February 13, 2006

SPLINK The film dates from 1976 and stars the late Jon Pertwee, then just two years after having left the role of Doctor Who. He is essentially playing the same part, though - a curious uncle figure who is explaining the world to his young charges. Unfortunately the message of this film seems so complicated one almost needs the Tardis's translation software to understand what he's going on about. {this is for all the Dr.Who fans}
posted by Zanshin 18 years ago
  • I prefer the cat approach to crossing the road. Look left. Look right. Fuck it, just run straight out.
  • So, apparently they thought "standing on the pavement" needed to be reinforced with two letters? Or did they just come up with "splink" first in some drug-ravaged brainstorming session and try and find some use for the nonsense word?
  • I remember this well. At my school, some older boys took on the job of lollipop people for the road outside the school, and they became known as "splinks". But I couldn't begin to tell you what it stood for.
  • lollipop people What the fuck kind of nightmare candy world did you grow up in?
  • A lollipop man / lady is a (usually) retired person who stops traffic with a big sign, shaped like a lollipop, so der kinder can cross the road on the way to school. Ours was called Mrs Bell.
  • They receive their training from the Lollipop Guild.
  • Oh god, that was fabulous - ( ( ( Zanshin!
  • A lollipop man / lady is a (usually) retired person who stops traffic with a big sign, shaped like a lollipop, so der kinder can cross the road on the way to school. Uh... THOSE PEOPLE ARE CALLED CROSSING GUARDS!!! C-R-O-S-S-I-N-G G-U-A-R-D-S!!!!!! Jeesus. No wonder we fought a frickin' revolution.
  • SPLINKy-dinky parlay-voo! Everything bu the kitchen SPLINK!
  • You yanks - always have to milirarise everything - Crossing Guard! I bet they're fucking tooled up an' all! If you had Lollipop People, you wouldn't need Michael Moore.
  • Cram it, limey!
  • lollipop people: defenders of democracy, lampooners of the powerful, scourges of injustice, protectors of the innocent, and facilitators of street transversalism.
  • Yup, that's true kitfisto. Our guards pack heat, and they can turn you in to the Dept of Homeland Security. We like it that way -- it keeps us safe.
  • You do NOT FUCKING SPEED IN A SCHOOL ZONE!!! AND IF YOU DO THEY WILL TAKE YOUR ASS OUT!!!
  • My personal favorites are the road crew guys who hold up the huge lollipop signs that simply say, "SLOW." I can't help but take that as a commentary on their mental status. P.S. I do not actually think that road crew guys have subpar intellignence. It just looks that way 'cause of the signs.
  • If you're speeding in a school zone, the terrorists have already won. TUM: in NZ we have SLOW CHILDREN CROSSING signs. Yeah, baby. Or was that in California? Oh, man, the brain worms have removed my ability to recall geographic locations.
  • US has 'em.
  • When I was young we didn't have any of those new-fangled crossing guards. We dodged cars and livestock all the way uphill to school both ways through snow summer and winter...AND WE LIKED IT THAT WAY!
  • I was a crossing guard at school.
  • This jay-walking will not stand, man...
  • Goddammit, if I had my way, there'd be a paramilitary group hunting down those kids like the animals they are every day after school. Teach them a little in the way of survival skills. You brits could call it the "magical gumdrop blueberry sweetums squad" I suppose.