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#108530 07/24/03 05:25 AM
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Beyond the Valley of the Malls

yet another tale of a drug-crazed generation gone to shopping, everyone.


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The Cider House Rules the Grapes of Wrath

Reeling from a stunning fruit-fight defeat, European vinifera hoodlums swear revenge against Washington State. "Oranges, schmoranges," one victorious Apple snorts, when asked to compare opponents.


#108532 07/25/03 02:32 PM
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The Lion in Winter of Our Discontent

An English's king spend the winter in Sag Harbor, and ponder the meaning of life and importance of family ties, while drinking too much.


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One Flew Over The Still Life With A Woodpecker's Nest

An inmate escapes from an insane asylum pursued by a psycho nurse only to find himself balancing on the pedestal of the pyramid on a pack of Camels, barking at the moon and wondering how to make love last. What's the mystery?
Madeline Kahn sings the soundtrack in MY mind


#108534 07/26/03 06:30 PM
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Stuart Little Women
an endearing story of a family of youn mice living and coming of age in NE during the american civil war.

i never read Stuart Little, the little i know about it is form tv commercials for the movie.
Edited, as per sjmaxq, mea culpa!


#108535 07/26/03 08:27 PM
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AAAARGH!! That's STUART Little, tyvm.


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I didn't see Helen's original version, but just guessin', wozzit Steward or sumptin'? [nonchalent whistle]

The House on the Strand Dunes

Herbert Du Maurier's classic tale of Dick Young, taking drugs and escaping the dolours of married life in crazy trips chasing worms...


#108537 07/26/03 10:57 PM
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>I didn't see Helen's original version, but just guessin', wozzit Steward or sumptin'? [nonchalant whistle]


When was the last time you heard a chalant whistle?




#108538 07/26/03 11:20 PM
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a chalant whistle

A chalant whistle is one that is trying just a little to hard to be nonchalant.


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a chalant whistle

is commonly heard on old-fashioned steam kettles :)


and to keep the thread on track:

Oscar and Lucia di Lammermoor

Lord Enrico Ashton is outraged to find that his sister Lucia is in love with his mortal enemy, Sir Oscar Hopkins ~ on a slow boat to Australia their lives are changed forever....


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