Can "I drink your milkshake" be the "say hello to my little friend" of the new generation?
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16 Jan 2008 11:14 am
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The Kelis association makes this rather problematic.
In the tradition of "I'm gonna get medieval on his ass," "I drink your milkshake" is a clever and funny movie line which only stands to be massively overused by well-intentioned people trying to appropriate it as a signifier of hipness. For God's sake, Matt, please stop right now.
Would this be the same milkshake that brings all the boys to the yard? Because I kinda like the parallelism there: the song implies man-stealing, so the catchphrase could by reference be implying woman-stealing. I give it two snaps up.
And yes, yes, I know it's a line from TWBB and not a song reference. My point is that I presume it will now become detached from the movie and become a free-floating catchphrase devoid of context.
I think the blowjob innuendo could be a problem, too.
One thing's for certain. It's no "You're the man now, dog!"
Nah, I'm sorry, but that requirement's already been filled by "Shake n' Bake."
Used in conjunction w/ Dairy Quuen's sausage gravy milkshake advertisement, I think there's huge potential here.
It's a pretty good line, but the answer to your question - - "honest to blog" - - - is no. Also, it feels like the audience for Blood, large though it may be, is more old fuddy, as opposed to the broad and yute-ful appeal of Scarface.
I'm still upset that "Don't taze me bro!" hasn't become more popular. I suppose it suffers from a lack of appropriate context for usage. I tend to scream it from my office when I get a nasty email from a coworker. Even there it is inappropriate since it's not intended to cool off an aggressor. I get a kick out of it, even if no one else does. I forgot about "Your the man now dog!". That's hilarious.
I'm still upset that "Don't taze me bro!" hasn't become more popular.
I agree. 2007 was a year rich in real-life catchphrases:
http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid53162.aspx
In my opinion, no line of movie dialog can ever have the resonance of "My face is in hot scones!"
Some critics have panned the last scene of TWBB as "over the top" and "ridiculous", but for me, no one scene this year brought me more unadulterated cinematic pleasure than watching Daniel Day Lewis take a swan dive off the deep end as he humiliates and beats to death the pathetic, money-grubbing Elmer Gantry-like Paul Dano. "They should have kept you in a fucking jar Eli!!..." Pure gold.
Hey, dearleader! Fuck you! Some of us haven't seen this movie yet and would appreciate some warning for that sort of shit. This thing has been out all of what, three weeks in New York and LA? Back the fuck off your spoilers for a bit, mmkay?
"My face is in hot scones" is indeed good. I also think Yglesias should start using "You must have meant something more intelligent" for links to McArdle, posts about Jonah Goldberg, etc.
And well, jhupp, you did read the comment thread for this TWBB-related post, one which already let out the big plot twist about a milkshake being drunk. Of course, if you feel strongly enough about it, you can point at dearleader nyc and exclaim "Feather me yon oaf!"
No.
spoiler alert!
I mentioned this once before - we should bring back the little ol' lady who kept saying, "Where's the beef?"
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Only if "feather me yon oaf" gets to be the new "all your base are belong to us."
Posted by Chet | January 16, 2008 11:31 AM