What's that movie? (Geriatric Edition)
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True story:
My mother, 80 years old, asked me "What's that movie?"
"What movie?"
"You know, the one with that guy..."
"..."
"Run... Homer..."
"Homer Simpson?"
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
"..."
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
I thought about the conversation for perhaps 15 seconds, then gave a guess.
"Was it movie name?"
I was right.
Given the clues as I got them, can you also guess what movie she was referring to?
Many of her clues were wrong, but some of it is right.This conversation is nearly verbatim as written.
lateral-thinking movies real
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$begingroup$
True story:
My mother, 80 years old, asked me "What's that movie?"
"What movie?"
"You know, the one with that guy..."
"..."
"Run... Homer..."
"Homer Simpson?"
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
"..."
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
I thought about the conversation for perhaps 15 seconds, then gave a guess.
"Was it movie name?"
I was right.
Given the clues as I got them, can you also guess what movie she was referring to?
Many of her clues were wrong, but some of it is right.This conversation is nearly verbatim as written.
lateral-thinking movies real
edited Feb 24 at 13:11
Omega Krypton
4,6002441
asked Feb 8 at 16:35
ChowzenChowzen
13.5k243189
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Now we know where all your puzzles secretly come from!
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– jafe
Feb 8 at 19:19
1
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@jafe Not all, just this one and this one.
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– Chowzen
Feb 8 at 19:48
8
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Aaaah, so that's how one can circumvent Movies.SE's ban on story-identification :-)
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– Jenayah
Feb 8 at 23:01
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@Chowzen seems that there is only one question (this) marked with the tag true. Do you think that this is absolutely necessary?
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– Omega Krypton
Feb 24 at 12:51
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@Glorfindel How about this?
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– Omega Krypton
Feb 24 at 13:11
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$begingroup$
True story:
My mother, 80 years old, asked me "What's that movie?"
"What movie?"
"You know, the one with that guy..."
"..."
"Run... Homer..."
"Homer Simpson?"
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
"..."
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
I thought about the conversation for perhaps 15 seconds, then gave a guess.
"Was it movie name?"
I was right.
Given the clues as I got them, can you also guess what movie she was referring to?
Many of her clues were wrong, but some of it is right.This conversation is nearly verbatim as written.
lateral-thinking movies real
edited Feb 24 at 13:11
Omega Krypton
4,6002441
asked Feb 8 at 16:35
ChowzenChowzen
13.5k243189
$endgroup$
True story:
My mother, 80 years old, asked me "What's that movie?"
"What movie?"
"You know, the one with that guy..."
"..."
"Run... Homer..."
"Homer Simpson?"
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
"..."
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
I thought about the conversation for perhaps 15 seconds, then gave a guess.
"Was it movie name?"
I was right.
Given the clues as I got them, can you also guess what movie she was referring to?
Many of her clues were wrong, but some of it is right.This conversation is nearly verbatim as written.
lateral-thinking movies real
lateral-thinking movies real
edited Feb 24 at 13:11
Omega Krypton
4,6002441
asked Feb 8 at 16:35
ChowzenChowzen
13.5k243189
edited Feb 24 at 13:11
Omega Krypton
4,6002441
asked Feb 8 at 16:35
ChowzenChowzen
13.5k243189
edited Feb 24 at 13:11
Omega Krypton
4,6002441
edited Feb 24 at 13:11
Omega Krypton
4,6002441
edited Feb 24 at 13:11
Omega Krypton
4,6002441
4,6002441
asked Feb 8 at 16:35
ChowzenChowzen
13.5k243189
asked Feb 8 at 16:35
ChowzenChowzen
13.5k243189
asked Feb 8 at 16:35
ChowzenChowzen
13.5k243189
13.5k243189
1
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Now we know where all your puzzles secretly come from!
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– jafe
Feb 8 at 19:19
1
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@jafe Not all, just this one and this one.
$endgroup$
– Chowzen
Feb 8 at 19:48
8
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Aaaah, so that's how one can circumvent Movies.SE's ban on story-identification :-)
$endgroup$
– Jenayah
Feb 8 at 23:01
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@Chowzen seems that there is only one question (this) marked with the tag true. Do you think that this is absolutely necessary?
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– Omega Krypton
Feb 24 at 12:51
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@Glorfindel How about this?
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– Omega Krypton
Feb 24 at 13:11
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show 1 more comment
1
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Now we know where all your puzzles secretly come from!
$endgroup$
– jafe
Feb 8 at 19:19
1
$begingroup$
@jafe Not all, just this one and this one.
$endgroup$
– Chowzen
Feb 8 at 19:48
8
$begingroup$
Aaaah, so that's how one can circumvent Movies.SE's ban on story-identification :-)
$endgroup$
– Jenayah
Feb 8 at 23:01
$begingroup$
@Chowzen seems that there is only one question (this) marked with the tag true. Do you think that this is absolutely necessary?
$endgroup$
– Omega Krypton
Feb 24 at 12:51
$begingroup$
@Glorfindel How about this?
$endgroup$
– Omega Krypton
Feb 24 at 13:11
1
1
$begingroup$
Now we know where all your puzzles secretly come from!
$endgroup$
– jafe
Feb 8 at 19:19
$begingroup$
Now we know where all your puzzles secretly come from!
$endgroup$
– jafe
Feb 8 at 19:19
1
1
$begingroup$
@jafe Not all, just this one and this one.
$endgroup$
– Chowzen
Feb 8 at 19:48
$begingroup$
@jafe Not all, just this one and this one.
$endgroup$
– Chowzen
Feb 8 at 19:48
8
8
$begingroup$
Aaaah, so that's how one can circumvent Movies.SE's ban on story-identification :-)
$endgroup$
– Jenayah
Feb 8 at 23:01
$begingroup$
Aaaah, so that's how one can circumvent Movies.SE's ban on story-identification :-)
$endgroup$
– Jenayah
Feb 8 at 23:01
$begingroup$
@Chowzen seems that there is only one question (this) marked with the tag true. Do you think that this is absolutely necessary?
$endgroup$
– Omega Krypton
Feb 24 at 12:51
$begingroup$
@Chowzen seems that there is only one question (this) marked with the tag true. Do you think that this is absolutely necessary?
$endgroup$
– Omega Krypton
Feb 24 at 12:51
$begingroup$
@Glorfindel How about this?
$endgroup$
– Omega Krypton
Feb 24 at 13:11
$begingroup$
@Glorfindel How about this?
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– Omega Krypton
Feb 24 at 13:11
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Was it
Forrest Gump?
Reasoning:
Mention of "Run"
and
Forrest and Lt. Dan sell shrimp (not chicken)
and
Forrest's friend Bubba (for whom the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company is named) dies?
answered Feb 8 at 16:42
EmnephoEmnepho
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I think it was:
Good Will Hunting
"You know, the one with that guy..."
Clearly Robin Williams
"Run... Homer..."
The story he tells about the big game
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
He tells this story as well
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
Ok, I guess not... Huh... Unless these were the details she was getting wrong?
answered Feb 8 at 17:01
MetaZenMetaZen
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Was it
Forrest Gump?
Reasoning:
Mention of "Run"
and
Forrest and Lt. Dan sell shrimp (not chicken)
and
Forrest's friend Bubba (for whom the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company is named) dies?
answered Feb 8 at 16:42
EmnephoEmnepho
1,083111
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add a comment |
$begingroup$
Was it
Forrest Gump?
Reasoning:
Mention of "Run"
and
Forrest and Lt. Dan sell shrimp (not chicken)
and
Forrest's friend Bubba (for whom the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company is named) dies?
answered Feb 8 at 16:42
EmnephoEmnepho
1,083111
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Was it
Forrest Gump?
Reasoning:
Mention of "Run"
and
Forrest and Lt. Dan sell shrimp (not chicken)
and
Forrest's friend Bubba (for whom the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company is named) dies?
answered Feb 8 at 16:42
EmnephoEmnepho
1,083111
$endgroup$
Was it
Forrest Gump?
Reasoning:
Mention of "Run"
and
Forrest and Lt. Dan sell shrimp (not chicken)
and
Forrest's friend Bubba (for whom the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company is named) dies?
answered Feb 8 at 16:42
EmnephoEmnepho
1,083111
answered Feb 8 at 16:42
EmnephoEmnepho
1,083111
answered Feb 8 at 16:42
EmnephoEmnepho
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answered Feb 8 at 16:42
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I think it was:
Good Will Hunting
"You know, the one with that guy..."
Clearly Robin Williams
"Run... Homer..."
The story he tells about the big game
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
He tells this story as well
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
Ok, I guess not... Huh... Unless these were the details she was getting wrong?
answered Feb 8 at 17:01
MetaZenMetaZen
1,039114
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add a comment |
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I think it was:
Good Will Hunting
"You know, the one with that guy..."
Clearly Robin Williams
"Run... Homer..."
The story he tells about the big game
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
He tells this story as well
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
Ok, I guess not... Huh... Unless these were the details she was getting wrong?
answered Feb 8 at 17:01
MetaZenMetaZen
1,039114
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I think it was:
Good Will Hunting
"You know, the one with that guy..."
Clearly Robin Williams
"Run... Homer..."
The story he tells about the big game
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
He tells this story as well
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
Ok, I guess not... Huh... Unless these were the details she was getting wrong?
answered Feb 8 at 17:01
MetaZenMetaZen
1,039114
$endgroup$
I think it was:
Good Will Hunting
"You know, the one with that guy..."
Clearly Robin Williams
"Run... Homer..."
The story he tells about the big game
"You know this movie! He was in the army, and his best friend died."
He tells this story as well
"No. Maybe. Was it Homer Simpson? Anyways, he started this restaurant, I think they sold chicken. Or maybe it was a warehouse..."
Ok, I guess not... Huh... Unless these were the details she was getting wrong?
answered Feb 8 at 17:01
MetaZenMetaZen
1,039114
answered Feb 8 at 17:01
MetaZenMetaZen
1,039114
answered Feb 8 at 17:01
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answered Feb 8 at 17:01
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Now we know where all your puzzles secretly come from!
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– jafe
Feb 8 at 19:19
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@jafe Not all, just this one and this one.
$endgroup$
– Chowzen
Feb 8 at 19:48
8
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Aaaah, so that's how one can circumvent Movies.SE's ban on story-identification :-)
$endgroup$
– Jenayah
Feb 8 at 23:01
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@Chowzen seems that there is only one question (this) marked with the tag true. Do you think that this is absolutely necessary?
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– Omega Krypton
Feb 24 at 12:51
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@Glorfindel How about this?
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– Omega Krypton
Feb 24 at 13:11