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What happens when a new movie is being planned --- lots of "hopefuls" go in to try out for various part, but most of them get "taken away" (i.e., rejected) from the pool of possible prospects.
I like watching the "making of" bonus-material in DVDs of famous films... lots of interesting and informative material there. So often, the producers speak about how difficult the process of audition and subtraction was: "There was a lot of really awesome talent that we had to choose from , so it always really hurt us to apologetically tell some of the application that --- while they were indeed very good at what they did --- they just weren't quite what we were looking for in this particular movie.
by QuacksO April 27, 2019
Get the audition and subtractionmug. Situational details regarding the catcher in a baseball game; specifically, factors which could justify his being viewed/treated more leniently regarding any perceived wrongdoing that he may have been involved in.
Charlie Brown's baseball glove is much too large for him, so the fact that he frequently misses or drops the ball should perhaps be viewed less harshly, given these mittigating circumstances.
by QuacksO December 14, 2020
Get the mittigating circumstancesmug. Tremors and involuntary shivers caused by either spending too long in church, or being overwhelmed by one or more powerful sermons.
I generally feel turned off (and usually **turn off** the TV or radio as a result) when I hear an evangelist roaring about Hellfire and brimstone... what do they want me to do --- get major pulpitations just from listening to those ego-inflated frauds rail about non-important issues???
by QuacksO January 14, 2020
Get the pulpitationsmug. What da over-confident Sheriff of Nottingham's dragoons possessed when they first tried pursuing Robin Hood and his Merry Men, not realizing what good riders and sharpshooters said bow-wielding horsemen actually were.
In one famous Dukes of Hazzard car-chase, Boss Hogg's evil henchmen guffawingly scoffed when they saw Bo and Luke using bows and arrows as weapons against the mercs' own seemingly-superior firearms, but their arrowgance was short-lived when one of the Duke Boys' dynamite-tipped arrows exploded their car's engine and thus ended their pursuit for the time being.
by QuacksO October 22, 2020
Get the arrowgancemug. What a loudly-vocal youngster engages in while "puttin' da pedal to da metal" trying to elude a pursuing grownup with a spoon or syringe full of medicine, forkful of yucky-tasting vegetable, bath sponge, or other undesirable object dat's intended for his supposed benefit, but which he desires no part of.
Taking da soft approach to parenting --- and seeking more-palatable alternatives --- can gently ease your little ones into accepting necessary unpleasantries like nap-time or schooling, greatly reducing da occasions when they may feel dat highbawling is required.
by QuacksO August 19, 2023
Get the highbawlingmug. One of those modern-day inns where they have hidden video-cameras in your room so that they can rat on you to the authorities, your significant other, etc.
Whenever I meet a new chick, I much prefer to either take her home or go camping wif her rather than renting a room --- there are way too many motells nowadays where they fail to keep a "discreet encounter" very discreet!
by QuacksO April 27, 2019
Get the motellmug. It actually took a debate with Al Sharpton to get "The BIG I" to admit that, "Imus learn some better manners" --- yeah, no s**t, Sherlock!
by QuacksO October 16, 2018
Get the Imus learn some better mannersmug.