Dale?s Observations for 9-30-2010
First official photos of the new BMW K1600GTL are available. I-6 engine with 160HP, 129 ft-lbs of torque. Nice bike. http://bit.ly/9BSadX
Fisher-Price releases new toy: small plastic lozenges called “Chokies”.
Favorite Tony Curtis line: (In a thick New York accent) “Yonda lies da castle of my fodda, da caliph.”
Poll: Among California?s likely voters, 52 percent favor the proposition to legalize marijuana. http://bit.ly/9Lr9A5
It’s troubling that when jobless benefit applications are at 453K, it’s considered good news. http://bit.ly/cL9QXo
US mortgage rates drop, with the 30-year fixed at 4.32%. http://reut.rs/9PcSvx
China snubs US on boosting yuan’s value. Why wouldn’t they? They need a devalued yuan to keep exporting. http://bit.ly/95iEWh
This was my second sighting of the “castle of my fodda” quote so I went out in search of the movie title. I ended up here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Shield_of_Falworth#False_quotation
I can’t vouch for it, but it seemed interesting enough to pass along.
The story is too good for your tedious intrusion of reality.
Eh, castle/palace, Falworth/Ali Baba, what’s the difference? Wikipedia/reality, on the other hand…
I love the way the contributor of the bit shows in so many ways that, at best, he’s only kinda sure that the line is apocryphal. It doesn’t fit the story, Curtis denied it. Not, hey I watched this movie and the line ain’t in there.
Anyway, a commenter here – http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2010/09/30/oscar-nominated-actor-tony-curtis-dead-at-age-86/ – says he did say castle of my father, but it was in The Prince who was a Thief and not in a Bronx accent. Hmmm. The story is getting better.