Monty Python got some good alliterative mileage out of that term in their movie “And Now For Something Completely Different.” One sequence in the movie is a fake WWII British newsreel, in black and white, with suitably bombastic narration that includes the opening line “Yes, the war against the Hun continues – and as Britian’s brave boys battle against the Boche…” By the standards of genuine WWII newsreels, that’s actually not as over-the-top as it sounds to modern ears. And during a real WWII deception operation, the fake letter from General Nye to General Alexander which was the centrepiece of the “Mincemeat” disinformation scheme used such phrases as “We have had recent information that the Boche have been reinforcing and strengthening their defences in Greece and Crete…”
The Official Name This Quote Thread
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Here’s a way to senselessly increase post counts…name the movie where the quote came from…if correct post one of your own
" would you look at that the teapot’s still boiling…"
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I have to post this one:
“The unnatural and increasingly rapid growth of the feeble-minded and insane classes, coupled as it is with a steady restriction among the thrifty, energetic and superior stocks, constitutes a national and race danger which it is impossible to exaggerate … I feel that the source from which the stream of madness is fed should be cut off and sealed up before another year has passed.”
Can anyone guess who said that? :evil:
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@Starke:
I have to post this one:
“The unnatural and increasingly rapid growth of the feeble-minded and insane classes, coupled as it is with a steady restriction among the thrifty, energetic and superior stocks, constitutes a national and race danger which it is impossible to exaggerate … I feel that the source from which the stream of madness is fed should be cut off and sealed up before another year has passed.”
Can anyone guess who said that? :evil:
WC
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@Starke:
I have to post this one:
“The unnatural and increasingly rapid growth of the feeble-minded and insane classes, coupled as it is with a steady restriction among the thrifty, energetic and superior stocks, constitutes a national and race danger which it is impossible to exaggerate … I feel that the source from which the stream of madness is fed should be cut off and sealed up before another year has passed.”
Can anyone guess who said that? :evil:
WC
Correct: a lot of people assume it was Hitler :wink:
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maybe that’s why Hitler liked the English so much. Btw can you tell me what Hitler’s favorite movie was ?
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maybe that’s why Hitler liked the English so much. Btw can you tell me what Hitler’s favorite movie was ?
King Kong.
Do you know who Hitler’s favourite childhood author was?
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But the answer is “Platoon.” This is the scene where one fellow gets his arms blown off by a booby trap.
How about this one:
A toast “To wives and girlfriends. … May they never meet.”
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@Starke:
maybe that’s why Hitler liked the English so much. Btw can you tell me what Hitler’s favorite movie was ?
King Kong.
Do you know who Hitler’s favourite childhood author was?
KK is correct As for his favorite author… I’m not sure I know he liked Karl May novels
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@Starke:
maybe that’s why Hitler liked the English so much. Btw can you tell me what Hitler’s favorite movie was ?
King Kong.
Do you know who Hitler’s favourite childhood author was?
KK is correct As for his favorite author… I’m not sure I know he liked Karl May novels
Karl May is correct :-P
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But the answer is “Platoon.” This is the scene where one fellow gets his arms blown off by a booby trap.
How about this one:
A toast “To wives and girlfriends. … May they never meet.”
Groucho Marx….can’t remember which film
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Here’s another
“One. We’re at the roadblock we’ve just begun.”
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@Starke:
@Starke:
I have to post this one:
“The unnatural and increasingly rapid growth of the feeble-minded and insane classes, coupled as it is with a steady restriction among the thrifty, energetic and superior stocks, constitutes a national and race danger which it is impossible to exaggerate … I feel that the source from which the stream of madness is fed should be cut off and sealed up before another year has passed.”
Can anyone guess who said that? :evil:
WC
Correct: a lot of people assume it was Hitler :wink:
People get Wilt Chamberlain confused with Hitler?
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A toast “To wives and girlfriends. … May they never meet.”
Traditional toast for Wednesday and traditional (albeit unwritten) response. RN and RCN.
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@Starke:
@Starke:
I have to post this one:
“The unnatural and increasingly rapid growth of the feeble-minded and insane classes, coupled as it is with a steady restriction among the thrifty, energetic and superior stocks, constitutes a national and race danger which it is impossible to exaggerate … I feel that the source from which the stream of madness is fed should be cut off and sealed up before another year has passed.”
Can anyone guess who said that? :evil:
WC
Correct: a lot of people assume it was Hitler :wink:
People get Wilt Chamberlain confused with Hitler?
I was thinking W.C. Fields myself
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How about my tag line:
“Chance favors the prepared mind”
You need to add a rule that we play this game by:
No fair googling / searching the internet for the answer
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Are you going to bark all day little doggy or are you going to bite?
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