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the 'trix are for kids' subthread has inspired(?) me with an idea for another word challenge. this one is for furriners only (and emanates from the US).
you think you are fairly conversant with US cultural icons and idioms? here then is today's Iconic & Idiomatic challenge.
(this particular instance comes from some World Serious coverage, but that's as may be. many of these will probably come from sport/entertainment, but then these do produce colorful language.)
And as Tino rounded first base -- his right arm raised, the Yankee fans hopping up and down, the Stadium hitting 11 out of 10 on Nigel Tufnel's decibel scale -- I was sitting there thinking to myself, "Now that is why I didn't go to bed."
what then is Nigel Tufnel's decibel scale?
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Sex, drugs 'n rock'n'roll. If you can't have 'em all, settle for the drugs. Eventually, you'll need a spinal tap...
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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Nigel Tufnel's decibel scale
I believe that on a scale of one to ten it hits eleven.
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No, I'm not entering! Just throwing out that I've never heard of it. Though I'm pretty sure the Yankees are in New York...
Man, talk about...what was that term, Bingley? Terms of art? I never heard that phrase, either--thank you.
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>>the Stadium hitting 11 out of 10 on Nigel Tufnel's decibel scale
>I believe that on a scale of one to ten [Nigel Tufnel's decibel scale] hits eleven.
jo, you've just hit 11 on the Simpson D'ohmeter.
-ron o.
...and windward, nice attempt to efisc and wrest my sacred question.
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How'bout...
...prolly not an exact quote, but:
Actor X - Surely, you jest?
Actor N - I am not joking, and stop calling me Shirley!
[edit] Who is being called Shirley?Help is appreciated if there is misleading info in the "quote'.
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jo, you've just hit 11 on the Simpson D'ohmeter.
-ron o.
It's a fair cop. "Candidates are advised to read the question first."
But I do have the answer
PS: And I did have the answer but I was so busy trying to agree with Cap K without giving too much away that I (as pointed out by tsuwm) ended up re-stating the question - d-e-r
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It's from Airplane:
"Surely you can't be serious."
"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"
Used a number of times during the movie.
Also contains the immortal:
"There's a problem in the cabin"
"The cabin? What is it?"
"It's that room at the front of the plane, but that's not important right now."
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It just refers to a standard volume control going up to 10. Nigel Tufnell's apparently went to 11. (The Tap were so loud! - Just look at the number of pickups on his guitar)
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