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Misha McBride
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I found this....

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Harold Harold is in the room tinkering with a complex Rube Goldberg machine. Bongs and various other noises emit from it. Harold Harold ("my mother had no imagination - that's a family joke") says his mother's name was Myrtle Myrtle and that may be why he stuttered. He dons an even thicker pair of glasses than the ones he had been wearing, and tells them that doesn't s-s-stutter any m-m-more. Burke asks him to turn the machine off and Harold says he takes it with him wherever he travels. He has an even larger one at home; it's his therapy and he's still perfecting it. It doesn't do anything, that's the beauty of it, it's his rebellion against efficiency.
At this website.
Clicky Clicky.

My husband said he believed Rube Goldberg said it, so I did a search and this popped up.

It appears to be an episode summary of a TV show called Burke's Law, titled "Who Killed 711". If someone could find the actual transcript of that episode we could know once and for all who said it.

[ September 20, 2004, 08:20 PM: Message edited by: Misha McBride ]

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Dagonee
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OK, someone needs to find a tape and post the scene on the web. They'll be an Internet legend forever!

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If someone could find the actual transcript of that episode we could know once and for all who said it.

We know who said it--the guy who wrote the synopsis of the episode. [Razz] It doesn't sound like the quote is actually in the episode. In fact, I'll bet money that it isn't.

[ September 21, 2004, 05:07 AM: Message edited by: Frisco ]

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SteveRogers
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well seeing as I need the answer I will be evil.....does anyone know the answer to this question yet......thanks to ElJay now it is driving me nuts [Mad] [Frown] [Big Grin] oh yeah did I mention I'm evil? [Evil Laugh] [Evil]

[ February 07, 2005, 08:38 AM: Message edited by: SteveRogers ]

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Kiddo, you don't need the answer, you need the significance of the phrase to Hatrack. And I'd say you've found it.
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SteveRogers
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oh well.....i suppose that makes sense....thanks.....but i still want to know the answer because this is driving me absolutely insane [Mad]
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Farmgirl
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there is no spoon...........
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rivka
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*feels absolutely no guilt*

[Evil Laugh]

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Lady Jane
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*grin* That unsettling insanity, especially among this group where everyone is faintly OCD, is EXACTLY its signifigance to Hatrack. *pats quote fondly*
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This Simpsons had something close, but it doesn't appear to be the source
quote:
[Looking at a giant stone head Mr. Burns has had delivered to the Simpson house]
Homer: What does it do?
Marge: It doesn't do anything.
Homer: No really, come on.
Marge: If it does anything, it's doing it right now.


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arrgggghhhh [Mad] !!!!!!!!!!! rivka and ElJay why did you have to introduce me to this insanity causing question......of course I was insane, borderline OCD, and ADD before I got here anyway but that doesn't have anything to do with it... [Big Grin]
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I've mentioned this to friends before. They also swear they have heard it, but either can't think of where, or name a book/movie/show we've already ruled out.
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Well geeze, Dana, you handed him that one on a silver platter. [Razz]
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Oh, and:

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rivka and ElJay why did you have to introduce me to this insanity causing question......
Because you want to be a jatraquero, of course. It goes with the territory.
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probably a hippy somewhere muttered it and brought it to the world [Big Grin]
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This is quite possibly the most evil question ever. I woke up in the middle of the night to read (ok skim) the entire hitchhikers series.
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It. Does. Not. Exist.

Just Accept It!

[Monkeys] [Wall Bash]

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I'm with Teshi on this.

And I have rarely been quite this proud of doing anything this cruel. [Evil]

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[Evil] [Evil Laugh]
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Why? Why? Why did you have to expose me to this poisonous quote? [Cry] [Cry] [Cry] [Cry] [Cry] [Cry] [Cry] [Cry]
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You asked for it, man! [Evil] [Taunt]
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I didn't ask for anything... [Cry] [Grumble] [Frown] [Evil Laugh] [Wall Bash]
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Hrm. I should go into the movie-making business and make a movie (movie-making, make a movie! What a novel concept!) with that quote it in. I'll be famous forever! [Evil Laugh]
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Actually, I've been thinking about this. Cause, what if we finally do discover it in a movie, and the movie turns out younger than the original debate? Can we trace back the origins of the question? Just so we know if the movie is based on our meme or vice versa?

[ February 08, 2005, 10:12 AM: Message edited by: Kama ]

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Steve, Steve, Steve . . . you did ask for it. You said you'd walk through lava!

Now you know the true secret of being a jatraquero. That quote, and the frustration it brings with it. [Evil]

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I expect Joss Whedon to insert this quote into Serenity. In Chinese.
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it wasn't in The Princess Bride, I know I remember someone saying it was, but nope not there, watched it this weekend.
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I know I know I know!!!!!

I just watched the movie last week. I know what movie. I know what year it came out! I know what part!

It is SOOOOOOO obvious!!! Do I get a prize if I email someone the answer?\

EDIT:

Or is it a movie? [Evil Laugh] [Evil Laugh] [Evil Laugh] [Evil Laugh] [Evil Laugh] [Evil Laugh] [Evil Laugh] [Evil Laugh]

[ February 08, 2005, 12:23 PM: Message edited by: lem ]

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I saw a movie last week that had a similiar line (similiar enough to make me think of this thread) but it wasn't exactly this quote.

FG

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lem: There is no prize, but unless you post the movie (TV show, book, whatever) and scene, nobody's going to believe you, either. Way too many people have been way too sure they knew where it was for anyone to be believed without independant verification.
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The prize is not being bludgeoned to death because of withholding the information.

Edit to clarify

[ February 08, 2005, 12:49 PM: Message edited by: Carrie ]

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I'm still here, guys; and I'm still looking.

So far, no luck.

Has anyone revisited "Flight of the Navigator" recently? I'm going to try that this week-end.

What about the comic strip "BC" or "Wizard of Id"? Something at the back of my head...

BTW, I have a cat named LAVA. Does it count if I walk over her?

--Steve

[ February 08, 2005, 01:03 PM: Message edited by: ssywak ]

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lem
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I thought there was unspoken rule to not post the answer. Will I be breaking an unspoken rule by spoiling the tension? Or should I just email it to HRE so s/he can verify I am right?
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There is no unspoken rule. The answer is not posted because no one knows what it is. Everything that's been suggested so far has been proven incorrect.
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Oh no, post the answer. Then we'll tear it apart, and if you're right, we'll cover you with glory.
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Way too many people have been way too sure they knew where it was
*gets a sickening sensation in my stomach*

I am going home tonight to re-verify it for myself. If I am indeed wrong, I will have been pulled into this poisoness muck of trivia.

Oh please God, don't make me wrong and have to obsess about this quote. I just know I am right...I think.

Arrgggh...must get home to check! 4 more hours....

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lem
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The answer is not posted because no one knows what it is.
Does HRE know it?
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Muh-ha-ha-hahahahaha!

But if you're right, it'll be really neat.

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I don't think so... I think he admitted defeat somewhere in the second page. He certainly never posted any proof.
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No one knows.

Not here,

Not on IMDB:
http://us.imdb.com/board/bd0000001/thread/1180562

Not on the blog-site that someone put together:
http://kcor1953beauty.tripod.com/blog/

No one.

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Someone started a blog site for a meme we started? That's wonderful!
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Well, I'm not positive that ours came first....

EDIT: (although ssywak, here, posted it on IDMB, it appears, which began the question there)

FG

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Lady Jane
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It was pretty close - it started on PWeb, I think.
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But that blog page is really hard to read -- at least in my browser window...
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Has anyone read Sherlock Holmes recently? It suddenly struck me that "my dear Waston" would go quite well on the end of that quote.

AJ

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I've just gone through a Homes reading spree, and though I can't say that I read every single story, I read most and it wasn't there. [Dont Know]

AJ, I have a question for you! *goes off to e-mail*

Hobbes [Smile]

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quote:
I've just gone through a Homes reading spree, and though I can't say that I read every single story, I read most and it wasn't there.
I just had a horrible vision of Watson saying, "Yo, Homes, who did it?"
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Sometimes I choose not to spell correctly for the amusment of those around me.

Yah, let's go with that.

Hobbes [Smile]

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I only point these out when they're funny. Not picking on you, Hobbes. [Smile]

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Now I feel really sick.

As I was sitting here knowing for sure where the quote came from and being anxious to get home to verify it, I started to hear Lister say it from Red Dwarf.

Grrr...now I have the one movie to verify and the first 4 seasons of Red Dwarf.

THANKS FOR NOTHING HRE!!!! [Wall Bash]

*but I still think my first reaction is correct--Must get home!!*

On a side note, my wife turned on the TV last night and it sparked a spectacular spark and knocked her down. She is all right, albeit a little shook up, but the TV did not make it. This thread reminded me that I need to pick up a TV on my way home from work.

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