One person got it? The Princess Bride Reference?

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"Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya (Juan Pablo Montoya) You killed my Father! (You killed my car) Prepare to die!

Does that help?

I understand that NASCAR doesn't appeal to veery many people, but the GREAT reference, relating the amazing crash at this year's race (Thank God no one was seriously hurt) was, to me, inescapable!

The blog was about the reference to the line from the movie, and its similarity to the crash. NOT about the race. Sigh. Maybe mine is the only small mind amused by little things like this.

Oh well. I tried. I STILL think it's very funny.

Cathy

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I must 'splain...too long, lemme sum up...

Andrea Lena's picture

...I've been fighting off a virus and very achy (and pukey) the last three days. I thought it was hysterical, and I had meant to comment. I wonder if the driver of the Jet Track Dryer has six fingers on his hands? Is there a Sicilian and a very large Brute on Montoya's pit crew?

Huge hugs of appreciation, si?

  

To be alive is to be vulnerable. Madeleine L'Engle
Love, Andrea Lena

I missed the reference

1. I have never seen the film.
2. I have absolutely no interest in cars and have never owned one.

So it went flying right past me....sorry!

My God!

Wendy Jean's picture

One of the best movies of the 20th century and you missed it!

Seriously, do yourself a favor, find a friend and watch it together.

Occurs

Wendy Jean's picture

It occurs to me if you can read this you can probably see it. Most computers make reasonably decent DVD players.

No TV either

Next year I will chalk-up half-a-century of living in a household with no TV. Why would I want to watch anything, least of all a film? (Watching isn't social activity in my book either.)

The pictures - and the production values - are better on the wireless.

Xi

you never saw it!?!

Raff01's picture

(Alright everyone say it with me!)

Inconceivable!

Sorry you need to see the movie to get that but it's a great film

FWIW...

I never saw the film, but it's in the original book, too, and I read it there.

(My trouble with it was that I don't follow NASCAR, and though I knew about the accident, I didn't pay attention to the name, except that it was Latino.)

Eric

reference

i'm sure more people got it than commented on it.
i sent your joke to a friend and she laughed her butt off.
I thought it a very good use of a classic movie ref.
thanks

I rather like it

I too like Nascar. Montoya's crash was brutal and luckly no one was seriously injured. It was probably the longest race in the history of man, what with the rain delays and such. Love the movie too, it's fun, Arecee

gigglefits

Sorry, I got it, and I get the inconceivable reference to the same in this thread... I just didn't think it was that funny... Well, your joke, anyways. The inconceivable comment above about someone haven't not seen the movie... now... that was funny!

Abigail Drew.

And I was hoping someone

Raff01's picture

And I was hoping someone would reply with this.

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

And lastly, the dryer thing he hit wasn't using Bonetti's Defense, that's why he got hit.