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RedditStrolls t1_j8t3eo4 wrote

Reply to comment by gregorydgraham in TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..." by dylancatlow

I shudder to think that it came out of me since I hate that m word so much. Amaryllis is truly not a cool name. It's the worst I could think of at the time.

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RedditStrolls t1_j8t3e3x wrote

Reply to comment by gregorydgraham in TIL that the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night" was the opening line to an actual novel published in 1830, but runs on for another 51 words: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which..." by dylancatlow

I shudder to think that it came out of me since I hate that m word so much. Amaryllis is truly not a cool name. It's the worst I could think of at the time.

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davtruss t1_j8sxcx3 wrote

Reply to comment by WalkerBRiley in TIL the phrase “you can’t handle the truth” was created/ improvised by Jack Nicholson. The movie's original screenplay boasted the line "You already have the truth," which Nicholson trimmed to "You can't handle the truth." by SixedSigma

But not in the mind of the dude who ordered the Code Red. What he considers a philosophy others might consider a sickness or an obsession. It's that belief that none of us are safe without the mean bastards. Of course he got what was coming to him.

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HorseGirl666 t1_j8swjk2 wrote

Reply to comment by Decabet in TIL the phrase “you can’t handle the truth” was created/ improvised by Jack Nicholson. The movie's original screenplay boasted the line "You already have the truth," which Nicholson trimmed to "You can't handle the truth." by SixedSigma

>endlessly repeated cheap punchline

The only iteration of it that doesn't drive me crazy is in Rugrats in Paris, I think of this more often than the original.

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MissingInBrain t1_j8sweyj wrote

Reply to comment by Goalie_deacon in TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint. by SilentWalrus92

She's like, ok, this guy dressed up in red pajamas and stole pizza. There was a bunch of TV shows about how he was perpetrating the crimes. It mad him so crazy and embarrassed that he...[actual facts about the story].

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