Obscure Quote-O-Meter
To gauge the obscurity of the quotes you use this system of 1-7:
1. Everyone has seen it first hand, otherwise known as a cliche.
2. Everyone has at least heard it from someone else. Something like a Simpson quote, thought they are dangerously almost a 1 in most circles.
3. From a popular form of media that not everyone has seen yet, but are planning to see. Basically from a blockbuster with some catchy dialogue, like Pulp Fiction, Big Lebowski, LOTR in some cases.
4. Quote that everyone in only one specific group has heard, but is generally unknown to the outside audience. They can range in topics to include: Anime quotes, User Friendly/ PVP lines for a Geek Crowd. Direct Star Trek or Star Wars lines, Monty Python.
5. Quote people have never heard of, but still understand enough to consider amusing. �Wherever you go, there you are� and of course, "ICE CREAM!."
6. A Kevin Smith Movie that is not Dogma.
7. Quote from the 6th episode of a cartoon series that ran for only two weeks and was promptly canceled after only 2 of episodes were shown (out of order) and the rest are only available on video and dvd. Otherwise known as the �What the Fuck are you talking about?� (Bonus point to whoever can figure out that show?)
For people I just meet, I usually stay in the 2 and 3, but once you know me, you can plainly see I delve into the very depths of obscurity, I�m talking 7 city.
But this system doesn't only work for crappy movies. Everything can be adapted to it, even Shakespeare:
To be or not to be = 1
The worlds a stage and we are merely players=2
Out Out damn spot!= 3 or 4
Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt=5
Etc.
An Overly Quote-laced Conversation
Richard: This day was so bad, only a Chtulu based apocalypse could have made it worse. (Explanation)
Joey: What happened?
Richard: Everything is fucked up, my job is full of Wallies. (Explanation)
Joey: So what did you just scream, �I�m not even supposed be here today� for an hour or two? (Explanation)
Richard: No, I did get emailed a memo, informing me of the separation between quirkiness and professionalism. The worse part was emailing him back then I received and waiting for the acknowledgment, what with sporadic email system at work.
Joey: Wait, a receipt for a receipt? How very Terry Gillian. (Explanation)
Richard: Plus this is compounded with the whole breakup with my girlfriend.
Joey: Why? She was hot.
Richard: Yeah, she might have been pretty to look at but like the Alien series she started off nice and got ugly fast.(Explanation)
Joey: (imitating a shrill old woman) She wants your soul!(Explanation)
Richard: Exactly!
Joey: Need a Tyler rant about how you are not your work or your bank account?(Explanation)
Richard: Nah, unless I can punch you afterward. Woah, hey what the hell are those kids doing? Throwing rocks at the sky?
Richard: Hey, Its rain! Rain! Alright, fine try to kill it. (Explanation)
Joey: Whatever, I know how to cheer you up, I�ll buy you a beer.
Richard: I appreciate it.
Joey: To alcohol, the cause and solution of all of life�s problems. (Explanation)
A creature created by Lovecraft. It is said to be too horrible to describe, but is usually pictured as a giant hmanoid figure with a octupus for a head. Its presence was said to herald the end of the world. = 4
A character in the popular Dilbert comic strip by Scott Adams. He is the apotheosis of a cubicle warmer meaning a lazy idiot always striving to shift his own work load on others. = 2
A quote by the character Dante in Kevin Smith's Clerks. He is called to work on a day off and still comes, because he is a wuss with horrible priorities. He tries to counter this situation by continously screaming the above quote to little effect.= 6
A situation in Terry Gillian's directed movie Brazil. In it, a woman's husband is taken away by the governemnt and is replaced by reciept. She signs off on the reciept and is given another reciept for the reciept she gave. (Yeah thats why it's funny)= 5
A reference to the Alien series created and ruined by a variety of directors. The first two movies were unanimously classics. The first was a masterpiece of creating tension and mood. The second really brought out all the important answers the audiences wanted. Then it went down hill, way down hill. I like to pretend Alien3 and Alien Ressurection don't exist. =3
A reference to the Evil Dead series starring Bruce Campbell and directed by Sam Raimi. This quote is repeated several times by witch like ghoulish woman animated with the evil of the necronomicon. It is usually followed by a blast from Ash's Boomstick.= 5
A reference to a character in Fight Club. He is probably best known for his long rants about a anti-capitalist future. He asserts continously his opposition to the popular cliche that everyone is amazing and unique.= 3
Its a 7, definitley. That should narrow it down, but I do want to point out thats in fact a joke against Canadians.
A direct Homer quote from (I shouldn't really have to say it) The Simpsons. It was said at the end of the prohibition episode and really brought the whole show together.= 1 (might not be, but it should be)