Some conversations I’ve had with Ben today:
Please note, the conversations below are sometimes quite geeky. We didn’t use any of the hyper-geeky abbreviations – I just can’t be bothered to type…
On surveys…
B - There were some children at work today. They were doing a survey about the languages we spoke and our favourite seasons and dishes.
L - What did you say?
B - Well, I spoke to them in French so I had to say I spoke English and French. It would have seemed weird otherwise.
L - Obviously. What about your favourite season? Summer?
B - No, winter. I couldn’t remember how many accents there were in été. For my favourite dish I said dessert.
L - Didn’t they want to know a specific dish?
B - Yes. I just said all. All desserts.
I never got to do fun surveys at school. We just used to get to count the amount of cars turning into roads and stuff. Rubbish.
On our DVD collection…
L - Why do we have two copies of all of the Lord of the Rings films?
B - I bought the first set and then the extended editions came out. So I bought them too.
L - Really? You don’t watch them all back to back to discover which bits have been extended?
I worry I have given Ben an idea, here… I also worry he is grooming me into a geek. He seemed very pleased the other day when I knew the name of the stupid LOTR castle. I should add trying to make me a geek to the list before it’s too late…
This conversation started because I decided to alphabetise the DVDs. Geeky in an acceptable, house proud, OCD way?
On the next Star Trek film
B – I was reading about the plans for the new Star Trek film today. At one point they were considering teaming up with the X Men but decided it wouldn’t work - Patrick Stewart would have to play Charles Xavier, not Jean-Luc Picard.
L – Also because X Men isn’t set in the future? Anyway, CX is dead.
B – But the ST film has a new timeline now…
L – That doesn’t mean he would have come back to life a century after dying. JLP wouldn’t have been born anyway.
It’s too late… Ben has turned me into a geek. I am now fully conversant on the effects of screwing with the time-space continuum… or something. It gives me a headache.
On Commando
B – Shall we watch Commando?
L – No. Commander?? It sounds awful.
B – Um, Commando. It’s quite modern. It’s got Arnie in it. IMDB says ‘A retired elite commando has only a few hours to find and rescue his daughter from an exiled dictator’.
L – Wandering over to the computer. It’s from 1985! It’s not modern – I was ONE! Also, it sounds like a mix of Patriot Games and that awful film with Shannon from Lost.
B – Apparently you haven’t seen Patriot Games… And you liked Taken.
L – I didn’t like the ending – she didn’t deserve to meet Holly Valance, stupid taxi sharing twat – and I HATED her coat.
After this, Ben wisely escaped to the peace and quiet offered by Call of Duty. I think I ruined Commando for him. On the plus side, I didn’t ask him if it’s the one where Steven Seagal punches a penguin** in the face.
* One of my mum’s most frequently uttered phrases.
** Here are BLB Corp. we do not condone penguin punching. At least one of our board secretly dreams of opening a penguin sanctuary.
2 comments:
Poor me indeed. I must point out that I thought the X-Men/Star Trek tie-in idea they had for the next movie was ridiculous. Also, I was joking about you wanting to watch Commando. There was never a chance you'd like it. Old Arnie films do make me laugh. "Don't disturb my friend, he's dead tired." Hah brilliant!
You always say that line to me - I still have no idea where it's from!
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