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While watching the old Ray Harryhausen classic The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms earlier today with The Boy Wonder, I was amused by a line spoken by the great Lee Van Cleef ....

Scientist: (handing a rifle to soldier Van Cleef) Do you know how to use a grenade rifle?
Van Cleef: I pick my teeth with them!

One from several years ago that I liked was said by Chuck Norris in Code of Silence ....

Thug: You'd better not come in here
Norris: If I want your opinion I'll beat it out of you

Another Norris classic from the same film ....

Pick a window, you're leaving

I keep trying to think of similar lines in British movies but haven't come up with any as yet. Perhaps that sort of macho posturing is reserved for the Yanks.

Any suggestions?

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While watching the old Ray Harryhausen classic The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms earlier today with The Boy Wonder, I was amused by a line spoken by the great Lee Van Cleef ....

Scientist: (handing a rifle to soldier Van Cleef) Do you know how to use a grenade rifle?
Van Cleef: I pick my teeth with them!

One from several years ago that I liked was said by Chuck Norris in Code of Silence ....

Thug: You'd better not come in here
Norris: If I want your opinion I'll beat it out of you

I keep trying to think of similar lines in British movies but haven't come up with any as yet. Perhaps that sort of macho posturing is reserved for the Yanks.

Any suggestions?
In fact, the line "When I want your opinion, I'll thrash it out of you," is delivered by Trevor Howard in Sir Henry At Rawlinson End, made in Britain 5 years earlier than Code Of Silence.
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In fact, the line "When I want your opinion, I'll thrash it out of you," is delivered by Trevor Howard in Sir Henry At Rawlinson End, made in Britain 5 years earlier than Code Of Silence.
Which gives us the delicious possibility that Chuck Norris is a closet Viv Stanshall fan....
Bit of a Bay Window, what??
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In fact, the line "When I want your opinion, I'll thrash it out of you," is delivered by Trevor Howard in Sir Henry At Rawlinson End, made in Britain 5 years earlier than Code Of Silence.
Excellent! I'm glad about that .... it's a great line and that Trev said it first makes it even better. Norris used it again in one of his Walker:Texas Ranger TV movies.

One up to the Brits!
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Which gives us the delicious possibility that Chuck Norris is a closet Viv Stanshall fan....
Now there's a thought .... right wing action action hero listening to The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse with his old mate Dubya!
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Now there's a thought .... right wing action action hero listening to The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse with his old mate Dubya!

Maybe they'll start a tribute group: The Bonzo Dog Dubya Band.
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"You're a big man, but your in bad shape, and for me it's a full time job..."
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Two up for the Brits!
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You think he looks big there?


Alf Roberts always looked biggger in his white shop keepers coat
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"You're a big man, but your in bad shape, and for me it's a full time job..."
You know this is surreal and ironic - if you look at this still without playing it - it looks like Tony Blair and Gordon Brown - pity they never had any meetings on the top floor of a car park....
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You know this is surreal and ironic - if you look at this still without playing it - it looks like Tony Blair and Gordon Brown - pity they never had any meetings on the top floor of a car park....
I always said Blair's eyes were like piss'oles in the snow.
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I always said Blair's eyes were like piss'oles in the snow.
Surely most macho line is:

"I'd like to strap you on sometime, bigboy!"

Said by Edie Williams in that wonderful Russ Meyer classic - Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"
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Surely most macho line is:

"I'd like to strap you on sometime, bigboy!"

Said by Edie Williams in that wonderful Russ Meyer classic - Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"

Can chicks be macho? Is there a female equivalent of macho? Feisty? Sassy? Linda Hamilton?
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Can chicks be macho? Is there a female equivalent of macho? Feisty? Sassy? Linda Hamilton?
Lotte Lenya in From Russia with Love?

PS - What's happening with Connect 2 - too difficult perhaps?
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