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14 September 2001

Submitted by eve on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 8:06am. Graffiti

"Tangent, schmangent, I want my monkey man!"
--written on the wall of the women's restroom in Kroeber hall

My heart wasn't in posting today; my heart is in New York, Pennsylvania, DC. I can't think about anything but the tragedy, but maybe it's time I did, if only for the momentary relief of diversion.

I present you: diversion day at In Passing dot Org.

There's nothing I could have posted today that wouldn't have seemed a little trivial. So I figured I'd go all out, because what's more trivial than graffiti that I learned yesterday was misquoting something else? (cool points if you can identify.)

Let the distraction begin.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Sat, 04/27/2002 - 3:58pm.

Archived comment by Courtney Smith:
Seen spray-painted on a truck in a suburb of Martinsburg, WV: "4 x 4 = 16."

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Thu, 09/20/2001 - 11:01am.

Archived comment by umrguy:
Cool points, shadow, that's what she wins, cool points....

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Thu, 09/20/2001 - 9:23am.

Archived comment by shadow:
dingdingding!

We have a winner! - Very good Jen. You win, well...erm...nothing, kiddo.

sorry :)

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Wed, 09/19/2001 - 1:11pm.

Archived comment by steff:
i still catch hell about the time i called my boss monkeyman. he was less than amused, but everyone else needed oxygen. =) i really couldn't tell ya why i did it, then or now. he's not particularly monkey-like. *shrug* i like misquotes almost as much as the real thing. "theeeeere's a bathroom on the right..."

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Wed, 09/19/2001 - 11:24am.

Archived comment by jen:
shadow -

'220, 221 whatever it takes' is from Mr. Mom, right?

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Tue, 09/18/2001 - 10:14am.

Archived comment by Kari, forkboy, Night Dragon:
I dont want the man but i do want the monkey. Monkeys are awesome.

yes forkboy is a new nickname and no i dont know what it means. All i know is "its from umm... a song".

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 09/17/2001 - 10:51pm.

Archived comment by Matt:
Hey Jill, how hot does a fire have to be to burn a book in the first place?

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 09/17/2001 - 4:44pm.

Archived comment by Jill:
Are there any cool points up for fair_n_hite_451 's book reference? I loved that book, until I burned it, of course.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 09/17/2001 - 11:33am.

Archived comment by Jon:
Thanks Montygirl. It won't be as much fun clarifying butter without you('til next week, at least).

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 09/17/2001 - 10:40am.

Archived comment by fair_n_hite_451:
Well, I was obviously in need of distraction / diversion because I spent 20 minutes trying to track down the "...whatever it takes" quote.

What did I learn? That "Whatever It Takes" was a movie released last year (running either 92 or 94 minutes) that was a teen remake of the Cyrano de Bergerac tale. And it was either "delightfully charming and funny" or "crap" depending on whether you were trying to sell it to me or not.

... and it wouldn't be much of a tangent if we didn't talk about it now umrguy, would it?

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 09/17/2001 - 10:12am.

Archived comment by Montygirl:
Jon/umrguy - to clarify butter you cook it over an extrememly low heat to separate the oil from the milk solids (whey) and then serve the oily part over a nicely cooked pound of crab legs.

Matt, sorry about the moniker-quoting mishap, I even checked the reference on the net and copied so I wouldn't make an error... but, I'll add movie quoting to the list with golf and sex -- you don't have to be really good at any of them to have fun. (although you're prowess does help others to enjoy at least two of them.) ;^)

Last post from me 'til next week. So have fun without me.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 09/17/2001 - 9:35am.

Archived comment by umrguy:
Where did butter come into the picture at? Did I miss something?

(Talk about a tangent....)

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 09/17/2001 - 9:19am.

Archived comment by talshadar:
To clarify butter - don't you just cook it until it seperates into a golden oil and whitish gunk that floats on top?

Granted, I'm not a cook and I could be just plain wrong... someone go ask Emril :-)

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 09/17/2001 - 8:46am.

Archived comment by Jon:
To clarify butter: take one stick of butter, and one saucepan...

Um, anyone know how to clarify butter? : )

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 09/17/2001 - 8:12am.

Archived comment by umrguy:
Er, to clarify: cool points for the quote in the middle of my earlier, longer post.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 09/17/2001 - 8:09am.

Archived comment by umrguy:
A cool point for shadow, although I wasn't actually offering that one up for cool points. A couple cool points to the first person to get the quote in the middle of that post, however....

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 09/17/2001 - 7:17am.

Archived comment by shadow:
urmguy -

"Snoochie Boochies" (however you spell it) - spoken by Jay in Mall Rats

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"He likes to (do it) in an uncomfortable place."
"What, like the back of a volkswagon?" (I know I gave away the movie...I just love this quote.)

here's one for you -

"220, 221 whatever it takes."

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Mon, 09/17/2001 - 6:54am.

Archived comment by Jon:
Perhaps we could designate a thread for such info, or suggest a group-blog page where people can contribute?

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Sun, 09/16/2001 - 6:19pm.

Archived comment by Matt:
brainwane, as important as it is to know these things, this thread was created specifically as a distraction from the events of the past week.

The ignorance inherent in events like these saddens me greatly, almost as much as the tragedy of the death itself.

I speak only for myself when I ask that future links like these be posted in another thread, one more inherently related to the content of the link.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Sun, 09/16/2001 - 5:20pm.

Archived comment by brainwane:
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2001/09/16/arizona_attack/index.html

It's begun.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Sun, 09/16/2001 - 10:39am.

Archived comment by Matt:
I kneel in abasement before you, umrguy.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Sat, 09/15/2001 - 11:28pm.

Archived comment by mic:
in passing....kuno! hoy babaye! cool lagi imong site manang:) bery nice uy. anyhow, thanks for the food, company and catching up. its been an while and it is always good to see trusty friends to reminisce and be happy.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Sat, 09/15/2001 - 9:09pm.

Archived comment by umrguy:
Actually, I was just thinking: Do cool points and dork points cancel each other out?

Oh, well....

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Sat, 09/15/2001 - 7:18pm.

Archived comment by Jeremiah:
Everyone should go to this site. Links to images of world solidarity, quotes about monkeys, and people who know about Buckaroo Bonzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers. It's great. It really is.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Sat, 09/15/2001 - 1:04pm.

Archived comment by guy incognito:
all i gotta say to umrguy is snoogans.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Sat, 09/15/2001 - 12:25pm.

Archived comment by HairyItalian:
Hand over the cool points, and no one gets hurt....

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Sat, 09/15/2001 - 12:23pm.

Archived comment by umrguy:
Sorry, Matt, I'm gonna have to get cool points and dork points here. Paul's quote is from The Empire Strikes Back, not A New Hope. Han, Chewie, Leia, and Luke are in the infirmary on Hoth, where Luke is out of the bacta tank after tangling with the Wampa, and Leia's just told Han off about his ideas of her being in love with him. (Hand over the cool points boys and girls, and just remember: "Don't f*** with the Jedi Master, son!")

As for your "four-assed" quotes, that would be South Park: "An elephant makes love to a pig"

Snootchie-bootchies...

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Sat, 09/15/2001 - 12:02pm.

Archived comment by benno:
Dang! Maybe I'll try that double somethin'-something' some time. At least that way I might get a random quote listed on IP.O...

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 5:30pm.

Archived comment by Eve:
Sorry, cool points are non-redeemable for dates. However 5 cool points and $3.15 will get you a double iced mocha at Wall Berlin Kaffehaus. :-)

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 5:01pm.

Archived comment by benno:
Cool! I got cool points! Do I win a date with Eve? :-)
So is everyone going to go out and buy the Simpsons Season One DVD?

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 1:34pm.

Archived comment by Jeremy:
I love Buckaroo Banzai. If you've never seen the movie watch it. What a way for Jeff Goldbloom to get a start. How about,"what's eating you Monkey Man?"

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 1:27pm.

Archived comment by Matt:
Oh, and I almost forgot. Nice one, Montygirl, except that you forgot badgers in between sloths and carp, and frankly, I *expect* someone with your moniker to have the easy quote in the front of your brain.

Now when you've memorized the entire "Travel Agent" sketch, as it appears on the "Final Rip-Off" album (as I did, some years ago), come talk to me.

"Crucifiction's a doddle."

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 1:20pm.

Archived comment by Matt:
Paul, I believe your quote is from Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope. Han Solo has just done something dumb--I can't remember what--and Chewbacca, his speech-impaired Wookiee, is experiencing a bit of schadenfraude.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 12:11pm.

Archived comment by Paul:
My thermodynamics professor usually incorporates monkeys into his tests and quizzes somehow- I think the first test I ever had with him involved a monkey stumbling across a frictionless piston-cyliner device in the jungle reading 100 kPa internal pressure, so the monkey decided to test his strength by forcing the piston back until the gauge read 200 kPa. Then his girlfriend who he met on winter vacation came by, and he challenged her to compress it to 500 kPa, since she was a silver-backed gorilla. Snarling "I don't need help from a girlie-man like you!" she pushes it back to 500 kPa. We were then to figure out the change in volume, as I recall, given that the initial volume of the cylinder was 1 m^3 and it contained air at 25 C. (You have to use the Ideal Gas Law for it, PV=mRT.)

His next test featured evil mutant zombies at the Lake Anna nuclear power plant, trying to acheive a certain amount of efficiency more than the monkeys could do. Then the next test had the Drunken Monkey Brewing Company, and we had to find out the mass flow rate of water needed to cool the wort to a certain temperature...

Anyway, I've dealt a lot with monkeys.

And I've met quite a few on Usenet. (g)

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 11:52am.

Archived comment by Montygirl:
Paul - cool points to you, if I had any. Come to think of it, I think I did earn some once, way back when.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 11:47am.

Archived comment by guy incognito:
ahh the simpsons is full of many monkey quotes, one i particularly like is where homer talks about "blasing across the salt flats in a monkey navigated rocket car"

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 11:45am.

Archived comment by Paul:
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the reading after the description of the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

Okay, new one: "Laugh it up, fuzzball!"

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 11:32am.

Archived comment by Montygirl:
Well, I got nothin' for Monkey Man ... but I do have this:

"And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats and ..."

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 11:12am.

Archived comment by Matt:
"Here is my four-assed monkey. And here is a four-assed mongoose."

So bizarre, even the visual's not that funny. I'm giving out dork points for the title of this episode.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 10:48am.

Archived comment by Jim:
And to think, I thought it was a reference to a Rolling Stones or Peter Gabriel tune.

I guess I'm just of a different era.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 10:07am.

Archived comment by icon:
Much like stock trades, I think 'cool points' transactions were put on hold this week.

Here's a list of all simian references in the Simpsons and it does include the following;

"How would I go about creating a half-man, half-monkey-type creature?", "God shmod! I want my monkey-man!" (Bart)

http://www.snpp.com/guides/simian.refs.html

Eve, thank you for providing a diversion from everything that happened this week. Every little bit helps.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 9:57am.

Archived comment by CAM2:
Ah yes, it's been a looooooong time since I saw Buckaroo Bonzai. Does that mean I LOSE cool points for throwing a mis-quote out there for someone to get them?

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 9:46am.

Archived comment by Jon:
I was hoping that it was the Monkey Man from India, dammit! Last I heard, it was a ghost robot alien with magic powers(invisibility, flying and something else), that could also turn into animals.
Thank you Ananova, you keep me entertained sometimes.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 9:44am.

Archived comment by DM:
benno got it right. Bart's harassing Mrs. Crabapple abouting creating a monkey man. She tells him he's not allowed to play God.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 9:30am.

Archived comment by benno:
I don't know the exact quote, but it's definitely paraphrasing Bart Simpson. Basically, he wanted to make a mutated monkey man, and whatever adult he was talking to said it wasn't right to play God. His response was something like "God, shmod! I want my monkey man!"

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 9:25am.

Archived comment by icon:
Cam2, I thought it was;

'Laugh while you can, Monkey Boy'

Doctor Emilio Lizardo, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension.

Which, I just found out through a search on google, it's apparently both a musical group and an album. weird....

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 9:22am.

Archived comment by philosophile:
Monkeys... Monkey man... Funny.
Even getting the reference...

Distraction is hard when you're somber. But it hits you unexpectedly. Yesterday I saw my artist friend on campus... I had never seen this shirt that he made last semester. It had a picture of his very suburban house, with a message in a round child-like font that said "I live with my mom."
That was the first hearty laugh I had in a long time, and I thank him for it.

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Posted by Anne Onymous on Fri, 09/14/2001 - 8:24am.

Archived comment by CAM2:
Eve,

Thank you.

"Laugh it up, Monkey Boy!"

Anyone?

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