The Movie Quote Game

Got another tag on Facebook and thought I'd share it with you all. I'll reveal the answers as they are guessed either here or there.

Pick 20 of your favorite movies.
- Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
- Post them in a note for everyone to guess.
- NO GOOGLING/using IMDB search functions.
- NO LOOKING AT MY PROFILE TO SEE MY FAVORITE MOVIES!!!

As Jonathan Calder has hat tipped me I big up Rick Vaughan who without the wonders of Facebook would be consigned to the summer of 1991 in my life and a team in Bradford.

Easy one to start

1. Did you hear that? They shut down the main reactor. We'll be destroyed for sure. This is madness.

Star Wars : Episode IV - A New Hope - Alex Wilcock*

2. A:What are they singing?
B: [translating] They run this way. They run that way. They are confused. They are afraid.
A: We are afraid?
[shouts]
A: We are afraid?
B: You are cowards.
A: You *bastards*.

3. A: We were just wondering if, if it is good to just leave a few things to, to chance?
B: We want to give your child the best possible start. Believe me, we have enough imperfection built in already. Your child doesn't need any more additional burdens. Keep in mind, this child is still you. Simply, the best, of you. You could conceive naturally a thousand times and never get such a result.

Gattaca - Will Howells

4. A: I was dreaming about God.
B: What did he say?
A: Nothing. He was playing tennis. Perhaps that's where God is all the time and that's why you can't see Him when you're awake, do you think?
B: I don't know. I don't know about God.
A: Perhaps He's our dream... and we're His.

5. Debi Newberry: You're a psychopath.
Martin Q. Blank: No, no. Psychopaths kill for no reason. I kill for *money*. It's a *job*. That didn't come out right.

Grosse Pointe Blank - Will Patterson
Though Andrew Tate points out it is Minnie Driver talking to John Cusack

6. You traveled the world... Now you must journey inwards... to what you really fear... it's inside you... there is no turning back. Your parents' death was not your fault. Your training is nothing. The will is everything. If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal, you become something else entirely. Are you ready to begin?

So far Jennie Rigg has correctly indentified this as a Batman movie. Which Mr Wilcock correctly identifies as Batman Begins and were spoken by fellow Ulsterman Liam Neeson as Henri Ducard.

7. A year passed: winter changed into spring, spring changed into summer, summer changed back into winter, and winter gave spring and summer a miss and went straight on into autumn... until one day...

Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Jenny Rigg

8. Just for the record, I was only staring at your ass for the first 15 minutes!

Cayote Ugly - Richard Gadsen and yes it is Kevin to Violet (Jersey)

9. Sucking the marrow out of life doesn't mean choking on the bone.

Dead Poets Society - Yousuf Hamid

10. If word got around that I had been liberated for half a million dollars, I could never show my face in polite society again. Diamonds have no value except that which is placed upon them.

11. A: Look at them. They're just asking for it. Maybe the human race deserves to be wiped out.
B: Wiping out the human race? That's a great idea. That's great. But more of a long-term thing. I mean, first we have to focus on more immediate goals.

12. A: Are you classified human?
B: Negative, I am a meat popsicle.

The Fifth Element - Cole007

13. So this affair you're not having - is it not with a man, or not with a woman?

14. A: I mean, there's every reason to suppose [pause]... that the game ultimately derives from the wholly unjustified right of the medieval lord to the unpaid labour of villains and serfs at haymaking and harvest.
B: You know, you're really beginning to get the idea.
A: Thanks.

Another Country - Jonathan Calder

15. I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you.

2001: A Space Odyssey - Will Howells

16. You wouldn't hit a man with no trousers on, would you?

The Italian Job (1969) - Andrew Tate

17 Aragon: Are you frightened?
Frodo: Yes.
Aragon: Not nearly frightened enough. I know what hunts you.

LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring - Will Howells**

18: Now, explain it to me like I'm a four-year-old.

19. It was not my intention to do this in front of you. For that I'm sorry. But you can take my word for it, your mother had it comin'. When you grow up, if you still feel raw about it, I'll be waiting.

Kill Bill Vol. 1 - Mina Ward

20. I'm lucky, he's lucky, we're all lucky!

Rocky Horror Picture Show - Jenny Rigg

* The fact that a rather well-tongued (as in spoken tongue...ooh you filthy minded lot) gent has partaken on this will mean I'll probably not hear the end of it for week, months or years.

**And he identified Aragon as the main speaker.

Yes She Can!

In response to the Obama campaigner, Labour party activist and no longer former bloggers question "A girl can change her mind, can't she?" I'd like to say (before the Obama's impose copyright sanctions) "Yes she can". Only yesterday she appeared on Twitter:

Well it took a total of 8 hours and 37 minutes from the commencement of Micro Blogging for the soapbox to be given a fresh lick of paint and to reappear from under the melting snow. At least until she announced that she had changed her mind.

It's good to have you back Kez. Now it only we can get Scottish Tory Boy, ASwaS and the rest to get some va va voom into their keyboard. Oh and get some Lib Dem representation on her blogroll.

I've Seen The Plot

Was watching the One Show and have just see Alistair McGowan at mine and many other people's plot of land near Heathrow.

It was an intersting little peace about protesters, of all types, backgournds etc. It's not as Alistairs points out all the lefty, liberal, whacky, tree hugging, hippy types much as Jeremy Clarkson would want to have us all believe.

But as Alistair also pointed out we do have a history of protest and sees that like throwing a shoe we could be heading to more inventive ways of protest. As the Gaza March in Edinburgh showed with the right sort of mix of events in the protest you can gather a diverse mix. But will we ever see a protest to compete with sheer numbers of the Make Poverty History march.

Labour's Bitch

I've been sort of watching Derek Draper's Twit Bitch at Iain Dale this morning starting here. It doesn't surprise me too much as Draper seem woefully unable to remain civil in the blogosphere and his blogiquette is atrocious.

It started with the statement:

LabourList has suspended Iain Dale from our blogroll until he clears up
remarks he has made about "Golliwog" being an acceptable term.

Actually if you Iain's original post you find that he was actually pointing out inconsistencies in the BBC's policy over racist comments. He cited Chris Moyles as an example who got away with it not once but twice. While the daughter of the former Prime Minister, Carol Thatcher upset Brummie man of the people Adrian Chiles, Moyles upset Oscar royalty in the form of Halle Berry. Iain was under the assumption until earlier this morning that the hair in question belonged to Andrew Murray, as white as the snow that is cover so much of the UK south of Dunblane.

Now in past with Mr. Dale and other bloggers that I read I will point out an error, asking them to correct it, if after giving adequate time for a correction to be made nothing is forthcoming I may consider other action. Not so with Mr Draper ignorer of Blogiquette extraordinaire. His hissy fit a suspending of Iain's blog came after Dale had struck through his comments thus

And the tennis player concerned is allegedly the hideously white Andy
Murray.

See Derek Iain know that if a blogger is found to be in error transparency of that error is what counts. It's what the audience expects. You see another example last night where Iain posted John Prescott's video response to his own error of assumption.

Sadly LabourList like so many of the Labour blogs seems to think that political blogging can exist without referring to the rest of the rainbow of Political opinion. One thing Iain Dale despite his own right wing leanings can never be accused of. Labour need to lighten up in the Blogosphere and engage with others constructively, sadly as the approach of Mr Draper seems to so they seem to think they can control it. Tough that got out of the bag too long ago.

Stat Porn Craziness

The normal run of events for those times when you take downtime to recharge your batteries your hits should drop off. In my case the recent lightness of posting is down to an intense weekend of blogging the Scottish Roundup and having deep discussions of a personal nature (occassionally both concurrently).

However, my stat porn has not been affected by blogging light, indeed it is up. The reason is my 25 Random Things About Me. Off all the lists of 25 things across the interwebby mine is ranked on the front page of google. Heaven knows how.

Anyhoo Jimmy* (the elephant in the room) is going to be discussed tonight, so my mind may be clear to resume normal blog activities.

*Yes we have named it for speed of typing purposes. How sad is that?

Lib Dems Close to Finalising Budget Deal

It looks likely that later today (weather permitting) the SNP and Liberal Democrats are likely to seal a deal that will smooth the passage of the reintroduced Scottish Budget.

The actual details of what has been agreed between Alex Salmond and Tavish Scott have not been disclosed just yet but it is rumoured that part of the deal may be that the Nats engage with the Calman Commission looking at future powers short of full independence so that not all of Scotland's eggs will be placed in one or another basket should a referendum on the issue come about.

Another issue that is likely to have cropped up in discussions in capital investment in roads, hospitals and schools and whether some form of Public Private Partnerships (PPP). It is an issue to which the SNP have been averse but they may be persuaded to be forthcoming to increase the £230m accelerated spending in this area. Some capital programmes have slowed as a result of the lack of private money because the replacement scheme the Scotland Futures Trust has yet to achieve anything.

It sounds like flesh has been added to the bones of the initial statement last week that all the Lib Dems were intending to add was to talk to Westminster about possible borrowing. It appears that there are constructive additions to help the Scottish economy that may be in the package.

25 Random Things About Me.

Ok I got tagged in Facebook and this is the sort of level my brain can cope with just now.

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged.

1. I have won trophies or medals in five different sports.
2. Coming from Bangor, Northern Ireland I applied to Bangor, University, North Wales (though I didn't take their offer)
3. I hacked away at a wall in Berlin. I wasn't a vandal it was the Summer of 1990.
4. I was the first writer on H2G2 to have written 100 edited solo entries (although to be honest that was purely down to a editing decision in the great publishing house of Ursa Minor as the true first got his ton 7 days later)
5. At University I served on the committee of three organisations for at least two years each....
6. ...I also co-founded the Irish Society on St. Patrick Night by collected enough signatures around the bar after a conversation at our table.
7. I was very briefly expecting to live for a year right next down to Highfield Road, Coventry City's old ground. I ended up living still less than 100m away...
8. ...that year when Liverpool were visiting I was heading to the car to head north as the Liverpool team coach pulled past our car port.
9. I once had Kenny Daglish stand next to me twice at Euston station in one evening. But was too dumb struck to speak to my childhood hero.
10. I have seen Liverpool play at 10 venues. None of them Anfield.
11. I ran 4 competitive 10k road races during the 3 week period I was sitting my A'levels.
12. I have run sub 4 minutes miles.
13. On the day of the Northern Ireland Devolution referendum. I turned up late for the triples match we were playing at Rathriland but met the club secretary who's I'd spoken to on the phone outside the polling station to get directions to the green.
14. In the first NI assembly election my vote for Jane Morrice NIWC never transferred to my normal first preference Alliance candidates, nor anyone else, either in full or part, as she was the last candidate to be declared elected by STV.
15. I have written a series of micro biographies all with the word count of 45 Words.
16. I have played chess against times colomnist Raymond Keane, also GM Daniel King and was in the same club as South African anti-arpartheid activist and journalist Donald Wood.
17. I have an ...ology. I took Archaeology in Lower Sixth as I was only taking 3 A'levels I got an A.
18. My birthday has on several occasions been celebrated at, or travelling to/from, Lib Dem Federal Conference.
19. I've been writing poetry for over 25 years.
20. My head has been split open in accidents on four occasions and my nose has been broken three times (all three while playing in goal).
21. I share my first two initials with the Grandfather whose birthday I was due to arrive on. I arrived a week late
22. Last season I only missed two competitive games that Livingston played in home or away (one I was home for my birthday, the other I was working on 2 January). This season that was ruined early on by the Glenrothes by election.
23. I have been in every county in England except Cornwall, and every mainland adminstrative district in Scotland. But hardly ventured into Wales.
24. I have travelled the length of Europe Overland from the Atlantic coast of Spain to Kiev (though not all in the one trip).
25. There are 14 varieties of tea in my kitchen (including herbal blends) and only one type of coffee (for guests).

As this was on Facebook not all the taggees were bloggers. But I did tag Malc, Jeff, STB and Duncan from the Blogosphere.