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The Best Non-Existent Movie Lines Ever

By jelewis8 ⋅ March 2, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m running low on fuel tonight. Lack of sleep from the night before has drained me, so I’ll leave you with this chintzy McSweeney-esque top 15 movie lines that don’t exist. And I’m not just trying to be funny here – some of these are legitimate, at least I think so, and it’s not just [...]

Children of His Majesty

By jelewis8 ⋅ January 24, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Yamaoka Tesshu was a tutor of the emperor. He was also a master of fencing and a profound student of Zen. His home was the abode of vagabonds. He had but one suit of clothes, for they kept him always poor. The emperor, observing how worn his garments were, gave Yamaoka some money to buy [...]

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