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Mackieman Jul 20, 2009 10:56 am

Awesome! Another rejection letter! ^












:(

photog72 Jul 20, 2009 10:56 am


Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 12092939)
Anyone want to live in a parking lot at LAX?

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,4549617.story

^ Cool article. I can't believe what people have to go through to keep their jobs. Why not!
This looks like the lot.

CO 1E Jul 20, 2009 10:58 am


Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 12093792)
You actually expected it to be good? :confused:

I was wondering the same thing.

Xyzzy Jul 20, 2009 11:02 am


Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 12093792)
You actually expected it to be good? :confused:

I wasn't sure what to expect, but I certainly expected it to be better than it was. If you've seen the commercials for it, you've seen the best parts.

ConciergeMike Jul 20, 2009 11:04 am


Originally Posted by sdm1130 (Post 12093792)
You actually expected it to be good? :confused:

Parts of it were good in that shock value sort of way...some stuff was so over the top that the laughter wasn't so much derived from pure comedy as it was an utter :eek: factor. Like the two movies or not, they certainly do much to examine society at large...I'd like to see a mockumentary that dealt with the political process instead of racial/gay stereotypes.

photog72 Jul 20, 2009 11:04 am


Originally Posted by baglady (Post 12093694)
Ahem. It also happens to be Plus1's employer! Lunch at the Chart House was quite nice, thank you very much. She WANTED to touch the stingrays.

He works for Landry's?

Hartmann Jul 20, 2009 11:05 am

The "Elite Upgrade Setting" is not showing up for my AUS-PDX flights but is for my IAH-LAS trip. I should clear tomorrow (3 days out) because there are plenty of seats open but I'm worried I won't since that setting isn't there. This is the same reservation that did not have "Separate Travelers" available. :rolleyes:

Olton Hall Jul 20, 2009 11:05 am


Originally Posted by Mackieman (Post 12093796)
Awesome! Another rejection letter! ^

:(

At least you get a reply and know that it someone had to some what read it.

ConciergeMike Jul 20, 2009 11:07 am


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12093760)
...his command of the accent was crap compared to that of Borat.

Upon further thought about this point, I realized why. Borat appeared in public everywhere and Cohen did tons of in-character publicity for a movie that he knew would do well. Bruno didn't get nearly the exposure that Borat did, likely because Cohen knew the character was weaker. Less practice of the character in front of the crowds leads to poorer command of the impersonation. @:-)

photog72 Jul 20, 2009 11:07 am


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12093760)
It was certainly not as funny or as well thought out as Borat. You could also hear him slipping out of character...his command of the accent was crap compared to that of Borat.

In Borat, he was speaking Hebrew... he is fluent in Hebrew. I understood every word. That's why he didn't lose command of the accent in Borat. I don't know what language he was speaking in Bruno, I haven't seen it. I can wait for DVD.

sbm12 Jul 20, 2009 11:11 am


Originally Posted by Hartmann (Post 12093845)
The "Elite Upgrade Setting" is not showing up for my AUS-PDX flights but is for my IAH-LAS trip. I should clear tomorrow (3 days out) because there are plenty of seats open but I'm worried I won't since that setting isn't there. This is the same reservation that did not have "Separate Travelers" available. :rolleyes:

Don't worry about it. That setting only really ever does anything if it is set to off. Otherwise the default is on and you'll clear if the inventory is there. I'm rather surprised that they haven't fixed that bug yet but I suppose it is pertty low priority since it doesn't really affect anything.

mnmag Jul 20, 2009 11:15 am


Originally Posted by xyzzy (Post 12093393)
Bummer! Are you sure? That doesn't seem like it's anywhere near enough for the machine. Maybe it just limits each transaction to 100 $1 coins... I thought dropping a few thousand in there would lead to quite a bit of fun. Thanks for the warning!

I have used coins to pay part of my Chase CO MC bill at the bank!

rolov Jul 20, 2009 11:23 am


Originally Posted by BlissWorld (Post 12093741)
Hello, :rolleyes:v

Hello BlissWorld, Im still fighting with the W South Beach, they seem to not want to post my points :-:

Steve GadFly Jul 20, 2009 11:35 am


Originally Posted by ConciergeMike (Post 12092858)
Regular, creamy, or al dente?

I know you posted this a few hours ago but I've been working and since no one else hit on the reference, here goes:

Were these magic grits??
Perhaps the laws of physics cease to exist on your stove?!

:p

ConciergeMike Jul 20, 2009 11:38 am


Originally Posted by photog72 (Post 12093855)
In Borat, he was speaking Hebrew... he is fluent in Hebrew. I understood every word. That's why he didn't lose command of the accent in Borat. I don't know what language he was speaking in Bruno, I haven't seen it. I can wait for DVD.

I understood the little bit of Polish he used in Borat. With Bruno, it's not about the language used. He had to bend the British accent into femme gay Austrian-accented English, and what sounded like femme gay German, and if you listen closely, you can hear parts where either the femme or the nationality drops out.


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