Last week's quote was from The West Wing:
CJ: What's your Secret Service code name?
Sam: They just changed them.
CJ: I know. What's yours.
Sam: Princeton.
CJ: Mine's Flamingo.
Sam: That's nice.
CJ: No it's not nice.
Sam: The flamingo's a nice-looking bird.
CJ: The flamingo's a ridiculous-looking bird.
Sam: You're not ridiculous-looking.
CJ: I know I'm not ridiculous-looking.
Sam: Any way for me to get out of this conversation?
I'm reminded of a certain cajun fella...
Posted by: Vanessa | June 14, 2004 9:30 AMOkay, wild guess on the quote here; Milton's "Paradise Lost"?
Posted by: Dad | June 15, 2004 10:04 AMYour wild guess is worth 3 points, as it is indeed correct. The quote appeared at the top of a chapter in The Confusion; generally I don't take much notice of those quotes but I really liked this one.
Posted by: Arcane Gazebo | June 15, 2004 10:53 AMWell I'll be darned. I thought it sounded like Milton.
Posted by: Dad | June 15, 2004 2:46 PMAlas, I am uncultured!
Posted by: Vanessa | June 15, 2004 3:07 PMInteresting note: this quote was paraphrased by Yui Ikari in End of Evangelion, the Evangelion movie. But I didn't know it's poetic equivalent.
Posted by: Joshua Hime | June 16, 2004 8:54 AM