Timothy
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Post by Timothy on May 17, 2006 20:21:03 GMT -5
...I Learned From Batman & Superman"
Today marked the first time in which my knowledge of Batman allowed me to earn an extra credit point in my Honors English class. The subject was the character of "Grandpa" from John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Essentially, the character lives in extremes; if he drinks, he drinks in excess and if he swore, he would stun you with his versatility in the art of profanity.
Our class then came to the conclusion that he can be compared to the Greek god Dyonosis, the god of wine, festivals, and most of all, debauchery (extreme partying). My teacher then posed an extra credit question for finding a word that started with the letter "h" that would be the penultimate description of not only Dyonosis, but Grandpa from "Grapes" as well.
I instantly shot up my hand and, after I was acknowledged, I shouted "hedonistic!" All eyes in the room were upon me as my teacher and classmates stared at me in deep shock; "how did you know that?" they (essentially) stated. I replied, "Batman: The Animated Series!" My teacher and classmates started to laugh before asking, "are you serious?"
I then proceeded to paraphrase the situation of the Joker demanding all funds from fish sales following his tainting of the Gotham water supply with his trademark "Joker venom." Next, I cited his exact line regarding his need for funding; "...millions of dollars a day, to finance my happily hedonistic lifestyle!" ;D
Today proved to me that Batman does improve and enrich the lives of those who embrace him. Do you have a story regarding how Batman or Superman improved, enriched, or made your life a better one?
Edit: Added Superman stories to the mix 2/13/07
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Post by Timothy on Jul 12, 2006 9:14:35 GMT -5
Telemarketers selling un-wanted insurance recently called my house, and in the voice of Christian Bale's Batman I screamed "WHERE WERE THE OTHER DRUGS GOING?" The caller was very shocked and said that she didn't know before I barked "WHERE?" She said she didn't know and I replied that "I WANT YOU TO TELL ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT ME..." She, luckily said, "Who are you?" and I replied with "I'M BATMAN" and hung up...
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Post by Dark Nightwing on Aug 1, 2006 22:53:18 GMT -5
Telemarketers selling un-wanted insurance recently called my house, and in the voice of Christian Bale's Batman I screamed "WHERE WERE THE OTHER DRUGS GOING?" The caller was very shocked and said that she didn't know before I barked "WHERE?" She said she didn't know and I replied that "I WANT YOU TO TELL ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT ME..." She, luckily said, "Who are you?" and I replied with "I'M BATMAN" and hung up... That is hilarious. I was cracking up all the way through the story. ;D
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Timothy
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Post by Timothy on Aug 2, 2006 19:28:25 GMT -5
^ Thanks man! Just knowing that you got as much hilarity out of it as me just makes my day... ;D
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Post by Jack Napier on Aug 5, 2006 12:36:21 GMT -5
OMG, that telemarketer story is hilarious. Karma for you for having the guts to do something that bold and funny. Honestly, that was probably a much better response to a telemarketer than the standard "I'm not interested." *hangs up*
Your "hedonistic" story reminds me of this one time I was in an SAT prep class and we were taking a practice section. And the word "spelunker" came up. Now, Batman Begins hadn't been released yet, but there was a fan script that I had read called Batman Genesis that had Bruce Wayne use spelunking as an excuse for wanting workmen to clean out the cave beneath Wayne Manor. I was one of the few that got the question right and was the only one in the class that actually knew who a spelunker was (not even the instructor knew). After Begins, I wonder if my classmates thought of me when Bale brings up "spelunking....you known, cave diving" as an excuse.
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Post by Dark Nightwing on Aug 7, 2006 21:29:34 GMT -5
OMG, that telemarketer story is hilarious. Karma for you for having the guts to do something that bold and funny. Honestly, that was probably a much better response to a telemarketer than the standard "I'm not interested." *hangs up* Your "hedonistic" story reminds me of this one time I was in an SAT prep class and we were taking a practice section. And the word "spelunker" came up. Now, Batman Begins hadn't been released yet, but there was a fan script that I had read called Batman Genesis that had Bruce Wayne use spelunking as an excuse for wanting workmen to clean out the cave beneath Wayne Manor. I was one of the few that got the question right and was the only one in the class that actually knew who a spelunker was (not even the instructor knew). After Begins, I wonder if my classmates thought of me when Bale brings up "spelunking....you known, cave diving" as an excuse. I'm surprised no one in the class knew what spelunking was. I have actually been spelunking. It's a lot of fun... if you're not claustrophobic.
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Timothy
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Post by Timothy on Aug 8, 2006 14:06:53 GMT -5
OMG, that telemarketer story is hilarious. Karma for you for having the guts to do something that bold and funny. Honestly, that was probably a much better response to a telemarketer than the standard "I'm not interested." *hangs up* Your "hedonistic" story reminds me of this one time I was in an SAT prep class and we were taking a practice section. And the word "spelunker" came up. Now, Batman Begins hadn't been released yet, but there was a fan script that I had read called Batman Genesis that had Bruce Wayne use spelunking as an excuse for wanting workmen to clean out the cave beneath Wayne Manor. I was one of the few that got the question right and was the only one in the class that actually knew who a spelunker was (not even the instructor knew). After Begins, I wonder if my classmates thought of me when Bale brings up "spelunking....you known, cave diving" as an excuse. ^ That's hilarious! I had this hilarious mental image of a caricature of Christian Bale in casual school clothes saying everything that you just posted!
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Post by Jack Napier on Aug 9, 2006 16:26:18 GMT -5
LOL, thanks. That is a funny image ;D
"You know, Mr. Johnson....cave diving." "Are you a...spelunker yourself, Bruce?" "Why...uh, yes. Yes, I am."
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Post by Timothy on Oct 4, 2006 11:19:04 GMT -5
Today in my Television Production class we had to take a ridiculous "state-mandated" test to determine whether or not students were being enriched by academics in classes (which essentially boils down to lawmakers wanting easy test statistics for cutting funding for curriculum) such as TV production. Well, my teacher ran out of things to do, so I was given permission to go to my locker, pick up my 2-Disk Batman Begins DVD and watch, basically, all of the extras in class today! LMAO ;D
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Post by Jack Napier on Oct 5, 2006 15:05:23 GMT -5
In my dorm, we had the windows open and a car alarm was going off. So I decided to close the window but something seemed to be latched on and I couldn't do it. My roommate, who notices that I get up early to go to the gym a lot, said, "What's the point of going to the gym all the time if you can't even close the window!" I glared at him and shoved the window. It shut ;D
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