Sailing across Lake Lachrymose in a hurricane offers a plethora of challenges. "Plethora" is a word which here means "Too many to list," but I will try.
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S1 E15Unfinished Business
Let's all close our eyes as if we're watching some onscreen entertainment that's too scary for people our age.
It's a catastrophe. It's unprecedented. It's off-book, it's unfortunate. The Baudelaires are lost and unsupervised. Do you know what that means?!?
FHFish Head Salesperson
"Without supervision."
I hope Mr. Poe isn't too worried about us.
Good point.
If you like stories in which children enjoy pleasant rides in truck beds on their way to colorful destinations, where they finally solve the curious mysteries plaguing their lives, that story is streaming elsewhere.
"Out of the woods" is an expression referring to the fact that woods are dangerous places to be. Hansel and Gretel, two siblings enter the woods and are menaced by an elderly cannibal. Little Red riding Hood, a wolf enters the woods and is menaced by a rude little girl. And Walden, a poet enters the woods and is menaced by revelations that we should abandon civilization and live by a pond.
"Partners" can mean several things. It could mean "two people who own a lumbermill together, or a cupcakery." Now, with the advent of more progressive cultural mores, not to mention certain High Court rulings, it could also mean...
SSir
I do all the work, he irons my clothes.
Did you ever know a woman, truck driver, who took your heart and rattled it like a bay in a cage? Who joined you for years on a sequence of heists and schemes until the two of you were forced apart by circumstance, and also because you ran off in the middle of the night with a bunch of her valuables?
For example, if an optimist were to have his right arm bitten off by an alligator, he might say, "Oh, boy, half-price manicures for life." As for the rest of us would say, "Ah, my arm." "Optimist" is not to be confused with "optometrist," a word meaning "health care professional who performs eye exams." Although both can be dangerous.
CCharles
I know Sir can be prickly, but you have to understand, he had a very terrible childhood.
I understand. I'm having a very terrible childhood right now.
You drank all of my wine.
OOrwell
You poisoned my coffee.
You tried to hypnotize me.
OOrwell
It was the only way to shut you up!
Unless you are a murderer or a taxidermist, it is rare to have actual skeletons in your closet as opposed to metaphorical ones.
Why do you hate us so much?
Because it's fun.
OOrwell
You know, they say holding a baby can make all these deep, primal parenting instincts kick in. I don't see it.
OCOlaf/Coach Genghis
(in a Texas accent) I'm here to school you.
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