Things will NEVER be the same

13 May 2006, 04:35

Subject: Cowboy Lines That Have Been Ruint'

Top Ten Old West Phrases That Will Never Sound The Same After That Cowboy Movie (Brokeback Mountain)

1. "I'm gonna pump you fulla lead!"

2. "Give me a stiff one, barkeep!"

3. "Don't fret---I've been in tight spots before."

4. "Howdy, pardner."

5. You stay here while I sneak around from behind."

6. Two words: "Saddle Sore."

7. "Hold it right there! Now, move your hand, reeeal slow-like."

8. "Let's mount up!"

9. "Nice spread ya got there!"

10. "Ride'em cowboy!"

13 May 2006, 05:26

308Sako

Don't go there

13 May 2006, 15:14

Sambar 9.3

13 May 2006, 16:57

muffin

Thats just not right.....

13 May 2006, 21:14

gerrys375

Sambar 9.3 (Dave)

What really ticks me off about that movie (and apart from city movie reviewers and media calling a couple of sheepherders "cowboys") is that I am an incurable romantic about the West and yeah, I loved "Westerns" when I was 8 and still do at 76. I don't like any trifling with the image that I have of the Old West. John Wayne wasn't that great an actor -but he personified what we like to think of as our heritage. I suspect that many Americans feel as I do and wouldn't go see the movie on a bet (apart from the distasteful nature of the movie anyway)

13 May 2006, 23:40

gerrys375

TCLouis:

Part of me smiled at your joke and another part felt sad -hence my post to Sambar 9.3 (Dave). I want you you to know that I enjoy your jokes as a rule. I just didn't feel that way about this one. No insult intended.

14 May 2006, 05:04

Jarrod

16 May 2006, 17:35

Eland Slayer

I'm with gerrys375. I hate that they call some queer sheepherders "cowboys". The plot for the movie isn't realistic anyway because in reality, if real cowboys knew you were queer, you would get your ass kicked or maybe shot. I live in Texas and know quite a few real cowboys. NONE of them are even close to being queer and I don't expect to ever find one that is.

17 May 2006, 02:33

gerrys375

Eland Slayer:

Thanks for the support!

I do have to admit that while I am a New Yorker, born and bred, some of my mother's people (on her father's side) settled in Texas in the early 1860s NW of What is Waco today. My father was a "damyankee" (by your account) - and I grew up never losing a chance to tell my mother an anti-Texas joke. (It was always fun to tell a joke about Texas)

MY mother handled herself rather well as I remember.

18 May 2006, 05:48

stepchild 2

quote:
Originally posted by gerrys375:
Sambar 9.3 (Dave)

What really ticks me off about that movie (and apart from city movie reviewers and media calling a couple of sheepherders "cowboys") is that I am an incurable romantic about the West and yeah, I loved "Westerns" when I was 8 and still do at 76. I don't like any trifling with the image that I have of the Old West. John Wayne wasn't that great an actor -but he personified what we like to think of as our heritage. I suspect that many Americans feel as I do and wouldn't go see the movie on a bet (apart from the distasteful nature of the movie anyway)

You said a mouthful brother, no pun intended.
Remember one thing, It's supposed to be Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.Or whatever the fags names were in the movie, I wouldn't know!
Stepchild

11 June 2006, 05:34

paa

quote:
Originally posted by TCLouis:
Subject: Cowboy Lines That Have Been Ruint'

Top Ten Old West Phrases That Will Never Sound The Same After That Cowboy Movie (Brokeback Mountain)

1. "I'm gonna pump you fulla lead!"

2. "Give me a stiff one, barkeep!"

3. "Don't fret---I've been in tight spots before."

4. "Howdy, pardner."

5. You stay here while I sneak around from behind."

6. Two words: "Saddle Sore."

7. "Hold it right there! Now, move your hand, reeeal slow-like."

8. "Let's mount up!"

9. "Nice spread ya got there!"

10. "Ride'em cowboy!"

kinda like the words "queer" and "gay"