May 2015 – Page 2 – Stories and Quotes from the Mind* and Keyboard of A.A.Forringer

Hatchet – Speech

Posted on May 17, 2015May 17, 2015 by aaforringer

A great preemptive scary speech from a male relative to a less than desirable male who is dating his niece.

Buck: Fair enough. I like to carry it, you never know when you’re going to need it. A situation may come up say for example, someone has been drinking, and about to drive a loved one home… then I’d like to know I have it. Not to kill, no. Just to maim. Take a little off the shoulder. Swish! The elbow. Slash! Shave a little meat off the old kneecap. Fowap! Ooooo! You got both kneecaps? I like to keep mine razor sharp. Sharp enough you can shave with it. Why I’ve been known to circumcise a gnat. You’re not a gnat are you, Bug? Wait a minute, bug, gnat. Is there a little similarity? Whoa, I think there is! Ha ha ha. You understand what I’m talking about? I don’t think you do. I’ll be right back. Heh heh heh heh.

John Candy you left us way too soon. Same with the great director John Hughes who made this film.

Quotes

Distance

Posted on May 14, 2015February 16, 2015 by aaforringer

Anywhere is walking distance if you’ve got the time. Steven Wright

Steven Alexander Wright (born December 6, 1955) is an American comedian, actor and writer. He is known for his distinctly lethargic voice and slow, deadpan delivery of ironic, philosophical and sometimes nonsensicaljokes, paraprosdokians, anti-humor, and one-liners with contrived situations.

Quotes

Started

Posted on May 12, 2015February 16, 2015 by aaforringer

The secret to getting ahead is getting started. Mark Twain

On Nov. 30, 1835, the small town of Florida, Mo. witnessed the birth of its most famous son. Samuel Langhorne Clemens was welcomed into the world as the sixth child of John Marshall and Jane Lampton Clemens. Little did John and Jane know, their son Samuel would one day be known as Mark Twain – America’s most famous literary icon.

Movie Speeches

NVA – Speech

Posted on May 10, 2015February 16, 2015 by aaforringer

Hamburger Hill a 1987 movie with a big role played by Dylan McDermott.

From IMDB: A brutal and realistic war film focuses on the lives of a squad of 14 U.S. Army soldiers of B Company, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infanty Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during the brutal 10 day (May 11-20, 1969) battle for Hill 937 in the A Shau Valley of Vietnam as they try again and again to take the fortified hill held by the North Vietnamese, and the faults and casualties they take every time in which the battle was later dubbed “Hamburger Hill” because enemy fire was so fierce that the fusillade of bullets turned assaulting troops into shreded hamburger meat.

Sgt. Frantz: All right, listen up. You people will not die on me in combat. You fucking new guys will do everything you can to prove me wrong. You’ll walk on trails, kick cans, sleep on guard, smoke dope and diddely-bop through the bush like you were back on the block. Or on guard at night you’ll write letters, play with your organ, and think of your girl back home. Forget her. Right now, some hair head has her on her back and is telling her to fuck for peace. This is Han. Those of you who are foolish will think of him as ‘gook,’ ‘slope,’ ‘slant’ or ‘dink.’ He is your enemy. He came over on the Chieu Hoi programme, and after he fattens himself on C-rations he will be hunting your young asses in the Ashau Valley. Now forget about this Viet Cong shit. What you’ll encounter out there is hard core NVA, North Vietnamese. Highly motivated, highly trained and well equipped. If you meet Han or his cousins, you will give him respect and refer to those little bastards as ‘Nathanial Victor.’ Meet him twice, and survive, and you will refer to him as ‘MISTER Nathanial Victor.’ Now people, I am sick and tired of filling body bags with your dumb fucking mistakes.

Han is closing in on your position. It’s night… Look at me! I’m gonna save your life and your gonna save mine. It’s night, it’s raining. While your thinking about peace, love and whether or not we should be in Vietnam, Han is going to cut your fucking throat. And your sleeping. You’ve been humping the boonies for months. It’s your turn to sleep, you’re allowed to sleep. What do you think Han is going to do? Is he going to wake you up, Alphabet? And smile? And talk about women? Mister Nathanial Victor gets his rocks off watching you die. Some of you think you have problems because you’re against the war. You demonstrated in school… you wear peace symbols on your steel, and you have attitudes. I’m orphan, my brother’s queer, the city of Chicago got the clap from my sister, Mom drinks, Dad coughs blood, I have ringworm, imersion foot, the incurable crud and the draft ruined my chances of being a brain surgeon. People, you are in Vietnam. You have no problems. Except me.

And him.

A scene similar to this in the mini-series The Pacific, Jap- Speech. Warriors truly respect their enemies.

Near the end of the film, there is a scene where a soldier, his face covered with bandages, is blindly reaching out to his comrades as they hurry past him. This is taken from a famous picture taken at the real Hamburger Hill.

Quotes

Mind

Posted on May 7, 2015February 1, 2015 by aaforringer

Now there’s a man with an open mind – you can feel the breeze from here! Groucho Marx

Born: Oct 2, 1890 in New York City, NY
Died: Aug 19, 1977 in Los Angeles

Quotes

Freedom

Posted on May 5, 2015February 1, 2015 by aaforringer

In the end, more than they wanted freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all — security, comfort, and freedom. When… …the freedom they wished for was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free.” Sir Edward Gibbon

(8 May 1737 – 16 January 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. The Decline and Fall is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its open criticism of organised religion.

edward-gibbon-greeting card — Someone turned him into a greeting card, and this is not the only one.

Movie Speeches

Declaration – Speech

Posted on May 3, 2015February 1, 2015 by aaforringer

The Punisher: (2004) Special agent Frank Castle had it all: A loving family, a great life, and an adventurous job. But when his life is taken away from him by a ruthless criminal and his associates, Frank has become reborn. Now serving as judge, jury, and executioner, he’s a new kind of vigilante out to wage a one man war against those who have done him wrong. Played by Thomas Jane.

The Punisher: I leave this as a declaration of intent, so no one will be confused.

One: “Si vis pacem, para bellum.” Latin. Boot Camp Sergeant made us recite it like a prayer. “Si vis pacem, para bellum – If you want peace, prepare for war.”

Two: Frank Castle is dead. He died with his family.

Three: in certain extreme situations, the law is inadequate. In order to shame its inadequacy, it is necessary to act outside the law. To pursue… natural justice. This is not vengeance. Revenge is not a valid motive, it’s an emotional response. No, not vengeance. Punishment.

A view of the world that is there, the desire to cut through the red tape of life and do the right thing, the thing that is seems to be emotionally satisfying.