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The part where Leslie Howard looks at the menu

posted 14 years ago by Eric-1226
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...is funny! He asks Gabby, "Tell me, just what is a BAR BEE CUE??" The way he pronounces each syllable, lol.

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[–] filmfan86 14 years ago

hehe that was a cute moment. Aw i love leslie howard - i wish some of his films weren't so hard to find!

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[–] nyjack 13 years ago

And stranger was her answer that Bar B Q was hamburger with vegetables on the side.

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[–] sleepybone 11 years ago

Yeah, my grandmother used to call them that. And the TV was the Television set.
Thanks for the smile.

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[–] sleepybone 11 years ago

Ha! "Ran the sweeper"! I remember that!

[–] bradford-1 10 years ago

Howzabout: "A job of work," "the rich millionaire," "an ink pen," a lead pencil," and "King James Bible."
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[–] EtaoinShrdlu001 9 years ago

I grew up calling our refrigerator an Ice Box because of grandmother. Half the time, I still call it that.

I prefer the toad less raveled

[–] Popcorngal (4875) 4 months ago

I found that odd too. Especially when she did not mention if the burger was grilled, or had sauce on it.

[–] Rheli 9 years ago

He pronounced it that way because, no doubt, the menu spelled it Bar-B-Q. A pretty appalling misuse of letters to a writer.