From Accordion Guy: a list of things we wish we knew how to say in Aramaic while watching “The Passion of the Christ.”
Notably missing are translations for:
- Everybody, sit on this side of the table, or you won’t be in the painting.
- “Always look on the bright side of life…”
- Crucfixion? No, I’m here for freedom.
- (On the cross): I can see my house from here!
- Hey, Siddhartha! You just sat under a tree — I got nailed to one, yuppie-boy!
Collectively, they all got a big “Hee!!!” from me. Only the other morning, I switched over the car radio from a surprisingly serious and dogmatic discussion of That Big Religious Movie on “The Zone,” (young, hip, alterna-neo-grungy rock) to “WXRT Chicago’s Finest Raaahk” (more mature, still very hip, with a deep and broad playlist). Thank God, (Lin Brehmer was playing “Always Look On the Bright Side of Life.”
Perfect timing – Lin’s the Man.
And then tonight David and I discussed whether or not “I can see my house from here!” was a very bad line from Star Trek or not. David swore the line was a myth, but something like it was said by a Romulan traitor in Next Gen. I was not sure, but thought I’d seen an ep or movie with a Klingon saying it while standing in a holodeck for the first time.
David went to bed insisting I was imagining this.
Well, I was not. Sometimes my random access memory isn’t that random after all.
I think I need to wake him up with this important fact. ;)**&&&