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by **Lance** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:33 pm

Khrushchev's Other Shoe wrote:
MM_Dandy wrote:I have no idea what movie that's from, but what is a "tinker cow?"

It's maybe the rough equivalent in the British isles of a "gypsy cow" in eastern Europe. I suspect Heid the Ba' would be able to explain it better than I would.

I parsed that as (ragged arse tinker) (cow theives). Tinkers generally didn't have good reputations.

by **Мастер** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:12 am

Lance wrote:
Khrushchev's Other Shoe wrote:
MM_Dandy wrote:I have no idea what movie that's from, but what is a "tinker cow?"

It's maybe the rough equivalent in the British isles of a "gypsy cow" in eastern Europe. I suspect Heid the Ba' would be able to explain it better than I would.

I parsed that as (ragged arse tinker) (cow theives). Tinkers generally didn't have good reputations.

I would say that's the correct parsing. My earlier response has an implied :D at the end of it.

Seriously, it seems to me that they are thought of similarly to the way many eastern Europeans think of gypsies. But I've never lived on Great Britain or Ireland (well, I kind of passed through at a very young age when I was in a transitional state), so I'm not completely sure whether that's an appropriate analogy. . .

by **Мастер** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:35 am

The current movie quote is:

Khrushchev's Other Shoe wrote:Get up, you bunch of ragged arse tinker cow thieves!

by **Heid the Ba** » Fri May 11, 2007 3:55 pm

Yep, gypsies = tinkers (more or less, tinkers can also be itinerant Irish). I read it as a ragged arsed tinker who steals cows.

No idea about the film though.

by **Мастер** » Sat May 12, 2007 9:50 pm

Khrushchev's Other Shoe wrote:Get up, you bunch of ragged arse tinker cow thieves!

The actor who spoke these lines was an amateur boxer, and won the Irish Youth Championship.

by **Heid the Ba** » Mon May 14, 2007 8:06 am

That would be Liam Neeson.

Rob Roy?

by **Мастер** » Sat May 19, 2007 10:54 pm

Heid the Ba' wrote:That would be Liam Neeson.

Rob Roy?

Correct! One of the very first scenes.

by **MM_Dandy** » Wed May 30, 2007 11:01 pm

Bump for heid.

by **Heid the Ba** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:12 pm

Apologies, I was away: I only checked because it just dawned on me why KOS said what he did in another thread. :oops:

"Well it's no use prevaricating about the bush."

by **LoneWolfe007** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:42 am

Wallace & Gromit The Wrong Trousers?

"Fredo, you're my older brother, I love you, but don't ever take sides with anyone against the family again. Ever."

by **Heid the Ba** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:54 am

Correct Lonewolfe007.

by **Мастер** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:03 pm

Well, it's got to be one of the Godfather films. I'll go with Godfather II.

by **Lance** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:58 pm

LoneWolfe007 wrote:Fredo

Khrushchev's Other Shoe wrote:Well, it's got to be one of the Godfather films. I'll go with Godfather II.

Oh, sheesh!

I misread that as Frodo and figured it was on of the LOTR movies. I've only seen the first one so far.

by **Capt. Moosedoom** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:22 pm

Ya, I would definetely guess a godfather film....

by **LoneWolfe007** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:31 pm

Godfather 1 actually, close though. just one number off, haha

by **Мастер** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:37 pm

So it's my turn then? Or do I have to say it?

The Godfather!

by **LoneWolfe007** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:41 pm

Ya sure you next.

by **Мастер** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:49 pm

Look man, there's only three reasons why you can't make your court date. One, you're in a hospital. Two, you're in jail. Three, your ass is dead.

by **Heid the Ba** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:22 pm

This was in a film I saw recently, but I can't remember which one.

Pulp Fiction?

by **Мастер** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:57 pm

Heid the Ba' wrote:Pulp Fiction?

Ooh, you are very close.

by **Heid the Ba** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:35 am

The wayward sister of our new PM: Jackie Brown.

by **LoneWolfe007** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:05 pm

Dude, that is the answer too, I wasnt thinking.

by **Мастер** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 9:18 pm

Heid the Ba' wrote:The wayward sister of our new PM: Jackie Brown.

Correct, Jackie Brown, discoverer of the Brownian motion.

by **Heid the Ba** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:24 am

"What the hell kind of traffic control is this?"

by **LoneWolfe007** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:01 pm

I think I remeber this from Tora, Tora, Tora. But I think I have another idea of what it is from if that is wrong.

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