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I thought that was a normal occurrence on a Sunday morning after getting the shit beat out of you while vomiting on a Bobbie's shoes on Sat night (a friend of mine spent a couple of summers working as a bartender in London.) #doghouse
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In addition, the design was ahead of its' time for both characters and toys. When I recall these and the Corgi, Matchbox, and GI Joe stuff of the same era, it's easy to see why Kenner went to draw inspiration the Micronauts for its' Star Wars line. #micronauts
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That's the problem with kids today. Not enough magnet centaurs. #micronauts
11/07/09
Feck off. #johncusack
11/07/09
...and if you say Paul Pope really quickly... it will sound like a bird. #micronauts
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Look out Robot Chicken, you have competition! #micronauts
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The original short story went further and ended with the death of the husband...his wife didn't truly know him. #thebox
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Now, I haven't seen the movie yet but perhaps this is too simplistic of an explanation.
Perhaps what it's saying is that women are willing to do anything for the good of the family whilst the husband is too caught up in their own prideful findings. This statement reminds me of how women are more willing to sign up for welfare, food stamps, etc whilst men find it shameful and proclaim they won't accept charity. Like in Angela's Ashes when Frank McCourt talks about how his father would never do it but his mother was more than willing to go down and grab the scraps of bread being handed out to the poor.
More often women are willing to sacrifice their own personal morals, principles and particularly pride when it is their family at stake than men are.
Granted, this is a very generalized statement but one that I feel has some credence.
Granted, this might have come across better if the family was actually on hard times and not just trying to maintain some haughty lifestyle but, then, I haven't seen the movie yet so this is all conjecture. #thebox