Browncoats say the darndest things. by Paladin

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Browncoats say the darndest things.

POSTED BY: PALADIN
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:10
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Monday, May 17, 2004 5:05 AM

Now that I'm out of school for the summer I can actually spend some time doing something here other than just hanging out and reading. One thing I've been doing has been to introduce my friends to this loveable show of ours. This brings me to the point of this thread...

What's the weirdest, strangest, or funniest thing you've said or done to get someone to give Firefly a chance?

For me it was telling one of my friends that there was a hooker in every episode. That got his attenion real fast.

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"If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of Hell, a level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater." -Book

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Monday, May 17, 2004 3:22 PM

MISSAYATAM

I told my best friend Jane that there was a guy named Jayne. Then to further entice her I told her that there was a drop dead gorgeous doctor and of course the captain was once called captain tight pants.

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Monday, May 17, 2004 4:00 PM

SIGMANUNKI

To the wife I just said that we're going to watch it. She trusts my taste in shows so she went along with it and thus became my first convert.

For the other people I just had to say that Joss did it and they were willing to watch. And, all of them loved it

I just found it interesting (weird?) that I just had to mention Joss' name and bingo bango, people would watch.

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"Canada being mad at you is like Mr. Rogers throwing a brick through your window." -Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

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Monday, May 17, 2004 6:56 PM

HOWDYROCKERBABY1

Well i've specifically avoided telling a couple people that there is a 'hooker in every episode.' I go to a Catholic Highschool...enough said right?

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

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Monday, May 17, 2004 7:18 PM

GUNHAND

Quote:
Originally posted by howdyrockerbaby1:
Well i've specifically avoided telling a couple people that there is a 'hooker in every episode.' I go to a Catholic Highschool...enough said right?

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

Hey I went to a Catholic High School too! For about 4 months...

No I ain't telling you why I was kicke...I mean decided to leave all on my own. But the way I get people to watch it is simple. I say:

Me: "Okay watch this show."

Them: "What if I don't wanna?"

Me: "Well I know you'll like it, really. And if you don't watch it I'll beat you to a pulp and make you watch it while you're in traction in the hospital recovering."

Them: "What if I turn it off?"

Me: "Can't, I'll steal the changer."

Them: "I

ing hate you, okay let's watch it."

At least that's what I'd do if anyone had reservations about watching it. Thankfully my friends are all shiny and if I say something's good they believe me.

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
"Oh hey, I got an idea. Instead of us hanging
around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"

My eerie-ass website:
http://gunhandsfirefly.homestead.com/Index.html

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Monday, May 17, 2004 8:37 PM

WEERWOLF

To a co-worker whose hobbies include line-dancing: "it's got country dancing in it!" (Our Mrs. Reynolds I think). And my next line was "It's even better than Stargate SG1!" of which she's a huge fan as well. She wasn't disappointed.

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"Damn it Mal... I forgot my line!"

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:13 AM

THATWEIRDGIRL

I pick a show that I know the person watches and then tell them Firefly it just like that only better. Of course it really isn't like the Smurfs or CSI, but it makes them willing to sit down with me and the DVDs. They always like it. Always.

www.thatweirdgirl.com

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:23 PM

MALICIOUS

Well, so far I am having a not-speaking-to-my-best-friend-until-he-watches-the-damn-show contest, since Christmas. The idiot thinks he can just not buy it (or rent it! I gave him that option too!!) and that I will just forget about it. I told him to call me when he's seen it, and even offered to buy it if he didn't like it and he hasn't yet. And he likes stuff like this!! He thinks it will make him a Buffy/Angel fan, and I keep telling him it will not. (but if it does, so what?)

So, he has to live without my input into his life. Poor guy.

Mal-licious

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 1:02 PM

PSELUS

dang...I think Malicious wins.
so far the only thing I've done besides throw the occasional "Firefly party" (my house is the general hangout for all my friends so it works easy that way) is call in 4 favors to get 4 of my friends to watch it (they were my origional converts 1 week after I saw the first episode)
and another one of my friends...he and I have watched Alias together for all of season 3...he watched Alias from the beginning and when he showed me the show I watched all of seasons 1 and 2 (over 40 hours of shows) in 2 weeks straight...then all I had to do was tell him that I watched every episode of Firefly in 2 days (yes I did the call in sick thing the day after renting the first DVD) and he understood it HAD to be good

"Big Damn Heroes sir."

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 1:47 PM

MALICIOUS

Pselus,

How about convincing my "friend" to watch it??

Mal-licious

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 2:01 PM

MINDSEYE

I have a friend in the UK who had never seen it and was not about to buy it, even though she is a big Buffy and Angel fan.... So I bought it for her. Here is a snip of the email she sent me afterward..

"It arrived!!! And I think it is fantastic!!!!!!!!!! I watched Serenity, I was a little "I don't know about this ...." in the beginning with the war fighting, I like physical contact fighting so I was a bit unsure, but then as the characters all started coming together, I thought that this was brilliant. I really love the combination, I am just so hooked, what have you done to me :-) Thank you so much for sending it to me, I probably would never have bought it myself and I would be missing out on so much ....

I will let you know what I think of the rest ..."

So Mal-licious, you can break down and buy it for your friend like I did.

Mindseye

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 2:07 PM

MALICIOUS

Mindseye,

I offered!! He refused! He's a dork!!

Mal-licious

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 4:45 PM

INSIGHT SPINNER

Quote:
Originally posted by Paladin:
Now that I'm out of school for the summer I can actually spend some time doing something here other than just hanging out and reading. One thing I've been doing has been to introduce my friends to this loveable show of ours. This brings me to the point of this thread...

What's the weirdest, strangest, or funniest thing you've said or done to get someone to give Firefly a chance?

For me it was telling one of my friends that there was a hooker in every episode. That got his attenion real fast.
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"If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special level of Hell, a level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater." -Book

Was his name Jayne?

insight spinner
__________

Just an object. It doesn't mean what you think....

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:10 PM

MALICIOUS

Announcement:

I just wanted everyone to know that my-friend-to-whom-I-was-not-speaking has just purchased the DVD set!! He sent me his email receipt and said, "Happy now?"

I emailed him back saying, "Yup. And you will be too!"

Yay! Score one for female manipulation tactics!

Mal-licious

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