What's that movie? (Geriatric Edition)
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True story:
My mother, 80 years old, asked me "What's that movie?"
"What movie?"
"You know, the one with that guy..."
"..."
"Run... Homer..."
"Homer Simpson?"
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
"..."
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
I thought about the conversation for perhaps 15 seconds, then gave a guess.
"Was it {movie name}?"
I was right.
Given the clues as I got them, can you also guess what movie she was referring to?
Many of her clues were wrong, but some of it is right.This conversation is nearly verbatim as written.
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True story:
My mother, 80 years old, asked me "What's that movie?"
"What movie?"
"You know, the one with that guy..."
"..."
"Run... Homer..."
"Homer Simpson?"
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
"..."
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
I thought about the conversation for perhaps 15 seconds, then gave a guess.
"Was it {movie name}?"
I was right.
Given the clues as I got them, can you also guess what movie she was referring to?
Many of her clues were wrong, but some of it is right.This conversation is nearly verbatim as written.
lateral-thinking movies true
asked 10 hours ago
ChowzenChowzen
13.5k243187
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Now we know where all your puzzles secretly come from!
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– jafe
7 hours ago
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@jafe Not all, just this one and this one.
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– Chowzen
7 hours ago
3
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Aaaah, so that's how one can circumvent Movies.SE's ban on story-identification :-)
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– Jenayah
4 hours ago
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True story:
My mother, 80 years old, asked me "What's that movie?"
"What movie?"
"You know, the one with that guy..."
"..."
"Run... Homer..."
"Homer Simpson?"
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
"..."
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
I thought about the conversation for perhaps 15 seconds, then gave a guess.
"Was it {movie name}?"
I was right.
Given the clues as I got them, can you also guess what movie she was referring to?
Many of her clues were wrong, but some of it is right.This conversation is nearly verbatim as written.
lateral-thinking movies true
asked 10 hours ago
ChowzenChowzen
13.5k243187
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True story:
My mother, 80 years old, asked me "What's that movie?"
"What movie?"
"You know, the one with that guy..."
"..."
"Run... Homer..."
"Homer Simpson?"
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
"..."
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
I thought about the conversation for perhaps 15 seconds, then gave a guess.
"Was it {movie name}?"
I was right.
Given the clues as I got them, can you also guess what movie she was referring to?
Many of her clues were wrong, but some of it is right.This conversation is nearly verbatim as written.
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Now we know where all your puzzles secretly come from!
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– jafe
7 hours ago
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@jafe Not all, just this one and this one.
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– Chowzen
7 hours ago
3
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Aaaah, so that's how one can circumvent Movies.SE's ban on story-identification :-)
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– Jenayah
4 hours ago
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1
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Now we know where all your puzzles secretly come from!
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– jafe
7 hours ago
1
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@jafe Not all, just this one and this one.
$endgroup$
– Chowzen
7 hours ago
3
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Aaaah, so that's how one can circumvent Movies.SE's ban on story-identification :-)
$endgroup$
– Jenayah
4 hours ago
1
1
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Now we know where all your puzzles secretly come from!
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– jafe
7 hours ago
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Now we know where all your puzzles secretly come from!
$endgroup$
– jafe
7 hours ago
1
1
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@jafe Not all, just this one and this one.
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– Chowzen
7 hours ago
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@jafe Not all, just this one and this one.
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– Chowzen
7 hours ago
3
3
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Aaaah, so that's how one can circumvent Movies.SE's ban on story-identification :-)
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– Jenayah
4 hours ago
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Aaaah, so that's how one can circumvent Movies.SE's ban on story-identification :-)
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– Jenayah
4 hours ago
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Was it
Forrest Gump?
Reasoning:
Mention of "Run"
and
Forrest and Lt. Dan sell shrimp (not chicken)
and
Forrest's friend Bubba (for whom the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company is named) dies?
answered 10 hours ago
EmnephoEmnepho
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I think it was:
Good Will Hunting
"You know, the one with that guy..."
Clearly Robin Williams
"Run... Homer..."
The story he tells about the big game
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
He tells this story as well
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
Ok, I guess not... Huh... Unless these were the details she was getting wrong?
answered 10 hours ago
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Was it
Forrest Gump?
Reasoning:
Mention of "Run"
and
Forrest and Lt. Dan sell shrimp (not chicken)
and
Forrest's friend Bubba (for whom the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company is named) dies?
answered 10 hours ago
EmnephoEmnepho
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$begingroup$
Was it
Forrest Gump?
Reasoning:
Mention of "Run"
and
Forrest and Lt. Dan sell shrimp (not chicken)
and
Forrest's friend Bubba (for whom the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company is named) dies?
answered 10 hours ago
EmnephoEmnepho
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add a comment |
$begingroup$
Was it
Forrest Gump?
Reasoning:
Mention of "Run"
and
Forrest and Lt. Dan sell shrimp (not chicken)
and
Forrest's friend Bubba (for whom the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company is named) dies?
answered 10 hours ago
EmnephoEmnepho
1,043111
$endgroup$
Was it
Forrest Gump?
Reasoning:
Mention of "Run"
and
Forrest and Lt. Dan sell shrimp (not chicken)
and
Forrest's friend Bubba (for whom the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company is named) dies?
answered 10 hours ago
EmnephoEmnepho
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answered 10 hours ago
EmnephoEmnepho
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answered 10 hours ago
EmnephoEmnepho
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answered 10 hours ago
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I think it was:
Good Will Hunting
"You know, the one with that guy..."
Clearly Robin Williams
"Run... Homer..."
The story he tells about the big game
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
He tells this story as well
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
Ok, I guess not... Huh... Unless these were the details she was getting wrong?
answered 10 hours ago
MetaZenMetaZen
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I think it was:
Good Will Hunting
"You know, the one with that guy..."
Clearly Robin Williams
"Run... Homer..."
The story he tells about the big game
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
He tells this story as well
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
Ok, I guess not... Huh... Unless these were the details she was getting wrong?
answered 10 hours ago
MetaZenMetaZen
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I think it was:
Good Will Hunting
"You know, the one with that guy..."
Clearly Robin Williams
"Run... Homer..."
The story he tells about the big game
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
He tells this story as well
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
Ok, I guess not... Huh... Unless these were the details she was getting wrong?
answered 10 hours ago
MetaZenMetaZen
1,029114
$endgroup$
I think it was:
Good Will Hunting
"You know, the one with that guy..."
Clearly Robin Williams
"Run... Homer..."
The story he tells about the big game
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
He tells this story as well
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
Ok, I guess not... Huh... Unless these were the details she was getting wrong?
answered 10 hours ago
MetaZenMetaZen
1,029114
answered 10 hours ago
MetaZenMetaZen
1,029114
answered 10 hours ago
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answered 10 hours ago
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– jafe
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@jafe Not all, just this one and this one.
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– Chowzen
7 hours ago
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Aaaah, so that's how one can circumvent Movies.SE's ban on story-identification :-)
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– Jenayah
4 hours ago