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The Straight Story

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Fri May-08-09 10:03 PM
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Tie them sticks in a bundle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OnsVDKjhpc

Wise words when it comes to being a liberal IMHO. The link above is from the movie 'The Straight Story', and his words about family ring true for us all.

"I would give my kids a stick and tell them to break it, which they could real easy, then I would say to them tie them in a bundle and try to break that - which they couldn't. Then I would say that bundle is family"

On the left I see us as the bundle. A big tent made up of many sticks, but when you bundle us together you can't break us.

Don't get me started on my dog... :rofl:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9SrbPkpQHA

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LuvNewcastle

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Fri May-08-09 10:20 PM
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1. Never saw that movie before --

I'll have to check it out. I certainly didn't know that David Lynch ever made anything like that.

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RushIsRot

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Fri May-08-09 10:47 PM
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2. I remember reading about somebody like that driving across the

country on a riding mower. I just wonder if this is a true story.

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Sal Minella

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Fri May-08-09 11:05 PM
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3. Yes, it is based on an old man driving a riding lawnmower to visit his brother.

If I remember right, he drove across northern Iowa into Wisconsin.

It's a remarkable movie -- I really liked it, and ordinarily anything by David Lynch gives me the heebie-jeebies. (Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, etc.)

The old man on the mower is hard to forget. I recommend the film.

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