quote: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.
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.
quote: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. It doesn't sound like the quote is actually in the episode. In fact, I'll bet money that it isn't.
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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 oh yeah did I mention I'm evil?
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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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oh well.....i suppose that makes sense....thanks.....but i still want to know the answer because this is driving me absolutely insane Posts: 6026 | Registered: Dec 2004
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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 !!!!!!!!!!! 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... Posts: 6026 | Registered: Dec 2004
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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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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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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! Posts: 1466 | Registered: Jan 2003
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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?
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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. Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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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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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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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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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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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!!!!
*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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