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20 posts by 14 people · 20 Dec 2000 23:48 UTC - 23 Dec 2000 02:40 UTC

Trainspotting monologue parodied for GPL addiction

ymenard posted a version of the 'Choose life' monologue from Trainspotting, likening GPL addiction to the film's subject. Tom Pabst questioned whether it belonged on the newsgroup, and others identified the film and discussed it.

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ymenard 20 Dec 2000 23:48 UTC#213932
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit crushing game shows, stuffing junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose a future. Choose life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? There are no reasons. Who needs a reason when you've got Grand Prix Legends? -- Eh movie quote, if you ever wonder... -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
Semi 21 Dec 2000 00:02 UTC↳ reply to ymenard#213753
I ate his liver with some flava beans washed down with a nice chiante, f...f.....f......f......ferrari at monza 1.30 "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3zb06.7752$[email hidden]... > Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a > fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact discplayers > and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, anddental > insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starterhome. > Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching fabrics. Choose DIYand > wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that > couch watching mind-numbing, spirit crushing game shows, stuffing junkfood > into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing yourlast
Quoted text (16 lines)> in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, > fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose a future. Choose > life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? > > There are no reasons. > > Who needs a reason when you've got Grand Prix Legends? > > > > > -- Eh movie quote, if you ever wonder... > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.WeRace.net > -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't
realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. > > >
Don't bogart that joint my friend <g> "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3zb06.7752$[email hidden]... > Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a > fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact discplayers > and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, anddental > insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starterhome. > Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching fabrics. Choose DIYand > wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that > couch watching mind-numbing, spirit crushing game shows, stuffing junkfood > into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing yourlast
Quoted text (16 lines)> in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, > fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose a future. Choose > life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? > > There are no reasons. > > Who needs a reason when you've got Grand Prix Legends? > > > > > -- Eh movie quote, if you ever wonder... > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.WeRace.net > -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't
realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. > > > >
Quoted text (17 lines)> >Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a >fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players >and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental >insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. >Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching fabrics. Choose DIY and >wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that >couch watching mind-numbing, spirit crushing game shows, stuffing junk food >into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last >in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, >fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose a future. Choose >life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? > >There are no reasons. > >Who needs a reason when you've got Grand Prix Legends? >
I choose DEATH.
On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:48:15 GMT, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote:
Quoted text (16 lines)>Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a >fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players >and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental >insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. >Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching fabrics. Choose DIY and >wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that >couch watching mind-numbing, spirit crushing game shows, stuffing junk food >into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last >in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, >fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose a future. Choose >life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? > >There are no reasons. > >Who needs a reason when you've got Grand Prix Legends? >
Wasn't this from Pulp Fiction? Must be from a Tarantino movie.. or Dennis Learey? Andre
Quoted text (11 lines)> > >-- Eh movie quote, if you ever wonder... >-- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> >-- May the Downforce be with you... >-- http://www.WeRace.net >-- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise >how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. > > >
It's from "trainspotting", isn't it? It's fun to see some people here, that are just as mad about GPL as I am! Andre Warringa wrote:
Quoted text (36 lines)> On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:48:15 GMT, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a > >fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players > >and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental > >insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. > >Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching fabrics. Choose DIY and > >wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that > >couch watching mind-numbing, spirit crushing game shows, stuffing junk food > >into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last > >in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, > >fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose a future. Choose > >life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? > > > >There are no reasons. > > > >Who needs a reason when you've got Grand Prix Legends? > > > > Wasn't this from Pulp Fiction? Must be from a Tarantino movie.. > or Dennis Learey? > > Andre > > > > > > >-- Eh movie quote, if you ever wonder... > >-- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > >-- May the Downforce be with you... > >-- http://www.WeRace.net > >-- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise > >how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. > > > > > >
Francois.... Holy b-gesuz! Have you started drinking in your old age? If there is a "point" to this diatribe.....was it even appropriate to post it on R.A.S.? I kind of doubt it. Using the words, "Grand Prix Legends"....doesn't make a "post" automatically appropriate for this newsgroup. Does it? Either you need to race less.....drink less....or get laid (or something)....because you've gone way overboard now! Hope you can swim? Tom PS: What is "DIY"....I must be too old to know. "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3zb06.7752$[email hidden]... > Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a > fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact discplayers > and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, anddental > insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starterhome. > Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching fabrics. Choose DIYand > wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that > couch watching mind-numbing, spirit crushing game shows, stuffing junkfood > into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing yourlast
Quoted text (16 lines)> in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, > fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose a future. Choose > life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? > > There are no reasons. > > Who needs a reason when you've got Grand Prix Legends? > > > > > -- Eh movie quote, if you ever wonder... > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.WeRace.net > -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't
realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. > > >
"Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> writes:
Quoted text (14 lines)> Francois.... > > Holy b-gesuz! Have you started drinking in your old age? > > If there is a "point" to this diatribe.....was it even appropriate to post > it on R.A.S.? I kind of doubt it. Using the words, "Grand Prix > Legends"....doesn't make a "post" automatically appropriate for this > newsgroup. Does it? Either you need to race less.....drink less....or get > laid (or something)....because you've gone way overboard now! Hope you can > swim? > > Tom > > PS: What is "DIY"....I must be too old to know.
Do It Yourself. It's all about building stuff yourself and end up with something that looks ugly and cost twice as much as in the store. :) -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying
In article <dek06.18506$[email hidden]>, "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Francois.... > If there is a "point" to this diatribe.....was it even appropriate to post > it on R.A.S.? I kind of doubt it. The quote's lifted from an utterly wonderful film called "Trainspotting", which is about a group of Heroin users in Glasgow, and was delivered at the beginning of the film by Renton, who acts as the films highluy articulate, slightly introspective, and hugely cynical narrator explaining why, for him at least, drug addiction is a valid alternative to more conventional lifestyles. Thing is, looking at the amount of time and money that what, by the standards of this newsgroup is a quite modest GPL habit has cost me over the last 18 months or so, and the effect on my social life I think Francois might just have a valid comparison :-) -- JG Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
-- "Olav K. Malmin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> writes: > > > Tom > > > > PS: What is "DIY"....I must be too old to know. > > Do It Yourself. It's all about building stuff yourself and end up with > something that looks ugly and cost twice as much as in the store. :) > > -- > Olav K. Malmin > remove .spam when replying It also starts to fall apart as soon as its fully assembled. Chris -- www.geocities.com/simbokza Remove _your_clothes before replying
<[email hidden]> wrote in message news:91spj7$td8$[email hidden]... > The quote's lifted from an utterly wonderful film called "Trainspotting", > which is about a group of Heroin users in Glasgow, and was delivered atthe > beginning of the film by Renton, who acts as the films highluy articulate, > slightly introspective, and hugely cynical narrator explaining why, forhim > at least, drug addiction is a valid alternative to more conventional > lifestyles. > > Thing is, looking at the amount of time and money that what, by thestandards > of this newsgroup is a quite modest GPL habit has cost me over the last 18 > months or so, and the effect on my social life I think Francois might just > have a valid comparison :-) Ahhhh. I get it. Hehe. GPL is like a drug - and so will be N4 I suspect - it already is in demo form...
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:29:46 GMT, [email hidden] wrote:
Quoted text (13 lines)>In article <dek06.18506$[email hidden]>, > "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> Francois.... > >> If there is a "point" to this diatribe.....was it even appropriate to post >> it on R.A.S.? I kind of doubt it. > >The quote's lifted from an utterly wonderful film called "Trainspotting", >which is about a group of Heroin users in Glasgow, and was delivered at the >beginning of the film by Renton, who acts as the films highluy articulate, >slightly introspective, and hugely cynical narrator explaining why, for him >at least, drug addiction is a valid alternative to more conventional >lifestyles.
Oh, now I remember.. great movie indeed, but that scene when the woman discovers her baby lying dead in the craddle was really shocking. Andre
Quoted text (11 lines)>Thing is, looking at the amount of time and money that what, by the standards >of this newsgroup is a quite modest GPL habit has cost me over the last 18 >months or so, and the effect on my social life I think Francois might just >have a valid comparison :-) > >-- >JG > > >Sent via Deja.com >http://www.deja.com/
On 21 Dec 2000 10:43:56 +0100, [email hidden] (Olav K. Malmin) thus spoke: >Do It Yourself. It's all about building stuff yourself and end up with >something that looks ugly and cost twice as much as in the store. :) Hehe...so true.
ymenard 21 Dec 2000 18:21 UTC↳ reply to jhl#213882
>"jhl" <[email hidden]> wrote > It's from "trainspotting", isn't it? > It's fun to see some people here, that are just as mad about GPL as I am! Yepo, Ewan's monologue at the start of the movie. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
><[email hidden]> wrote > The quote's lifted from an utterly wonderful film called "Trainspotting", > which is about a group of Heroin users in Glasgow, and was delivered atthe > beginning of the film by Renton, who acts as the films highluy articulate, > slightly introspective, and hugely cynical narrator explaining why, forhim > at least, drug addiction is a valid alternative to more conventional > lifestyles. > > Thing is, looking at the amount of time and money that what, by thestandards > of this newsgroup is a quite modest GPL habit has cost me over the last 18 > months or so, and the effect on my social life I think Francois might just > have a valid comparison :-) Thank you, it just shocked me how similar both addictions are, somehow ;-) -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 09:11:12 GMT, [email hidden] (Andre Warringa) wrote:
Quoted text (23 lines)>On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 23:48:15 GMT, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> >wrote: > >>Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a >>fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players >>and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental >>insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. >>Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching fabrics. Choose DIY and >>wondering who the fuck you are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that >>couch watching mind-numbing, spirit crushing game shows, stuffing junk food >>into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing your last >>in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, >>fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose a future. Choose >>life... But why would I want to do a thing like that? >> >>There are no reasons. >> >>Who needs a reason when you've got Grand Prix Legends? >> > >Wasn't this from Pulp Fiction? Must be from a Tarantino movie.. >or Dennis Learey? >
TRAINSPOTTING!!! For not knowing this, you should be shot. For all the "smack ad" hype that the tabloid media spewed out at it's time of release, withdrawal scenes (where Renton sees a dead baby crawling across his ceiling. tirning to smile at him - well, I ain't gonna be sticking any needles in my arm, thankyou). It's a great movie if you appreciate darl comedy, and don't mind a bit of hard core drug use in your films. I'd put it in my top 5, easliy. DG
Quoted text (14 lines)>Andre > >> >> >>-- Eh movie quote, if you ever wonder... >>-- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> >>-- May the Downforce be with you... >>-- http://www.WeRace.net >>-- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise >>how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. >> >> >> >
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:29:46 GMT, [email hidden] wrote:
Quoted text (14 lines)>In article <dek06.18506$[email hidden]>, > "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> Francois.... > >> If there is a "point" to this diatribe.....was it even appropriate to post >> it on R.A.S.? I kind of doubt it. > >The quote's lifted from an utterly wonderful film called "Trainspotting", >which is about a group of Heroin users in Glasgow, and was delivered at the >beginning of the film by Renton, who acts as the films highluy articulate, >slightly introspective, and hugely cynical narrator explaining why, for him >at least, drug addiction is a valid alternative to more conventional >lifestyles. >
The film is based on an equally brilliant book of the same name, my Scotsman Irvine Welsh (who played "Mother Superior: - the smack dealer in the movie). Read it. Once you decode the Endinburgh brogue, it's a corking story. >Thing is, looking at the amount of time and money that what, by the standards >of this newsgroup is a quite modest GPL habit has cost me over the last 18 >months or so, and the effect on my social life I think Francois might just >have a valid comparison :-) True... but have you ever been so sick you thought you were abvout to die because you couldn't put in a few laps at the 'ring? DG
Quoted text (7 lines)> >-- >JG > > >Sent via Deja.com >http://www.deja.com/
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 14:04:06 GMT, [email hidden] (Andre Warringa) wrote:
Quoted text (19 lines)>On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:29:46 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: > >>In article <dek06.18506$[email hidden]>, >> "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote: >>> Francois.... >> >>> If there is a "point" to this diatribe.....was it even appropriate to post >>> it on R.A.S.? I kind of doubt it. >> >>The quote's lifted from an utterly wonderful film called "Trainspotting", >>which is about a group of Heroin users in Glasgow, and was delivered at the >>beginning of the film by Renton, who acts as the films highluy articulate, >>slightly introspective, and hugely cynical narrator explaining why, for him >>at least, drug addiction is a valid alternative to more conventional >>lifestyles. > >Oh, now I remember.. great movie indeed, but that scene when the woman >discovers her baby lying dead in the craddle was really shocking. >
That's the whole point, and why i'm sure those who called for it to be banned at the time of realease ("IT PROMOTES DRUG USE!!!! PROTECT THE CHILDREN!!!) never actually saw the movie. The bunch of self-righteous jerks. To keep this on topic, I would like to hold a contest - we all choose our car of choice - F1 (or lower formula), NASCAR, Rally car, Sports CAr, whatever - and run these bastards over. DG
Anybody who ever thought the movie promoted drug use obviously never saw the part where the healthy, body-building character started doing heroin and was a sickly skeleton within a few weeks. There's an endorsement for you! (And to keep it on topic, I choose the rally car :) "Disgruntled Goat" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (10 lines)> On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 14:04:06 GMT, [email hidden] (Andre > Warringa) wrote: > > >On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:29:46 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: > > > >>In article <dek06.18506$[email hidden]>, > >> "Tom Pabst" <[email hidden]> wrote: > >>> Francois.... > >> > >>> If there is a "point" to this diatribe.....was it even appropriate to
post > >>> it on R.A.S.? I kind of doubt it. > >> > >>The quote's lifted from an utterly wonderful film called"Trainspotting", > >>which is about a group of Heroin users in Glasgow, and was delivered atthe > >>beginning of the film by Renton, who acts as the films highluyarticulate, > >>slightly introspective, and hugely cynical narrator explaining why, forhim
Quoted text (15 lines)> >>at least, drug addiction is a valid alternative to more conventional > >>lifestyles. > > > >Oh, now I remember.. great movie indeed, but that scene when the woman > >discovers her baby lying dead in the craddle was really shocking. > > > > That's the whole point, and why i'm sure those who called for it to be > banned at the time of realease ("IT PROMOTES DRUG USE!!!! PROTECT THE > CHILDREN!!!) never actually saw the movie. The bunch of self-righteous > jerks. To keep this on topic, I would like to hold a contest - we all > choose our car of choice - F1 (or lower formula), NASCAR, Rally car, > Sports CAr, whatever - and run these bastards over. > > DG
> > It also starts to fall apart as soon as its fully assembled. >Hehe...can't build one eh, .....you have no idea about what can be built by DIY'ers

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