Inconceivable
I was watching The Princess Bride with my father today, the duel scene between Westley and Inigo Montoya. (Does Mandy Patinkin ever get asked to repeat that line anymore? Is he sick of it?) I marvelled at the background with the totally non-moving clouds. Then my father — who has seen this movie before, and more than once — asks me if I notice anything odd about the scene.
Well, the clouds aren’t moving.
No, he says, they’re both fighting left-handed. Isn’t that odd? Do you know what percentage of people are left-handed?
His face when Inigo and then Westley both admitted to not really being left-handed was priceless.
June 23rd, 2007 at 2:24 pm
That is really funny. I sort of assumed everyone on the planet has seen Princess Bride by now.
June 23rd, 2007 at 2:58 pm
As I said in the post, he has seen it. Before today.
June 23rd, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Maybe he was too busy laughing at a different joke last time . . .
June 24th, 2007 at 12:30 am
So maybe his previous viewings of the Princess Bride were similar to my reading of your post? :)
June 24th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
I don’t think I’ve ever seen The Princess Bride, or maybe only parts when it was on in the background. Then again, I never saw the videotape of the Rodney King beating because I don’t do TV.
June 25th, 2007 at 12:35 am
did you get my email?