"I'm like a bad ___"

[Indyologist]

Under inspiration from another thread, I decided to start this one. How many of you think this line from LC was a decidedly campy/lame/confusing/infuriating thing for Indy to say:

"I'm like a bad penny-- I always show up."

This is the only line in the whole trilogy that I really think is stupid. Do you agree with me?

If you do, then let's have a little brainstorming as to what smart aleck comment you think would have been better for Indy to say after Elsa says:

Elsa: (To Indy) I never expected to see you again...

If you wish, you can use this format:

Indy: I'm like a ____, I always _____.

Or have him say something completely different...

[VP]

Originally posted by Indyologist
"I'm like a bad penny-- I always show up."

This is the only line in the whole trilogy that I really think is stupid. Do you agree with me?

No, I don't agree.

[Finn]

"I'm like a piece of dung on the wall of a hillbilly house - you never get me off."

[Webley]

Originally posted by Finn
"I'm like a piece of dung on the wall of a hillbilly house - you never get me off."
So youv been to my house?
Im like the last sip of a beer with a sigaret but in it I always come back up.

[Johan]

I kinda liked it

[Rumpled Fedora]

Same here. It doesn't sound that bad to me.

[Canyon]

Personally I've always liked the line but how about something like:

Elsa: "I never expected to see you again
Indy: "Sorry to disappoint you, sweetheart."

[Johan]

Instant ClassiC!

[Indy's_main_man]

I don't see anything wrong with that line...

[Deadlock]

I'd like to know what the phrase MEANS... In what manner does bad penny turn up, so that it can be emulated by Indy??? And what the hell is a bad penny anyway???

And I think that in the realm of stupid dialogue, 80% of Willie's lines are competing for the top prize. Next to her, Indy is Shakespeare.

Here's my suggestion for a smart aleck comeback.

Elsa: I never expected to see you again.
Indy: Sleep with any more senior citizens since I saw you last? :)

[Indyologist]

Originally posted by Finn
"I'm like a piece of dung on the wall of a hillbilly house - you never get me off."

LOL! Oh, Finn, you are baaaaad!

[Finn]

Originally posted by Deadlock
Indy: Sleep with any more senior citizens since I saw you last? :) ...and then we get a Monty Python reference when Henry backhands him.

[Caitlin]

Can that phrase get cornier? You bet!!

Indy: I'm like a root vegetable, I always turnip.

[Renderking Fisk]

There are worse lines... in worse movies.

[Indy's_main_man]

"I'm like a bad Nazi...but Nazis are considered to be bad so technically i'd be a good nazi...but Like I said Nazis are bad...nazis are bad, right stephen? see YOU're a nazi and you've been trying to kill me...yes so i'd be a good nazi who turns bad. no wait a bad nazi who turns good...no wait..."

[Tennessee R]

good, Caitlin. :)

yes, Indyologist, I don't think that that was the best choice for words in that situation. But I kindof like it, anyway.

[Indy's_main_man]

how about:

"I'm like a bad movie line...I always talk about something irrelevant to the situation...like pennies for example"

[westford]

Originally posted by Deadlock
I'd like to know what the phrase MEANS... In what manner does bad penny turn up, so that it can be emulated by Indy??? And what the hell is a bad penny anyway???
Heads or tails? Flip a coin, and a bad penny will always show the opposite to what you picked, causing you to lose a bet or whatever.

[Deadlock]

Your explanation is plausible... but who flips a penny when they are going to flip a coin??? They're too small. :confused:

[Johan]

You know those pennies plastered with some sort of green mold...they alway's seem to show up in your pocket...even when you thought you spent it

[Henry Jones, Sr]

I never thought anything of it. *Shrug*

[Pale Horse]

The phrase literally means "Our mistakes return to haunt us; also, nasty people have a way of reappearing." as it is defined in The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, 3rd ed.

The expression was originally English and the unit of currency referred to was the shilling. Sir Walter Scott, in one of his early nineteenth-century novels, whereto: "Bring back Darsie? Little doubt of that. The bad shilling is sure enough to come back again."

There is some evidence that it has to do with whether or not a coin is counterfit.

[schwammy]

I agree that it's a lame line. Maybe he could quote the David Byrne line from Rei Momo:

"I'm like a chcken without a head.
I'd like to fly but I walk instead."

Pale Horse, you sound like you own a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary.

[Indy_Jones88]

Originally posted by Indy's_main_man
"I'm like a bad Nazi...but Nazis are considered to be bad so technically i'd be a good nazi...but Like I said Nazis are bad...nazis are bad, right stephen? see YOU're a nazi and you've been trying to kill me...yes so i'd be a good nazi who turns bad. no wait a bad nazi who turns good...no wait..."

LOL! oh my gosh that sounds like something Indy's dad would say.

[Pale Horse]

Originally posted by schwammy
Pale Horse, you sound like you own a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary.

As a matter of fact, I do. :)

[Deadlock]

Originally posted by Pale Horse
The phrase literally means "Our mistakes return to haunt us; also, nasty people have a way of reappearing." as it is defined in The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, 3rd ed.

The expression was originally English and the unit of currency referred to was the shilling. Sir Walter Scott, in one of his early nineteenth-century novels, whereto: "Bring back Darsie? Little doubt of that. The bad shilling is sure enough to come back again."

There is some evidence that it has to do with whether or not a coin is counterfit.

Thank you, Pale Ale! I knew that there had to be some sort quasi-substantial reference...

[Pale Horse]

quasi-substantial? You don't spend too much time in a library, do you. That's okay, I don't mind it you doubt me, it's bound to happen, but let me assure you, as an English Major, I know all about verifying me resources.


I love the new ones that question me, gives me hope for the New Generations. Go ahead deadlock and prove me wrong, and I will reward you, but in your endeavor, should you find I am right, I hope you will retract your tongue-in-cheek comment :)

[Indyologist]

The phrase literally means "Our mistakes return to haunt us; also, nasty people have a way of reappearing." as it is defined in The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, 3rd ed.

The expression was originally English and the unit of currency referred to was the shilling. Sir Walter Scott, in one of his early nineteenth-century novels, whereto: "Bring back Darsie? Little doubt of that. The bad shilling is sure enough to come back again."

There is some evidence that it has to do with whether or not a coin is counterfit.

Thank you, Horsey, for that bit of information we didn't really ask for. Ahem. Still, it was interesting.

Originally posted by Pale Horse
quasi-substantial? You don't spend too much time in a library, do you. That's okay, I don't mind it you doubt me, it's bound to happen, but let me assure you, as an English Major, I know all about verifying me resources.

Hey, I'm an English major too? Doesn't working at McDonald's suck? ( ;) )

Seriously, though, I love the English language.

[Pale Horse]

Fortunately I was able to stem that route into other avenues that helped support me when my writing couldn't. But now I am at a local University and all is well. Perhaps in the near future there will be a post detailing the "Migration of a Pale Horse" for all to swoon over.

[Deadlock]

Originally posted by Pale Horse
quasi-substantial? You don't spend too much time in a library, do you. That's okay, I don't mind it you doubt me, it's bound to happen, but let me assure you, as an English Major, I know all about verifying me resources.


I love the new ones that question me, gives me hope for the New Generations. Go ahead deadlock and prove me wrong, and I will reward you, but in your endeavor, should you find I am right, I hope you will retract your tongue-in-cheek comment :)

Yes, yes, according to Google, you are quite correct.

Adj. 1. quasi - having some resemblance; "a quasi success"

However, what I meant by "quasi-substantial reference" was not that your research was in any way faulty. I merely meant that the use of this phrase had a reference that was too obscure to be immediately recognized by most people. The phrase has an origin; it wasn't invented for Indiana Jones (unlike something like "I'm like a root vegetable, I always turnip." :) ) Nonetheless, most people know nothing of the origins of the phrase. If they did, then I could have termed it a "substantial reference." Example of a substantial reference "Hasta la vista, baby". Our vernacular is littered with phrases with "quasi-substantial references" like "the whole nine yards" etc.

And so with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek, I still say I meant no offense to your English Majorness or research prowess.

(BTW, next time I'll be knocking ten point off your post for not capitalizing "Deadlock". It's a proper noun. :p )

[Pale Horse]

Deadlock, I officially like you now. :)

[Deadlock]

Thank you, sir. Feel free to say "hi" next time you're in the library. :)

[Finn]

<small>I'd like to see VP catching you two for a spelling mistake.</small>

[schwammy]

You english majors will enjoy these two cartoons:

http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/112003/a-degree-in-english.gif

http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/041704/english-degree-part-2.gif

[Pale Horse]

I can't believe you posted those cartoons. ;)


(good enough?)


EDIT: note the nature of the Iambic Pentameter above.

[westford]

Hehe, I love Drew! (the guy who does the cartoons)

Anyway, I thought of another one:

"I'm like a bad curry - you can't keep me down..."

(PS - 1930s pennies were bigger)

[IndyBlues]

"I'm like a box of chocolates,...you never know what you're gonna get"

[Kate]

Originally posted by Finn
"I'm like a piece of dung on the wall of a hillbilly house - you never get me off."

Ok... whoa. Whoa, whoa.

[Pale Horse]

that's Finn for ya

[whipem]

Originally posted by IndyBlues
"I'm like a box of chocolates,...you never know what you're gonna get"
Or, "I'm like a bag full of bugs...you never know what's gonna jump out at you."
You have to watch "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" to get this one.

[INDYfatigable]

Wher'd the show go? it isn't listed in our guide.

[Indyologist]

"I'm like a bad f4r7... I always slip out when I'm not supposed to."

(takes off fedora, waves it in front of him)

"Whew! That's beef jerky for ya."

<small><i>Censored by VP.</i></small>

[Johan]

Calvin: I'm a genius, but I'm a misunderstood genius.
Hobbes: What's misunderstood about you?
Calvin: Nobody thinks I'm a genius.

[Chattar Lal]

I didn't mind the line "I'm like a bad penny." However, Han Solo said many corny lines in Star Wars. I think Harrison Ford became an expert on saying silly lines convincingly after Star Wars. Ford once mentioned to George Lucas about the script to A New Hope, "You can type this shit, but you can't say it."

[Metis]

The penny line is one of my favs! Fo'shizzle! It's a 'lil corny....but hey...... so is corn, and there's nothing wrong with some good bbq-ed corn!
Butter...lil sald..... yummie!

[babiskywalker]

I personally never really liked that line.


But it does make me laugh because it's so corny. ;)

[Deadlock]

Originally posted by Metis
It's a 'lil corny....but hey...... so is corn

So what you're saying is that corny is corny??? Did I follow that line of reasoning? :rolleyes:

[Metis]

Uhm.... ya..... that's more or less it I guess....

[Indydan13]

I'm like a bad movie, I never die

[Indyologist]

I'm like a bad f--t. I always stink the place up.

[Aaron H]

I'm like a gallon of bad milk...you always take a bite of cereal before you realize that its bad.

I'm like a bad car, blowing foul things out my tail-pipe.

I'm like an infomercial product, you never need me, but you keep me around just in case.

[IAdventurer01]

Hey hey, what about this one!

I'm like a bad penny, I always turn up.

HAHAHA!
Wait...

[Original Raider]

"Im like Howard the Duck...whenever Lucas gets mentioned for an Oscar I always come up!"

[Indyologist]

I'm like that Tupperware container that's been in the fridge for a while... do you open me or not?

I'm like Wil E. Cayote... I always fall off a cliff.

I'm like roadkill... I'm on any old highway.