better with each passing day (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Dan Goncharoff]

I thought his last words, when Jack Lemmon finally says, "I'm a MAN",
are, "Well -- nobody's perfect."

DanG

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Alison Murie <sagehen7470 at att.net> wrote:

>> In either case, the quotes don't really have to mean anything.  They
>> can
>> be in context -- when an attractive woman enters, we'd note that she
>> is
>> "lean and mean and not too far in between" or is "a monkey woman".
>> But
>> they can be completely out of left field, as well.  I used to share an
>> office with a Caddyshack fan who would say "I've got that going for
>> me,
>> which is nice" at times at which it would make no sense at all;
>> likewise
>> "It's in the hole!" and "Winter rules".  Another buddy would say "I've
>> got a pond -- that would be good for you" apropos of nothing at all.
>>
>>
>>
> ~~~~~~~~
> Joe E Brown's last words in Some Like It Hot.
> AM

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