Comments on: My Dinner with Andre http://thetarpit.org/2025/my-dinner-with-andre "Now I feel like I know less about what that blog is about than I did before." Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:43:39 +0000 http://thetarpit.org hourly 1 By: Wag the Dog « The Tar Pit http://thetarpit.org/2025/my-dinner-with-andre#comment-7246 Wag the Dog « The Tar Pit Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:01:48 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=556#comment-7246 [...] point isn't even that the propaganda machine works; it's that it works by quite easily spinning a few words the right way, and that whichever argument [...] [...] point isn't even that the propaganda machine works; it's that it works by quite easily spinning a few words the right way, and that whichever argument [...]

]]> By: spyked http://thetarpit.org/2025/my-dinner-with-andre#comment-5969 spyked Sat, 22 Mar 2025 15:26:00 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=556#comment-5969 I know Wallace Shawn, although to my shame I haven't seen Princess Bride. I guess I didn't pay too much mind to that, but I hope that Wallace Shawn has traveled a lot more than Wally has. Anyways, I was referring particularly to in-person conversations. I'm pretty sure that none of us ever hit the ten-minute mark like that. Or I don't know, maybe the beer made up for it! I know Wallace Shawn, although to my shame I haven't seen Princess Bride. I guess I didn't pay too much mind to that, but I hope that Wallace Shawn has traveled a lot more than Wally has.

Anyways, I was referring particularly to in-person conversations. I'm pretty sure that none of us ever hit the ten-minute mark like that. Or I don't know, maybe the beer made up for it!

]]> By: Cel Mihanie http://thetarpit.org/2025/my-dinner-with-andre#comment-5895 Cel Mihanie Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:08:16 +0000 http://thetarpit.org/?p=556#comment-5895 > For fuck's sake, I couldn't stand someone talking to me for ten whole minutes without giving me the chance to interject somehow. (gulp!) W-wellll...let's clear the air with some fun bit of trivia shall we! Wallace Shawn ("Wally") is none other than the "INCONCEIVABLE!!!" guy from Princess Bride. And apparently this very movie is where he first uttered that word, which amused a producer so much that they would cast him as Vizzini 6 years later, and the rest is memetic history. > For fuck's sake, I couldn't stand someone talking to me for ten whole minutes without giving me the chance to interject somehow.

(gulp!)

W-wellll...let's clear the air with some fun bit of trivia shall we! Wallace Shawn ("Wally") is none other than the "INCONCEIVABLE!!!" guy from Princess Bride. And apparently this very movie is where he first uttered that word, which amused a producer so much that they would cast him as Vizzini 6 years later, and the rest is memetic history.

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