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The Dude abides
Happy Birthday, whoever you are.
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close call for me. whole thread is a hot mess of a crappy train wreck. leave it? hide it? what to do? screw it. Hide it.
I had one hidden last week that was even LESS than this one so, I guess in some weird way I am upholding community standards ... although I did not think mine was worth the hide and I am not really sure this one is either. meh. Hiding it because its my birthday is as good or bad a reason as any other I guess. I am drinking white Russians tonite in celebration. the dude abides and the dude really does not want to hide this but the dude was not abided last week. what's a dude to do? hide?
I had one hidden last week that was even LESS than this one so, I guess in some weird way I am upholding community standards ... although I did not think mine was worth the hide and I am not really sure this one is either. meh. Hiding it because its my birthday is as good or bad a reason as any other I guess. I am drinking white Russians tonite in celebration. the dude abides and the dude really does not want to hide this but the dude was not abided last week. what's a dude to do? hide?
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Dowd is everything a "Lebowski" enthusiast would hope. His speech is muddled and, at times, inaudible. He laughs often and refers to himself as The Dude. He goes on long-winded tangents, speaking with intelligence, but randomness, on everything from the Irish revolution to his past friendship with Jane Fonda to Boy George's given name. Unprompted, Dowd volunteers, "The reason I'm not an actor is because in fourth grade I played a f--king tree in a play and I blew my lines."
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As far as Dowd is concerned, it wasn't hard for Bridges to play him. "Lemme say something about Jeff. I'm born on November 20, 1949, Jeff is born on December 3, 1949," Dowd said. (The Dude was just one day off -- Bridges was born on Dec. 4.) "This means, every time he heard a song for the first time growing up, whether it was in sixth grade, or eighth grade, or tenth grade, that was the same day I heard it for the first time. So we're very closely hooked ... and he's a stoner too, so it wasn't a stretch for Jeff to play me. In terms of philosophically, spiritually, all that kind of stuff, that's who he kind of naturally is."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/jeff-dowd-real-big-lebowski-dude_n_2814930.html
Dowd is everything a "Lebowski" enthusiast would hope. His speech is muddled and, at times, inaudible. He laughs often and refers to himself as The Dude. He goes on long-winded tangents, speaking with intelligence, but randomness, on everything from the Irish revolution to his past friendship with Jane Fonda to Boy George's given name. Unprompted, Dowd volunteers, "The reason I'm not an actor is because in fourth grade I played a f--king tree in a play and I blew my lines."
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As far as Dowd is concerned, it wasn't hard for Bridges to play him. "Lemme say something about Jeff. I'm born on November 20, 1949, Jeff is born on December 3, 1949," Dowd said. (The Dude was just one day off -- Bridges was born on Dec. 4.) "This means, every time he heard a song for the first time growing up, whether it was in sixth grade, or eighth grade, or tenth grade, that was the same day I heard it for the first time. So we're very closely hooked ... and he's a stoner too, so it wasn't a stretch for Jeff to play me. In terms of philosophically, spiritually, all that kind of stuff, that's who he kind of naturally is."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/06/jeff-dowd-real-big-lebowski-dude_n_2814930.html