And I'd always thought it was a spoof of the Airport movies. Of course, the writers did have warped minds, and saw this classic movie, replete with so many unfunny-yet- ripe-for-the-funny lines, as a perfect structure for the brilliant comedy it ultimately became.
If you've ever wondered where Jim Abrahams and David Zucker came up with those hilarious jokes in Airplane!, the answer isn't strictly their warped minds. Many of the scenes set up for the gags were directly cribbed from 1957's Zero Hour! It's a movie about an ex fighter pilot named Stryker, who... well, see for yourself.
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I thought that was the ONLY way Hollywood worked. Hell knows they haven't entertained anyone in eons.
those lazy writers ripped every word from the Zero Hour script
imagine if they tried that crap today ..LOL
Would you settle for "parroty"? They copied a lot of stuff, but made fun of it at the same time.
The similarities between the two Billies is eerie.
It's not as bad as the engineering, where its pretty much all male. : P
XD
The thing is that many *science nerds* that i study with seem to have no clue about what they are doing or why they are doing it. Most of them are afraid of *disappointing their parents. Some just drift along because doing math and science is the only thing they know. Being a science nerd does not prevent you from having sex. Having that narrow mindset, being under great pressure from your parents, being clueless about world outside of *go to uni-geta good job-become successful* is what actually isolates those people from society.
(female Engineer 20+ years who has quit to go into Art)
What was studied? What were the controls for comparison? How was it blinded? The paper seems to indicate self-selection for starters, with a massive bias towards women responding over the boys.
There's some great science going on out there...and yet this is what newspapers latch onto? *sigh*
Athon
OK, but what about most sexually active with the opposite sex?
Then again, I'm studying interactive media design, so maybe I'm a mix of both.
Wana go out for drinks? ;)
this probably means that they cancel eachother out and you have a 'normal' sex life.
either that or the nerds* you draw with are too scared to talk to you and you have a.. less sexy sex life..
I don't know for sure cuz
I'm a male art student and a nerd and ain't gettin' any..
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There was an interesting phenomenon where sometimes you found yourself socializing a guy (on how to interact with women) only to have him be a better boyfriend for someone else.
I do want to point out that, at least when I was in college (yes years ago), the chinese and korean guys didn't lack for dates because they often had contact with others through ethnic student groups (like the chinese student association) but they could hold conservative views about sex.