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Noemon
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I don't know if the line was ever actually spoken in the show, but in Hiatus, if you look carefully at the external shots of the Venture, you'll see the "that's the beauty of it" quote painted just below Arcus' porthole.

[ September 21, 2006, 11:31 AM: Message edited by: Noemon ]

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Corwin
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Now that's just mean. [Evil Laugh]
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[Hat]
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Noemon, that quote WAS in the pilot that the network decided not to air. The graphic artists put that on the ship for future episodes as a sort of silent protest.
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Will B
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This doesn't seem to have the quote, but it may be the srouce of the concept.

http://www.pixelscapes.com/spatulacity/button.htm

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<Bumps thread.>

<Hijinks ensue.>

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*hides from rivka*
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Hi, Jinks! [Wave]
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dont forget sue...
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*steals thread to use in current cross stitch project*
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Lisa
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That's going to be the name of a sitcom one of these days, mark my words:

Hijinks and Sue. Starring Robin Williams as Hijinks, and Pam Dawber as Sue.

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And one of their tag lines will be, "It doesn't do anything! That's the beauty of it!"
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Oh... my... God...

I somehow missed ever seeing or reading this post for the last two years (unless I was somehow forced to forget about it) and started reading it this evening. Yes. I read all six pages.

No, I didn't skip to the end. Who does that?! It'd be like reading the last page of a book to find out if the main character dies or not!

I get to the last page hoping that SOMEONE, ANYONE found the answer, but NO!

Now, I too will be tormented by wondering where in tarnation this thing came from!

Papa, there is a special place reserved for you in the afterlife.

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Is that the place where people who talk in the cinema go? [Wink]
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Pops, you're just evil. Everyone else was content to allow this thread to rest in peace (for the time) but you, of all people, bump it. Why? Why?


[Razz]

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Shan
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*laughs slightly hysterically and pours a glass of wine*

After the last few weeks of work-from-hell, and THIS re-surfaces.

For shame, Papa!

*tk tsk*

*grin*

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Kwea
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[Smile]
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It definately is a "Idda, tt boi" kinda day, isn't it?

Hehe.. Idda tt boi. Say that 3 times fast.

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I think our brains are programmed to "remember" that phrase even if you've never heard it before. It's a conspiracy.
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Sounds like something Cyrano Jones said in the episode of Star Trek where he was selling the tribbles on space station K9. Uhura asks what does the tribbles do and he says they don't do anything, that's the beauty of it.

Or for some reason Wizard of Oz keeps popping up in my head.

Either that or I'm just making it up.

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Those of you that are complaining about this thread getting bumped should realize that each whiny post you make is also, yes, bumping this thread. Which is kind of funny and ironic. [Laugh]
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Shan
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Those of you commenting on the absurdly obvious need a bump on the top o' yur noggin.

*wicked grin*

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Nato
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quote:
Originally posted by Launchywiggin:
I think our brains are programmed to "remember" that phrase even if you've never heard it before. It's a conspiracy.

that's the beauty of it
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ClaudiaTherese
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Is the original thread still around? *hopeful

I think sndrake did solve this on the first page of this thread, though. However, he claims to have written it originally in another thread, which doesn't exist. *ahem* Anymore.

Right.

*fisheye

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T_Smith
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I do recall there being another thread, something along the lines of "ARRG! Does anyone know where this is from?" Don't completely remember, though. I think it was back in July 2003 sometime.
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Oh, good god....
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[Cry]
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Shan
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CT! That's unbelievably mean and cruel!

*laughs*

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quote:
Originally posted by Boothby171:
Oh, good god....

Who says he's good? Maybe he's neutral now. You know, like he decided not to do anything anymore. And that's the beauty of it.

:sniff: I missed this thread.

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The Reader
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This thread is really a substitute for "Atheism vs. Belief" debates

There are people who say "I experienced The Phrase/God. I can't explain how it happened, but it changed my life and set me on an eternal quest to find the proof. I know that one day I will again find The Phrase/God."

There are People who say "The Phrase/God does not exist. So far, no proof has been found, and a reliance on faith alone makes things more complicated than necessary. I have accepted the fact that The Phrase/God does not exist. I have found meaning in life in other ways."

Just thought I would bring this in to perspective.

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T_Smith
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I recognize that the phrase may exist, but in a form different than what others say it exists as, and have my own special relationship with said phrase. Should proof be brought to my attention that the phrase exists as what others say it does, I shall accept that as the true phrase.
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The Reader
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I think this phrase is imprinted on our collective memory because it is the last thing we heard before The Extrauniversal Overseers reset time.

Overseer Leader: Please, everyone focus your attention this device.
Us: What are we supposed to do?
OL: All you need to do is look. It is that simple.
Us: What does it do?
OL: It doesn't do anything. That's the beauty of it!

There was an enourmous flash, and Creation was reset to the Big Bang.

We are getting closer to The End Event because we are reliving our collective memory. This time, we cannot allow the Overseers to win. We have the right to exist!

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*giggles*
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The Reader
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quidscribis, do you want to join the revolt, or not? If not, then you will be missing out on the free girl scout cookies and t-shirts that say "It doesn't do anything. That's the beauty of it."
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Are there really t-shirts?
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The Reader
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There might be, if someone can get them made by CafePress.
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Can I really get free girl scout cookies? Yay! I'm so in!
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quote:
Originally posted by Shigosei:
I know that Hatrack was probably the source because I did a google search for the term back when the question was first posted. I don't think I came up with anything.

Also, someday I'm going to figure out a way to get a screenwriter or author to slip it into a book or movie. Then when one of you sees it, you'll get excited that you finally figured it out before realizing that the book or movie came after the Hatrack thread. [Evil Laugh]

Well, we aren't the only people who like this crazy quote.......

Steven Brust just included it in his new Vlad Taltos book.

[Big Grin]


He starts each chapter with fake quotes from an imaginary play that is being performed in his character's world, and they said this. I did a HUGE double take, and then began laughing in the middle of the bookstore.

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http://s98.photobucket.com/albums/l269/hosmackah/beauty/
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I'm pretty sure it was decided that the quote was insufficiently close, and that the source was too obscure to account for the feeling of familiarity associated with it.

Good try though. Welcome to Hatrack. [Smile]

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Welcome, is that Frog the Q who is posting. Are you in India?
if so you caught me [Wave]

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quote:
Originally posted by Juxtapose:
I'm pretty sure it was decided that the quote was insufficiently close, and that the source was too obscure to account for the feeling of familiarity associated with it.

Good try though. Welcome to Hatrack. [Smile]

I was thinking that clip may have been excerpted into something more familiar, like The Wonder Years. I've never seen the series, but that clip seemed familiar...
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quote:
Originally posted by T:man:
Welcome, is that Frog the Q who is posting. Are you in India?
if so you caught me [Wave]

Nope, long time lurker...
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quote:
Originally posted by Juxtapose:
I'm pretty sure it was decided that the quote was insufficiently close, and that the source was too obscure to account for the feeling of familiarity associated with it.

Good try though. Welcome to Hatrack. [Smile]

Both....although I am pretty sure that is where I remember it from, although I can't be sure.
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I can't remember. Have we considered Abott and Costello, and/or The Three Stooges as possible originators?
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Oh, yes.
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I'd definitely never seen that before until it was linked on Hatrack. My "memory" of the quote - in terms of enunciation and stress - is also very precise .
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Why in the world won't this quote die!?!?

[Wall Bash]

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quote:
Originally posted by Kwea:
quote:
Originally posted by Juxtapose:
I'm pretty sure it was decided that the quote was insufficiently close, and that the source was too obscure to account for the feeling of familiarity associated with it.

Good try though. Welcome to Hatrack. [Smile]

Both....although I am pretty sure that is where I remember it from, although I can't be sure.
I think it's sufficiently close to account for people with a true memory who might have seen it despite its obscurity - I mean, it's pretty darn close.

And the explanation that this quote just sounds a lot like other quotes, and thereby evokes a certain amount of memory feeling, makes up for the obscurity.

In other words, I think it wins. Not that my opinion matters. I haven't even read the thread other than half of the first page and half of the last page. [Big Grin]

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quote:
Originally posted by Nick:
Why in the world won't this quote die!?!?

[Wall Bash]

Because that's the beauty of it?
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