I watched most of Die Hard with a Vengeance the other day.  I’d watched snippets of it before, but I watched a good majority of it this time (I’d say 94% of it).  I missed the beginning, and I have to admit I’m usually reluctant to watch something after missing the first ten minutes.  I’d even say I hate missing the first five minutes, but that seems a bit on the silly side (and for someone who’s re-enacted The Cable Guy with Power Rangers action figures, that’s really saying something).  I’ll admit though, I do always prefer watching a movie or show with no distractions.

For the most part, I have experienced less of this lately, as Xfinity On-Demand has become my newest friend.  Thanks to that, I can pause anything that’s playing if I need to rearrange things, tidy up my room, or clean the facilities.  And no, I wasn’t paid by Xfinity to write this, I am only saying how quick and convenient it is to enjoy some of the top programming Xfinity has to offer at your very fingertips, as you take advantage of the features included on your Xfinity remote, allowing you to answer the door or take care of any other errands without missing a single moment of the content they provide.

Their internet sucks farts though.

But anyways, you probably noticed that I referred to the restroom as “the facilities.”  You can probably imagine I don’t even call it a bathroom (at least, not often).  The whole thing of calling the bathroom something else has an interesting story.  For the most part, I say facilities because of a funny line from LucasArts’ classic adventure game Sam & Max Hit the Road.  Diving into the semantics of the term bathroom, however, came from a keyboarding teacher in high school.  Whenever a kid would ask if they could use the bathroom, he would always say, “There are no bathrooms in this school.”

Useless Trivia: Whenever he would say that, my mind would instantly go to that part from Kindergarten Cop where Arnold says, “There is no bathroom!”

Can’t help it, I’m a bit of a movie nerd.  But anyway, the teacher would make that bathroom comment to the kid and, of course, the kid would say there are bathrooms.  Teacher would say otherwise, kid would say the opposite, teacher would reinforce his statement, kid would smack his head into a wall, and before I knew it, they were Abbot and Costello.

To stop the bickering, the teacher would finally ask, “Do you take baths at school?”  And then, like a crazy realization that changes one’s outlook of reality, the planets aligned as everything within the kid’s head suddenly clicked.  They would ask if they could use the restroom, teacher would give ’em a hall pass, and with that, they’d be on their way.

Personally, I woulda’ said, “Nah, you should’ve went during lunch.”  Even if this were before lunch, I’d say it just to look at their reaction before saying, “Ha! Just messin’ with ya.”  Then I’d give ’em a hall pass and let ’em go.  The way I look at it, you gotta have a sense of humor from time to time, especially when arguing over something that has comedic potential.  So you may as well make a small joke when the time is right, regardless of (or perhaps because of) the kinda’ shenanigans you may find yourself getting into, just like John McClane himself, what with the one-liners and everything.

By the way, I’m not saying one should drop an f-bomb or the “Yippee Ki Yay” thing when dealing with a teacher.  If you happen to do that, I had nothing to do with it.  Blame Taylor Swift.  In fact, say that to the teacher during any awkward moment.  It won’t make sense, sure, but it could make ’em laugh if ya say it right. If not, then at least ya tried.

And that’s the funny thing about using your sense of humor, you’re either gonna try a joke and end up failing, or you’re gonna try and ya end up making someone laugh.  Trying is part of the battle, and laughter is the victory.  So make a move and start trying.  Always remember what Mickey Mouse said.  “If at first you don’t succeed, try try again.”

Okay that was actually from Thomas H. Palmer and popularized by William Edward Hickson, but according to Enemy Mine, Mickey said it.  Movies lie to us from time to time, so if it turns out that aliens don’t look like Louis Gossett Jr. dressed up as the Gill Man but without the gills, then you know who to blame.

Great flick though.  See ya around, everyone!  o/