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November 14, 2004
jesus, he slipped that one right by me
ok, the problem with dating (or failing to date) guys who are extremely pop-culture literate is that sometimes, they really slip one by you, and you don't even know until a month after they've blown you off and you're re-watching the movie they referenced and realized what it is they actually said to you.
mr. metaphor made his initial advance by suggesting that we communicate via instant messenger. i explained that i was not really down with that as a medium by which to get to know someone.
so he asked me for lunch, quoting john cusack in 'high fidelity':
"It was like trying to borrow a dollar, getting turned down and asking for fifty grand instead."
here's the entire quote:
"Sometimes I got so bored with trying to touch her breasts that I would try to touch her between her legs. It was like trying to borrow a dollar, getting turned down and asking for fifty grand instead."
we could create an interesting map out of this. picture a diagram of a nude woman. very unerotic, like a line drawing out of a textbook on human reproduction.
her breasts are labelled, "Instant Messenger".
her mons pubis is labelled, "Lunch".
ok, sorry, that's gross. i'll stop.
Posted by lisa at November 14, 2004 08:33 PM | TrackBack
Comments
this illustrates, i think, the importance of fully remembering the context of pithy quotes you want to drop into conversation. and you'd think that someone who's into High Fidelity enough to be referencing it would know that, given the way Hornby understands and describes the importance of every little nuance of meaning in the construction of a mixtape
Posted by: georg on November 15, 2004 02:48 PM
this guy did not earn the nickname "mr. metaphor" for nothing. i think he DID remember the context, and that indeed he meant the quote to have raunchy undertones, if i caught all the meanings.
Posted by: lisa on November 15, 2004 02:57 PM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.