Which Firefly quotes do you use every day?

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HIGGINS

Saturday, April 21, 2007 10:44 PM

Everybody has favorite quotes from the show, but which quotes or catch phrases do you use every day?
Which ones have made it into your vocabulary?
My faves: "Shiny", "Gorramit!", and "Cashy money". I'm still trying to work in "Dong ma?" .....

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"Crime and politics, little girl. The situation is always fluid."

FLORALBUNNY

Saturday, April 21, 2007 11:55 PM

I don't use "shiny" every day, but it can be
fun to say it when there are a bunch of people
around -- browncoats may very well come out of
the woodwork. :;-)

bun
~Bastards singed my turtle~
~We aim to exponentiate~
~Who is Bill Pardy?~

ALLIETHORN7

Sunday, April 22, 2007 8:20 PM

"Xiao tien de" In the name of all that's holy. You can NOT beat the look on someones face when you cuss at them in Mandarin... never.
Also, "Lao Tien Ye," Jesus!

Having fun yet?

-Danny

A Ghost is all that's Left,
Of everything we Swore we Never would Forget,
Tried to bleed the Sickness,
But we drained our Hearts instead,
We are... We are the DEAD!!!!!!!!!!
THRICE RULES!!!!!!!!!
What did Lord of the Flies teach us? That we are inherintly evil and that you will kill someone if given the chance... and never try to catch rocks with your face. That could end badly.

DATALESS

Sunday, April 22, 2007 9:48 PM

I call my goddaughter, "Mei Mei". I don't know if that counts but I've called her that for a couple of years now.

NAFLM

Sunday, April 22, 2007 10:49 PM

I find myself using "Not so much" quite often (from Mal's opening credits voice-over).

MONKSDAD

Monday, April 23, 2007 12:31 AM

I use shiny on a regular basis, and the other day i told my T-ball team "Let's be bad guys" before they took the field.

"And I think calling him that is an insult to the psychotic lowlife community."

KAYLEEGIRL

Monday, April 23, 2007 2:33 AM

"Where does that get fun?" is always good when preceeded by whatever is not going right at work.

If I'm gonna dream, I'm gonna dream big.

RIVER6213

Monday, April 23, 2007 3:38 AM

I use "Shiny" most of the time.

-River

STOWEAWAY

Monday, April 23, 2007 3:43 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by KayleeGirl:
"Where does that get fun?"

I use that one a lot.

Also, "I hate to interrupt your CRAZY TIME!"

SHINYDS

Monday, April 23, 2007 6:29 AM

STOWEAYAY, good call with the crazy time! I'm still laughing at that. I have a serious need to start saying that now. A couple that I want to use, but haven't quite found the right situation(s) yet for are...
"Okay, I'm lost, I'm angry, and I'm armed."
and
"Oh, this is a fine fàng zòng fēng kuáng de jié but I don't have time to unwind it."

"Wherever we want to go, we'll go. That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails. That's what a ship needs but what a ship is... what the Black Pearl really is... is freedom."
--Capt. Jack Sparrow

COSMICFUGITIVE

Monday, April 23, 2007 10:15 AM

I use a fair number of quotes in real life.

"You're the boss, boss." *Salutes.* - Mal to Simon, 'JaynesTown.' I said that to a fellow co-worker once. We were organising stock that needed to be shifted.

"This is what going mad must feel like." - Simon. It's another 'JaynesTown' quote.

Tzao Gao. I use Mei mei alot too. I've said 'merciless hell' in mandarin sometimes as well.

"How come it never goes smoothe?" and "Just once I'd like things to go according to the gorram plan" are frequently used.

There's probably more.. I can't think of any more off hand.

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Abby Sciouto: "Are either of you guys Libras?"
Tony Dinozzo & Kate Todd: "No."
Abby Sciouto: "Good thing 'cause they are so screwed this week!"

- 'The Good Samaritan', NCIS.

DESKTOPHIPPIE

Monday, April 23, 2007 10:31 AM

Yeah, "shiny" and "gorram" have become an accepted part of my vocabulary. People don't even question it any more.

I also say "Ooh! Look at all the pretties!" way too much. And 'Ha ha ha! Mine is an evil laugh!" That one tends to get me some odd looks.

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ARTISOXYGEN

Monday, April 23, 2007 1:45 PM

'So...how's your world?'

'Shiny!'

'I can kill you with my brain' (gets a good laugh in our house on occasion)

Art

Life beats down and crushes the soul and Art reminds you that you have one. -Stella Adler

HEWHOKICKSALOT

Monday, April 23, 2007 3:52 PM

The family is well-versed in the... 'verse, so they usually get my references.

"It's a real burden, being right so often."

Though usually with my wife, all it takes is, "Its a real burden..."

"Not so much," more than I probably should...

"Pee-goo"

Yep, they know exactly what I mean.

"Gee, it'd be real good if we had some GRENADES, don'tcha think?"

Rob O.

PEULSAR5

Tuesday, April 24, 2007 2:25 AM

Shiny, gorramnit, ruttin' and mei mei

Also, They are definitely damaging my calm.

And of course:

I'm guessin you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schoolin'

ZEROKIRYU

Tuesday, April 24, 2007 2:43 AM

Shiny, and gorramit.

"So she/he's added cussing and the hurling about of things to his/her repertoire"

I find myself using "My days of not taking you seiously are certainly coming to a middle" a lot.

When I'm playing a game with someone I'll use "Mwahahaha, mine is an evil laugh", it really messes people up.

I've found myself using "Spin me about" a lot also.

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Forever dreamin' of you.

BIGMAN

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 7:27 PM

Shiney of course is now our "official" word for good
Gorramit
and "I aim to misbehave" can be useful when your 6'4"

He's lookin to shoot some folk

SHINYDS

Friday, April 27, 2007 7:30 PM

"Yeah, and if wishes were horses,
we'd all be eatin' steak." I've used that one quite a few times. Always seems to catch 'em off guard.

"Wherever we want to go, we'll go. That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails. That's what a ship needs but what a ship is... what the Black Pearl really is... is freedom."
--Capt. Jack Sparrow

STEAMER

Sunday, May 6, 2007 7:47 PM

Aside from 'gorrammit', 'shiny', various Chinese phrases....

I say 'Huh.' A lot. Also 'it seems like the thing to do', 'just feel the need for another drink', and 'Oh, it's nice to know there's some places left in the 'verse where old-fashioned values still mean a thing.' (No, it's no accident that I'm given almost exclusively to Malocution. )

Small, concealable
Weapons done
With a 'bwah!'
Mal aims his gun
FIREFLY

HEWHOKICKSALOT

Sunday, May 6, 2007 9:56 PM

"Oh, I'm going to the special hell..."

"Why you still arguing what's already been decided?" (Man, the kids HATE that one!)

"This ain't the rutting town hall."

Rob O.

HEROUVCANTON

Monday, May 7, 2007 12:42 AM

I go to bed early, so every night I tell my wife (of course)...."I'll be in my bunk"

to a coworker: "Your talent for alienatin' folks is near miraculous..."

I'm lookin' for the chance: "How come you got a wife, and all I got is this dumbass stick sounds like rain????"

so many, can't remember them all!

Dear Diary: Today I was pompous and my sister was crazy. Today, we were kidnapped by hillfolk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.

CLJOHNSTON108

Monday, May 7, 2007 1:09 AM

"That's somewhat unsettling."

INEVERMARRIED

Monday, May 7, 2007 1:59 AM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

Monday, May 7, 2007 2:20 AM

gorramit and shiny (because my mother hates that I talk like a sailor)

and I have often found a reason to say "curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal"

---- plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose

Bestower of Titles, Designer of Tshirts, Maker of Mottos, Keeper of the Pyre, Owner of a too big Turnippy smelling coat with MR scratched in the neck (thanks FollowMal!)

I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"

FORSAKEN original

JOLLIE36

Monday, May 7, 2007 2:51 AM

Hi all.

I have used the quote ""Where does that get fun?" more often than I care to admit.... especially at work, in the last 2 days!!! [I've been off work sick for a week and a bit (that's when I found and fell in love with Firefly/ Serenity) and I've been getting a lot of "flack" from my boss since returning and now I HATE my job with such a passion to the point that I'm seriously thinking about quitting and getting a new job in the same field - can't let a Nursing qualification go to waste!] I have used a phrase similar to that in the past, but this one is WAAAAY better! LOL.

Another couple I would like to use, but no one would get the reference is "Shiny" and "Look at all the pretties". I think they are great. I find I'm muttering "Shiny" to myself whenever things are going great.... not that I've had much reason to [but I've managed to set up a job interview on the 16th of May (keep your fingers crossed for me), and I've got a Nursing Agency chasing me via the phone to get me to interview also!!!!) so it will be "shiny, shiny, shiny.... if it all goes according to plan!" Then I can kick the job I currently have...... yehaw! or at least seriously slash my hours so I can hopefully avoid the boss and it will be "shiny" too! hahahaaaaaa.

OOOOPPPPS.

Sorrry.

Didn't mean to tell you all my life story... kind of slipped out. But boy.... it feels good to get it off my chest.

Catch ya later
Jollie36

Take me out to the black, tell them I aint commin back..... You can't take the sky from me!!!!

DONCOAT

Monday, May 7, 2007 3:36 PM

Hey, we're right there with you, Jollie. Hope it all works out!

It really does go to show how well those Firefly-isms apply to real life, though, don't it?

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I'm pointin' right at it!

STEAMER

Monday, May 7, 2007 6:00 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DonCoat:
It really does go to show how well those Firefly-isms apply to real life, though, don't it?

And how!

Another of my favourites, whenever I get an idea: 'Think now I got a notion regarding that.' Or, when I've got an engineer and brakeman who are particularly fond of busting each other's balls: 'One of you is gonna fall and die and I'm not cleanin' it up!'

Pretty much the only non-Malocution I use every day is 'No power in the 'verse can stop me' (esp. when I've done the impossible). It is my sweetie's most famous line, though, so it works well enough.

I'm still waiting for some engineer who doesn't like the way I work so I can tell him, 'You don't wanna fly with me anymore, this is your port o' harbour.'

Through the dump yards
Kaylee's sifting
"Compression coil
Busts, we're drifting!"
FIREFLY

MSG

Monday, May 7, 2007 6:22 PM

Also I often use "damaging my calm" with my students and "does that seem right to you?"

"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs

DUG

Monday, May 7, 2007 6:27 PM

Oh, Iuse more than a few in normal speak. Like coin for money, not so much, and others. But by far there is one phrase that has become so standard that my wife and I had forgotten we got it from the 'verse: son of a whore.

Wasn't that well said? Almost has a sense of poetry to it.

Need your clock cleaned? home.windstream.net/clockdug

WHOOPS

Monday, May 7, 2007 6:30 PM

"Oh my god it's grotesque! Oh and there's something in a jar!"

Going to try and get this into a conversation at some point.

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"Love. You can do all the math in the 'Verse, but you take a boat in the air you
don't love, she'll shake you off sure as a turnin' of worlds. Love keeps her in
the air when she oughtta fall down. Tells you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens.
Makes her a home." Mal

STEAMER

Monday, May 7, 2007 6:41 PM

Gorrammit.

STEAMER

Monday, May 7, 2007 6:41 PM

There were a couple of moments last week at the Shindig when I noted to some attendees: "Just feel the need for another drink!"

When hiding psychics
You don't need
To give Blue Hands
A nose to bleed
FIREFLY

MONKSDAD

Monday, May 7, 2007 7:22 PM

Your mouth is talking, you might want to look to that.

"And I think calling him that is an insult to the psychotic lowlife community."

CLEARSTATIC

Monday, May 7, 2007 10:35 PM

I just tend to use folk in my vocab more often now. I spend most of my time working alone so I don't really get much of a chance to use any other phrases that and none really pop into my head to get out.

JOSSISAGOD

Monday, May 7, 2007 11:06 PM

Mainly I use the Mandarin curse words. I also use, Shiny, Gorramn, and lately, the "I'm thinking you weren't burdened with an overabundance of schooling." line.

Fe'nos Tol
JOSSIS(Most Definitely)AGOD

Self appointed Forsaken! Been on the list for a while now!
98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature.
"Look at me, I'm STUPID!" The Doctor.

SEANCJ

Thursday, May 17, 2007 5:42 PM

"shiny" "Gorammit" "Your mouth is talkin, you might want to look into that."
I've even let slip when disciplining my 10 year old for the same thing 3 or more times... "If you don't stop that" or "If you don't listen to me"...followed by "I'll shoot you down!" I find myself saying this when I lose my temper.
I'm trying to memorize more mandarin cursing so that when the need arises I can use it to vent my anger/pain/disappointment, but noone else really knows what I'm saying
Oh, there are some many wonderful phrases in this verse!

"You wanna run this ship?"
"Yes"
"Well,...you can't"

THEBACONDEVIL

Friday, May 18, 2007 1:48 AM

Actually, I used shiny before I was a browncoat. I say gorramit and 'verse quite a bit, as well as "Does that seem right to you?" and "No power in the 'verse can stop me."

SHINYDS

Saturday, May 19, 2007 11:54 AM

Quote:
"Oh my god it's grotesque! Oh and there's something in a jar!"

Going to try and get this into a conversation at some point.

A fancy dinner party would be opportune.

"Wherever we want to go, we'll go. That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails. That's what a ship needs but what a ship is... what the Black Pearl really is... is freedom."
--Capt. Jack Sparrow

RYCE

Saturday, May 19, 2007 10:40 PM

I tend to slightly change quotes to fit my needs:

"Captain Dummy Talk" becomes "Katherine Dummy Talk", and, being as how I work with thousands of kids a day who are insistant on running throughout my museum, I have been known to say variations on "One of you is gonna trip and [fall] and I'm not cleaning it up!" (probably shouldn't say "die" with all the kiddies around...)

No power in the 'verse can stop me!

SHINYDS

Sunday, May 20, 2007 10:15 AM

I just used this one the other day...
"Now, this would be the perfect time
for a swear word."

"Wherever we want to go, we'll go. That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails. That's what a ship needs but what a ship is... what the Black Pearl really is... is freedom."
--Capt. Jack Sparrow

MISTERREAVER

Monday, May 21, 2007 8:27 AM

'Shake your head boy - your eyes are stuck '

STAMPEDE

Monday, May 21, 2007 8:47 AM

I use "dong mah" and "hun dan" pretty frequently. My vernacular is becoming a strange pastiche of English and Japanese with German and Mandarin words thrown in for flavor. Pretty soon I'll be saying "Ai ya, nani o hanashimasu ka? Schprechen ze Eigo, ja? This is a pain in my pi gu."

I refer to myself as a mean old man, but I've been doing that long before I saw Firefly.

I DO use the term "Captainy things" or "I'm gonna go Captain."

When I play WoW and I've not had time to put some grenades together because people are rushing me to get going, I will a lot of the time be prone to saying "Gee, sure would be nice if we had some GRENADES right now!"

There's two kinds of people in this world: those with loaded guns, and those who dig.
Now DIG.

RIVER1331

Monday, May 21, 2007 4:08 PM

i use "gorramit" alot, i just love to say it. and swearing in chinese is very helpful in everyday life. And "shiny" fave is another.

chow all

EVILDEAD1971

Monday, May 21, 2007 4:44 PM

shiny
gorram
ruttin'
go sa
that's my girl, that's my good girl (to my car)

i use gorram and ruttin' alot to work them into my vocabulary. the other day i was talking with my uncle and gorram worked itself into our conversation. shiny!

MISSTHING

Saturday, May 26, 2007 5:32 PM

I use gorram and gorramit frequently --

also my response to how are you is always "walkin' and talkin'" -- it's been very useful since I have been involved in a bloody land planning dispute. That's an adjectival bloody not a interjectory bloody.

missthing

EVILDINOSAUR

Saturday, May 26, 2007 5:42 PM

i say "some people juggle geese" on a regular basis

"Haha, mine is an evil laugh."

MISTERSOLIDUS

Sunday, May 27, 2007 2:45 AM

"Gorammit", "Shiny", and "Special Hell".

WATCHASISOAR

Sunday, May 27, 2007 3:43 AM

I use "shiny", and "special hell" quite a bit. I have cursed in mandarin a few times (oddly enough when it happens I don't TRY, I'll say something when I'm at my breaking point, like I'm really upset, or I hurt myself. It sounds so natural then).

I call my friend Jen, little albatros quite a bit, because I adore her.

RIVER1331

Monday, May 28, 2007 8:44 PM

gotta love captainy things,the special hell(personal fave) and shiny, annd now would be an appropiate time for a swear word dontcha think?

and did anyone this new show with nathal fillion called drive(produced by tim minear) and fox cancelled it after only 2 episodes!!! i swear fox has something against nathal fillion and tim minear.

chow all

BIGMAN

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 7:03 PM

I hav also started to say "truth to tell" and "this is the way it is/was" a lot.

He's Lookin to shoot some folk

JEDIJAYNE

Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:18 PM

One that I do use a whole bunch (and I have my 3 year old son saying it all the time now too ) is from Serenity:
"Faster. Faster! Faster would be better!"

I also use a mish-mash of a Kaylee quote with a Jayne one often, usually when it comes to food:
"Ooh, look at all the tasty!"

I also say "... morbid and creepifyin'..." on a pretty frequent basis.

Man, I love Joss' writin'!

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"This is why we lost, you know. Superior numbers." "Thanks for the re-enactment, sir."

B1GDAMNH3R0

Friday, June 15, 2007 2:11 PM

well Vera is my paintball gun so when anyone comments it "i call it Vera" pops out. i've gotton to the point where my friends dont ask about Gorram,go-se, shiny, & chwen. but really that is all i use

"When does it stop being CPR and start being necrophilia?"

MOBBEX

Saturday, August 18, 2007 3:19 AM

"Storm's getting worse."

I mostly use Mandarin cussing since I live in a french-speaking community, though I can't resist the urge to translate some particularily snappy lines when the situation calls for it

"Your mouth is talking, you might wanna look to that." That one never fails to stick a grin on my nasty mug.

I use shiny quite a bit, though, awkward as it may be. And I'm working on cursing in chinese off the bat. Ta ma de, Tzao Gao, Go se, Fey ooh, Ai ya, Tyen sah, etc. No to keen on insulting people in Mandarin, but venting aggravation is nice, 'feels good

"We'll pass through it soon enough."

TUJIAOZUO

Saturday, August 18, 2007 4:02 AM

Let's see...

1. My dog Nikki has always been called 'Sissy', now she goes by mei-mei or xiao mei-mei.

2. I say Shiny, all the time.

3. Gorramit is starting to catch on.

4. And from the flashback in 'Safe', I say Fallacious quite a bit.

Your Indian Pirate Lord,
Ash

RIVERFLAN

Sunday, August 26, 2007 9:01 PM

MSG: That kitty pic is SO cute! You definately need to add it to the Kittys rule over all this land and aim to misbehave... thread. I can't remember if that's the exact title, since its so long, but its pretty close.

River: "The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds, given adequate vaccuuming systems."

RIVERFLAN

Sunday, August 26, 2007 9:10 PM

And I use
shiny
gorram
your mouth is talking, you might wanna look in on that
go se
dong ma?

And I've been trying to work "The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds, given adequate vaccuuming systems." into the conversation lately, given how I luv that line, but I havn't succeded. I'll keep trying, though, cuz that line's just too damn pretty to waste.

River: "The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds, given adequate vaccuuming systems."

CRYSTALKEI

Sunday, August 26, 2007 9:25 PM

My friends had no idea that when I tell my husband he's going to the special hell...it came from Firefly. I don't even say the whole line most days, just look at him and say 'special hell'. I also enjoy a bit of cursing in mandarin since I don't like real curse words.

Jayne Cobb, the Dick Casablancas of Firefly

WICKEDTIGER

Monday, August 27, 2007 2:40 AM

"best day ever" is my fav.

Say it just like Jayne at work all the time.

I need to amuse myself . . . work in retail. . .lol

DUKUSUKKER

Monday, August 27, 2007 6:07 AM

"shiny" (doesnt everyone?)
"go se!"
"my food is problematic"(and often substitute "food" with any noun that applies)
"creepifyin"
"wacky fun"

i have a friend who's nickname is Meimei - because she the younger sister in a Chinese family :0)

oh yeah...i get to use "SLY" an awful lot. it just sounds so much beter than other words that often just sound derogatory.

gotta get more chinese phrases going...

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"noah's ark is a problem..."

CRUITHNE3753

Monday, August 27, 2007 10:05 AM

Well a few weeks ago I started work in an office processing donation records for the National Blood Service (UK), so "The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds, given adequate vacuuming systems" could possibly get a look in at some point...

STEAMER

Monday, August 27, 2007 9:45 PM

A lot of times, when I'm out on the train and my engineer is trying to second-guess every move I aim to make, my line usually is: Why are you still arguing what's been decided? If he really starts to get smart with me, it goes up to: This is how it is. You don't wanna fly with me anymore, this is your port o' harbour.

When we're out on the road, I've also taken to asking the dispatcher: Addressing the itch of curiousness, is Amtrak on time? Also it's extremely rare for somebody to say 'interesting' without me asking them to define interesting. (At a recent geek night there was a concern about food shortage and the answer was, 'Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna starve?')

And now that Panera is being inundated with noisy kids....

Well, that's my cue to skedaddle! (I used the same quote recently at a friend's wedding when it came time to toss the bouquet and the garter. )

Killed some bandits
Partied, tarried
Next thing he knows
Mal is married
FIREFLY

Captain of the New England Browncoats

CRUITHNE3753

Saturday, September 1, 2007 3:16 PM

I was having difficulty the other day searching for a file at work, and was about to utter "where are you hiding little girl?", but then realised in time that it sounds rather suspect out of context.

REAVERMAN

Thursday, September 6, 2007 6:40 AM

"creepifyin'"
"poetical"
"curiousness"
"per-maybe-haps" (all the time)
"shiny"
"gorammit" slips out every now and then when I least expect it.
"monkey-shit"
"...be on our/your merry"
"One of you is gonna fall and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!" (to my brother when he does something exceptionally stupid at a great height with his friends, which happens alarmingly often, now that I think about it...)
Also, I've been known to refer to pompous or uptight people as "Lord Fauntleroy" quite often
"Some people juggle geese!"
"whimsical in the brain-pan"
"I think you have a problem with your brain bein' missing."
"son of a whore"
"where's that get fun?"
"I'm gonna have to brillo that outa my brainpan." (Mal's thoughts from the BDM novelization aftter Kaylee's "twixt my nethers" tirade)
"Well, my days of not takin' you seriously are certainly comin' to a middle."

There are a few more I can't remember offhand, but that's the gist of it.

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"I refuse to submit,
To the god you say is kind.
I know what's right, and it is time,
It's time to fight, and free our minds!

Our spirits were forged in snow and ice,
To bend like steel forged over fire.
We were not made to bend like reed,
Or to turn the other cheek!"

- from the song "Thousand Years of Opression" by Amon Amarth

BROWNCOAT2007

Thursday, September 6, 2007 7:17 AM

Besides the most commonly used ones... "Gorram" "How's that get fun?" "Gee... wouldn't it be nice if we had some GRANADES about now?" "If wishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak" "Shiney"... "Huh..." few choice mandarin curse words, "I'm a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar" right before I get on the road (just before leaving my driveway, 'cause I useually drive like a bat outta hell) "Oh, I'm goin' to the special hell..." "Some people juggle geese!" "Have good sex" (that one gets a LOT of strange looks ) many many others, I can't think of 'em all off the top of my head right now... OOOoo, almost forgot "Bwaha!!" "I think you/I have a problem with my brain bein' missing" "creepifying" "per-maybe-haps" "poetical" "...be on our/your merry" "One of you is gunna fall, and die, and I'm not cleaning it up!" (quite too often... just 'cause most of my friends do stupid stuff...) *ponders* yeah... I'll be in my bunk... night 'coats

MRBEN

Thursday, September 6, 2007 11:52 AM

I don't use that much, except maybe 'Shiny'. Although I have used the wishes/horses quote, and one that's not been mentioned before - "And I want to be king of Londinium and wear a shiny hat"

mrben

"Carpe Aptenodytes"
http://www.jedimoose.org

FREELANCERTEX

Saturday, September 22, 2007 2:12 AM

"Gorramit" i get strange looks after that one.
"I think you have a problem with your brain being missing" i've used a couple of times.
"go se" i get strange looks after that one too.
"This must be what going mad feels like" and of course "No, this must be what going mad feels like"
>I also will quote whole segments of separate episodes at the apartment, and my boyfriend will look at me weird, then say "oh, you're quoting again" just cuz there are so many parts of firefly and serenity that are worth quoting.
I can't wait for the opportunity to use "You're like a trained ape, WITHOUT the training" in a conversation. so choice.
"Your mouth is talking, you might want to look to that."

there was one quote in particular I used recently but I can't remember what it was. :-P

__________________________
Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

BROWNCOATRICK

Monday, September 24, 2007 2:46 AM

(with a fellow Browncoat coming into work) Well, well, well -- coming in at the nick of time... what does that make us?
(friend) Big Damn Heroes, sir!
(me) Ain't we just...

"Shiny" has come into my regular vocabulary... as has "Special Hell..." and "My God, they're all psychopaths"... and my friend and I start laughing.

"We will rise again..."

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, September 24, 2007 7:55 PM

I have a friend who hasn't even seen the series yet, but he's seen the movie ONCE, and he's already using the word "shiny" in regular conversation *teehees* that just makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

OH!OH!OH! and, *sniggers* i used "morbid and creepifying" in a conversation yesterday without even having to think about it, and when i realzed what i said i started laughing, and my boyfriend rolled his eyes at me :-P love it!

__________________________
Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

BULLET0IN0THE0BRAINPAN0SQUISH

Monday, October 1, 2007 11:32 AM

Usual, I just end up slangin' my words more and takin' leave of grammatical rules. Which is not necessarily good since I teach English and my students need grammar (or at least, a teacher who is conscious of her grammar). But here are words I end up sayin' some:

"shiny"
"gorram"
"chi ni duh",
and "ain't we just."

and this I just found the perfect situation for earlier: "I'm trying to think of a way for you to be cruder... *pause* it's just not coming."

I got a real big mental high-five just then. hehe.

Ain't we just.

BULLET0IN0THE0BRAINPAN0SQUISH

Monday, October 1, 2007 11:33 AM

Usual, I just end up slangin' my words more and takin' leave of grammatical rules. Which is not necessarily good since I teach English and my students need grammar (or at least, a teacher who is conscious of her grammar). But here are words I end up sayin' some:

"shiny"
"gorram"
"chi ni duh",
and "ain't we just."

and this I just found the perfect situation for earlier: "I'm trying to think of a way for you to be cruder... *pause* it's just not coming."

I got a real big mental high-five just then. hehe.

Ain't we just.

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, October 1, 2007 8:15 PM

big hi-five for that quote, awesome.

I used "the human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems" in conversation today. A classmate and I were talking about people being encyclopedias of useless information (I'm once of them), and I found it fit to use that quote, as morbid and creepifying as it is. I think that's my new favorite phrase, morbid and creepifying, lol.

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Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

BULLET0IN0THE0BRAINPAN0SQUISH

Tuesday, October 2, 2007 7:54 AM

I've always been morbid and creepifying, even if I didn't know what I was called. Haha.

Oooh, and I used another of Doc's quotes again: "Will you please not do that when we're-- ever?!"

I love Simon's annoyance of Jayne.^^

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Ain't we just.

FREELANCERTEX

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 2:35 AM

lol, i love that quote. what i love even more about it is the expression on Simon's face XD

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Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

BULLET0IN0THE0BRAINPAN0SQUISH

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 3:01 PM

Lol. it is always the expression on Simon's face!

Speaking of which, lookie here:
http://www.fireflyfans.net/sunroomitem.asp?i=18078

teehee. was really funny for me so...

oh well. i have a weird sense of humor.

Ain't we just.

FREELANCERTEX

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 3:44 PM

Of course it's always about the expression on Simon's face. He has the most priceless facial expressions, as does Mal. Nice pic in the blue sun room btw, made me laugh :-P

__________________________
Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

MSG

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 3:52 PM

Somehow using the phrase " all manner of" has crept in quite strongly... I'll find myself saying Oh he's got all manner of issues...or If you don't finish that work you'll have all manner of trouble"

"I'm not all that interested in the mental health of people who want to kill me. "- Leroy Jethro Gibbs

BULLET0IN0THE0BRAINPAN0SQUISH

Thursday, October 4, 2007 10:04 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
Of course it's always about the expression on Simon's face. He has the most priceless facial expressions, as does Mal. Nice pic in the blue sun room btw, made me laugh :-P

__________________________
Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

xie xie.^^ rate it if you can... so far i've got 0 ratings on it.^^ not that it matters though. I made that out of fun and nothing in the 'verse can stop me. LMAO.

Ain't we just.

FREELANCERTEX

Thursday, October 4, 2007 4:06 PM

I tried rating it and it wouldn't let me :-\ wouldn't load for some reason. i gave it a ten. :-P

__________________________
Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

B1GDAMNH3R0

Friday, October 5, 2007 12:54 AM

"i'm going to special hell" a few times to some of my browncoat friends and "i'll be in my bunk"
also shiny and gorram have become common enough to not be qustioned (my cross ountry team even uses gorram sometimes) a few (probably mis pronounced) chinese phrases. other then that not much

BULLET0IN0THE0BRAINPAN0SQUISH

Friday, October 5, 2007 7:15 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
I tried rating it and it wouldn't let me :-\ wouldn't load for some reason. i gave it a ten. :-P

__________________________
Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

thanks anyway dear. and happy birthday!^^

there was something wrong with the site earlier and I was completely horrified when I can't get to it (said that Page cannot be displayed). Kinda like the shock of seeing Reaver ships approaching.haha.

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Ain't we just.

CRY, BABY, CRY.
MAKE YOUR MOTHER SIGH.

FREELANCERTEX

Friday, October 5, 2007 9:41 PM

lol, and thanks :) for the b-day wishes.

__________________________
Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

TWITCH

Saturday, October 6, 2007 5:50 AM

Funny thing is, a lot of these have just become part of common usage to me. "Shiny" is just accepted as something I'll say. (Equally well accepted is that if anyone asks what the !#@$ I mean by "shiny", they're going to be handed my copy of Firefly and Serenity until they get it).

But all sorts of things have become common usage, not just to me but to others where I work. "This gives me an uncomfortableness" is in regular usage. "You're like a trained ape, without the training!" is another one (don't ask why this one would be used so much at work... please don't.)

The plain fact of the matter is that whether you've seen it or not, the writing in Firefly and Serenity is just plain good. I don't care if it was borrowed from Louis Lamour, or if it was cooked up out of Joss's head or the head of ANY of the writers of Firefly (of which there were many, and all of which I cherish and treasure!) it's plain speaking, and well worth adopting.

I don't care that I missed the original run of Firefly. It was the wrong time, the wrong place for me. But gorramit, that's mighty fine work. If I take a shine to it now, that's nobody's business but my own.

Aaaaah, you got me going. I'll be at it for hours now.

-- Twitch

MADRIK

Saturday, October 6, 2007 4:31 PM

I use 'shiny' very occasionally. When my girlfriend asked, "Is there something wrong with my car?"
Me: "Nah, shiny."

And I use 'gorram' and 'ruttin' to replace swear words.

When I was a supervisor, I used things like, "As soon as you wrap up that communication log, you can be on your merry."

My girlfriend was about to splash a cup of water on me, and I said, "If you throw that on me, I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you."

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, October 7, 2007 7:07 AM

I TOTALLY used a Wash line at my friend's house today. We were playing a game and I saw something that looked really weird and said, "Oh my God it's grotesque!!" I was so proud of myself. I've been waiting to use that one in conversation, almost didn't realize I said it. :)

__________________________
Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

BULLET0IN0THE0BRAINPAN0SQUISH

Sunday, October 7, 2007 3:38 PM

LOL. Aint it nice to have that proud moment when you know you have used a Firefly quote properly? Yes, I am always so *PROUD* I used one again this morning when my brother was running around the house and trying to use a cardboard box as a sled (I have no idea why he's doing it!). Had to adjust it to fit my purpose though: "If you fall and die, I'm not gonna clean it up!"

and my other brother told me that I was being "morbid and creepifying".

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I don't know what I'm saying. I never know what I'm saying.... -River Tam, Serenity (2005)

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, October 7, 2007 10:32 PM

Yes it always makes me feel all warm and fuzzy when I use a quote properly without even knowing or trying to.

Oh, and it's funny you mention it, when I was in high school there was a kid who was a year ahead of me and he was on the football team, and one of his friends flattened a cardboard box, stood on it, grabbed onto the football player's hands, and the guy dragged him down the hall standing on the box like it was a surfboard. XD must be a guy thing, iunno, it was funny though. fortunately no one fell and died, so there was no cleaning up to do ;-) I badly want to use that in conversation though, and I'm sure with my two little cousin's I'll get the chance at some point.

__________________________
Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

BULLET0IN0THE0BRAINPAN0SQUISH

Monday, October 8, 2007 7:13 AM

Does Mutant Enemy, Inc.'s "grr...arrgh..." count as a quote? I keep laughing when I see it on the subtitle, but I laugh more when I unconsciously use it in IMs or emails. teehee!

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I don't know what I'm saying. I never know what I'm saying.... -River Tam, Serenity (2005)

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, October 8, 2007 7:22 PM

lol, i guess it could count :-P

every time i hear something hit my car *i.e. acorn, rock, or something that makes a noise* i say "what was that?" even though there's no one there to offer an answer :-P every time i say it it reminds me of mal.

__________________________
Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

BULLET0IN0THE0BRAINPAN0SQUISH

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 9:25 AM

LOL. won't it be stranger if you continued on with "Was that the primary buffer panel?" and people looked at you funny?

Wtgh does a primary buffer panel do anyway?

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I don't know what I'm saying. I never know what I'm saying.... -River Tam, Serenity (2005)

FREELANCERTEX

Wednesday, October 10, 2007 10:32 PM

LOL that would be hilarious, of course it would only apply if something went flying off of my car, which, since it's 15 years old, might happen at some poing :-P (too bad Serenity wasn't around when my mom had her Reliant. The muffler was always falling off that gorram car and that line would be perfect)

Well, a primary buffer panel...buffers, I guess :-P lol

__________________________
Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

FREELANCERTEX

Sunday, October 21, 2007 6:39 PM

wow...I think I killed this thread. :-P that makes me sad.

__________________________
Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

BULLET0IN0THE0BRAINPAN0SQUISH

Monday, October 22, 2007 9:02 AM

no, you didn't!

is it still considered a quote if you just roll your eyes like Saffron? I love the way she rolls her eyes and I find myself rolling my eyes like her when my colleague says something inane. and he is prone to saying really inane things...

and last weekend, my brother showed my sister and I some dance moves he learned from some movie. My sister asked, "How did he do that??" and I (secretly proud) said, "By moving fast like a freak??"

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

I don't know what I'm saying. I never know what I'm saying.... -River Tam, Serenity (2005)

FREELANCERTEX

Monday, October 22, 2007 9:48 PM

awesome usage of a classic Mal quote :-P

__________________________
Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

SUPERUNKNOWN

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:03 AM

"Shiny" is always a big one. I use it a lot and I've heard some of my friends accidentally use it, even though they don't know what it means.

I also find I say things like "conjure up a terribly compellng reason" as opposed to "think of a good reason" and so on.

BULLET0IN0THE0BRAINPAN0SQUISH

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:32 AM

xie xie freelancertex!

hmmm... im trying to make it a point to use at least one quote a day, but i dont have one yet today. *sigh*

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I don't know what I'm saying. I never know what I'm saying.... -River Tam, Serenity (2005)

FREELANCERTEX

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:45 PM

I've used Simon's classic "Could you not do that while we're.....EVER?" complete with facial expression and suspended fork, at the dinner table a few times when my boyfriend was sick and felt the need to hauk (sp?) something out of his lungs. but afterwards I've always laughed cuz then I'd get a pic of Simon's face in my head followed immediately by Jayne's reaction, then andy's like "okay...what's that from?" and i then have to re-enact the scene all over again :P but it's worth it.

__________________________
Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

CRYSTALKEI

Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:57 PM

oh oh oh! the other night we were playing cards with a new couple and some other friends. Well, one of the girls we were playing with was named Miranda. Everytime someone said her name my husband would turn to me and in a creepy River-like voice say miranda . the couple had never heard of firefly or serenity, but the guy decided that he liked saying it that way, said it sounded like sex-voice.

Jayne Cobb, the Dick Casablancas of Firefly

BULLET0IN0THE0BRAINPAN0SQUISH

Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:12 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by freelancertex:
I've used Simon's classic "Could you not do that while we're.....EVER?" complete with facial expression and suspended fork, at the dinner table a few times when my boyfriend was sick and felt the need to hauk (sp?) something out of his lungs. but afterwards I've always laughed cuz then I'd get a pic of Simon's face in my head followed immediately by Jayne's reaction, then andy's like "okay...what's that from?" and i then have to re-enact the scene all over again :P but it's worth it.

__________________________
Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

way to go dear! Haha. LOL at Andy's (your boyfriend, right?) saying "Okay... what's that from?". I can imagine him saying it in a deadpan-bordering-on-scolding expression. God knows I get the same reaction everytime I inject a bit of Firefly-ness in my daily conversations. Hehe.

Quote:
oh oh oh! the other night we were playing cards with a new couple and some other friends. Well, one of the girls we were playing with was named Miranda. Everytime someone said her name my husband would turn to me and in a creepy River-like voice say miranda . the couple had never heard of firefly or serenity, but the guy decided that he liked saying it that way, said it sounded like sex-voice.

LOL at that too Crystalkei. Though I hope you didn't tell him that River was thnking of dead and rotting corpses when she says that. lmao.

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I don't know what I'm saying. I never know what I'm saying.... -River Tam, Serenity (2005)

FREELANCERTEX

Wednesday, October 24, 2007 2:11 PM

BitBPS: :) thanks. yeah, (yes, andy's my boyfriend, sry for not specifying :-P) he does say it kind of deadpan and rolls his eyes. People just don't appreciate the use of a decent firefly-ism in every day life :-P

Oh, and whenever I'm frustrated about a homework issue to the point where my brain just doesn't get it and is like "just walk away, it's not gonna work" I sigh and say "...doing it backwards. Walking up the down slide." To which andy, of course, turns around from his desk and goes "What??" Then I usually start laughing, cuz I know that not only does he not knwo where that's from, but it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever :-P love it.

__________________________
Have you ever wondered why in a dream you can touch a falling sky?
Or fly to the heavens that watch over you?

"I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar."

A man is least himself when he speaks in his own person. Give him a mask and he will show you his true self.

You can't take the sky from me...

BULLET0IN0THE0BRAINPAN0SQUISH

Friday, October 26, 2007 2:43 PM

how about if we use quotes in forums? does that count?

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I don't know what I'm saying. I never know what I'm saying.... -River Tam, Serenity (2005)

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