2020/06/12 - A Simple Plan

[D-Rock]

[2020/06/12 - A Simple Plan]
Title Text: aww, ZAGnut

The greatest tragedy is knowing that the zagnut will never arrive.

[Welsh Halfwit]

Tarot in the land of candy
is really quite something to see.
After A Pocky of days past
this is confectionery B.
‘Nedry’ may want to check the line
(And how did they call a toy?)
When it comes to playing a jerk
our Craig really sells it. Good boy!
The plot is moving along well;
he’s gonna put sis in ‘danger’
and, of all the things done so far?
To that, he’s never a stranger.

[Frank]

I always thought that was just the way he always got up for snacks: yelling stammered warnings at everybody

For those of you who don't know or don't remember the movie:

• Craig is Dennis Nedry, the fed-up underpaid (or so he claims) tech geek working at Jurassic park
• Tarot is COO Ray Arnold, chain-smoker tough-guy with glasses
• Grape is John Hammond, the lovable 70-year-old millionaire who has "spared no expense" building Jurassic Park
• Sabrina is Lawyer Don Gennaro, the representative of Jurassic Park's stockholders who want to kick Hammond off the board
• Draig is Lex, Hammond's hippie-ish computer geek of a granddaughter
• Ace is Tim, Hammond's action-loving bookworm of a grandson
• Rook is Dr. Ellie Sattler, a paleontologists quasi-romantically involved with Dr. Grant, specialized in prehistoric plants and adoring children, here to say whether Jurassic Park is "authentic" or not
• Max is Dr. Ian Malcolm, the breakout-role eccentric chaos theory specialist charged with saying how everything could go horribly wrong
• Olive is Dr. Alan Grant, a quasi-bankrupt paleontologist specialized in Velociraptors and hating children, here to say whether Jurassic Park is "authentic" or not
• Pueblo is Jurassic Park's zookeeper Robert Muldoon, who acts like Crocodile Dundee (who is from Australia), though he, himself, canonically is from Kenya
• North Star is the big Velociraptor
• Darth Vader Sanchez is a baby Velociraptor
• Peanut is everyone else, including the postproduction team

[Gbr23]

So he not only did not go to the vending machine, he kept Tarot's Arnold's money...

[JageshemashFTW]

I’m suddenly very interested in how they portray the Dilophosaurus scene...

[NHWestoN]

Zagnut - the "dinosaur of candy bars."

[SeanWolf]

I’m suddenly very interested in how they portray the Dilophosaurus scene...

You and me both.

[VeryAngryDeer]

Craig, you numpty!

You're saluting with the wrong arm!

[Cesco]

So, the fact that you're saying loud to go to get a snack is an excuse to leave for the island? With the storm now already there? Good luck... I wonder how that toy phone could be really working. Ah, and it could deserve a tag, too. Never heard of this Zagnut candy bar before, it looks something I would like to try.

[Frank]

Never heard of this Zagnut candy bar before

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpEOhHK4cRM

[Amazee Dayzee]

I think at one point I had that phone that Craig is talking on when I was younger.

[Welsh Halfwit]

I think at one point I had that phone that Craig is talking on when I was younger.

Did you receive many calls on it?

[NHWestoN]

So, the fact that you're saying loud to go to get a snack is an excuse to leave for the island? With the storm now already there? Good luck... I wonder how that toy phone could be really working. Ah, and it could deserve a tag, too. Never heard of this Zagnut candy bar before, it looks something I would like to try.

Don't try it without dental insurance, Ces!
Seriously, do they still make Zagnuts?

[GameCobra]

plot twist: Craig will use the dinosaur samples to move to Egypt.

Nah, i kid - he's going to love this part.

[NHWestoN]

...but will he get Tarot's Zagnut? Will she get all her change back? Oh, it's gonna be a long, anxious weekend!

[tych]

dangit, that line tarot added should have really been in the movie now that I am thinking about it.
Just how straight she plays it would have added some levity and depth to the whole scene also he was never going to get that zagnut so that would have been hilarious too.

[Amazee Dayzee]

Since everybody is saying that Arnold isn't gonna get his Zagnut, does that mean his death is coming soon?

[Frank]

Since everybody is saying that Arnold isn't gonna get his Zagnut, does that mean his death is coming soon?

Since this is the Housepets version, I wouldn't say that. But since Nedry is escaping to the boat, he has no intention of giving him his Zagnut

[Argent]

Craig is Dennis Nedry, the fed-up underpaid (or so he claims) tech geek working at Jurassic park

He's underpaid because he keeps asking for ludicrously expensive hardware instead of a raise. There is no way he needs an SGI workstation.

[NHWestoN]

Craig is Dennis Nedry, the fed-up underpaid (or so he claims) tech geek working at Jurassic park

He's underpaid because he keeps asking for ludicrously expensive hardware instead of a raise. There is no way he needs an SGI workstation.

If all there is in the candy machine is Zagnuts, you'd think by now all his other expectations would have vanished in resentful despair....

[Welsh Halfwit]

Craig is Dennis Nedry, the fed-up underpaid (or so he claims) tech geek working at Jurassic park

He's underpaid because he keeps asking for ludicrously expensive hardware instead of a raise. There is no way he needs an SGI workstation.

If all there is in the candy machine is Zagnuts, you'd think by now all his other expectations would have vanished in resentful despair....

They also have Pocky's. (Or Mikado's)

[Amazee Dayzee]

What really is a bit unnerving is that the only reason why I know about any of those candies in the first place is because my GRANDFATHER liked them and it was after his death that I registered on the forum.

[trekkie]

I wonder if Peanut is playing the voice of Craig’s accomplice, he seems to be playing the other minor roles.

[NHWestoN]

What really is a bit unnerving is that the only reason why I know about any of those candies in the first place is because my GRANDFATHER liked them and it was after his death that I registered on the forum.

... oh, and then there's Zingers!! Did I just get "Zung", Amazz?
(For those of you a little rusty on your 1950s 6th grade gammar, "Zung" is the past tense of the verb "to zing". As in, "I think Amazee just zung me." The commonly used tense "zinged" ... as in "I think Amazee just zinged me" is used but it's really slang and Mrs. Clotier would not have approved.)

[Startrekfan47]

I always thought that was just the way he always got up for snacks: yelling stammered warnings at everybody

Aka The Zigzagnut Maneuver

[LunarFox]

A storm's a coming!
Hurry, Nedry!
They won't wait for you,
Not even maybe.

Instead of running,
Here's a grand plan,
Guard the embryos,
Keep the station manned,

And while you're waiting
For code to compile
Loading slowly,
Taking a while,

Run on quick to the vending machine,
Get your pal a Zagnut,
And hope they don't leave you behind,
If so, then what?

[Argent]

Most yank candy machines are full of candy with peanuts in and I grew up with real candy so it's just weird and distasteful.

[Amazee Dayzee]

You mean of course that it was TANK candy machines and not YANK candy machines as that was typo? Unless there are some yankee candy machines that come from New England or the north and that is what you were referring to. XD

[Welsh Halfwit]

You mean of course that it was TANK candy machines and not YANK candy machines as that was typo? Unless there are some yankee candy machines that come from New England or the north and that is what you were referring to. XD

Yank is kinda the general term for an American that's used in Europe.

Look on it like Americans saying everyone in Britain is from London or Scotland.

[Amazee Dayzee]

I know that it is a term that Europeans use but wanted to know if that is what he meant or if it was a typo since the "T" and the "Y" key are next to each other.

[Obbl]

Then why did you phrase it as "You mean of course" rather than just asking?

[Amazee Dayzee]

Because when I wrote the post I was saying "of course" because I thought that it was 100% a typo and was being sarcastic with the second part.

[NHWestoN]

You mean of course that it was TANK candy machines and not YANK candy machines as that was typo? Unless there are some yankee candy machines that come from New England or the north and that is what you were referring to. XD

Yank is kinda the general term for an American that's used in Europe.

Look on it like Americans saying everyone in Britain is from London or Scotland.

To the world, a "Yankee" is a person from the United States.
In the United States, a "Yankee" is a person from the northeastern part of the United States.
In the northeastern part of the United States, a "Yankee" is a person from New England.
In New England, a "Yankee" is a person from the northern three New England states.
In the northern three New England states, a "Yankee" is a person who comes from Vermont.
In Vermont, a Yankee is someone who pronounces the letter "R" as a long "a", who uses "wicked" to mean "real good", eats pie with black coffee and maple syrup for breakfast, and won't admit to living in Maine or New Hampshire.

[Startrekfan47]

You mean of course that it was TANK candy machines and not YANK candy machines as that was typo? Unless there are some yankee candy machines that come from New England or the north and that is what you were referring to. XD

Yank is kinda the general term for an American that's used in Europe.

Look on it like Americans saying everyone in Britain is from London or Scotland.

To the world, a "Yankee" is a person from the United States.
In the United States, a "Yankee" is a person from the northeastern part of the United States.
In the northeastern part of the United States, a "Yankee" is a person from New England.
In New England, a "Yankee" is a person from the northern three New England states.
In the northern three New England states, a "Yankee" is a person who comes from Vermont.
In Vermont, a Yankee is someone who pronounces the letter "R" as a long "a", who uses "wicked" to mean "real good", eats pie with black coffee and maple syrup for breakfast, and won't admit to living in Maine or New Hampshire.

In Boston a "Yankee" is Darned for stealing Babe Ruth(who is not a candy bar).

[Amazee Dayzee]

I remember that a music teacher that I had in 7th grade HATED the Yankees with a PASSION and wouldn't allow any discussion of them. His room had two signs one of which was "Yankee Hater" and another one which said in big red letters "YANKEES SUCK!"