Missing an iconic event because you couldn't be bothered or just didn't know how important it would be. after the scene in the film where Charlton Heston meets people going to the sermon on the mount but doesn't go with them.
My friends asked me if I wanted to go see Nirvana years ago before they were famous but I didn't go - what a Ben Hur Moment!
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Etymology: the 1979 television adaptation of Salem’s Lot concludes with two characters, Ben Mears and Mark Petrie, hiding in a church from the other town inhabitants, all of whom have been transformed into vampires. Despite the danger of their predicament there’s a sense of elation that they have resisted the vampire infection.
Etymology: the 1979 television adaptation of Salem’s Lot concludes with two characters, Ben Mears and Mark Petrie, hiding in a church from the other town inhabitants, all of whom have been transformed into vampires. Despite the danger of their predicament there’s a sense of elation that they have resisted the vampire infection.
Example of Salem's Lot moment: having met the one other person at a party who refuses to dance to commercial R'n'B, you both hide out in the garden. Should you fail to find another such person, you may find yourself overwhelmed by the infection, dancing along to Beyonce, now one of the damned.
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When you’re in the car and you feel it comin’ fast, so your only choice is to pull into the nearest Burger King parking lot and make a mad dash for their sub-par bathrooms.
Anna: Hey Becky, I’m not feelin’ so good. Can we pull over fAST?
Becky: Oh NO, you’re not having a Burger King moment again, are you?
Becky: Oh NO, you’re not having a Burger King moment again, are you?
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Suddenly forgetting something you've....oh what's the word..known every other time, except for the moment someone's asking you. It happens to people 55 and older.
Suddenly forgetting something you've....oh what's the word..known every other time, except for the moment someone's asking you. It happens to people 55 and older.
I had a great example, and now I've forgot it. Must be having a senior moment.
"The Bears are back at Soldier Filed. They used to play their home gamens in...oh heck, I've forgotten the name of the town. I must be having a senior moment.
"The Bears are back at Soldier Filed. They used to play their home gamens in...oh heck, I've forgotten the name of the town. I must be having a senior moment.
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From Dirty Dancing when Baby tells Jonny that she "carried a watermelon"
From Dirty Dancing when Baby tells Jonny that she "carried a watermelon"
A Watermelon moment might be:
Cutie: Hi, having a nice evening?
You: Actually I'm just here helping my friend stalk her husband...
Cutie: Hi, having a nice evening?
You: Actually I'm just here helping my friend stalk her husband...
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Get the martina moment mug.Girl: It's a promise ring, I made a pact to not have sex until I'm married.
Guy 1: Oh.
Guy 2: You've just experienced The Oh Moment.
Guy 1: Oh.
Guy 2: You've just experienced The Oh Moment.
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