Snark Talk: Home, Home on the (De) Ranged

[peacheslatour]

Wait... Ree ran over the family dog?

[ariel]

5 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

Wait... Ree ran over the family dog?

Not a Drummond dog.  A family pet before she was married.

[peacheslatour]

Lovely.

[ariel]

2 minutes ago, peacheslatour said:

Lovely.

She should have stayed in LA, married the very wealthy attorney that was begging her to marry him, & that poor dog may have had a better life.

[Lura]

LOLOL!  That mind is always working, ariel!

Edited August 23, 2017 by Lura

[J-Man]

5 hours ago, ariel said:

She should have stayed in LA, married the very wealthy attorney that was begging her to marry him, & that poor dog may have had a better life.

Who knows? If she'd done that, she might have invented Kurtain Kraft and turned into another Aunt Sandy? 

[ariel]

12 minutes ago, J-Man said:

Who knows? If she'd done that, she might have invented Kurtain Kraft and turned into another Aunt Sandy? 

Aunt Sandy without the good looks.

[Lura]

Ree writes about such important things, doesn't she?  Like her high school boyfriend and  his mother and the LA lawyer.  To hear her tell it, she was the foxiest girl in town.  How much do you want to bet the LA lawyer didn't exist and was merely a part of what she calls her imaginary life?  Her fictional life.  Sometimes, I even think that her meeting Ladd for the first time is a little overblown.  The way she tells it, she took one look at him, her butt tingled, and they ran into each others' arms, panting "Where have you been all my life?" Ree likes drama, methinks.  Oh well.  I'd never take her dreams away from her.  She seems to need them.

[Automne]

Well, in her overwrought poor man's Harlequin autobiography ("High Heels and Tractor Wheels" or something along those twee-ass lines), she claims she saw The Marlboro Man across the room of a smoky bar. In actual fact, their families were friendly with each other, so Ree knew Ladd. I wouldn't be surprised if their marriage was a semi-arranged one.

[ariel]

2 hours ago, Automne said:

Well, in her overwrought poor man's Harlequin autobiography ("High Heels and Tractor Wheels" or something along those twee-ass lines), she claims she saw The Marlboro Man across the room of a smoky bar. 

And he made her hiney tingle for him because he is such a strapping stallion of a man.

[grisgris]

3 hours ago, Automne said:

I wouldn't be surprised if their marriage was a semi-arranged one.

If that was the case, then Ladd should have chosen Betsy. She's prettier and seems like more fun.

Another thing that now makes me wonder if a Drummond-??? (I am blanking on Ree's maiden name) hybrid was in the cards is that Ree literally put her life on hold to sit around and wait for Ladd to call her.  According to her book, she immediately gave up her plans to go to law school in Chicago and everything. Poor thing had even just purchased an expensive olive green coat to ward off the Windy City chill ... It sounded like she spent months moping around in her bedroom waiting and waiting. As it turned out, Ladd was in a relationship with another woman when he met Ree. His excuse was that he had already decided to end things but decided to make it a s-l-o-w break-up. (Whatever that means ... The woman probably was tired of having to drive to Timbucktoo in the dark ever night for their "dates." (Grilling steaks and watching VHS tapes of movies.)

[anneofcleves]

I have to tell you.  I'm not exactly a prude but the term "hiney tingle" makes me gag a little when I think of the two of them.  She really used that expression?  Lol

[grisgris]

Thanks to these posts -- mainly my own -- I had a strange dream last night that I had a boyfriend and I knew he was going to break up with me. It was like we had an appointment to do so and it dragged out forever. I kept getting madder and madder. (P.S. It wasn't Ladd!)

"Hiney tingle" is such a stupid phrase and it makes me wonder if Ree needs a lesson in anatomy or um ... yeah ... I don't want to go there!

This is what I'd expect Ladd to look like, given all of the hard physical labor he does plus time spent in the elements!

 

 

[Lura]

Dream on, grisgris!  I just want to hang out with you and listen to you tell stories.  With your imagination, they'd be winners!  I like the pic of Ladd, but I think his panties are showing.  You never know about those male models.

I was watching one of Ree's shows yesterday -- an old one, saved on the DVR.  At the end, the very last line of the show, Ree stands close to Ladd and says something about his being "hot." (You can tell that he loves to hear that.)  I wanted to muzzle her!  Will you please can it, Ree???  Despite what she would have us think, I don't think she gets enough action between the sheets -- enough to satisfy her overactive whatchamacallit, that is.

Edited August 29, 2017 by Lura
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[film noire]

@peacheslatour started a great game in the Y&R thread that I think we'd have fun with in this forum (hope it's okay I brought it over here, Peaches : ) The game is as follows: Write the opening sentence of a famous book; next sentence is "And then the murders began."

"When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle, everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen.

And then the murders began."

Edited August 29, 2017 by film noire

[peacheslatour]

Wow, I'm flattered! Let's see, is it The Secret Garden?

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.

And then the murders began.....

[film noire]

6 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Wow, I'm flattered! Let's see, is it The Secret Garden?

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.

And then the murders began.....

Rebecca (one of my favorite opening lines ever!) 

And yes, it's The Secret Garden ; )

''If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

And then the murders began..."

Edited August 29, 2017 by film noire

[peacheslatour]

1 minute ago, film noire said:

Rebecca (one of my favorite opening lines ever!) 

And yes, it's The Secret Garden ; )

''If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.

And then the murders began..."

 Yes indeed! I love it too, I read it almost every spring. There's just something about that house.

Catcher in the Rye?

Edited August 29, 2017 by peacheslatour

[Lura]

For some reason, my reply stayed hidden below the page and wasn't posted.  A sign just came on, telling me, so I clicked on it, but it puts this post out of order.  I think we have two quotes to reply to.  How about if we reply to the other one first and then to this one?  And if anyone knows why the very last space on a page remains hidden later, please tell me.  It happens frequently.  So tired of it! Thanks.

Rebecca

"To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.

And then the murders began."

Edited August 29, 2017 by Lura

[film noire]

3 minutes ago, Lura said:

Rebecca

"To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.

And then the murders began."

Pure guess, not memory, here -- Oklahoma and the "last rains" are my clues-- Grapes of Wrath?

[peacheslatour]

22 minutes ago, Lura said:

Rebecca

"To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahoma, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth.

And then the murders began."

The Grapes Of Wrath?

 

i love this game

 

film noir simulpost! *shakes tiny fist*

Edited August 29, 2017 by peacheslatour
oops wrong person, meant film noir

[Lura]

You got it!  Grapes of Wrath.

[peacheslatour]

It was a pleasure to burn.

And then the murders began...

[sigmaforce86]

Maybe a little too current and an obvious choice but I still like it:

 

Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. 

And then the murders began.

Edited August 29, 2017 by sigmaforce86
grammer!

[Lura]

It was a pleasure to burn.

I don't know.  Is this part of Fahrenheit 451?

[peacheslatour]

2 minutes ago, Lura said:

It was a pleasure to burn.

I don't know.  Is this part of Fahrenheit 451?

 Right-O. I believe it's the first line. At least that's what I remember.

10 minutes ago, sigmaforce86 said:

Maybe a little too current and an obvious choice but I still like it:

 

Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. 

And then the murders began.

Harry Potter and The  Sorcerers (Philosopher's in the U.K.)  Stone. I just had a thought. Maybe there wouldn't have been such an uproar among some "Christians" if the U.S. publisher had just gone with the U.K. title?

[film noire]

1 hour ago, peacheslatour said:

 Yes indeed! I love it too, I read it almost every spring. There's just something about that house.

Catcher in the Rye?

Yes!  

"Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.

And then the murders began."

1 hour ago, Lura said:

You got it!  Grapes of Wrath.

Yay (pure guess on my part -- but I'll take the simul-post win with Peaches :)

Edited August 29, 2017 by film noire

[film noire]

"The terror, which would not end for another twenty-eight years—if it ever did end—began, so far as I know or can tell, with a boat made from a sheet of newspaper floating down a gutter swollen with rain.

And then the murders began."

[peacheslatour]

39 minutes ago, film noire said:

"The terror, which would not end for another twenty-eight years—if it ever did end—began, so far as I know or can tell, with a boat made from a sheet of newspaper floating down a gutter swollen with rain.

And then the murders began."

Ooh, that's a toughie.

On the morning the last Lisbon daughter took her turn at suicide—it was Mary this time, and sleeping pills, like Therese—the two paramedics arrived at the house knowing exactly where the knife drawer was, and the gas oven, and the beam in the basement from which it was possible to tie a rope.

And then the murders began..

[Lura]

The terror, which would not end for the next 28 years -- Stephen King's IT

"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

And then the murders began."

This was fun, but I'm out.  My brain cells are knocking together, and my memory aches!

(Bitch, bitch, bitch.)

_______________________________________________

Grisgris, I thought the same thing -- I wish Ladd HAD married Betsy.  She's divorced; maybe there's still hope.  She's so cute and seems to be fun.  If that happened, we'd REALLY have something to talk about!!!

Edited August 29, 2017 by Lura

[peacheslatour]

11 minutes ago, Lura said:

The terror, which would not end for the next 28 years -- Stephen King's IT

"It was a bright cold day in April...

And then the murders began."

This was fun, but I'm out.  My brain cells are knocking together, and my memory aches!

(Bitch, bitch, bitch.)

Heh, it must be catching because you've got me totally stumped. How about an easy one:

Where's papa going with that ax?

And then the murders began..

Edited August 29, 2017 by peacheslatour

[Lura]

Awwww, Peaches, 

that's Charlotte's Web.  :)  I just loved that book.  It's even fun to read as an adult.

I added more onto mine in case that helps. 

[film noire]

2 hours ago, Lura said:

 

I added more onto mine in case that helps. 

Lura -- you got mine -- It is "It" :)  

Is that 1984?

Peaches -- no idea! 

"The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex.

And then the murders began."

Edited August 30, 2017 by film noire

[Totale]

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.  And then the murders began.

[film noire]

2 hours ago, Totale said:

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.  And then the murders began.

LOL -- perfect ; )

[Qoass]

"Once upon a time, a little girl named Laura traveled in a covered wagon across the giant prairie."

And then the murders began.

[MargeGunderson]

17 hours ago, peacheslatour said:

Ooh, that's a toughie.

On the morning the last Lisbon daughter took her turn at suicide—it was Mary this time, and sleeping pills, like Therese—the two paramedics arrived at the house knowing exactly where the knife drawer was, and the gas oven, and the beam in the basement from which it was possible to tie a rope.

And then the murders began..

The Virgin Suicides.

"I first met Dean not long after my wife and I split up. And then the murders began."

"Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were. And then the murders began." [I would read this one]

Edited August 30, 2017 by MargeGunderson

[peacheslatour]

1 minute ago, MargeGunderson said:

The Virgin Suicides.

Oh yeah. Great book, it's one of those books you keep thinking about long after you finish it.

[film noire]

7 hours ago, Qoass said:

"Once upon a time, a little girl named Laura traveled in a covered wagon across the giant prairie."

And then the murders began.

Little House on the Prairie?

Edited August 30, 2017 by film noire

[anneofcleves]

The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play; so we sat in the house, all that cold, cold wet day.

And then the murders began.

[film noire]

1 hour ago, anneofcleves said:

The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play; so we sat in the house, all that cold, cold wet day.

And then the murders began.

I do believe that is the (Killer) Cat in The Hat ; )

[chessiegal]

1 hour ago, anneofcleves said:

The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play; so we sat in the house, all that cold, cold wet day.

And then the murders began.

The Cat in the Hat.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

And then the murders began.

[txvoodoo]

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

"It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.

"I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff.

And then the murders began.

[film noire]

4 hours ago, chessiegal said:

The Cat in the Hat.

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

And then the murders began.

Tale of Two Cities (such a great opening).

"When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.

And then the murders began."

[Qoass]

To Kill (Murder!) A Mockingbird!

Quote

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Little House on the Prairie?

 

Just keepin' us on topic!

[peacheslatour]

9 hours ago, txvoodoo said:

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

"It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.

"I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff.

And then the murders began.

Ah, Little Women. 

In an old house in Paris, that was covered with vines, lived 12 little girls, in two straight lines.

And then the murders began...

[Qoass]

Murdering Madeleine!

[peacheslatour]

53 minutes ago, Qoass said:

Murdering Madeleine!

LMAO!

[film noire]

5 hours ago, Qoass said:

Just keepin' us on topic!

LOL - also keepin' us on topic!:

"Forget this, I said to myself as I lay sprawled on the bed in which I grew up in.

And then the murders began."

[peacheslatour]

1 hour ago, film noire said:

LOL - also keepin' us on topic!:

"Forget this, I said to myself as I lay sprawled on the bed in which I grew up in.

And then the murders began."

I had to google that one. Maximum snark has been reached.