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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:27 PM
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What impact did the movie Spies Like Us have on you?
It made me, as a 10 year old realize that this whole Cold War crap was just that - CRAP!!!
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theboss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:32 PM
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1. It showed me just how far Paul McCartney had fallen as a songwriter
So sad.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:35 PM
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5. Too true - even as a 10 byear old I perceived it as sacrilidge
Oddly enough his close confidant MJ ripped him and the rest of the Beatles off - in his own advice!
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 09:29 PM
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22. Hey hey whadya say?
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Cat Atomic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:32 PM
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2. I developed an extreme fetish for busty Russian women in the snow.
My what a fantastic movie. That last bit of it anyway. Ok... those 3 seconds.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:33 PM
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3. I know what you're talking about!
Can I borrow your tent - wink wink!

mmmm - Russian hotties - GGGHHHGGGRRRLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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truebrit71 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 04:00 PM
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18. Me too.....
:grin:
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:34 PM
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4. It made me think Chevy Chase was the shit.
Time proved me wrong.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:38 PM
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8. You got worked up about Fletch but it let you down, ultimately
So down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ME TOO!!!
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:40 PM
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10. the book was SOOOOOOO much better than the film
though to be fair, I enjoyed the film alot before I read the book.
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TexasMexican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:53 PM
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13. There is a book?
is the book more serious or is it also like comedy?
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:58 PM
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16. There are a whole series of Fletch books
very witty mysteries. Greg McDonald, I think, is the author.
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TexasMexican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 04:00 PM
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17. LoL NM
I thought you were talking about "Spys like US." I didnt see which post you were replying to.
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:36 PM
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6. it impacted me enough to name my goldfish Austin Milbarge
kind of an uneven movie in retrospect... but I liked it when they pretended to be aliens to spook the Russian mobile launcher crew.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:39 PM
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9. We mock what we do not understand!!!!
Edited on Thu Jun-10-04 03:39 PM by ChavezSpeakstheTruth
Source programmable guidance!!!!!!
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alvis Donating Member (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:37 PM
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7. It answered the question:
What's a dickfur?
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yolatengo Donating Member (282 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:42 PM
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11. 3 things...
1. "Soul Finger" by The Bar Kays ROCKS!
2. Greg Marmalard is Greg Marmalard.
3. With the right retards in power, that sort of thing COULD HAPPEN.

Bigby
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TexasMexican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:51 PM
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12. I thought the whole Star Wars thing was cool...
too bad it missed.
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:54 PM
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14. It taught me that Bob Hope was the master of the pointless cameo
I loved that movie even though it sucked. I was 14 at the time. The test cheating scene was really funny.
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 03:57 PM
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15. Seeing that there was a character named "Austin" in the film
made me happy. And the "dickfer" joke still makes me laugh. But the theme song bleeewww, and the movie itself was third-rate post-SNL typicomedy.

"Three Amigos" was much better.
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 04:01 PM
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19. Three Amigos was light years beyond gut - where the hell have you been?
Ray Charles died today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 04:14 PM
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20. I know. I know.
Ray "No Nickname" Charles, RIP......Now why isn't HIS death all over the news, with a week long funeral and a state holiday......?


Where have I been? In the trenches, lad.
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jayavarman Donating Member (319 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-10-04 09:05 PM
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21. That dark haired russian spy was HOT!
or at least i thought so at 12 yrs old!
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