In fourth grade someone got the bright idea of cutting lunch to an outrageous 15 minutes (as if going to a year-round school without a cafeteria wasn't enough--we ate at our desks and were served by mobile carts in the hall). To get the slow eaters (me) up to speed, our teachers implemented a charming little policy called "Shovel Time."
The first nine minutes would pass normally. Then as the tenth approached, Miss Stauffer (a feathered-haired gal who drove a Camaro, loved Little River Band...and apparently still teaches at Hollydale Elementary) would yell, "Do you know what time it is?!" The class would manically shriek back, "SHOVEL TIME!!!" Talking was absolutely forbidden the final five minutes—it was a deathly silent scarf fest.
I
don't know if I've ever been the same since. But as a nod to this classy
ritual, I've adopted the humble scooping implement as my rating system's
icon. Shovel on!
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1 Shovel=Passing Fancy
2 Shovels=Puppy Love
3 Shovels=Crippling Crush
4 Shovels=Serious Stalking
I've never actually watched Unan1mous and I didn't see the episode in question, but the commercial was enough. There appeared to be a woman puking into a laundry basket caught by an infrared camera. Wonderful. I'm guessing from the online recap that this was Jamie and that she was suffering from a migraine. Either way, metal distress leading to vomiting still confuses me.
Oh, The Sopranos. I'm so not interested in the series that it almost induces a sour stomach. I did catch Tony, on tonight's episode, heaving up after kicking the shit out of some guy to prove he's still tough after being shot. It wasn't clear if the puke was a result of physical or emotional distress, though likely the latter, as is usually the case. The HBO episode guide says "vomits from the exertion," but that's totally false. Now that Tony's had a brush with death, he takes life more seriously. Pummeling someone just ain't what it used to be. Barf.
Don't even ask why I was watching the Cheaper by the Dozen remake on cable. I could only take a couple minutes of it, and this scene was completely out of context, but what fruitful minutes they were.
One of the gazillion kids comes into the kitchen and then pukes when he sees a protective cup drenched in tomato sauce and thinks it's blood. Odd humor for a family movie. But then another kid comes in and barfs from seeing the original barf.
Ah, chain barfing is the best. I vaguely recall an over the top chain barf scene from Stand By Me. But that was pies, not jock straps in the marinara.
A boy on Law and Order finds out that he’d impregnated his recently slain girlfriend and then discovers that the teen was actually his sister. Upsetting, possibly horrifying, but would it make you hurl?
After their summer tryst on Brokeback Mountain, Jack drives off and Ennis barfs against an alley wall. Yes, yes, I get that he’s full of angst and conflicted feelings, but how that manifests itself in expelled stomach contents is something I’ve never been able to understand with any TV and movie characters.
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