Close But No Cigar

Moose · Post by **Moose** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:19 am

I think this might be . . . my favorite original . . . ever.

Well, it's at least in my top 5.

Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:57 am

SmileyGirl87 @ Oct 27 2006, 07:21 PM wrote: ...who knows, he may have written this retrospective in respect to how he couldn't find the "perfect" woman until Suzanne...if you think about it that way, the song is really sweet and almost takes on new meaning.

~*Cat*~

What a gruesome thought. If Al looked at women that way, he'd have deserved to be single until his forties.

In fact, he'd deserve to be single now.

Post by **Grom** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:07 am

I believe he had all the rights in the world to dump the girl with Joe Dirt on DVD.

Post by **Dumb N00b** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 5:22 am

Agreed, Grom. Agreed.

sethmartin · Post by **sethmartin** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:04 pm

Joe Dirt? Yes. Orgazmo or UHF? No.

Post by **Big Spoon** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 7:58 pm

This may be a little off-topic, but yesterday Red Auerbach, the man who developed the expression CBNC, passed away from a heart attack.

RIP Red

SmileyGirl87 · Post by **SmileyGirl87** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:50 pm

Orthography Enthusiast @ Oct 27 2006, 06:57 PM wrote: What a gruesome thought. If Al looked at women that way, he'd have deserved to be single until his forties.

In fact, he'd deserve to be single now.

I was just kidding..and so was he, I'm pretty sure.

I didn't realize how that came across...I wasn't thinking about the song's lyrics specifically, I just meant the overall concept, of being "nitpicky" about every girl until he found the right one.

I apologize.

~*Cat*~

Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:15 am

No apology necessary. But really, the attitude of the guy in the song just sucks (which is why Al is making fun of it). Anybody who treats romantic partners as disposable merchandise and tosses them for not being flawless had better be sure he (or she) is flawless himself (or herself).

Insert Coin(s) to Continue · Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:52 am

Orthography Enthusiast @ Oct 29 2006, 07:15 PM wrote: No apology necessary. But really, the attitude of the guy in the song just sucks (which is why Al is making fun of it). Anybody who treats romantic partners as disposable merchandise and tosses them for not being flawless had better be sure he (or she) is flawless himself (or herself).

I don't think that's the point he's trying to send across at all. I think the way his character is seeing it is that he's going to be spending the rest of his life with the woman he marries -- he doesn't want some enormous problem standing in the way of that. For example, I wouldn't want my future wife to worship Satan. That's a line I've definitely drawn. The humor in the song is that the character has drawn those lines in such odd places.

Post by **algonacchick** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:59 am

I dunno, Ryan. As a woman, I agree with OE. If a man decided not to date me because one of my ear lobes was slightly larger than the other, I don't think I'd like that too much. That's a pretty superficial reason. He's pointing out how ridiculously nitpicky some guys can be by being even more ridiculously nitpicky in the song. An earlobe is not going to be an enormous problem. Religious beliefs are a much bigger issue than is dealt with in the song.