We take our boys to lots of movies. We also rent quite a few movies and watch good ones when they come on TV.
Consequently, they seem to understand - and occasionally quote - some fairly obscure movie references.
I didn't realize how well-versed they were, though, until today.
#2 was looking at the label of some hummus I was nibbling at. He asked, "Is that pronounced hu-mus or hum-mus?"
#3 (He's six years old, remember?) starts to laugh and shouts out, "Soylent green is hu-mus!"
Wow!
7 comments:
Sharp kids you two have!
Here in Utah you'll often hear:
1) napoleon dynamite quotes
2) dumb & dumber quotes
3) some obscure lds comedy quote
Is there anything kids can't learn from movies. I sometimes wonder if parents aren't becoming obsolete,ha,ha..
I don't get it??
Do I have to be familiar with the movie to understand this??
Man, I totally feel like I am missing something:( LOL
'Wow' back, LM.
You're one proud mama!
love as always
Hippo - We hear our share of Napolean Dynamite quotes around here, too. Lately, though, the older boys have been quoting a lot of Stephen Colbert. They love his show. Did you know that he does voices for Harvey Birdman?
Happy - Oh - it's more than movies that make me wonder if parents are obsolete! :-)
Lowa - I'm sorry - You do sort of have to know the movie to get it.
*Spoiler ahead*
Soylent Green is a 70s-produced futuristic movie in which there is a huge human population and very little food. The people are fed this "soylent green" stuff which no one is really sure exactly what it is. At the end of the movie, the main character (played by Charlton Heston) discovers what soylent green is made of, and he shouts to the people, "Soylent green is people!"
#3 remembered it, though, as, "Soylent green is humans!" - thus the pun - "Soylent green is hu-mus!"
Susan - Yes, we are usually very proud of the boys. (I can't in good conscience write "always proud", but a good dose of humility is not a bad thing.
now i'm curious about the movie. i don't think any of us have seen it.
Schaumi - I wouldn't call it a classic, but you often see references to it in other places, so I suppose it's worth seeing.
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