Love that pic. What season is my favorite depends on what area we're talking about. If it's LA, my favorite season is Fall. Fall blows all the smog out of LA, leaving the air clean and crisp and exposing the beautiful mountain views that were part of the reason people flocked to LA in the first place. If we're talking the Bay Area, spring is my favorite season because of the flowers and early fruit harvests.
- Spidra Webster
Summer - Autumn in New Brunswick comes in a very close second. (Autumn in Alberta, not so much)
- Nathalie, Dreamer of FF
I like summer because it simply makes me happy, but fall is the best! Nothing beats scarves, sweaters, and awesome warm hats!
- Anna Haro
Spring, then fall. Then summer. Winter sucks apart from being a little pretty sometimes. Spring is awesome because 1) it means winter is over, and 2) everything is coming back to life.
- Kamilah Gill
Absolutely the fall! Besides the fresh fallen leaves, which are "bee-you-tee-full" I might add, it's much more than that. It's almost as if the combination of loneliness, togetherness, sweetness, sorrow, happiness, tribulations and love was come together in one lump sum as if that same "sum" was something tangible that you could wrap your arms around it, embrace it and never let it go :+)
- Tim Tunnicliff
I love Fall (and winter). I have allergies, so dead plants are good plants. ;-)
- Jason Huebel
They are just as difficult as they were, but the graphics are much better!
- Michael Fidler
FPS-TPS ones are getting "piece of cake". Because producers are more intended to attact gamers with fancy graphics (that need more powerful graphics cards) but RPG's are getting harder, gloomy and needs more user intelligence to deal with AI
- Acharad Sami VanJoulee
Games are definitely getting harder, and it's absolutely NOTHING to do with my increasing age and diminishing dexterity.
- Slippy "Threadsbane" Lane
The general census is that they are getting easier. What do you say to that?
- Kol Tregaskes
I think, for the most part, video games reached a peak in their difficulty a few years back, and have started to get a little easier again than they once were. The systems, though, (with the exception of the Wii) are getting more complex and difficult for us old fogeys to understand.
- Curtiss Grymala
In my case, they were already so hard 10 years ago that I gave up playing, and stuck with Tetris and other puzzle games. Really didn't want to spend hours and hours just to reach the final screen.
- Jordi Soler
Games only appear to be getting harder because as we get older, there's always something else competing for our valuable leisure time, so we have fewer hours free for gaming. (Oh, and for me, it's also got a lot to with increasing age and diminishing dexterity...)
- Andrew Terry
Okay after thinking this over some more, I need to modify my answer. Games have become more difficult and I attribute most of this to the advances in AI. Enemies were once very predictable, but now they often do the unexpected and can even coordinate their attacks. I love this because this, because their varied responses add to the re-playability of the game. What has definitely become...
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- Michael Fidler
black cross-trainers, black cotton waffle-knit henley, black cotton chinos, black wool socks from Denmark... i should be a friggin' stage hand.
- Joe Silence is not dead
dark wash jeans, black ballet flats, solid tee shirt, scowl.
- Sarah is Novembery
Brown leather lace-up rubber-soled shoes, black socks, target boxers, brown belt, khaki pants, polo shirt, black wireframe glasses, white gold wedding band, midsize hearing aids.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
Banana Republic, Jane Ferrar, or Express usually. Or whatever random other clothes they sell at Macy's and JC Penney. East-West Tradejourneys jeans or usually or X10.
- Maxamad (Amazigh)
Brandy, the more expensive the faster the cold "goes away".
- Kenton
Magical elixir......cranberry juice and 7up with a little OJ and tons of ice. Some kind of spicy soup if I get hungry....*sigh* I'm sick right now.I could use some soup.
- suzanne
from iPhone
Staying home from work. :) Although suzanne's remedy sounds good.
- Derrick
TheraFlu - they have one for colds in lemon flavor that is pretty good. Combine with sleep, water, gatorade and soup. My neighbor tried to get me on nanogreens. I tried them but it is kind of like drinking a glass of liquidy dirt.
- adf
No i don't. I use Private Lists as a Filter. And Public Lists as something the outside world can benefit from. Most of the time i stay on the standard unfiltered Timeline though. And so i cant unfollow... they would be missing there. Also, i think if you unfollow someone he/she disappears from the list as well.
- Hans-Joerg Stangor
No, I could add people to lists without them appearing into the 'following' list.
- Irma Vermaat
No, in fact I've followed more because of the lists.
- Kol Tregaskes
http://twitter.com/niczak -- I tweet about the following: Programming, databases, parenting, living & enjoying life, and involvement in lots of local activities here in Northern Nevada.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
I have most of you (didn't have Valeria for some reason, but just added), mine is http://twitter.com/jungleg -- see you on the other side ;)
- Jorge Escobar
http://twitter.com/dennis_... (don't forget the underscore) What do I tweet about? Tech, fiction, art, music, politics, comics, and of course my fiction. Occasionally some Seattle or Bremerton related stuff. I also have TwitterFeed tweet my blogs, and I always tweet from Flickr.
- Dennis Jernberg
http://twitter.com/glenc but I have to warn you, I stopped following people on Twitter a while ago. I have about 300 subscription notices (unread) in my email.
- Glen Campbell
i post about film and television editing/post production, I'm a bit of a gadget nerd, and i like anything funny on the web. i love followers... http://twitter.com/toddzelin
- Todd Zelin
I'm sure you're all interesting but following 6,000 is my limit. ; )
- Liz
http://twitter.com/cgranier - I tweet about many things -usually tech-oriented, reply to everyone who @'s me, and have lately been posting a lot about #FreeMediaVE, bringing attention to the struggle against communism in Venezuela. Feel free to follow me. @ me for a quick follow back. No spammers please.
- Carlos Granier-Phelps
Thank you all. I hope at least some follow me back else I'll hit my follower limit soon. ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
http://identi.ca/andyc Microblog about all sorts but mainly OMB and how much I dislike inferior legacy services. No names, no packdrill.
- Andy C
http://twitter.com/Felter i tweet about all, but i don't retweet my FF message. From twitter to FF only. if you follow me in FF, you can read my tweet.
- Felter Roberto
from twhirl
You know, you could have just started feeding in your tweets here and achieved the same, right? Or would that have been too subtle?
- Mr. Gunn
http://twitter.com/glitterpoet Don't mean to offend but it's usually not religious. Porn, drinking,dancing, music,makeup....I still do healing work. I just don't talk about it much anymore.
- Gabrielle V
My twitter stream is the typical... random thought bubbles, food porn pics, and shared items relating to technology, politics, and $$$. http://twitter.com/sean808080 is where you find me. Oh and I like unicorns and fairy dust.
- sean808080
@fossilhuntress or fossilmaitress (I kept getting my email cracked and getting locked out hence the duplicate); all content, linked to digg, delicious... mostly science, paleo and random banter...
- Fossil Huntress
http://twitter.com/wangyip - mostly stuff from FF (tech, startups, web apps, sometimes things about math, medicine, fitness) - I've followed a few here on tech stuff (Edit: Thanks Kol for the thread)
- Wang Yip
http://twitter.com/eoghann... - I post sci-fi news (tv, movies, books or comics I'm probably a fan of it), some tech stuff and the occasional round of venting.
- Eoghann Irving
had to settle the hash of some patrons who were loudly talking about what a travesty it was that i not only married outside my race but had children with my wife as well. good times.
- Joe Silence is not dead
This happened to me last year. I was on a date. Everything was great until I had to go get my car. The valet had lost my car! My date was an Attorney, so he ripped them apart. They finally found my car and it had a huge crack on the windshield. I called the valet owner and the restaurant owner and said that I was going to sue them and call Better Business bureau if they do not fix my...
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- Shevonne
eh? i've had some less nasty stuff that was strictly a matter of getting the order wrong and then trying to tell me that it was what i ordered and why was i so fucking picky anyway? :D
- Joe Silence is not dead
@Shevonne: did they ever explain how the heck the windshield got cracked?
- Joe Silence is not dead
Prolly happened when it fell off the jack stands while in reverse.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
When our daughter was about a year old, we had dinner at a local place known for making its own root beer - kind of an institution. We already thought our server was a bit of a ditz, but we really started to wonder when she disappeared after we ordered dessert. Like, seriously disappeared - she was gone a good 20 minutes! Finally she reappeared with our desserts and this opening line: "A lot's happened since I saw you last ..." She had managed to get herself locked in the dessert freezer!
- MaryB, BrandingBroadOfFF
from iPhone
I have a ton of them from dining room staff perspective. I was sommelier in a famous French restaurant in the US. One special dinner we had top chefs from around the world come in, who all proceeded to get very drunk. Dessert course was a "gateau de deux chocolat glace",a frozen white chocolate ice cream and dark chocolate cake served on a sauce of white and dark chocolate. Needless to say, the food fight that ensued from these drunken food artists was definitely messy.
- jcunwired
I just saw a guy pretending to speak to a ghost on some TV show. The guy living in the house thought there was a ghost there because the spatula was suddenly missing :D And what Mark said of course.
- Eivind
I've seen some things that may have been ghosts, but I don't know that they were. As with most things, I am skeptical but open to evidence.
- Neal Jansons
In the Principia Discordia, the founding document of the Discordian religion, the following conversation transpires between two saints:... Read More GP: "Is Eris true?" M2: "Everything is true." GP: "Even false things?" M2: "Even false things are true." GP: "How can that be?" M2: "I don't know man, I didn't do it." Wise words.
- Neal Jansons
Plumerias are lovely, but I don't have a favorite flower. I tend to like the small flowers from my plants versus the big showy ones.
- Anika
Definitely the tulips for me. It will always remind me when I was in college, walking around pregnant (with both kids), and seeing the different-colored tulips all over my college campus
- Shevonne
Plumerias and cherry blossoms and ranunculus and and and... (way too many to mention). Plumeria because they remind me of Hawaii and I love the smell, cherry blossoms because they don't last forever, ranunculus because they're so cheery
- Tamara
Foxgloves, Hemlock, and white oleander - and not just because they're poisonous.
- Katy S
I like cardinal flowers for their delicate red petals, monarda and thistles for their spiky-headed appearance, and black-eyed susans for their familiarity. (Black-eyed susans are sort of the floral version of comfort food for me.) Among trees, I'm partial to cherry blossoms in all their varieties, both wild and cultivated, for their delicate pinks and whites.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Dog rose, one of the simplist of roses but it grows happily in hedge rows and beside roads. It's not fussy like a modern hybrid and the hips are stunning and edible.
- Yant
Star Gazer lilies were my favorite but since they're extremely toxic to cats (and since Simon ate lilies last year), they're not allowed in the apartment, anymore. My alternate favorite are Gerbera Daisies. It's like having a bouquet of happy faces! (And they're not toxic to kittehs!)
- vicster
Ambrosia Apples.. offically members of the rose family, good looking AND you can eat them.
- Fossil Huntress
There's a street near my house that does this huge haunted house thing. Since we can't afford to buy candy for trick-or-treaters this year, I'm going to do that instead. Should be fun.
- Anika
We tend you have fireworks displays or big bonfires. :-) Here in Edenbridge we usually have a massive Guy in the shape of the disliked celebrity of the time. Last year is was Jonathan Ross and Russel Brand: http://www.edenbridgetown.com/bonfire...
- Kol Tregaskes
That's great.. We need a holiday to mock h8'd celebrities here in Canada!
- Brodie Beta
Absolutely. We had Tony Blair one year, I was very happy when he went up in flames (his Guy I mean :-)).
- Kol Tregaskes
You set them on fire ?! OMG. That's awesome. I say we make the date Dec 1st in Canada. We can begin our first with the burning of the Celine Dion doll.
- Brodie Beta
Hehe. Do Canadians really not like Celine Dion that much? I thought they didn't like Alanis Morrissette or Avril Lavigne more? ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Gosh, that was terrible grammar. :-(
- Kol Tregaskes
Oh No. They do like her... but I don't.
- Brodie Beta
Ah, hehe. I've liked a few of her previous albums, yes it's a guilty pleasure, but I've not liked any of her recent stuff.
- Kol Tregaskes
Hopefully the going to Jerome, AZ with Mr and my teen girls. Should be FUN and it's one of the few places hosting an all ages dance. Plus, Mr and I can wander over to The Spirit Room for the bands! Jerome was a ghost town and likes to claim hauntings :)
- R1CC1
I'm not saying she doesn't have a great voice. I just really h8 her music. I just sent out info about your holiday on Twitter =) Too cool !
- Brodie Beta
Halloween I'm cross bike racing http://www.rollapaluza.com/... no plans for Guy Fawkes, have missed it 8 years in a row since I moved to UK
- Yant
going out trick or treat'n with my friend & his kids, seeing that i dont have any, then off to a rocky horror show where the still perform the act under the screen, ;)
- chaz2b
Brodie, some of her stuff is too much, for sure. Yeah just seen the tweet, hehe, thanks. :-) Start a petition! ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Friends, music, fun... still no costume plan tho. Pressure's on
- Holly Rae, FFer
wife and kids and i, assuming none of us is ill anymore, are going over to my parents' haus to hand out candy and scare the pudding out of trick-or-treaters. i will be looping the Nirvana versus Rick Astley mashup interspersed with some of Arch Oboler's Drop Dead! album over a borrowed small PA system.
- Joe Silence is not dead
i should probly snag some of the creepier kilowatt-power moonflower lights from a DJ friend of mine to project onto the treetops.
- Joe Silence is not dead
Pig Roast at my brother's new place. Should be awesome.
- Alex Scrivener
Not much, probably just stopping at home, and having a quiet night.
- Tyson Key
Halloween's our first wedding anniversary. There's a bottle of Krug sitting in the fridge. Nuff said.
- Mark H
Well, I *was* looking forward to seeing the trick 'r treaters who risk knocking on the door of Doctor Zombie (that's me, by the way! I have lights and bats and everything!), but it turns out that some a-hole has arranged for the local Guy Fawkes/Fireworks display to take place on the 31st, too. We live in a small town, so this pretty much ensures that most people will watching that, rather than trick or treating.. :-(
- Andrew Terry
Kol, you don't call it Guy Fawkes' Day over there? It was a big holiday in my college dorm, I never heard it called Bonfire Night. Of course, in college every night was bonfire night...
- Lo
Dressing up in one of a few costumes. I have a large trunk full of them and generally decide on the night. Definitely hitting the dance floor and having a carefree night. Kol, go out and play. How could you stay in on Bonfire Night? Dancing is good for the soul. xo
- Fossil Huntress
The one I did; the 80s. Anything before that would have had me oppressed due to my sex and my skin color. The 90s was kind of lame.
- Anika
I don't think the 80s was any worse than any other decade of the 20th century, so I'll stick with the one I grew up in. The second half of the 20th century has a lot of advantages over the first half, even for white males like me. Vaccines for one, so no dying of preventable childhood diseases. Also, no child labor FTW!
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Plus I'm glad I'm old enough to remember using a typewriter and a time when cellphones & internet weren't widespread, but not old enough to have lived that way for very long.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
I have been asking myself this question for four (lonely) years.
- Lo
Lo, same but just for 32 (nearly 33). ;-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Couchsurfing (www.couchsurfing.org) is a great way to meet new people. You don't even have to let them stay at your place, just attend some of the events, offer to meet people for a coffee and show them round your area.
- Dan Smith
Kol, that's discouraging! I guess I should stop worrying about it now and save some effort :)
- Lo
MVB, hehe. I mean famous people following you.
- Kol Tregaskes
The Governator. But don't you think most of these famous folks are just auto-following?
- rowlikeagirl
Terra didn't. I've been following her for eons.
- Kol Tregaskes
I don't really bother WHO I follow or follows me per se, rather WHAT they're content is. Famous doesn't necessarily make for interesting or useful tweets in my opinion
- Ian May
Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf's Kryten) follows me on Twitter.
- Mark H
Just this Kol guy... you wouldn't know him. Suppose to be a famous game developer but he's really a photographer in disguise. ; )
- Fossil Huntress
The most famous person is a writer whose blog and books I read. But she autofollowed pretty much everybody so it doesn't really count.
- pea ♥ fierce as a woozle
Oh, and Vernon Reid of Living Colour. They're the only two who actually interact.
- cecily
whitney houston until she found a fake inposter-she shut down all her accts last week.why do people make up these fake accts? sickos
- R_ C
smokey robinson and maria shriver have been following me since last year.
- R_ C
I got followed by Timbaland without any prompting on my part, but he's only tweet 3 times since starting his account, so, meh. I followed John Malkovich, and he was kind enough to follow me back.
- Helen Sventitsky
"Last night I was looking back over a lot of the images that I’d taken of my kids and realised that while I use a zoom lens (a 24-105mm f/4) for a lot of my every day shooting that many of the images I take were around the 80-85mm focal length. It’s an odd one because if you’d asked me to guess what length I shoot at I would have probably said 105mm as that’s as far as the lens goes – but perhaps I’m zooming right in and then widening a little before shooting. It got me wondering what focal length others find themselves shooting at most? Go back through your last 50 or so shots and see what you’re shooting at and let us know!"
- Kol Tregaskes
from Bookmarklet
I really don't know for me, I'd have to check but I like macro shots but the focal length would be anything. Mainly 105mm though.
- Kol Tregaskes
I shoot with 24-70 f/2.8L with almost everything these days so 80mm is not in it but I have no problem with it. I usually hover around 24 or 70 :)
- See-ming Lee 李思明 SML
Nothing really. I usually make coffee, but it doesn't really wake me up, I just enjoy the stuff.
- Ian May
Coffee and cartoons...or Saved by the Bell. Mostly coffee though.
- Carlton Hackett
I have a three step process - (1) hot shower, (2) very loud music & (3) coffee.
- Stefanie Hahn
I can't do the very loud music. I need something gentle. When I used to have to get up at 4am and drive 40 miles I used to enjoy relaxing nighttime radio.
- Ian May
the realisation that i have two little girls who depend on me for almost everything. that and a cuppa tea.
- Joe Silence is not dead
John Kerry walks into a bar... the bartender says "Hey buddy, why the long face?"
- Mark Jepsen
me: i don't want to go to Malaysia! wife: shut up and keep swimming!
- Joe Silence is not dead
A mushroom walks into a bar. Bartender says, "we don't serve your kind here." Mushroom says, "why not, I'm a fungi."
- Michelle Martinez
“ Heisenberg, Gödel, and Chomsky walk into a bar. Heisenberg says, 'From the fact that we are all here I can infer that this is a joke, but cannot determine whether or not the joke is funny.' Gödel says, 'No, we can't tell if the joke is funny because we're inside it--if we could observe ourselves from outside, we would know.' Chomsky just shakes his head sadly. 'No, no,' he says, 'The joke is funny. You're just telling it wrong.' ”
- Mark Jepsen
A pirate walks into a bar w/ a steering wheel in his pants. The bartender asks, "Why is there a steering wheel in your pants?" The pirate replies, "Aaarrr, it's driving me nuts."
- Ayşe E.
Mickey Mouse & Minnie Mouse are in court, getting a divorce. The judge says to Mickey, "Let me get this straight, Mr. Mouse. You say you want to divorce your wife because she's crazy?" And Mickey says, "No, I keep telling you, she's not crazy, she's fucking Goofy!"
- josh neff, Fun Dip of FF
If you're a fan of dead baby or your mom jokes, I know most of them. (too offensive to post without asking though)
- Lo
Three engineers are debating Intelligent Design. They're operating under the assumption God exists, and discussing what type of engineer he would be. The first engineer says "God is clearly a mechanical engineer. Look at the human body: it's an incredibly intricate machine with an efficient power delivery system and the ability to repair itself. Skeletal and muscular systems are...
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- Brad Greer
Mark Jepsen, I LOVE your joke! :) — this comment is not a joke
- directeur
lol directeur:) And it is a great joke. Police officer to Heisenberg: Did you know you were speeding? Heisenberg: No I didn't though I do know exactly where I am.
- Nicola Quinn
Damn, that should have been, Did you know how fast you were going. Am so crap at telling jokes...
- Nicola Quinn
A mathematician watches as one man walks into a house and two men come out shortly after that. He thinks: "They house will be empty if one man walks in".
- Jemm
An infinite crowd of mathematicians enters a bar. The first one orders a pint, the second one a half pint, the third one a quarter pint... "I understand", says the bartender - and pours two pints.
- Faraz Mullick
A guy is driving across a bridge at about 5 miles over the speed limit when he gets pulled over by a state trooper. The trooper asks the guy why he was in such a hurry. "There's an emergency at work," the guy says. "What do you do?" asks the trooper. "I'm a rectum stretcher," replies the guy. The trooper then asks him "What's a rectum stretcher do?" The guy explains "Well, we take a...
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- Curtiss Grymala
A mother is sitting in the garden with her three daughters. "Mummy," the first daughter asks. "Why am I called Rose?" "Because when you were born a rose petal fell from that bush and landed on your forehead." "Mummy," asked the second daughter. "Why am I called Tulip?" "Because when you were born a tulip petal fell from over there and landed on your forehead." The third daughter moaned: "Mnanmammmammnaamammangh!" "Be quiet Fridge," said the mother.
- Mark H
A delivery man picked up some penguins at the airport and was on his way to deliver them to Audubon Zoo when his truck broke down. A man named Jay Boudreaux stopped to see if he need help. "Well, I have to wait for a mechanic, so if you could take these penguins to the zoo, that would be great. Boudreaux thought for a second, then agreed, and they put the penguins in the back of...
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- Ojos Criollos
Thank you everyone. That cheered me up.
- Kol Tregaskes
"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less." -- Way of the Peaceful Warrior
- Jay Martinez
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." -- Robert Frost
- Brandon
Outside a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a book, it's too dark to read - Groucho Marx
- Alan Simpson
"If I knew the word was going to end tomorrow, I'dplant a tree."
- John Seals
"Language is a wonderful thing. It can be used to express thoughts, to conceal thoughts, but more often, to replace thinking." -- Kelly Fordyce
- Joe Silence is not dead
I stay away from sugar and alcohol because they depress the immune system a bit.
- Spidra Webster
Coughing and sneezing in crowds helps to disperse and dilute down any germs quickly and it makes you feel good deep inside to know you're spreading the misery which is half the battle.
- Mark H
Hot tea (or boiling water) with lots of lemon juice, honey and sometimes a splash of rum or whiskey. A grog, basically.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Chicken soup with hot sauce in it, Earl Grey tea, tissue with aloe/lotion in it (used to think it was just a ploy for the companies to get more money til I tried it. Now I won't buy regular tissue anymore). Hope your cold goes away soon!
- Tamara
The one that comes to mind is in Top Secret when Val Kilmer pops out of a toilet! - http://www.youtube.com/watch... (not this isn't the scene, I couldn't find it).
- Kol Tregaskes
When the monster visits the blind hermit in Young Frankenstein.
- Fred Yankowski
Galaxy Quest. The entire scene when they were getting the berilium (sp?) spheres. "Let's get out of here before one of those things eats Guy!"
- Anika
The knights getting roasted by French castle guards in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Alex Scoble
Fred - good scene with Peter Boyle and Gene Hackman. I forgot how many good scenes Young Frankenstein has. (What Knockers!)
- Mike Nencetti
Or the scene in Bruce Almighty where Jim Carrey's character forces Steve Carrell's newscaster character to talk gibberish.
- Fred Yankowski
The underwater bar fight scene from Top Secret was hysterical, too. The part of Princess Bride inside Miracle Max's house was funny (of course, most of that movie was).
- Curtiss Grymala
Ah just remember another one: The Princess Bride - how could I forget that! :-) EDIT: Curtis, just seen your mention, doh. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Speaking of Steve Carrell, the waxing scene in 40-year-old Virgin kills me.
- Spidra Webster
Flickchart's 30,000+ users say the Top 5 Comedies are: Ghostbusters, The Big Lebowski, Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Shaun of the Dead, and Groundhog Day - http://www.flickchart.com/Charts...
- Nathan Chase
Nice plug, Nathan. ;-) I like Monty Python and Shaun of the Dead.
- Kol Tregaskes
There are also some damned funny scenes in all three of the Mummy movies. Brendan Fraser and John Hannah are comedic geniuses in those movies.
- Curtiss Grymala
Not for me, can't get on with either.
- Kol Tregaskes
The "Don't Stop Me Now" scene from Shaun of the Dead gets me every single time. I love that whole bit.
- James Ferguson
Thanks, Kol. I promote where I can. :)
- Nathan Chase
Justin, nope. But I generally don't want older movies. I'm sure I'll get round to watching it one day. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Kol, if you haven't seen it, stop what you're doing RIGHT NOW and watch Blazing Saddles. It's a must!
- Spidra Webster
LOL, Spidra. I'll add it to my Lovefilm list. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I don't think I can narrow this down. There are so many that come to mind. "I can speak jive" from Airplane. "The Holy Handgrenade" Sequence from The Holy Grail. The whole Dom Deluise sequence from Blazing Saddles.
- Justin Whitaker
"Are you some type of cock blocking robot developed in some secret fucking government lab?" -ZombieLand
- ‘-.-’ Tutivillus Grift
Chief Inspector Dreyfus: "The beggar was the lookout man for the gang." Inspector Clouseau: "That is impossible." Chief Inspector Dreyfus: "Why?" Inspector Clouseau: "Because he was blind. How can a blind man be a lookout?" Chief Inspector Dreyfus: "How can an idiot be a policeman? Answer me that!" Inspector Clouseau: "Well, that is very simple. All he has to do is enlist." *tears* Pink Panther FTMFW.
- Ayşe E.
Every Jack Nicholson scene from "As good as it gets" closely followed by Jack Black in "Nacho Libre", Will Ferrell in the underated "Step Brothers" and Steve Martin / John Candy in "Planes Trains and Automobiles"
- Shauns
from iPhone
The comedy that spring from some interactions on FF rivals even some of the most hilarious movie scenes I've seen. Maybe I just have a vivid imagination :)
- Micah Wittman
<3 Top Secret! Funniest scene: when the scientist dug a hole in his cell to escape ..... (I don't want to spoil it)
- LouCypher
I've always been a Mel Brooks fan, and Young Frankenstein is definitely one of my favorites....with many hysterical scenes.....but I always loved the original Pink Panther movies with Peter Sellers too. Not the remakes with Steve Martin. And, yes Kol, you have to watch Blazing Saddles....definitely my hubbies favorite movie!
- Bonnie Foster
Airplane gets my vote. Young Frankenstein, Vacation, Caddyshack and Blazing Saddles round out my top five.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
Funniest scene, though, for me... Doctor Evil describing his childhood in the therapy session. Or Gilbert Godfreid doing The Aristocrats at the Friars Club.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
from iPod
Many parts of The Blues Brothers, and the part in Friday that's a flashback in black and white and I think Deebo knocks out somebody, and Smokey runs up and the camera shows him from the perspective of the guy who got knocked out, and Smokey exclaims, "You just got knocked the Fuck Out!"
- Kamilah Gill
I think Will is very talented but I only like about 1/4 of what he's been cast in or cast himself in. However, when he is on he is very very funny. (By the way, I wasn't choosing. If I had to choose, I'd probably choose Carell as well.)
- Spidra Webster
Kol - You're not the only one. I find Will Ferrell even more annoying and unfunny than I find Jim Carrey. Can't stand either of them. Steve Carrell is okay, but I'm not a huge fan. He's certainly better than Will Ferrell, though.
- Curtiss Grymala
I share Kol's opinion as well. Life's too short to waste more than about 30 seconds at a time watching Will Ferrell. The other guy, maybe 40 seconds and I'm done.
- jcunwired
Jim Gaffigan, Stephen Lynch, John Caparulo
- Alan Simpson
I'm also a big fan of Eddie Izzard and Steven Wright. And I like Jeremy Hotz, too. He has the best delivery in stand-up right now. No one can touch it.
- Akiva Moskovitz
Dylan Moran, Ross Noble, Judith Lucy, Adam Hills and, of course, Steven K Amos
- Bryce, Low in Sodium
from iPhone
What about Bob Newhart? He may not be my favorite but he certainly deserves to be on this impromptu list.
- Kenton
And a few more. Morgan Murphy, Paul F. Thompkins, Patton Oswalt, Maria Bamford, Brian Posehn, Zack Galifianakis (aka The Comedians of Comedy). I would also put Eugene Mirman in there since he was really good live..
- Joe Pierce
Only people that haven't been listed, yet. Lewis Black, Jim Carrey, Mitch Hedberg, Eddie Murphy...
- Jimminy
Might as well throw Bill Hicks in there, too.
- Akiva Moskovitz
"How can a video game be scary? Unlike horror movies where you're stuck watching some hapless victim succumb to scary stuff, video games empower players to fight back. Or at least run away. It's October. Time to identify horror-gaming's essentials."
- Kol Tregaskes
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The motion detector beep in Aliens vs Predator freaked the hell out of me, hehe. Silent Hill and the Resi's do scary very well.
- Kol Tregaskes
Scariest part of a video game? How about when the exclamation mark appeared above you in Metal Gear Solid after being in Stealth mode for 20mins hiding behind a truck. Had it as a message tone for a few days. It was replaced quite quickly. Always scared the crap out of me.
- Giraffes Up In The AIr
System Shock 2 scared me to death. I was playing it during the day and wound up outside in the courtyard with my neighbors. Shaking.
- Anika
Anika, I only played the first bit of System Shock, must give it another go some time. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
I remember the soundtrack and the lighting in Quake having quite an effect on me when I was younger.
- Curtiss Grymala
Neil, LOL. Yeah some can be expensive but I tend to wait a month or so and the prices drop by up to 50%. :-)
- Kol Tregaskes
Silent Hill is the scariest of all games, the soundtracks and the lighting makes it really spooky. Never play in the dark with headphones on the PSP.
- Faraz Mullick
When playing Doom for the first times, it was quite creepy when you heard the enemy sounds and didn't know behind which corner the next enemy will appear (or sometimes behind).
- Jemm