December Daily: quotes in everyday life

[resonant]

kitewithfish - Top five lines from movies or TV that have just made it into your day to day speech

I'm having some trouble with this one! I'm sure they're there, but I draw a blank.

We are occasionally known to say, "For reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture." But I'm much more likely to default to the meme version: "I need this because of reasons."

We still try to read Dickens' A Christmas Carol every year, and when you read something out loud that many times, you do find that it creeps into your language: "But why do spirits walk the earth? And why do they come to me?" and "Mortal man, why do you doubt your senses?" and "Darkness was cheap, and Scrooge liked it," and "The wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile, and my unhallowed hand shall not disturb it, or the country's done for."

My favorite quote story is one I think I've told here before. I used to sit in the evenings with the kidlet on the arm of the armchair and the cat in my lap, and when it was bedtime I'd say to the cat, "Kitty, your revels now are ended," and pick her up and put her on the floor.

When the kidlet was older, we took them to see "The Tempest" at the Shakespeare Festival, and when Prospero said, "Our revels now are ended," the kidlet whirled around and said, "I never knew that was Shakespeare! I thought it was just something we said to cats!"




All out of spaces for prompts. The current list is below the cut.




9 libitina - top five beverages you wouldn't make for yourself
10 lunabee - Top five colors to wear
11 minutia_r - top five pieces of fandom history
12 celli - Top five TV episodes of all time
13 duffy - Top 5 OTPs in television or movies. Could be romantic or friendship. (Canon is NOT a requirement!)
14 minoanmiss - Top five poets? top five titles?
15 the_future_modernes - top five things you look forward to as you grow older
16 clevermanka - Five pieces of treasured advice
17 dine - Top five ice cream flavors
18 rhi Five favorite Christmas treats (cookies to make, mulled cider, Advent calendars, e.g.)
19 china_shop - Top five devices/appliances/bluetooth thingies/whatever :-)
20 dorinda - Top 5 comfort movies? Or comfort reads, if you'd rather
21 summerstorm - because it puts me in mind of blackjack, do you play any card or board games regularly? Or videogames? top 5 games?
22 summerstorm - top 5 poems?
23 fox - Top five Advent carols, maybe
24 fox - Top five Christmas carols
25 break for Christmas
26 ride_4ever - top 5 dS fanworks other than fic (arts, podfics, vids)
27 azurelunatic - 5 reasons you enjoy a party in the dark times of the year
28 james - Top 5 places in the past you would like to visit. Top 5 places in the present you would like to visit.
29 laurenthemself - Top five snack foods
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31 mergatrude - what five complements/encouragements would you give your young self.

Comments

[ride_4ever]

I can't even count the number of times I've said "for reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture" I've said it so many times.

Oh wow, hearts and hearts and hearts for that story about your kidlet and "I never knew that was Shakespeare! I thought it was just something we said to cats!"

[resonant]

Or that construction that goes, "the mucous membrane of a pregnant -- well, that's not important" -- that's useful too.

[ride_4ever]

But sometimes it's just better not to say "What is that stuff, Fraser? It stinks."

[misbegotten]

>I thought it was just something we said to cats!<

Ahahahaha!

[resonant]

Cats have a profound appreciation for Shakespeare.

[trobadora]

"I never knew that was Shakespeare! I thought it was just something we said to cats!"

Aw, that is awesome!

[resonant]

The cat thought, "I knew all along it was a quote."

[killabeez]

"I thought it was just something we said to cats!"

I mean, hello, life changing mantras/touchstones.

[resonant]

We also used to sing to her to the tune of Chim-Chim-Cheree -- "cat kitty-cat cat kitty-cat cat cat kit-TEE"

[minoanmiss]

I LOVE that story. bwee!

[resonant]

<3

[libitina]

Very cute! Just for cats!

Ah yes, "Darkness was cheap, and Scrooge liked it" is a delightful choice. I've definitely reused that construction a few times myself.

Because reasons.

[resonant]

Haha!

[lunabee34]

Darkness was cheap, and Scrooge liked it is my favorite line from that novella. Dickens is so funny.

[resonant]

He had no further intercourse with spirits, living his life on the principle of total abstinence.

[ride_4ever]

I would prefer "total absinthe" LOL.

[jesse_the_k]

Ha ha ha ha splort

[lunabee34]

*snickers*

[cathexys]

Great quotes. And definitely thirding (fourthing?) "For reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture."

Also, I always wonder if Thank you kindly is recognizable or just the Canada Way...

In my family, original House of Cards quote “You might very well think that, but I couldn't possibly comment.” has been a staple for...decades at this point :)

[resonant]

Oh, I like that!