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m31andyCan anyone here help me with a quote? I'm terrible at these (especially exactly how they go - so expect this to be a rather random paraphrase).
As I say, this could be a whole half-hour speech with quoting person playing the part of both parties. Or it could be shorter than that quoted!
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cuvalwen was sure it sounded like dear Oscar, but I've got a feeling it might've been a sit-com or similar. Of course, it could've been a sit-com rehashing one of Oscar's lines. Well, they are eminently quotable, after all.
ETA: With many thanks togirlyswot, I can now categorically state that it's from Four Weddings and Funeral. You did all know that I'm hopelessly uncultured, right? The full quote is:
Marriage is something people do when they run out of things to say to each other.
As I say, this could be a whole half-hour speech with quoting person playing the part of both parties. Or it could be shorter than that quoted!
cuvalwen was sure it sounded like dear Oscar, but I've got a feeling it might've been a sit-com or similar. Of course, it could've been a sit-com rehashing one of Oscar's lines. Well, they are eminently quotable, after all.ETA: With many thanks to
girlyswot, I can now categorically state that it's from Four Weddings and Funeral. You did all know that I'm hopelessly uncultured, right? The full quote is:Gareth: I've got a new theory about marriage. Two people are in love, they live together, and then suddenly one day, they run out of conversation.*g*
Charles: Uh-huh.
Gareth: Totally. I mean they can't think of a single thing to say to each other. That's it: panic! Then suddenly it-it occurs to the chap that there is a way out of the deadlock.
Charles: Which is?
Gareth: He'll ask her to marry him.
Charles: Brilliant! Brilliant!
Gareth: Suddenly they've got something to talk about for the rest of their lives.
Charles: Basically you're saying marriage is just a way of getting out of an embarrassing pause in conversation.
Gareth: The definitive icebreaker.
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Date: 2009-05-14 04:48 pm (UTC)Oscar's the one who said "second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience." It certainly sounds like him. :D
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Date: 2009-05-14 06:09 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-05-14 06:17 pm (UTC)Egads you're right! Pardon my brain fart. Oscar is the one who said Men marry because they are tired women because they are curious. Both are disappointed. For some reason I always reverse the two.
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Date: 2009-05-14 08:14 pm (UTC)