This might be the smartest thing...

[Scav]

I hope he doesn't mind me quoting him, I think I did it properly. It IMMEDIATELY stuck with me and even more so that he says he doesn't play pick threes/pick fours, which I find amazing.

The second best thing that I have come across in horse racing boards is when I was talking about doing this as a job and I was in a conversation about what I would tell the ladies....Someone told me "Just tell them you are into investing, primarily in the horse industry"....I TELL every chick that now just to get a reaction, vary results...

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

you forgot byk in that list...hmmmmm humble you are...

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by Scav

I hope he doesn't mind me quoting him, I think I did it properly. It IMMEDIATELY stuck with me and even more so that he says he doesn't play pick threes/pick fours, which I find amazing.

The second best thing that I have come across in horse racing boards is when I was talking about doing this as a job and I was in a conversation about what I would tell the ladies....Someone told me "Just tell them you are into investing, primarily in the horse industry"....I TELL every chick that now just to get a reaction, vary results...

Well, you would have me hooked. Nothing is better than an educated, classy, good-looking, young man involved in the racing industry, but then again, I love race horses and good- looking, young men.

[Scav]

LOL Jess, THE LAST THING I need is a girl that likes horses....I would be done for then....

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

Well, you would have me hooked. Nothing is better than an educated, classy, good-looking, young man involved in the racing industry, but then again, I love race horses and good- looking, young men.

I like em older too...

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

I like em older too...

LOL!! Great to know!

Hail Hail I have played and this is what I do

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by monipenny

Scavs I tell em I invest in excellence. I stole that quote from Paul Newman's character Fast Eddie Felson. Movie- The Color of Money made by the greatest Martin Scorsesse.

"If you win one more game, Vincent, you'll be humping your fist for a long time."

Carmen (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) in "Color of Money"

[Kasept]

As good as Color of Money is, it isn't nearly as good "The Hustler" and Newman's Oscar for it was a make up call for his NOT getting one for "The Verdict" where his performance is beyond comprehension. I also think it's well down the list of Scorsese's best...

1. The King of Comedy
2. Goodfellas
3. Raging Bull
4. Taxi Driver
5. New York, New York

Did You Know tidbit...? Scorsese and Mastrantonio have the same birthdate.. 11/17..

[Kasept]

BTW.. I believe this is the first official "thread-jacking" that has transpired on "DT"..

[Rupert Pupkin]

What a coincidence that you mentioned "The King of Comedy". That is where I got the name Rupert Pupkin from.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

What a coincidence that you mentioned "The King of Comedy". That is where I got the name Rupert Pupkin from.

"Better to be king for a night than a schmuck for a lifetime."

[Kasept]

Kasept isn't it amazing how the Academy does a make-up call for all the missed oppurtunities to get it right. Cool Hand Luke certainly comes to mind as countless others to which he never won the big one for best actor.


The Academy is an embarassment. Newman could have won for about 8 different roles over the years.. Hud.. Hustler.. Cat/Tin Roof.. Luke.. Verdict.. Absence of Malice.. Butch Cassidy.. Sting.. even Slap Shot.. And they give it to him for one of his most ordinary performances.

They pulled the same stunt with Henry Fonda, making him wait until he was nearly dead before giving him a statue. If there's a better performance in American Cinema than Fonda's Tom Joad in 'Grapes of Wrath', I haven't seen it. The award went to Jimmy Stewart that year for one of my absolute favorite films, The Philadelphia Story.. But in that, Cary Grant STOLE the picture from him with about half as much screen time. And the picture belongs to Kate Hepburn anyway.. AND SHE LOST TOO! (To Ginger Rogers! for the forgettable 'Kitty Foyle')

And Fonda made another dozen award quality turns between that (1940) and Golden Pond (1981).. How does he not win for Mister Roberts?.. or Fail Safe? or The Tin Star? or 12 Angry Men?

They are dicking Scorsese around as well. Let's see.. He made arguably one of the best films of the 70's: Mean Streets.. 2 of the best films of the 80's: Raging Bull and King/Comedy.. the best film of the 90's: Goodfellas.. possibly one of the best of the 00's: Aviator.. And STILL no Oscar..

The Oscars are a joke..