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- davidmihm, on 06/25/2008, -1/+119My only complaint is the list is too short :)
- Enygma42, on 06/25/2008, -8/+114
I'll probably be slated for this but anyway...
Fellowship of the Ring: They Left
The Two Towers: They keep going
Return of the King: They arrive.
To all the folks that haven't seen the movies, I've just saved you 10 hours of your lives. - TripcodeMel, on 06/25/2008, -0/+95Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
George: Lenny, don't screw this up for me--
Lenny: *Holding a dead blonde in a red dress.*
George: Goddamn it, Lenny. - dinobot, on 06/25/2008, -14/+83Maybe someone should do some Sci-Fi classics as well
Ender's Game
Ender: Oh, simulated war! It's almost like the real thing!
Military: It was the real thing. Congratulations, you won the war for us by destroying a planet.
Ender: I must atone for my sins. Oh look here, an insectoid egg with telepathic powers. - Lark7, on 06/25/2008, -5/+73The Bible:
Let there be light!
Let there be Jews!
Kill the Jew! - inactive, on 06/25/2008, -3/+69"Ah! Kill it, lion Jesus!"
actually lives up to the submission description. This _is_ amazing - vinibinini, on 06/25/2008, -12/+78Harry Potter
Harry: I Killed Lord Voldemort
Lord Voldemort: Um not quite
Harry: *****! - magneteye, on 06/25/2008, -2/+63The site/article summed up in 3 lines:
Network Timeout
The server at mcsweeneys.net is taking too long to respond.
The requested site did not respond to a connection request and the browser has stopped waiting for a reply - TwistyMcFister, on 06/24/2008, -3/+57Lady Chatterley's Lover
Constance: I'm a married whore
Oliver: I like sex
Constance: Let's do it - buba1243, on 06/25/2008, -5/+50site ran slow for me here is the full txt
LIT 101 CLASS
IN THREE LINES
OR LESS.
BY BEN JOSEPH
- - - -
1984
WINSTON: Don't tell the Party, but sex is way better than totalitarianism.
EVERYONE: Surprise! We're the Party.
WINSTON: Oh, rats.
The Lion, the Witch
and the Wardrobe
C.S. LEWIS: Finally, a utopia ruled by children and populated by talking animals.
THE WITCH: Hi, I'm a sexually mature woman of power and confidence.
C.S. LEWIS: Ah! Kill it, lion Jesus!
Paradise Lost
ADAM: Paradise has arbitrary dietary restrictions?
DEVIL: They're really more like guidelines.
GOD: Incorrect.
Moby-Dick
ISHMAEL: I'm existential.
AHAB: Really? Try vengeance.
ISHMAEL: I dig this dynamic. Can we drag it out for 600 pages?
The Great Gatsby
NICK: I love being rich and white.
GATSBY: Me, too, but I'd kill for the love of a woman.
DAISY: We can work with that.
Oliver Twist
OLIVER: Poverty ain't so bad, what with all the Cockney accents and charming musical interludes.
ME: Thanks to movies, no books were read in the passing of this class.
PROFESSOR WATERMAN: You're half right. - mysedai, on 06/25/2008, -0/+40Pride and Prejudice:
Darcy: I can't help but to notice the circumstances of your birth, subsequent upbringing by your vile mother, eccentric father, and whorish younger sister make you inferior to me.
Elizabeth: Whatever. I like Mr. Wickham, the man you loath and despise above all others better anyway.
Darcy: What the deuce? I must have you! - RedReplicant, on 06/25/2008, -1/+40Oh no, spoilers!
- chicoer2001, on 06/25/2008, -3/+42Catcher in the Rye can be summerized in only one line. "People are phoney"
- erichw1504, on 06/25/2008, -6/+44THE BOURNE TRILOGY:
Bourne: "Who am I? And why are these men chasing me?"
Bourne: *Kicks a ton of ass, even uses a book*
Bourne: "Oh, my real name is David Webb... ok" - killerknives, on 06/25/2008, -1/+39To Kill A Mockingbird: Racism is bad
- cannonball, on 06/25/2008, -0/+35Taming of the Shrew:
Shrew: No man can tame me.
Man: Shut up, bitch.
Shrew: Yes, sir. - tombonneau, on 06/25/2008, -2/+32ETHAN FROME
Mattie: I love you, Ethan.
Ethan: And I you, Mattie. It is as if our two souls have been adrift and it is only now --
Mattie: Tree! - zwaldowski, on 06/25/2008, -0/+29HOLDEN: People are phoney.
WORLD: ***** you.
HOLDEN: I'll just have a nervous breakdown then. - SaiaRiddle, on 06/25/2008, -0/+29A Clockwork Orange:
Alex: Viddy, viddily-dee, droogy Bog rooka sooka horrorshow!
Reader: Holy ***** I can't even read this...
Wikipedia: I understand. - hoogie, on 06/25/2008, -1/+29I can do "The Grapes of Wrath"
FATHER: Our farm is doing poorly, but this paper says there's jobs a-plenty in California, and papers never lie!
TURTLE: I'M CROSSING THE DAMN ROAD.
EVERYONE: *****. - hammelman, on 06/25/2008, -3/+31Shouldn't it be:
Ender: Don't mess with me or you're dead.
Everyone Else: Let's mess with Ender - that little *****.
Ender: See, you're all dead now, I dont feel good about it though. - sonicbloom, on 06/25/2008, -1/+25The Stranger
Meursault: My mom died. And I killed an arab.
Law: Don't you feel bad about any of this?
Meursault: Nah. - PhoenixAvatar2, on 06/25/2008, -0/+2212 if you're watching the extended editions.
- inactive, on 06/25/2008, -2/+22http://mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/
these are ALL amazing. ***** i love this website - BlackholeStorm, on 06/25/2008, -0/+19I love how Winston says "Oh rats" in the 1984 one.
- wedges, on 06/25/2008, -10/+27humor doesn't come easily to everyone, don't worry.
- Dobiewonkenobi, on 06/25/2008, -4/+21No, you stole 10 hours from their lives.
- shortyjacobs, on 06/25/2008, -0/+17Oooh, I love self-prophecy
- dalnet22, on 06/25/2008, -0/+16I wish I had actually read these so I could get a joke.
- Lark7, on 06/25/2008, -1/+173 lines or *fewer*
- dafragsta, on 06/25/2008, -1/+15I'm surprised Frodo didn't brick in Sam's face at the end.
/never go ass-to-mouth. - Dundasbro, on 06/25/2008, -1/+15Actually I believe its pronounced "Atticus Finch rocks!"
- evildemonic, on 06/25/2008, -0/+14Here is the science fiction version, it's even better: http://www.rinkworks.com/bookaminute/sff.shtml
Yes, Ender's Game is listed. - TripcodeMel, on 06/25/2008, -2/+15Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
NSA: Some disgruntled Japanese guy who used to work for us just created an uncrackable cypher. Let's put it through our code-breaking supercomputer!
Tankado: It's not uncrackable, it's just really really really really hard to decode. BTW, there's a computer virus inside.
Fletcher: ***** ***** BLOWS UP - petebot, on 06/25/2008, -0/+11I Am Legend:
Robert: Die Vampires!
Robert: Me so lonely
Robert: These vampires think they're people - DrummerAndrew, on 06/25/2008, -0/+10Poignant and lacking none of the drama.
- FeloniusMonkey, on 06/25/2008, -0/+9What were you expecting when you clicked the link, "Classic Books Summed Up in 3 Lines (or Less)"?
- desertDenizen, on 06/25/2008, -0/+9Atlas Shrugged:
The world: Who is John Gault?
John Gault: I will stop the engines of the world.
Dagney Taggart: You are so hot, you can put your train in my tunnel any time, John Gault. - hoogie, on 06/25/2008, -3/+12Or how about Doom Fan Fiction?
JOHN STALVERN: I must kill the demons!
THE RADIO: You are the demons.
JOHN STALVERN: Now I am a zombie. - gavin422, on 06/25/2008, -4/+12McSweeney's is underrated. Gotta go visit their site more.
- doctechnical, on 06/25/2008, -1/+9"I loved Atlas Shruggs, though."
Didn't he pitch for the Cleveland Indians in '67? Helluva slider that guy had. - coldfusion1970, on 06/25/2008, -0/+7The Simpsons
1. Homer does something stupid
2. Bart or Lisa have a personal issue
3. Homer does something else stupid - hoogie, on 06/25/2008, -0/+7tool
- inactive, on 06/25/2008, -5/+12Maybe someone should be a little nerdier
Digg
15-year-old white male nerd: Hey, here's an article from a few weeks ago!
37-year-old white male nerd: It would be better if it was more obviously pathetic. I'm going to comment about this.
Everyone, in unison: Man, we ***** hate MrBabyMan. But we love Kevin Rose. - pagodahut, on 06/25/2008, -1/+7As I Lay Dying
Darl: Our mother lays beyond the nexus of time and space and we shall quixotically venture to return her body to her family resting place.
Vardaman: My mom is a fish.
Darl: Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes.
Yeah, the book didn't make much sense either. - nationalist, on 06/25/2008, -0/+6FAIL
- 8BitGaming, on 06/26/2008, -0/+6Green Eggs & Ham:
Would you like some green eggs and ham?
***** off.
OM NOM NOM NOM. - PhoenixAvatar2, on 06/25/2008, -1/+7I can do better.
EVERYONE: The Great Depression sucks, let's go to California!
DAUGHTER: My baby was stillborn so I'm going to let this random hungry guy suck my boobs!
BOOK: The end.
OK, actually that was worse. - IG64, on 06/25/2008, -0/+6*jump*
*collect things*
*defeat Bowser* - desertDenizen, on 06/25/2008, -0/+5Dune:
Spice is oil.
Fremen are "free men" Arabs.
War! -
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