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<p>Ain’ that the truth!!</p>
<p>But I don’t get thongs (even if they don’t show.)</p>
<p>Thank heavens I’m not the only person who didn’t get American Beauty? What was with the grocery bag blowing in the breeze? And all the rose petals? I usually get allusions and metaphors, but jeez…</p>
<p>Also, I don’t get wrestling. It was a huge sport at my hs - we had several state champs - and it’s huge at my kids’ school, but I don’t get it. What I REALLY don’t get is why anyone watches “pro” wrestling. It’s all fake, and they know it, but they cheer for their favorites anyway? Why??</p>
<p>“Confederacy of Dunces” is also one of my favorite books.</p>
<p>Lafalum, I’m with you on professional wrestling (though I liked it as a kid). I had a personal connection with a pro wrestling star, so tried to watch some of his matches on TV but had trouble getting through them.</p>
<p>I don’t get: "American Beauty: But I do get: “Being John Malkovich”
I don’t get: "Lost in Translation: But I do get: “Sideways”
I don’t get: “Knocked Up” But I do get: “South Park” (the first seven seasons)
I don’t get: “Curb Your Enthusiasm” But I do get: “Seinfeld”
I don’t get: “Desperate Housewives” But I do get: “The L Word”
I don’t get: “Moonstruck” But I do get: “The Full Monty”
I don’t get: Adam Sandler But I do get: Adam Arkin
I don’t get: “Fawlty Towers” But I do get: “Mr. Bean”
I don’t get: “Deep Space Nine” But I do get: “Star Trek: The Next Generation”
I don’t get: Joss Stone But I do get: Bonnie Raitt
I don’t get: Gwen Stefani But I do get: Pink
I don’t get: “Little Miss Sunshine” But I do get: “Napoleon Dynamite”
I don’t get: “Monster House” But I do get: “Ratatouille”</p>
<p>Well – isn’t it wonderful that we live in a society with so many differences of opinions?? That’s what makes the world go 'round, and what makes life so interesting.</p>
<p>(But really – I still don’t get “A Confederacy of Dunces”!!)</p>
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<p>We should all be VeryHappy that everyone doesn’t want to go to the same college! As we visited 20 wonderful (to someone) campuses, I couldn’t help noting that there were some I never wanted to leave and others I’d go out of my way never to see again. And thank goodness there are people who can fix my car or solve electrical problems because those are things I will never “get”.</p>
<p>But what’s not to like about Confederacy of Dunces?</p>
<p>Well the trouble with Confederacy of Dunces is the trouble with social and political satire in general; it’s like an inside joke that doesn’t work if you don’t know the people. If you do, O’Toole has them caricaturized perfectly. Otherwise I think it’s like looking at an editorial cartoon from another country and trying to figure out why it’s funny.</p>
<p>OK, OK, I’ll try the book one more time . . . .</p>
<p>I didn’t get Napoleon Dynamite. That was possibly the most depressing movie ever. </p>
<p>I also don’t get Rubik’s cubes - I’ve never figured out any pattern to them at all. Same with Soduku. I have a high IQ, graduated college Magna Cum Laude, love crossword puzzles - but Rubik’s cube and Soduku completely escape me. Guess I’m missing some crucial brain component…</p>
<p>I enjoy Suduko. Didn’t see Napolean Dynamite, but that guy looks <em>exactly</em> like a guy I went to HS with.</p>
<p>I didn’t get any Star Wars movies after the first one, or the movie “Sideways”. A friend told me it was hilarious. After 45 min, I was convinced that I had mistaken the name of the movie she was talking about.</p>
<p>My d likes ‘Anime’ but I don’t get it <em>at all</em>.</p>
<p>Napoleon Dynamite is one of my all-time favorite movies. The “losers” find their own personal happiness in those small ways that matter. And soduku … with the crosswords & soduku, my mornings are heaven!!</p>
<p>BTW, my darling son won a Napoleon contest … throw some glasses on the kid & he’s a dead ringer. No puffy boots in his closet, though :).</p>
<p>I never got Atomic Sourballs. Why eat something painful?</p>
<p>WashDad, opening presents Christmas Eve is a HUGE pet peeve of mine. Every year my DH wants to do that, and I adamantly refuse. What do people who open their presents Christmas Eve DO on Christmas morning? (Sleep in, I guess.)</p>
<p>My family has the big dinner Christmas Eve and then each child opens one present. When I was a kid it was always pajamas. Now I have a kid who doesn’t “get” pajamas.</p>
<p>Conyat, then, I don’t “get” liver, brussel sprouts, spinach, beets, etc. </p>
<p>When I was growing up we had a dog, and, I quickly learned to slip pieces of liver from my dinner plate under the table, and careful let them drop out of my hand onto the floor; our dog would then gobble them up. This was really important because my mother had a rule that our plates had to be clean before we could have desert. Over time this worked well - my mother served liver once a week, or at least it seemed that way at the time - and I hate liver, so, this was a quick way to disappear it, and still get desert. </p>
<p>Then came the day I tried to do the same thing with my brussel sprouts. I hate brussel sprouts - they’re disgusting, and I cannot get why anyone would want to eat them. Might as well go outside and eat the grass, it would taste better. </p>
<p>I wonder if you can imagine my shock and horror when I got up from the table after dinner, and all six or seven of the brussel sprouts I thought I had successfully fed to our dog were still on the floor under my chair - the dog hadn’t touched them. I was too young to “get” that dogs aren’t typically into vegetables - I stupidly assumed that the dog would eat anything I fed it - and of course, I was stone cold caught, my mother was NOT happy; I couldn’t even begin to finesss my way out of that. As I recall my punishment was that I didn’t get desert for a month or better - but I still had to remain at the table every night and watch everyone else enjoy their pie, cake, ice cream, etc. </p>
<p>I never tried to sneak that dumb dog any more food, ever again.</p>
<p>So, Latetoschool, you started eating liver??? ewww…I still won’t eat it. It was forced on me as a kid and I performed so well, (crying, gagging, etc.), a compromise was forged. I would eat the gravy, (southern people cook the liver with onions an gravy and serve it with rice), and the rice. :)</p>
<p>In my family we always had presents Christmas Eve. We loved it! We got stuff in our stockings in the morning.</p>
<p>lts, maybe you’re a “super-taster”. Brussels sprouts, beets and spinach taste great to me. Liver is good in pate, I think. Forcing kids to clean their plates before dessert is harsh. Have you read The Corrections? Very vivid description of this.</p>
<p>BTW I didn’t mean to imply that Soduku & Rubik’s cube aren’t cool and fun… if you “get” them, but for some reason I just don’t. I never did well with math problems regarding patterns, either. </p>
<p>Just clarifying…</p>
<p>When I was a teen, my folks switched to the Christmas Eve present-opening because all of us kids were older (didn’t need the “Santa came last night” thing) and Christmas Eve was the time when everyone was together, including extended family. If we could have had extended family over the next day, it would have been done then instead. Since presents were no longer from Santa, it was more fun to be around to watch everyone open their presents from each other.</p>
<p>H was horrified by that tradition when we were first married. But now, we’ve found that the BEST day to travel is Christmas morning, so we are usually on a plane going somewhere instead of opening gifts. Back to Christmas Eve…</p>
<p>My kids are plenty old, but we still pretend Santa comes at night. I guess. Regardless, I’m still wrapping something late Christmas eve. In absence of places to travel to, and extended family, opening presents on Christmas morning in a prolonged fashion in combination with an indulgent breakfast is a lovely thing. Were it up to me alone, I’d prolong it till late Christmas day, as anticipation is what it’s all about. </p>
<p>Chopped chicken liver is one of the delights of life, as are perfectly seasoned brussel sprouts and fresh pickled beets in summer. And spinach omelettes. But yes, the liver I ate as a child would still make my blood run cold. The grey mass…</p>