirs, and I told them a few of mine. But while I was thinking about it, I realized what my all-time guiltiest pleasure is. And I couldn't bring myself to disclose it. It's been eating away at me, though, like a sin that I must confess. So I thought I'd come here, where no one really knows me. Well, maybe two people (three, if you count my perpetually-lurking wife). In any case, I thought I have enough anonymity here that I can bring myself to pull it off. And while the thread is open, perhaps some fellow jatraqueros can be persuaded to follow suit.
Okay, so here it is...
Just working up the nerve...
And, my all-time most hidden guilty pleasure is...
ahem...
I liked the movie "Spice World". I mean I really liked it. I thought it was fantastic.
Allow me to explain.
I came off my mission in December of 1997. As anyone who has been on an LDS mission can understand, there is a high degree of cultural isolation that occurs during those two years. A month or so after I got home, my little sister made me take her to see this movie. I had no idea what it was about. I didn't even know that there was a real group called The Spice Girls. So when I was watching a movie, I assumed that it was a mockumentary, along the lines of This Is Spinal Tap, which I also loved. And it was actually pretty funny. Watching it with my sister turned that "pretty funny" to "downright hilarious." I laughed so hard while I was watching it that my muscles were sore by the time it was over. I was hooked. Even after I found out who The Spice Girls are, I couldn't stop watching. I saw it at least five times in the theatre. I convinced all my friends to go with me. Some of them got it, and others have never forgiven me. I bought two copies of the video the day it came out, one for me and one for my sister. Now that I'm fully aware of the social stigma associated with it, I haven't had the nerve to replace it on DVD. But I've seen the video many times.
In my defense, the script was written by Kim Fuller, who was a major writer for Red Dwarf. The cast is packed with brilliant people, like Mark McKinney (my favorite Kid in the Hall), George Wendt, Roger Moore, Hugh Frye & Steven Laurie (both from Black Adder), Elvis Costello, Bob Hoskins, Elton John and Meat Loaf. There were also people like Alan Cumming, Richard E. Grant, Jason Flemyng, Barry Humphries (Dame Edna out of drag), and Dominic West, none of whom I'd heard of before that movie, and all of whom I'll always think of as "that dude from Spice World."
Okay, all defense aside, it's a fairly embarassing admission. So, now that I've humiliated myself and broken the ice, join in. You'll be amazed how good it feels to get it off you chest.
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Cheap ramen noodles. With the flavor packet even.
I don't know what it is about it... I can't stand all the other junk food I ate from when I was a kid -- I've given up Tang, Fritos, Spaghetti-Os, Twinkies, Pringles...
"My name is plaid. I'm a ramen addict..."
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Hi, Plaid. *claps* (there's a 12-step for ramen lovers?!)
I don't think I have too many guilty pleasures..... I don't feel guilty about much. I'm rather open about my pleasures. I'll hafta skip this one. I had some cheap ramen noodles, the other day, but since I'm "meatless" (vegetarian) I had the crappy oriental kind, without any meat in it. ^_^
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I used to feel guilty about liking the band Nirvana so much. But I gave up my guilt and came out of the closet. I really really like Nirvana.
Funny, I never was embarrassed about liking the Dead Milkmen or Violent Femmes. What is it about a band that makes you feel guilty for liking them? It is their other fans or something?
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I think so, ak. I secretly like Robbie Williams and Shakira but can't admit it in public for fear of being assimilated. Posts: 2762 | Registered: Sep 1999
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I would have to say that my guiltiest pleasure would have to be not assigning guilt to anything I do. Posts: 172 | Registered: Jun 2003
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Well, I'll come back to it when I figure out something witty. I really just wanted to pop in and reaffirm the fact that I haven't missed lissa at all. Not one bit. *shakes head* unh uh. Nope.
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That statement is demonstrably untrue. Shall I publish the panicked email you sent me not THREE DAYS ago asking when I'd be back? Really, woman. We all know how lost you are without me.
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OK. Let me take this opportunity, while you have my attention, to acknowledge receipt of your most recent shipment of sacrificial virgins. In the future, though, I'd appreciate it if you could just offer the sacrifices to me where you are - air mail isn't really conducive to maintaining their health or morale. Thanks. Posts: 2762 | Registered: Sep 1999
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This is like asking for someone's most embarrassing moment. Like I'm really going to outline that to a total stranger. My most embarrassing moment is embarrassing and not in the least bit funny. It belongs in the "Too Much Information" category. And it's not good story material. I'm sure that's true for most of us.
As far as guilty pleasures, I don't have any.
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quote:OK. Let me take this opportunity, while you have my attention, to acknowledge receipt of your most recent shipment of sacrificial virgins.
If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times: Mail that is addressed to me needs to come to me. -___- You always wind up with my sacrificial virgins, immolation effigies, pagan idols. *sigh*
From now on, if my name is on the box (bag, parcel, packing, whatever), please see that it arrives at my place, in tact and un-whatevered. Just don't go there.
I'm willing to be gracious, but this has gone on for far too long.
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Imprecision of language strikes again. I meant to acknowledge receipt of "your most recent shipment" in the sense of "the shipment you most recently sent to me." I'm sorry if that was unclear. Regarding the other matter, if anyone ever actually sent you virgins, effigies or lauds of any kind, I would ensure they got to you. Please accept my assurances that should such a thing ever happen, I will forward it to you immediately. I have to wonder how tactful you expect the shipment to be, all things considering (but that's neither here nor there).
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Welcome back, Lissa! We've missed your and Q's comedy routine! <<<<<Lissa>>>>> <<<<<Q>>>>>
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Speed -- There is nothing really to be ashamed of! People judge the movie simply on the fact that it is about the Spice Girls, but anybody who watches it, that I know of, admits that it is a funny movie.
Any movie with that bridge-jumping scene has to be good.
(Now, having said that, I admit that I bought a copy "for my sister.")
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Good call, Raia. I knew that, I'm just a bit dyslexic, especially when I type fast. Thanks for pointing it out.
Thanks for having my back, 2. It's nice to know I'm not the only one that liked it. Takes some pressure off. I love the bridge jumping bit. That whole sequence is hilarious. "It's the rules, man..."
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Guiltiest Pleasure: telling under age kids that they couldn't see an R rated movie, while making me feel slightly guilty, gave me a whole lot of pleasure. It's like... justification in some weird cosmic way.
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*justifies* I really don't see what's so bad about eating the Oreo cream and sticking the cookie parts back together and leaving them in the package. The world has a superfluity of cream filling as it is.
And if whoever really wanted their sandwich, it would have been specifically labeled "Not for Lissa," instead of sitting invitingly in the fridge, right?
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That wasn't me, Q. You will observe the great distance between me and your refrigerator. The nearly insurmountable distance, in fact, at least over short time periods. It isn't all about you, you understand. Once in a while I eat someone else's Oreos.
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I think you were sneaking into my fridge while I was occupied being the thorn in your side. Though to be fair, I never manage to be a thorn in the side of anyone else, so I don't see why you're out molesting the oreos of others. . .
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*thinks Hatrack, Inc. might disagree about Q's thornness*
*would like to point out that Oreos don't seem to be sold in Prague, thereby negating Q's entire argument*
*would like to counter any suggestion that the Oreos might be from where Q lives, since side in question, and therefore putative Oreo product, resides on a different continent*
*thanks Hatrack for its patience*
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guilty pleasure: giving Q Lissa-germs. justification: she likes it.
guilty pleasure: relying on descriptive non-verbals on the forums *delicately wipes flake of foam from mouth* justification: sometimes silence is so much more expressive than speech...especially when you can type exactly what the silence conveys... Posts: 2762 | Registered: Sep 1999
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guilty pleasure: endless persiflage with Q on perfectly innocuous threads justification: I think the thread is happier now. I mean, is 'innocuous' really the way any thread wants to be remembered?
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I did look briefly at your lexicon, in the section labeled "impressively big words," but a 'lexicon' (if you can call it that) comprised solely of words like "gigantic" and "gargantuan" was really only so much help...I quickly found that I would need to turn to, well, someone who actually knew some big words (as opposed to words that merely describe bigness). Posts: 2762 | Registered: Sep 1999
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That wasn't my lexicon, dolt. It was yours. I saw you scribbling in the margins. When you're a little older, I'll teach you to read. Then you'll be able to see that it clearly said "Lissa's Lexicon of Impressively Big Words" on the outside.
And I'm going to have to hire a new monkey to type for you; this one is getting tiresome.
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The assumptions behind the first paragraph in the previous post lack enough substance even to deny. And I'm sorry about the monkey, but we can't all afford an infinite number of them like you can.
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