What habits have YOU picked up from Firefly?

POSTED BY: Shrouded
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 21:27
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SHROUDED

Monday, September 11, 2006 4:44 PM

Not from necessarily watching too much (since that's impossible), but just little things you do now?

For instance, I don't wear belts, but I loop my thumbs in belt loops and let them hang down as Mal does with his belt on several occasions. If I don't have a belt loop, I put my hands in my back pockets in the same style Mal does at the end of Our Mrs. reynolds when he walks away from Inara.

Also, I now find myself eating fruits very, very, VERY slowly, and for a reason we should all know why.

What about you? What other Browncoat habits are there out there?

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The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am. - Steve Irwin, our Honorary BDH

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Monday, September 11, 2006 4:46 PM

Phrases. Every now and then I'll slip into wild west talk, complete with y'alls and I reckon's. Not to mention the Chinese swears.

It would be bad enough if I lived in the US, but I'm Irish. People stare.

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SHROUDED

Monday, September 11, 2006 4:48 PM

Haha, I do that too. I used to do it purposefully sometimes, but now I find myself unconsciously doing it.

I live in the uS, but I get stares 'cause I don't live in the south. ;)

Well, I'm on the border of the south. But that's not the point.

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The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am. - Steve Irwin, our Honorary BDH

MSG

Monday, September 11, 2006 4:57 PM

definitely cut those apples first...have eaten fruit with chopsticks... but I guess the big habit I picked up is quoting ( when the occasion warrents)

I choose to rise instead of fall- U2

GRIZWALD

Monday, September 11, 2006 5:06 PM

Nothing all that interesting... Just humming the Firefly theme song or the FOB song when I'm not thinking about what I'm doing.

Oh, and bursting forth with a rousing chorus of The Man They Call Jayne every now and again.

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DOROTHEA

Monday, September 11, 2006 5:56 PM

I've picked up the habit of hanging out in Firefly sites....

SHROUDED

Monday, September 11, 2006 6:42 PM

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Originally posted by Grizwald:
Nothing all that interesting... Just humming the Firefly theme song or the FOB song when I'm not thinking about what I'm doing.

Oh, and bursting forth with a rousing chorus of The Man They Call Jayne every now and again.

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I do the same thing. XD Actually, I sing the song... when I check out customers at my local grocery store (I'm a cashier). I get some odd looks...

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The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am. - Steve Irwin, our Honorary BDH

MALMALMAL

Monday, September 11, 2006 7:04 PM

I've picked up the habit of always wearing a brown coat no matter where I go, just in case I see any purple-bellied Alliance.

TRISTAN

Monday, September 11, 2006 7:09 PM

Hmm. I have picked up a bunch of habits, including wearing a browncoat whenever possible...but yes, the language, the quotes, the Chinese...all of that has become part of me. Might start shooting first and dumping the body out the loading door...never know!

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MIRACULOUSBUMM

Monday, September 11, 2006 7:22 PM

Well, since I am an ABC (American Born Chinese), swearing in Chinese is nothing new, although I do it in both Cantonese and Mandarin. Yeah, childhood was tough. Learnin' two types of Chinese and English all at once. Well anyways, I do have a tendency to not make contact with the roof of my mouth with my tongue while saying "Goddamit". Aka I subconciously say "gorramit" instead.

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SHROUDED

Monday, September 11, 2006 8:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Tristan:
Might start shooting first and dumping the body out the loading door...never know!

I want pictures.

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The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am. - Steve Irwin, our Honorary BDH

TRISTAN

Monday, September 11, 2006 8:47 PM

Pictures...hmm...that would mean there was proof...you tryin' to get me in trouble?

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VINTERDRAKEN

Monday, September 11, 2006 9:03 PM

Cussing in chinese and using phrases from the series. And also some fashion changes..

You can’t stop the Signal.
Keep spreading the word about Firefly!

SHROUDED

Monday, September 11, 2006 9:06 PM

Nah, I'd shred, burn, and then eat the evidence.

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The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am. - Steve Irwin, our Honorary BDH

TRISTAN

Monday, September 11, 2006 9:17 PM

Sounds promising, Shrouded...if it comes down to it, I'll let you know!

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RMMC

Monday, September 11, 2006 9:37 PM

Well, recruiting perfect strangers on the street or in stores to try to get them to watch FF.

Using the speech patterns and swearing.

Random quotages that I hopefully don't mangle too much.

Watching things I normally wouldn't just 'cause one of the BDHs is in it.

Voting in every little poll if it is in the least bit FF/S related.

You know...the usual.

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RMMC

SHROUDED

Monday, September 11, 2006 9:41 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Tristan:
Sounds promising, Shrouded...if it comes down to it, I'll let you know!

Do your best to be in that fanciful Mal costume if ya can.

Just adds more to the drama.

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The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am. - Steve Irwin, our Honorary BDH

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Monday, September 11, 2006 10:00 PM

Oh, well I do it all:
Saying "gorramit" and "shiny" as well as using the chinese...
I always have to watch firefly at least once a day, I often find myself singing the Fruity Oaty Bars song, and of course, posting on fireflyfans.net!

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TRISTAN

Monday, September 11, 2006 10:00 PM

With pleasure, my lady...with pleasure!

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SPACEDROCKET

Monday, September 11, 2006 10:13 PM

Shiny. I have a habit of now shooting/throwing into jet engines would-be-season-bad-guys-who-would-threaten-to-hunt-me-down-and-I-would-let-live-in-an-obvious-display-of-my-good-guyness-only-so-they-can-come-back-with-a-bigger-badder-plan-to-ensnare-me-and-my-plucky-crew until-after-half-a-dozen-episodes-I-finally-decided-letting-them-live-is-a-bad-idea, whilst this saves alot of undue pain and suffering it certainly makes finding a decent bad guy difficult.

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JOSSISAGOD

Monday, September 11, 2006 10:35 PM

Mostly swearing in Mandarin, saying Coin or Cashy Money instead of Cash or Money. sometimes slipping into an old west dialect, things of that nature. I cut my apples(then again, I've always cut my apples rather than just munching on 'em.)

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HEATHERUNDERWOOD

Monday, September 11, 2006 10:43 PM

Quoting's the big thing - I'm fairly certain I'm forced to grab my head and mutter, "This must be what going mad feels like" at least once a week, not to mention various Chinese expletives that are useful for driving when there are sensitive ears about.

And every time me or one of my Browncoat friends/relatives does something absolutely terrifying while driving, it's customary to just look at your passengers, smile, and say, "It's okay...I'm a leaf on the wind!"

"When you can't run, you crawl. And when you can't do that...you find someone to carry you."

YINYANG

Monday, September 11, 2006 10:43 PM

I think a little bit like the characters talk, and sometimes it slips out (although I try not to - no one at school understands me when I burst out with, "Shiny!"). And, on occassion, I draw parallels between the real world and Firefly, even though it should probably be the other way around.

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SHROUDED

Monday, September 11, 2006 10:49 PM

I keep having to explain just WHY i said shiny to my friends and family when I say it for the first time. And I completely understand that; I do the same thing with the comparisons. I get this look, and my friends kinda go, "Let me guess. Firefly?"

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The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am. - Steve Irwin, our Honorary BDH

REGINAROADIE

Monday, September 11, 2006 11:54 PM

Well, it's more of a habit from BATTLESTAR, but in a roundabout way it involves FIREFLY.

I memorized one of the chinese swears from the show and tried to use it on a regular basis. But it became too much of a hassle to spit a whole mouthful out at a time. There's a reason why they're called four letter words.

So I watched the first season of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA and liked how they replaced "fuck" with "frack." So I decided to instead of say fuck, to try to say frack instead so as to cut down on swearing. But I still like to say fuck now and then.

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SHINYYUKARI

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:15 AM

I say 'Shiny' a lot at school that even my non-Browncoat friend says it now.

I also have a tendancy to swear in Chinese and say 'Gorramit' because teachers don't generally approve of swearing. I'm not even allowed to say 'sucks' in my IB English class. I have to say 'Hoovers'.

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BLAZESOLO

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:23 AM

Callin ppl I don't like "ReaverSnacks", Identifin "snowbirds" as "ReaverTreats". Drunken snowbird = Marinated ReaverTreat. Old wrinkled snowbird = ReaverJerky. Snowbird who's eaten too much Mexican food = Spicey ReaverTreat. Ambulance = Reaver LunchWagon. Those of us from Arizona know all bout this!!!

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SIMMY

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:41 AM

Just lots of the quoting. I now, for some reason, cry "curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!" for everything from missing my tram to overcooking the pasta. Some would say I'm overdramatic.

"reavertreats" - I like it and I'm using it, if that's ok!

SHROUDED

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 1:44 AM

Hahaha! I'm gonna screech that out the next time my cash register refused to function. "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!"

Then turn on my flashing light, get the manager over, point at it and say, "It betrayed me."

Me thinks I'll be saying "ReaverSnacks" time and again. ;)

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The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am. - Steve Irwin, our Honorary BDH

BENJIBOY180

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 2:21 AM

Wow i just got the Season on DVD a week ago (but i had started watching it on t.v. when it was acually new) and i already am picking up gorram/gorramit and shiny. Also i am gonna start watching it with subtitles on in hopes to pick up on some chinese swears. And i also use southern language like i reckon and ain't and conjure and things like that. And i quote the show nonstop and i think like they talk all the time. But i am sure i will pick up alot more!

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YINYANG

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 2:31 AM

Quote:
Also i am gonna start watching it with subtitles on in hopes to pick up on some chinese swears.

Sad to say, but other than dong ma? and some other little words, the subtitles don't cover the swearing (or maybe it's just that I want to be able to pull a long string of Chinese curses out of my mouth).

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ZZETTA13

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 2:38 AM

Most likely, I tell myself 5 or 6 times a day that I'm going to the "Special Hell".

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DREAMWALKER

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 2:54 AM

Mostly these days I use the term "shiny" alot. I try to only use it at home or around my friends who are Browncoats, because otherwise when I say it I get strange looks. That and wandering around my house singing the theme song randomly.

"You're talking to Serenity. And Early...Serenity is very unhappy."

DIRTWEED

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 3:05 AM

Well when asked before by people on how I am today I used to say just ducky....sarcastically of course. Now it is just Shiny. Got the kid and the wife saying Shiny now and she has not even seen the show yet.

Saying gorram, rutting and humped as I don't get yelled at by the wife for swearing anymore.

Used the Cashy Money the other day and got a good laugh out of that one.

DIRTWEED

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 3:05 AM

DIRTWEED

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 3:07 AM

Gorramit, got a triple post on that one.

Dirtweed

PUMAMANREDUX

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 3:11 AM

Got a firefly rpg going on over at StoryCrafter.com [ http://www.storycrafter.com/story/index.php?storyid=2175 ] .. the other day a now ex-character did something stupid and I had the Captain of the craft say "Did she just mutter incoherently and explode?" ...

In real life I note that at work there are blue latex gloves used by folks, every so often, in the paint department ... and once in awhile I walk by, see them being used and think "two by two, hands of blue"

.. swearing, saying shiny .. not very often in public ....

VERSEEXPLORER

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 4:06 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by BlazeSolo:
Callin ppl I don't like "ReaverSnacks", Identifin "snowbirds" as "ReaverTreats". Drunken snowbird = Marinated ReaverTreat. Old wrinkled snowbird = ReaverJerky. Snowbird who's eaten too much Mexican food = Spicey ReaverTreat. Ambulance = Reaver LunchWagon. Those of us from Arizona know all bout this!!!

I wear a blaster under my Browncoat

Too funny! I'm from Arizona, and I know what you mean. Very clever.

As for me, I just add, "Yep, that went well." after any plan or event that is not completed exactly as planned.

Not exactly a habit, but my friends say it's part of my obsession. I got a new 2 drawer dishwasher. (Love it!) I keep a Mal magnet on my clean dishes, and a Jayne magnet on my dirty dishes to keep them straight.

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SHINYALORA

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 8:51 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by VerseExplorer:
Quote:
Originally posted by BlazeSolo:
Callin ppl I don't like "ReaverSnacks", Identifin "snowbirds" as "ReaverTreats". Drunken snowbird = Marinated ReaverTreat. Old wrinkled snowbird = ReaverJerky. Snowbird who's eaten too much Mexican food = Spicey ReaverTreat. Ambulance = Reaver LunchWagon. Those of us from Arizona know all bout this!!!

I wear a blaster under my Browncoat

Too funny! I'm from Arizona, and I know what you mean. Very clever.

I'm from Arizona too and I think that those are definitely going to get added to my vocabulary as references for snowbirds. Those are just wonderful. I also like "reaversnacks" but that will have be in my own head most likely cuz most people at school are not browncoats yet.

I've developed the habit of desperately wanting to quote all the time, and occasionally slip in gorramit or shiny, but no one around me cept my sis really knows what im talking about so i have to keep them in my head. Hopefully the rest of my friends will see the light soon though, and then theyll get the references and ill get fewer strange looks.

SHROUDED

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:41 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by PumamanRedux:
Got a firefly rpg going on over at

In real life I note that at work there are blue latex gloves used by folks, every so often, in the paint department ... and once in awhile I walk by, see them being used and think "two by two, hands of blue"

If that was me, I'd stare at them for a beat or two, slowly turn around, and then start screming, "Two by two, hands of blue" at the top of my lungs... or as loud as I could without gettin' in trouble.

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The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am. - Steve Irwin, our Honorary BDH

MAGDALENA

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 12:53 PM

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Originally posted by DesktopHippie:
Phrases. Every now and then I'll slip into wild west talk, complete with y'alls and I reckon's. Not to mention the Chinese swears.

It would be bad enough if I lived in the US, but I'm Irish. People stare.

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Ditto... but I am Australian! Also, I make up my own Joss-isms...

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AGENTRUSCO

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 2:44 PM

well let's see here, Firefly has basically taken over my life. i cannot get through a converation, however short, without a quote. I tend to break into chinese swearing (whether real or not) and, well, lets just say that the number of fan shirts I own is now more than the number of my other t-shirts. So I wear one nearly every day. And when it's chilly, the browncoat comes out and stays on for as long as I can bear it. I am always online doing something firelfy related, whether it be researching, writing, reading or looking at pics. I try to recruit anyone and everyone to the show and this site. Yes, my life is Firefly and I'm not mad.

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BIGWOLF18

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 4:42 PM

ive started doing that thing with my pencil that the young river did in serenity, on the computer screen.

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NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 5:02 PM

Quote:

In real life I note that at work there are blue latex gloves used by folks, every so often, in the paint department ... and once in awhile I walk by, see them being used and think "two by two, hands of blue"

IN a food plant where I was working night shift, they had blue gloves and white gloves for 2 different classes of people. I took a pair of blue glocves home, walked in on my wife and daughter wearing them at midnight, scared the go-se out of them. Nobody got any sleep that night...

BIGWOLF18

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 6:51 PM

lol

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KAYLEESTHEGREATEST

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:38 PM

i stated "saying and the like"alot.

Someday the verse will spit in your soup but at least they gave you soup.
one day
one plan
one mission
one army of browncoats
june 23rd serenity day

-Our mission as browncoats is to make us known.

MIRACULOUSBUMM

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:52 PM

Here's a little phrase in Chinese(Mandarin) I just decided to put up. "Nee ku-yee sheung wuo du bee-tee" It mean, "You can blow my snot" I went to Shanghai this summer, and people there do actually use this phrase. It pretty much means "F*%! you."

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KEEGAN

Tuesday, September 12, 2006 10:06 PM

Mostly Shiny, goramit gets used every once and a while, Though i have been trying to make "You can't take the sky from me" fit some where in my next tattoo, I'm getting the old skool sparrow a.k.a the free bird.

SHROUDED

Wednesday, September 13, 2006 7:14 PM

Ooh. Shiny. That'd be one helluva cool tattoo.

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The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am. - Steve Irwin, our Honorary BDH

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Wednesday, September 13, 2006 7:19 PM

agreed. If you want a real old school look to the tattoo, maybe you could get a banner or ribbon underneath it with the phrase?

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KEEGAN

Wednesday, September 13, 2006 11:09 PM

I was thinking of something like that, at first i wanted Burn the land and boil the sea you can't take the sky from me. but that is just to long to put on my chest.... Though i could wrap the bird with a banner and do it that way hmmmmm.

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:20 AM

Another one that I do a lot is just slip quotes into conversations...however when I do this around people who don't know what firefly is, I tend to get some funny looks...oh well!

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TERRI

Thursday, September 14, 2006 2:14 AM

Well, since I don't curse the use of ruttin' and gorram have been invaluable to me, as I am always looking for more words to make it, you know fun and interesting. And I've taken to hitting people with open hands, more and more often. He was right, it is pretty funny.

GREENFAERIE

Friday, September 15, 2006 11:34 PM

I had one Hawaiian shirt before Firefly. Now I have seven.

UBERGEEK

Saturday, September 16, 2006 1:32 AM

I have started slipping in Serenifly quotes in my convorsations. and only one of my frineds *sometimes* knows what im talking about (he watched the series/movie and really liked it... but not a "browncoat") The others just look at me like im crazy.

MER

Saturday, September 16, 2006 2:35 AM

Phrases or a way of speaking. I'm not sures of a what else I pick up. But I've gotten into the bad habit of naming my things after the cast (like Jayne does with his weapons).

FEI

Saturday, September 16, 2006 2:51 AM

hm... well since I watched serenity and firefly I always put my thumb into my front pockets and then the rest of my hand hangs over my pockets (mal has done it).

I'm actually chinese, but Mandarin and Cantonese are second languages to me. Nobody finds it wierd when I do swear (I do live in asia), but I would be like "gorram" (and then people stare at me). I also quote the show a lot, and talk about Firefly a lot (hehe). I have become addicted to a certain fan site forum *cough cough*. Also, everywhere I go I get new ideas on what graphics to make for firefly and serenity.

I also talk in a western accent (which people in school are like "Holy crap you have a good accent", just cause of firefly.)

"Dear Buddha, please bring me a pony and a plastic rocket..."

SHROUDED

Saturday, September 16, 2006 2:56 AM

hehe, I do the hand thing, too.

Oh, something else I noticed - when I'm deep in thought, embarrassed, or spacing out, I tend to rub my collarbone with my hand like Simon in Objects in Space.

Only, I use my left hand 'stead of my right. When I realize I'm doin' it, I usually switch.

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The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am. - Steve Irwin, our Honorary BDH

BEANS

Saturday, September 16, 2006 3:33 AM

i deffinetly say Gorramit and shiny alot.
I also say god's balls like jayne did at Haven in the BDM.

VERSEEXPLORER

Saturday, September 16, 2006 4:03 AM

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MER wrote:
Friday, September 15, 2006 16:35
Phrases or a way of speaking. I'm not sures of a what else I pick up. But I've gotten into the bad habit of naming my things after the cast (like Jayne does with his weapons).

Now, you've got my interest. Lots of people have names for cars, but what are you naming, and what's their name? I'm mighty curious.

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JAYNEISNOTAGIRLSNAME

Saturday, September 16, 2006 7:30 AM

i would have to that i picked up eating apples with knives (i say it's cause ive bitten into too many rotten apples) saying Gorram it constantly, swearing in chinese (so i dont get in trouble) and singing the theme or Hero of Canton

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truly, truly touched by that. I mean,
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MAGPIE256

Saturday, September 16, 2006 12:18 PM

definitely shiny, and eating strawberries slowly. Lots more that I don't realise until my daughter looks at me (in that special, teenage, Mum you're embarrassing me way) and says - that's a Firefly reference isn't it? God you're a geek.

It's so unfair. I'm a browncoat. Geeks are a different colour all together.

Deb (Magpie256)

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MANAPEGONEWRONG

Saturday, September 16, 2006 12:23 PM

Nothing much, I just keep saying "gorramit" ALL the time. With friends who know the series its "gorramit Mal!" but others are often confused by my gorramits. It's become a regular part of my speech now I dont even think about it.

ABOLEYN24

Saturday, September 16, 2006 2:22 PM

Whenever I do something stupid (far too often) I say that I have a problem with my brain being missing.

RYANGOODMAN

Saturday, September 16, 2006 4:17 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by HeatherUnderwood:
And every time me or one of my Browncoat friends/relatives does something absolutely terrifying while driving, it's customary to just look at your passengers, smile, and say, "It's okay...I'm a leaf on the wind!"

Well, it's usually me saying that to you, isn't it.

Anyway, I've taken to wearing my brown coat a bit. The biggest thing is quoting things. And I'm not just talking about speaking the quotes- I often find myself thinking "Yep...that went well..." or things like that when things aren't going well.

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/piedmontbrowncoats/

JUGGLEROFGEESE

Saturday, September 16, 2006 5:30 PM

1. I learned how to juggle then baught some geese. (serious, it doesn't work too well).

2. I started saying shiny and gorram-it. (Now lots of people in my school say shiny)

3. I started wearing a long brown coat

YESMYNAMEISKALI

Saturday, September 16, 2006 5:36 PM

i do the same things plus i think firefly has improved my mood a lot... probably since my name is kali... also i'll think of something about the show and start laughing. people stare.

SHROUDED

Sunday, September 17, 2006 12:32 PM

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Originally posted by YESmynameiskali:
i do the same things plus i think firefly has improved my mood a lot... probably since my name is kali... also i'll think of something about the show and start laughing. people stare.

Oh, you don't even want to KNOW how often I burst out into laughter. XD For instance, I forget what exactly we were talking about, but in my British Literature class my teacher mentioned Robin Hood, and said, "You know, that entire rob-from-the-rish, give-to-the-poor scenario?" And it took ALL of my willpower not to burst into the chorus of "The Hero of Canton."

And I mean all my effort - my friend even asked me, "Do you have to go to the bathroom or something?"

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The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am. - Steve Irwin, our Honorary BDH

BLINKER

Sunday, September 17, 2006 3:05 PM

Speech cadences, mostly. Seems I've become just a mite more poetical.

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DQBABY76

Sunday, September 17, 2006 6:23 PM

SHROUDED: thats just hilarious! I tend to burst out laughing when Im in a waiting room or some place quiet because my mind just kind of wanders to Firefly. Of course I get the strange looks when I do that and then they scoot a few chairs down. But oh well, they'd laugh too if they knew all about it.

Of course, Firefly jargon tends to creep more into my own vocabulary. It drives my husband nuts. I'll be talking normally and then all of a sudden I'll start saying "ruttin", "undo fussin", and "be on your merry". He shakes his head and rolls his eyes. Then he asks if he can have his wife back now.

I also got really interested in guns, which is competely out of character. I've never even fired one but I recently bought a beautiful 12 gauge pump action shotgun. I dunno why... but when I saw her I had to have her. The hubby refuses to let me name her Vera.

Kaylee's voice pops into my head whenever I'm eating an apple, and now I can stomach eating energy bars because I just pretend that they're molded protein or a big supplement bar.

Whenever I pass by the clothing store "Woolies" I have to go in because it has perfect "River" wear.

Wow, I think my obsession maybe getting a little weird. Oh well, its fun!

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Shepherd used to tell me...can't do something smart, do something right.
I'm so into Firefly, my butt glows in the dark.

SHROUDED

Sunday, September 17, 2006 6:35 PM

Haha, when I slip into old-western slang, my mom rolls her eyes and goes, "Stop talking like Firefly."

If I were you, I'd start callin' her Vera behind your hubby's back. he'd never know, 'less he snuck up on you someday.

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The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am. - Steve Irwin, our Honorary BDH

MER

Monday, September 18, 2006 10:07 PM

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Originally posted by VerseExplorer:

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MER wrote:
Friday, September 15, 2006 16:35
Phrases or a way of speaking. I'm not sures of a what else I pick up. But I've gotten into the bad habit of naming my things after the cast (like Jayne does with his weapons).

Now, you've got my interest. Lots of people have names for cars, but what are you naming, and what's their name? I'm mighty curious.

Well, my laptop's Jayne, my car is Hoban "Wash" Washburne, and my PC is Zoe (Like a Motherfuting Tank)

Funny thing about Wash...
[On the way back from seeing Serenity]
*Thinks about Wash-the Car*
Me: "Damn it! Why did I have to name you Wash?!"
Bud: "Don't think about it"
Me: "I can't! Gahh!! WHYYY???!!!!"
*Talk about something else. Silence again*
Me: "....Damn it!"

I was like this for a good solid couple of months.

YESMYNAMEISKALI

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 2:18 AM

also, i noticed this today, i think, i've picked up the saying "by the by". i remember this being a Serenifly phrase. hope i'm not wrong...

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"See, I've secretly been kind of a fan of me for some time now. I've seen everything I've ever done. I'd love to meet me, but I'd probably just stare and not be able to say anything witty or anything." -- Joss Whedon

VERSEEXPLORER

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 3:47 AM

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Originally posted by MER:
Quote:
Originally posted by VerseExplorer:

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MER wrote:
Friday, September 15, 2006 16:35
Phrases or a way of speaking. I'm not sures of a what else I pick up. But I've gotten into the bad habit of naming my things after the cast (like Jayne does with his weapons).

Now, you've got my interest. Lots of people have names for cars, but what are you naming, and what's their name? I'm mighty curious.

Well, my laptop's Jayne, my car is Hoban "Wash" Washburne, and my PC is Zoe (Like a Motherfuting Tank)

Funny thing about Wash...
[On the way back from seeing Serenity]
*Thinks about Wash-the Car*
Me: "Damn it! Why did I have to name you Wash?!"
Bud: "Don't think about it"
Me: "I can't! Gahh!! WHYYY???!!!!"
*Talk about something else. Silence again*
Me: "....Damn it!"

I was like this for a good solid couple of months.

I can understand how Wash the Car would be very difficult to drive home in from Serenity. Although, it must be reassuring now to know that Wash lives on in your car.

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Mal: Saffron, you're pleasing, you're all kinds of pleasing, and uhh...it's been awhile, a long damn while, since anybody but me took a hold of my plow.

MER

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:04 PM

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Originally posted by VerseExplorer:

I can understand how Wash the Car would be very difficult to drive home in from Serenity. Although, it must be reassuring now to know that Wash lives on in your car.

Indeed. Though I worry how I can transfer the essence of Wash whenever I need a new car.

MACAVITY

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 8:30 PM

Myself, I've only picked up a couple, being as I'm relatively new to Firefly/Serenity (although I like what I've seen so far).

My main one is saying "I am a leaf on the wind" any time I'm up against some particularly stiff competition in any of the games I play (but mostly in Initial D v3 or UnWheel).

"First come smiles, next come lies. Last is gunfire." - Roland Deschain, gunslinger

STOWEAWAY

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:27 PM

My husband and I are both huge fans so we quote the show frequently to each other. I've started asking my children about terrifying space monkeys whenever I find that a bomb has exploded in their room. Although, in retrospect, that may be why they're having nightmares.
And lastly, I've noticed that lately I am drawn to object that have Asian flair (clothes, decorative items, even dishes). It's not intentional, more subconscious. But I'm pretty sure I picked it up from all the beautful things on Firefly.