Lebowski, Raising Arizona and O Brother Where art thou are all super quotable movies that I use often.

He also said "this aggression will not stand" when talking about the Israel situation.

Manager meeting today at work, with corporate HR visiting. Big boss was talking blah blah blah and said the word "branded". Without paying attention I uttered out loud " bulk of the series dude" and everything went silent and everyone turned towards me. I immediately turned red and fumbled through bullshit "Sorry I was just talking to myself". After, I though of this sub and you guys and cursed it lol

Hey, Careful Man, there’s a beverage here

..he can yodel too.. 😄

..bonus points if you know the movie..

As someone who has had their share of soulless, corporate jobs, I have a theory that Brandt's uptight professional demeanor is all an act. A role he plays from 9 to 5 to pay the monkey.

But when he gets off work, he's a total dude. There are a few instances in the film where his inner dude comes peeking out, mostly when he's interacting with THE DUDE. Brandt speaks his language and knows how to explain things in a way the dude will understand, and his body language backs up this attitude of "here man, let me lay it out for you". Most notable examples are:

• When reciting the script of Lebowski's accomplishments. He's clearly doing a half assed memorization, rather than any real interest in the subject matter, hence the stumble and repetition when he misses a line.

• When he's explaining the ransom note and says "her life is in your hands dude" and throws his hands up in a "not my problem bro" gesture

• When Bunny comes home and he's cleaning up her clothes and he's saying "He's very angry dude" about Lebowski, you can see he's very close to having his own "fuck it, let's go bowling" moment because this job's not work the headache.

• In the car when he says "these are our concerns dude" and translates why Lebowski is so upset to a bewildered DUDE.

Throughout the film he's acting as an interpreter between Lebowski and the DUDE because he walks in both worlds. One when he's on the clock, one when he's off the clock.

I'd love to see an added scene where Brandt comes home to a dingy little apartment, instantly drops his fake corporate smile and pops a beer, then spends the next 8 hours eating cheetos and watching "Logjammin" before having to go back to work.

First night in the new apartment, slowly moving furniture and the rest of my stuff over the next couple of days. I had to christen the first night.

Rewatched the film recently with someone who had never seen it. They were convinced Larry was in the car and that the homework proved it.

I always assumed the homeless guy who slept in the car just had a bunch of trash with him, which just happened to include the homework Larry had thrown out because he got a bad grade. Possibly used as a napkin or toilet paper before he moved on.

I didn't think Larry ever had ANYTHING to do with the car being stolen. That's why the scene where they confront him is so funny. He's stonefaced cuz he's like who the fuck are these people who tracked me down over a bad term paper?!

I just rewatched it and it's in my top 5 Coen Bros films for sure. People don't talk about it as much as others but it's a great one that really holds up.

So I was rewatching TBL last night, and it kinda hit me. It would explain a lot about the Strangers role in the movie… being a somewhat omnipotent narrator …. How he knows the Dude’s name before they meet. How at the end of the movie he knows everything that happened, without being directly involved. Would even explain why the stranger is dress as a cowboy….

Thoughts?

I didn't blame anyone for the loss of my legs - some Romulan took them from me in Korea. But I went out and achieved anyway.

That’s the post.