Oh, so close! Play the "NOT QUITE RIGHT" game....

[flowomo]

There's nothing like a memorable quote, title, phrase or name.... but some things don't catch on because they just missed the mark. Imagine the results if some famous ones had been slightly off. I'll give a few examples and you carry on.....

[flowomo]

1. America the handsome

[flowomo]

2. The Shortstop in the Rye

[flowomo]

3. Give me liberty or give me unconsciousness

[terrya]

4. A geranium by any other name would smell as sweet.

[FarmerOak]

No Fucking Way Is This NOT Butter.

[flowomo]

6. LOL!

[Commendatori]

11. Classic! Excellent! (n/t)

[Canuckistanian]

45. LOLOLOL!

Please, I'm eating!

[RoyGBiv]

53. ROFLMAO

I think I injured myself. :toast:

[flowomo]

5. Romeo, Romeo, where the hell are you?

[Name removed]

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[WillParkinson]

8. Andre The Pretty Big Guy...

[FarmerOak]

9. Gee, Your Hair Gives Me A Mad Boner

[terrya]

10. "Read My Lips....no new Bushes"

If only that were true...

[flowomo]

12. Jiminy Carter

[Misunderestimator]

13. A Rose is a Flower is a Plant

[FarmerOak]

14. We nothing to be afraid of, except being afraid. Of stuff.

[flowomo]

17. ha! If Bush were FDR... that's what he'd say!

[terrya]

15. Out, Out, Damned Discoloration!

[Misunderestimator]

It's the Death of the Economy, Stupid

[Burma Jones]

16. Citizen McGillicutty

I Wanna Hold Your Cash

The Star Spangled Thing on a Stick

Planet Wars

Macaroni and More Macaroni

I Can't Get No Nice Things to Happen To Me

Abraham, Martin and Sidney


The Lord of the Shoes

[Misunderestimator]

18. I Have But One Finger to Give to My Country

[flowomo]

19. Play it again, Chuck

[kmla]

20. You can lead a rolling stone to water,

but you can't make it gather moss.

Howzat?

[Beware the Beast Man]

21. You say potato, I say Earth apple.

[Misunderestimator]

22. Float like Poop, Sting Like a Bee

[Beware the Beast Man]

23. "Examine my labia! No future taxes!"

poppy.

[terrya]

24. "Et, tu, Elmer"?

[kmla]

25. It's not your stepfather's, sister's, cousin's, neighbor's Oldsmobile...

Alot of apostrophes in that sentence.

Doesn't look right...

[bkcc]

26. For Who the Bell Tolls.

[MissMillie]

27. If at first you don't succeed.... punt!

Well.... maybe????

[bkcc]

38. Isn't that the motto of the Arizona Cardinals?

[Insider]

28. I Love Juicy

viewer discretion is advised
starring Juicille Ball & Desi Arnez

[Misunderestimator]

29. Veni, Vidi, Vivisection

[terrya]

30. The deutchemark stops here!

[terrya]

34. "Alas, poor Dick. I knew him well"

[flowomo]

31. A bird in the hand is worth two in the shrubbery

[FarmerOak]

32. "Frankly, my dear... I don't give two fucks in a fat rat's ass."

[flowomo]

33. You want my advice? Go back to Romania

[FarmerOak]

"You got apple butter on my carob!"

"You got carob in my apple butter!"

Two great tastes that taste great together...

Meese's Apple Butter Cups!

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[flowomo]

36. I'd walk 5,280 feet for a camel

[TrogL]

39. Veni, Vidi, I went home

[regularguy]

40. "You want epistemologically correct narative?!?!?!

You can't handle epistemologically correct narative"!!!

[flowomo]

41. The epistomologically correct narrative will set you free!

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

42. Just Accomplish It.

[Canuckistanian]

43. The Iron Venetian Blinds

[Canuckistanian]

44. Acquired Milk?

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

46. In the beginning was the Mission Statement.

[tsakshaug]

47. with this braclet

I thee wed

[Misunderestimator]

48. Ich Bin Ein Fascist

[truthbetold]

49. To pee or not to pee...

That is the question!

[Name removed]

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[tsakshaug]

51. I think I'll have a Buick

[SnohoDem]

52. Dickies? Dickies? We don't need no steenkin' dickies.

[flowomo]

54. Up against the wall, penetrator of breeding females!

[FarmerOak]

55. Quaker Oats: It's the white thing to do, and a racist way to do it.

[BigMcLargehuge]

61. Quaker Oats, because shitting is really important

[RoyGBiv]

56. A few years ago, these guys all got together and made a country...

And here we are fightin' about it, 'cause they left some stuff pretty screwed up. But y'all need to listen to me now. We can't be going back home and running for reelection and tell these boys' mammas that it wasn't worth something. So get this into your heads. This here government is gonna stay around for awhile, we're gonna keep having elections, and hopfully some idiot won't come along a century or so from now and screw it all up.

[SnohoDem]

57. The Four Gardeners of the Apocalypse

[Name removed]

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[flowomo]

59. Moby Richard

[BigMcLargehuge]

60. Microsoft: It appears that you want to go somewhere

Shakespeare: To be or not to be, that is the supposition

Apple: Think stuff

Ford: Quality is one of our jobs

The Who: Timmy, a rock opera

Miller Lite: Tastes okay I guess but won't get you sloshed

RAID: Kills alot of bugs

NYT: All the news that's printed here

Nike: Just fuck off and do it already

random -

Look for the Union sticker

See North America in your Chevrolet

Two great tastes that mix well

Melts in your mouth, not in your ass crack

Ask your doctor if side effects including explosive diarrhea is right for you...

Madonna: Like a girl who's never been with a man

[flowomo]

62. The Phillies of Penzance

[flowomo]

73. or Red Sox Doodle Dandy

[Misunderestimator]

63. GE - We Bring Crap to Life

[SmileyBoy]

78. No-no, their new slogan: "GE - Imagination at rest"

[Misunderestimator]

84. Good one...

I thought about using the new slogan, but figured that it wasn't as ingrained in pop culture yet. :)

[flowomo]

64. That's one small step for a man, one somehwat bigger step for mankind

[BigMcLargehuge]

65. one small step for man... HOLY FUCKIN' SHIT I'M ON THE MOON!!!

:)

[flowomo]

66. reminds me of that great Onion headline

[flowomo]

67. check it out: http://www.members.shaw.ca/rlongpre01/moon.html

[BigMcLargehuge]

68. knew I got my inspiration from somewhere :)

[DS1]

69. The Quality of Heresy is not strained

[flowomo]

70. The quality of mercy is not put through a colander

[BigMcLargehuge]

71. Mr. Darcy is a Jerk.

[Misunderestimator]

72. Mr. Smith Goes to Hell

[SmileyBoy]

74. Rommel, you magnificent bus stop!!!

[SmileyBoy]

75. Winning isn't everything... So go out there and have fun!!!

[SmileyBoy]

76. I... Wanna Rock-n-Roll all night... And have a wonderful... Time...

-Lois Griffin from Family Guy

[EstimatedProphet]

77. The life of a Repo Man is always extreme in degree, kid.

Some people won't get this.
some people just spit up on their monitors.

[Imperialism Inc.]

79. Hey Mom,,, ever get that really stinky crotch feeling?

that's so bad. I am so going to hell.

[NightTrain]

80. Osama Van Halen

:shrug:

[NightTrain]

81. Her name was Lola, she was a shogun....

"Uh.... Work on that, Barry."

[NightTrain]

82. Paris is a portable banquet.

n/t

[NightTrain]

83. Like A Rolling Rock

n/t

[Quahog]

85. And she's buying a stairway to the second floor

[Quahog]

86. Fool me once, shame on you...

... Fool me twice, I'll kick your ass.