My kitty plays fetch. Has since he was under a year old.

Thanks for the sift Issy. Anything kitty-related makes my day not suck!

When I was a kid, I use to think that I had hit the jackpot whenever this clip (or the Pinball Countdown) appeared on TV.

Thanks for making my day!

If I was a soldier that would make my day, but I would become all sorts of superstitious about it.

>> ^imstellar28:
^the homeowner runs a private security camera 24/7. you don't think he has the borders of his property delineated? the cop is lucky if he gets a trespassing charge, he deserves an animal cruelty charge, and destruction of property charge as well. why mess around with the legal systems? I still think the owner should have shot him.
If you think a person can assume that a running dog is life threatening, how can you not assume a person who starts shooting animals on your property as he walks up to your front door is not life threatening?


People can have home cams without fences or no trespassing signs. I had a cam in my old apartment complex just so I could see who was at the front door before I opened buzzed it open. The grounds to the complex were completely open and there weren't any signs posted about trespassing. Point is, we don't know what she had posted but I certainly don't see any fencing or anything.

Someone shooting your animals is not the same as someone shooting at you or your family. (Yes, I know people consider dogs as one of the family. Still doesn't make the dog a human, though.) Although there are exceptions such as Texas, where you can legally use lethal force against someone destroying your property, in most states such an action will get you arrested on attempted murder charges. The cop isn't aiming his gun at the owner or the house, he's aiming at the charging dog and keeps the gun trained on the dog the whole time, even after firing. Only a true paranoid would mistake such actions as posing an immediate lethal threat to themselves.

By the way, Oklahoma has a "Make My Day" law which allows homeowners to use lethal force in response to a perceived threat within their home. It doesn't apply outside the home however, which is why some people are trying to amend it.

Barbie the video game, that's what you play
Outrageous gas prices, that's what you pay
Clint Eastwood in the movie, go ahead make my day
Blankfist in your bed, that's why you're gay

AHHHHH, this thread's running dry!

>> ^blankfist:
Oh please, please, make it to the top 15!!!! It would make my day to have a mouth raping monkey on the top 15!!! [crosses fingers]


I started laughing hysterically at this comment, and it didn't stop as I went through the remainder of them either.

We did it!!! We made it into the top 15!!! Bestiality prevails once again

>> ^blankfist:
Oh please, please, make it to the top 15!!!! It would make my day to have a mouth raping monkey on the top 15!!! [crosses fingers]

Oh please, please, make it to the top 15!!!! It would make my day to have a mouth raping monkey on the top 15!!! [crosses fingers]

I've never heard of this guy, but it would really make my day if I next saw his name in an obituary.

A parody of The Producers? With Larry David! Thank you, Issykitty, for making my day.

Makes my day a little better seeing that.

만나서 반갑습니다~~

오대수 아저씨는 제얘기들을 좋아해서 너무 좋겠어요~~

Did that make sense? Anyway, glad you liked the stories. Enjoy your Dragon 만두.

In reply to this comment by legacy0100:
I was literally on the edge of my chair laughing my ass off.

Thank you for making my day

And having been an ESL student myself (I'm Korean, what a coincidence! Say 'Ahnn-Nyung' to your student for me ), I read your comment with great interest.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and your stories

I was literally on the edge of my chair laughing my ass off.

Thank you for making my day

And having been an ESL student myself (I'm Korean, what a coincidence! Say 'Ahnn-Nyung' to your student for me ), I read your comment with great interest.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and your stories

In reply to this comment by messenger:
I teach ESL, and this essay isn't funny. However, this story, which a little Korean girl turned into me when I was her teacher, is quite funny, and this one, written by another little Korean girl about her teacher who likes Coca-Cola, is even funnier.

Now on the to the tragic stuff.

If English isn't your first language, to get into an English-speaking university, you need to pass an English proficiency test, like TOEFL or IELS. What this video really mocks is not this student, but these tests. They don't actually establish how well you can communicate in English. They only test how well trained you are to write that particular test. For instance, students can search for patterns in spelling so they can deduce the right answer without even knowing why it's correct. There are intensive courses designed to train students in these simple tricks without improving their English skills at all. Most ESL students take a course like this before attempting the test. That's obviously how this student got through.

Don't blame the student for being accepted, trying hard, submitting drafts to be corrected, and doing the honest thing by not paying a native speaker to rewrite the essay, which is how most people in this situation get through. This student did everything right, and does not deserve to be mocked. It's tragic he/she wasted all that time and money because the entrance qualifications weren't well-designed enough. What's worse is that the instructor permitted this student's essay to be scanned and distributed for ridicule.

The list as it's presented in this video is not complete. Quotes in ranks 62, 49, 46, 43, 27, 23, 7, 6, and 4 were omitted.

Those quotes and the movies they are taken from as listed on AFI's web page (http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/quotes.aspx) are as follows:

#62 - "What a dump." -- Beyond the Forest
#49 - "It's alive! It's alive!" -- Frankenstein
#46 - "Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars" -- Now, Voyager
#43 - "We'll always have Paris." -- Casablanca
#27 - "I'm walking here! I'm walking here!" -- Midnight Cowboy
#23 - "There's no place like home." -- Wizard of Oz
#7 - "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up." -- Sunset Blvd.
#6 - "Go ahead, make my day." -- Sudden Impact
#4 - "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." -- Wizard of Oz

I didn't know that that particular Dirty Harry movie's title was actually called Sudden Impact.

Yeah, well done all. Including lurkers. Fascinating creatures.

Well done Videosift, it's been a while since there was a communal pat on the back. You make my days at work far more bearable and far less productive. If it wasn't for you lot I'd be a couple of rungs further up the career ladder but would know a lot less about Matt Groening, sloths, basic html and the phenomenon we call Westy.

Hip Hip Hooray

P.s. This deserves a pinch of *quality for recognising Lurkers.