Jason English
Movies You’re Embarrassed You Haven’t Seen
by Jason English - December 4, 2009 - 11:35 AM
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Every Friday, I post a series of unrelated questions meant to spark conversation in the comments. Answer one, answer all, respond to someone else’s reply, whatever you want. Very casual. On to this week’s topics of discussion…

jurassic1. Jurassic Park hit theaters on June 11, 1993, and was by far the most successful movie that year. I can understand why I didn’t see it right away—our big 8th grade field trip was that weekend, which was soon followed by the rigorous middle school graduation preparation circuit. But after all the diplomas were handed out and all the mortarboard-shaped cake had been eaten, I don’t know why I couldn’t fit Jurassic Park in. It’s not like there were a lot of other activities competing for our attention, and I managed to see all the other Top 10 movies of ’93 (plus Sliver and Weekend at Bernie’s II).

Two regrettable stints with Columbia House passed without purchasing the movie, and in eight years as a Netflix member, it never reached the top of the queue. So finally, in November of 2009, I vowed to set things straight. I marched into the Wayne Public Library the day before Thanksgiving and borrowed Jurassic Park.

And today I returned it, unwatched, and paid a $2 late fee. I’m never going to see this movie. What movie(s) are you somewhat embarrassed to say you haven’t seen?

2. When I was very young, I used to tell people I wanted to be a game show host. (I’m sure my family was thrilled.) That dream was never realized, but I will be manning the merchandise table during portions of this Sunday’s Mental Floss Trivia Show in Brooklyn. So that’s close.

Think back to your early childhood ambitions. What did you want to be when you grew up?

3. We’re approaching company holiday party season. What’s your best (or worst) office party story?

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Comments (182)

  1. Star Wars. All of them.

    posted by Kevin on 12-4-2009 at 11:39 am

  2. 1. I have never seen Tog Gun, and I don’t really want to. But I get a lot of crap for it.

    3. A company I worked for one year decided instead of a Holiday Party, we would have a “teamwork” building workshop. During business hours which we would not get paid for.

    posted by sheya on 12-4-2009 at 11:40 am

  3. 1. The Big Lebowski – wtf is wrong with me? I have no idea how I missed this, and worse yet, how I haven’t taken the time to get it from netflix yet.

    2. As a very young child I am on record as stating that I aspired to work at Dairy Queen, cause, hey, free ice cream.

    posted by Tuffy on 12-4-2009 at 11:44 am

  4. The Godfather (and I’m Italian-American)

    posted by sadie on 12-4-2009 at 11:44 am

  5. Really, the thing I want to comment on here is “omg, you were in 8th grade in 1993? I feel old.”

    posted by Kijeren Sonus on 12-4-2009 at 11:46 am

  6. Little Mermaid – Though I am an adult with no kids, every time this movie is mentioned during conversation(which is quite a bit more now than it was in ’89, when I was 10), I always get the, “Huh? You never saw Little Mermaid? You’ve got to see it!” As if my life will not be complete without watching another Disney production. Damn the broken washing machine and the much-needed new printer!

    posted by Elizabeth on 12-4-2009 at 11:48 am

  7. All the Star Wars, Gone With the Wind and Casablanca

    posted by Jamie on 12-4-2009 at 11:49 am

  8. I’ve probably seen all the movies on the AFI Top 100 Movies list, EXCEPT “The Godfather” movies.

    And there’s no particular reason why. I just haven’t. Sure, I’ve seen snippets on TV now and then. I know the references. But I’ve never sat down and watched them.

    At some point, not seeing “The Godfather” movies (especially I and II) became a “thing” — an odd point of pride. Then it became an admittedly stupid point of pride, once I realized that nobody particularly cared.

    The Godfather DVDs I received for Christmas a few years ago are still unopened. I WILL watch them one day; I just haven’t yet.

    posted by K Ashford on 12-4-2009 at 11:50 am

  9. I love romances, and yet I’ve never seen Gone with the Wind or Casablanca.

    posted by Julie on 12-4-2009 at 11:54 am

  10. 1. Until recently, I had never seen Ghostbusters. That was pretty embarrassing. But having now seen it, I would have to say I am most embarrassed about not seeing The Terminator. Nothing too earth shattering, but when I admit it to most people I get a look of shock and disgust.

    2. When I was young, I can honestly say that I had a strong desire to do absolutely nothing. Try explaining that to your parents and teachers…

    posted by Katie on 12-4-2009 at 11:54 am

  11. I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was six, and I’m still plodding along toward that goal. It’s pretty much the only thing I’ve stuck to in my entire life.

    posted by Amy on 12-4-2009 at 11:54 am

  12. 1. The Matrix, but what’s worse is I’ve seen the second and third installments. For some reason, people love to make fun of me for that.

    posted by Weily on 12-4-2009 at 11:56 am

  13. 1. Forest Gump, but it’s because I don’t want to see it. Other than Big and A League of Their Own, I don’t watch any Tom Hanks movies because I don’t care for him. Which generally gets the same reaction as saying I haven’t seen Forest Gump.

    2. When I was in junior high I wanted to be the CEO of Disney. It later became GM of a baseball team, then management in some sport, which I am working towards. (I’m also female)

    posted by k on 12-4-2009 at 11:57 am

  14. 1-Rocky.

    And Wayne? As in Wayne NJ? Well howdy neighbor.

    2-I drew a picture of myself in 5th grade as an Interior Designer. I still have a love for it, but now I’m leaning more toward Event Planning, once I get out of sales hell.

    3-I worked for Blockbuster in college. We were open Christmas, Christmas Eve, New Years, AND Thanksgiving. The only thanks I got was a keychain that said Blockbuster in massive letters. Yea, like I want to think of this shit job for the rest of my life.

    posted by melly on 12-4-2009 at 11:58 am

  15. 1. I haven’t seen the Godfather movies either. I also haven’t seen any of the Rocky movies. Maybe some year.

    3. When I was in 3rd grade (1982-83), I wanted to be a professional soccer player and wrote an essay to that effect. My teacher was appalled and told my father how inappropriate it was for girls to want to play pro sports (like there was any danger of klutzy me doing so) and suggested I take up the violin instead. My father never got over his outrage over that one.

    posted by Mother Chat on 12-4-2009 at 11:59 am

  16. 1. Rocky (any of them), I’m not really embarrassed I haven’t seen them though. I refuse to see them because my real name is Adriane, and those movies made me hate my name more than I already did.
    2. I wanted to have my own Sitcom when I was a kid.

    posted by Addie on 12-4-2009 at 12:00 pm

  17. 1) I have never seen The French Connection. This is bad for several reasons. I love gritty cop shows/films. I love Gene Hackman. It won a mess of Academy Awards the year I was born. It’s not even on my netflix queue.

    2) I wanted to be a lounge singer for a while. Astronaut. Particle physicist.

    3) How about today? I have some sort of lingering illness, and so I just went to today’s holiday party, got my raffle tickets, ate, and left. Now, I am back at my desk, the office is empty [everyone's at the party], and I’m answering online quizzes. I just don’t feel like socializing.

    posted by Eduardo on 12-4-2009 at 12:01 pm

  18. Titanic. I haven’t seen it, but I’m not embarrassed. I’m oddly proud.

    posted by Susanna on 12-4-2009 at 12:02 pm

  19. Oh, I forgot that I worked for years at one of the busiest stores in the mall. Right before Christmas, upper management decided we had not made enough money for the stores to have holiday parties so all of us who worked ourselves to the bone during the season didn’t get anything for it. But they made sure to email nice pictures from the corporate headquarters’ holiday party!

    posted by Mother Chat on 12-4-2009 at 12:02 pm

  20. I spent my late teens and the beginning of my 20s getting a film education. I spent the last 2 years of high school watching 3-5 movies a week, most of them older than me, foreign or independent. I then majored in film as an undergrad (and spend the following year trying to get into the industry). Because of my focus on “great” films, I missed a lot of good films. the ones I get pestered about the most (off the top of my head) are: Batman Begins, Madagascar, the davinci code, night at the museum and I am legend.

    posted by moonablaze on 12-4-2009 at 12:02 pm

  21. So glad to find out that I am not the only person who hasn’t seen the Godfather Trilogy!!

    posted by Melissa on 12-4-2009 at 12:02 pm

  22. 1. I’ve never seen the Matrix/s….it seemed like everytime somebody had it on, it was at a party, I was drunk and ended up leaving and only seeing about 30 minutes of it……and the same 30 minutes of it on 10 different occasions.

    2. I wanted to be in the Army when I was a kid. I took ROTC in high school and then actually got a full army scholarship, dropped out after one semester and never looked back (my parent’s are happy because the year I would have graduated we went to Iraq)…now I work for a defense contractor, so oh well, close enough.

    3. Never had an office party.

    posted by Crow88 on 12-4-2009 at 12:02 pm

  23. 1. Titanic- the boat sank, I didn’t need Hollywood to tell me that. Also, Dances with Wolves- all my friends insisted I see it years ago and I just wasn’t interested.
    2. A missionary until it dawned on me I hated to travel and Africa is really far away!

    posted by Hermoine on 12-4-2009 at 12:02 pm

  24. 1. Up until recently, I hadnt seen any of the Godfathers. I understood all of the pop culture refrences in other films and tv so I never bothered…UNTIL my boyfriend bought them on blu-ray!

    2. I remember wanting to be garbage collector so I could hang off the the back of trucks. After that, I wanted to major in “engineering” so i could drive a train….

    3. I am currently in the first year of a real office job, and somehow was convinced (despite warnings) to join the Party Planniing Committee.. so this should be interesting.

    posted by Amy on 12-4-2009 at 12:07 pm

  25. When I was little, my best friend and I loved horses. We decided that when we grew up we would move out West and have a horse ranch. By the time we got to junior high, we were in different classes and formed new friendships… by high school we had completely lost touch. No horse ranch for me, alas.

    posted by Mama9cats on 12-4-2009 at 12:09 pm

  26. For a long time it was The Godfather, but I watched it earlier this year. (Definitely worth seeing!)

    One that I get a lot of grief for not seeing is Blues Brothers.

    posted by Paul on 12-4-2009 at 12:10 pm

  27. When I was a bartender, our boss took us to Vegas for Christmas. That was awesome.
    Another boss took us to see Metallica in a luxury box, and drove us up there in a party bus.
    Now I’m a teacher and the Christmas parties just aren’t the same.

    posted by Addie on 12-4-2009 at 12:13 pm

  28. RE #2:

    I went through many phases of what I wanted to be as I grew up but the earliest one I remember was a glaciologist, someone who studies glaciers.

    At about 10, I fell in love with this book about the Ice Age and it talked about glaciers. I read that book like 50 times, at least, and I am still fascinated by extreme snow, cold, ice, etc…

    But, it was never to be.

    RE #3:

    In the late 90′s, just before the fall of the internet and computer industry, I was working at a major computer component manufacturer in San Jose. Their holiday party was at a local convention center with fancy decorations, ice sculptures, the works. It was awesome and I still have the invitation as well as the keepsake champagne flute glass.

    It was particularly memorable because it was the last of an era as, after the internet bubble popped and the computer industry itself faltered, extravagant parties, and in some case holiday parties period, became a thing of the past and I think it has yet to recover in that fashion.

    posted by Sarah in CA on 12-4-2009 at 12:18 pm

  29. 1) Oh God I have such a bad track record for that. Funny Face, The Warriors, The Wild One, all of Casablanca, just so many. I always feel guilty getting a movie through Netflix and returning it unwatched. Then they tell me to rate it and I feel Netflix shame.

    2) A teacher or a vet. Then those went away. Now I plan to be a professor later on, and possibly teach high school before that. Cyclically odd.

    posted by Sarah on 12-4-2009 at 12:19 pm

  30. 1. Braveheart. Heard it’s a good movie & I get made fun of whenever I mention that I haven’t seen it. Just haven’t got around to it.

    2. Never knew what I wanted to be. I am currently working, and realize it’s not my current job…but that’s as far as I am.

    3. No wild stories. Apparently, the year before I started, the parties were pretty wild…dancing on the tables & tables being set on fire. Yeah, give bankers some booze, sit back and watch the calamity ensue.

    posted by Bob Jones, Esq on 12-4-2009 at 12:19 pm

  31. RE Kijeren:

    I agree… I was already out of high school in 1993. No offense, Jason, hah.

    I purposely didn’t see Jurassic Park when it first came because it was TOO hyped. I waited a few years and rented it… loved it!

    posted by Sarah in CA on 12-4-2009 at 12:20 pm

  32. I used to mock my roomate for having never seen the film The Goonies. However, he soon discovered I had never seen E.T.

    I am curious as to poeple’s opinions regarding which of our never seen films is more egregious

    posted by Greg on 12-4-2009 at 12:22 pm

  33. Boondock Saints, The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, Gladiator. Yeah, I’m pretty behind.

    posted by Levinson Axelrod on 12-4-2009 at 12:26 pm

  34. 1. I have not seen The Straight Story, which is odd because I am a raging David Lynch fan.

    2. When I was a kid, I wanted desperately to be a stunt man. The bizarre thing is that in all my experimentation with staged falls, tree climbing, improvised harnesses etc, I NEVER suffered a serious significant injury beyond some impressive bruises.

    Though I’m reasonably certain the fun grinding/clicky sounds in my shoulder are the result of indulging this ambition through years of elaborate stage combat in renaissance faires.

    3. Alas, the days of the story-worthy office party have largely passed my generation by. However, we did have a “White Elephant” once. This is one of those weird gift-giving games where you wrap an item that is already around your house to be given away and then there is a selection process where people pick presents from the pile and have opportunities to “steal” picks that are still wrapped etc.

    I wrapped up a blue glass bottle I had which was emblazoned with relief image of Ronald Reagan on one side and some weird little blurb about lower taxes and keeping America safe on the other.

    I had several team mates who I thought would appreciate the irony of this thing more than my wife who was always begging me to get rid of it.

    As the game progressed, one of my preferred recipients selected it, only to have it poached several times and ultimately end up in the hands of my most despised co-worker, who eventually opened it and was THRILLED because Reagan was her FAVORITE president and the bottle would “go perfect” on her knick-knack shelf.

    I seethed for a week over that and have not partaken in such games ever since.

    posted by EMStoveken on 12-4-2009 at 12:29 pm

  35. I agree with Kijeren.. 8th grade? Really?

    I’ll go with a recent one which was Punisher: War Journal… glad i waited for Red Box because i would’ve walked out.. oh, And the Thin Red Line… shoulda known it was bad when everyone else started to walk out before me

    posted by Gregg on 12-4-2009 at 12:30 pm

  36. 1. Napoleon Dynamite- it seems everybody but me has seen this stupid movie. I really don’t care if I ever do.
    2. Construction worker. When I was young I thought it would be fun to drive a bulldozer.
    3. Worst office party- I worked for a bank in small town Indiana years ago. Our bank president was anti-alcohol and pretty much anti-everything. Needless to say to was pretty boring.

    posted by Chris on 12-4-2009 at 12:31 pm

  37. … and as far as growing up, it was either going to be a ninja or an astronaut… I have the cat like moves of a drunk and i firmly believe math is the devil’s language

    posted by Gregg on 12-4-2009 at 12:32 pm

  38. RE Greg:

    I would say ET is worse because it’s more popular and known than The Goonies. It seems to me that The Goonies was more of a cult thing, you had to be there type of thing like The Lost Boys. If you were of a certain age, it was the worst offense not to have seen either of them but for those that are younger not seeing The Goonies is no big deal.

    posted by Sarah in CA on 12-4-2009 at 12:34 pm

  39. @ Greg:
    I am shocked and appalled that there is someone over the age of 20 that has not seen Goonies!!!

    posted by Addie on 12-4-2009 at 12:34 pm

  40. 1. Any of the “Godfather” movies. I’m sure I’d like them and own the DVD box set as a gift. However, it hasn’t been taken out of the shrink rap yet. I just can’t be bothered to sit down and actually watch it.

    2. A paleontologist. Seriously. When I was 3 and 4, that’s all I wanted to be. I even learned some of the dinosaur’s scientific names.

    3. All of the ones I have been to have been pretty good, honestly.

    posted by Stu on 12-4-2009 at 12:38 pm

  41. The Rambo movies. None of them. Actually, about 5 days ago I was excited because First Blood was on AMC and I got about 20 minutes into it before my wife decided to breastfeed the baby and, of course, SHE wasn’t going to watch that while she was feeding him….I give up.
    I too, have never seen the Godfather movies and it bothers me at times.
    I’ve never seen the Harry Potter movies, Jaws or any of the new James Bond movies with Daniel Craig. It’s weird because the list of movies I HAVE seen is extensive. These just slipped by somehow….

    posted by Dan on 12-4-2009 at 12:38 pm

  42. Titanic…I just can’t take soppy tearjerkers.

    posted by Karan on 12-4-2009 at 12:43 pm

  43. 1) For me, it’s The Lion King. I was a kid when Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, etc. came out. Somehow when The Lion King came out the next year, I was too old for cartoons or something.

    When I got to about college age, kids my age would make references to “I Just Can’t Wait to be King” and were shocked when they found out I’d never seen it. It was as if I hadn’t seen Star Wars or Godfather.

    I finally watched it when I used a clip of it in a power hour DVD. Man I miss college.

    2) When I was a kid, probably in kindergarten because I wasn’t in school all day yet, I must’ve watched a lot of daytime TV with commercials for community/technical colleges, because I started telling people I wanted to work in hotel/hospitality management.

    posted by Mark G. on 12-4-2009 at 12:46 pm

  44. 1) Godfather series, Blade Runner (and I own it), and Boondock Saints

    2) I found an old elementary school project that mentioned I wanted to be a ballerina, scientist and president

    posted by bonnim on 12-4-2009 at 12:49 pm

  45. In the spirit of the season, I admit to never having seen “It’s a Wonderful Life.” They have a seat in hell reserved for me.

    posted by mike on 12-4-2009 at 12:49 pm

  46. 1) A lot of award winners from the 1980′s weren’t on my radar as I was just a kid then, but the movie I get the most flack for not having seen is Titanic. Up to a few weeks ago however, my wife had never seen the Godfather OR any of the Star Wars movies.

    2) Sounds mundane now, but I expected to follow my father’s footsteps and go into banking.

    3) 2 years ago, I went to my school’s holiday party and even arriving 5 minutes late, all the food was gone and most of the beverages were done. Was proof I was working for a second rate organization.

    posted by Kyle on 12-4-2009 at 12:55 pm

  47. I have never seen a single Star Wars, Star Trek, Rambo or James Bond movie. I know.. please don’t judge me.

    HOWEVER..

    I have seen all the Rocky movies. Someone left their collection at my house when my cable was cut off. It was a spiritual experience.

    posted by Katherine on 12-4-2009 at 12:58 pm

  48. @ Kijeren & Gregg (plus anyone else I’ve missed)…

    Yeah – I also feel your pain, man… and feel OLD myself! But only when I realized my initial calculation of my age in 1993 was off, oh, only by 10 yrs…

    posted by Amy on 12-4-2009 at 1:05 pm

  49. Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, The Godfather series, It’s a Wonderful Life, The Big Lebowski, The Rocky Horror Picture Show……

    don’t judge..

    posted by dizzy on 12-4-2009 at 1:05 pm

  50. The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Casablanca, Gone with the Wind, The Godfather series, The Big Lebowski,

    posted by dizzy on 12-4-2009 at 1:07 pm

  51. 1. ET, and I really have no desire to. It was a huge movie during my early teen yrs/JR High yrs, but to me, it just seems predictable and sappy.

    2. I still don’t know what I want to do now, and I’m in my late 30s. I do recall a Top Gun induced desire to be pilot.

    3. I was working at a bank, and our dept had our best yr to date, so we celebrated at a nice restaurant, after work, in our suits and ties. A number of us then continued the party at a nearby bar, that was also a client. But it was a real dive bar, and here we are, sticking out like sore thumbs in our suits.

    We played pool and I remember this girl hitting on me. She was good looking and all, but something about her gave me a funny vibe. She had a broken arm, which she couldn’t set, and it seemed like it was caused by a jealous boyfriend, at least that’s what I was led to believe. It just felt like she was playing me. She made a point of telling me how much she liked my tie.

    The embarrassing part came the next day, when i walked in to work, I passed the secretary of the bank president, Rose. The term cougar hadn’t been popular, but she certainly qualified, although, she was very proper and never made innuendos. She called me over to her desk and told me, she “really liked my tie.”

    Of course, this was a setup by my boss, and I must’ve turned all shades of red, not expecting this sort of thing from Rose.

    posted by Jonny on 12-4-2009 at 1:08 pm

  52. i’m glad to learn i’m not the only one who hasn’t seen top gun!! it just seems so cheesy.
    some others: goonies, back to the future, bill and ted, wayne’s world, and merry christmas charlie brown.

    most of these came out in my lifetime. i’m 27.

    @ greg: i saw ET when i was about 5. my mom thought i would love but instead i was terrified and cried. i haven’t watched it since.

    posted by sarah on 12-4-2009 at 1:11 pm

  53. @Addie I’m 44 and have not only not seen the Goonies but have skipped over the movie countless times on cable. A bunch of kids who didn’t quite make the Brat Pack, 2 Coreys (double the ick!) and a treasure hunt with a girl who isn’t Phoebe Cates? No thanks.

    And, naturally, I’m aghast at the people who haven’t seen The Godfather (forget about II and III, for argument’s sake), or 2001: A Space Odyssey. These are not just movies but milestones in American culture. Do those people even get the jokes on Family Guy?

    posted by Mike B on 12-4-2009 at 1:11 pm

  54. I hadn’t seen the Goonies until I was 21 and a girl made me watch it. I wasn’t that impressed at the time, but it’s since grown on me.

    I still have not seen The Little Mermaid, though I thought that the one on YouTube with Ursula as Lil’ Kim was one of the funniest things ever anyway.

    posted by Dave on 12-4-2009 at 1:15 pm

  55. Schindler’s List
    Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

    posted by steve on 12-4-2009 at 1:17 pm

  56. 1. I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one who’s never seen The Godfather. My plan is to one day watch all of them when I’m stuck at home in a snow storm.
    2. I always wanted to be a shark. If anyone knows of a school that can prepare me for this ambitious career let me know.
    3. It was intensely uncomfortable when a lady coworker at the Christmas party said, “Is anyone going to sing?” and the supervisor that everyone hated came in with horrible timing (it was minutes later and people were having conversations) and sang “White Christmas.” No one joined in.

    posted by Zac on 12-4-2009 at 1:19 pm

  57. 1. It’s a Wonderful Life. It’s just never on when I’m watching TV.

    2. In 3rd grade, I wanted to be a poet. In 4th, I wanted to be an inventor. I now have 18 patents and am working on getting my poetry published (watch for followup in 10 – 20 years).

    posted by Bee on 12-4-2009 at 1:21 pm

  58. @Mike B: The Godfather and 2001 are so ingrained in our culture that it’s easy to get references without ever having seen them. They are THAT ubiquitous.

    Oh, and there’s only 1 Corey in Goonies and the role actually fits him for once. :)

    posted by Mother Chat on 12-4-2009 at 1:24 pm

  59. 1. Never seen “Scarface”, or any “Godfather” movies. But the one that gets me the most quizzical looks is “Forrest Gump”. I fell asleep in the middle of it.

    2. After seeing “Gypsy” when I was a preteen, I decided my life’s ambition was to be a stripper. My mom was thrilled. :| Thankfully, I grew out of that and joined the Air Force.

    posted by Hannibal Schlechter on 12-4-2009 at 1:27 pm

  60. 1. I love good parody movies, as well as heavy metal — and I have never seen This Is Spinal Tap. Tragic.

    2. Amy, it’s good to know that I’m not the only former future garbage collector out there (same reason, too). That was before I wanted to be an oceanographic cartographer; I like oceans, and I like maps, so why not?

    posted by Kevin P. on 12-4-2009 at 1:28 pm

  61. I have never seen The Goonies in it’s entirety. I never tell anyone that…

    posted by pt on 12-4-2009 at 1:35 pm

  62. 1. I have never seen Pulp Fiction. It’s not for lack of trying. I have sat down to watch it numerous times, but have always been interrupted to the point I can’t get back to watch the rest of the movie.

    2. I wanted to be a teacher when I was little. I wanted to do it just for the summers off. And I’m not a teacher now, but many of my friends are and they always have their summer’s off :(

    3. I was working for the Federal Courts in Philly and they had a combined office party at the US Attorney’s Office for all Federal Court Personnel. They held the party in a giant seminar room. They had a band, food, & a bar with volunteer bar tenders. I went to order a vodka & cranberry. I ended up with a drink that resembled cherry 7-up and it was what I requested! All of the drinks were served that strong it seems! I found a couple (who were both married I found out later, but not to each other), making out like it was the end of the world in the hallway to the bathroom! And when I left, I had the hiccups all the way to the train station which was about a 20 minute walk. I stopped in Subway to get a drunk sandwich to eat on the way and I hiccuped my way all through the order, trying not to sound drunk – not sure if I succeeded at that though. . .

    posted by Mavis on 12-4-2009 at 1:37 pm

  63. 1. Casablanca, Easy Rider, The Shining

    2. My early career choices varied from ballerina to teacher to mommy to lawyer/marine biologist (that’s right, I wanted to be both at the same time)

    posted by Katie on 12-4-2009 at 1:38 pm

  64. 1) Shawshank Redemption and The Big Lebowski. I watched the Star Wars movies for the first time two years ago, simply because I was sick of shocking people when I admitted to never having seen them.

    2)When I was little I wanted to be a part-time lawyer and a part-time cashier. I think I wanted to be a lawyer because of the prestige and brief case, and I wanted to be a cashier because I liked pushing buttons.

    3)The company I used to work for offered to expense cab rides home from the (open bar) holiday party. Most of us migrated to a bar after the party was over and closed it down. A couple of my co-workers had trouble finding a cab at 2:00am on Saturday in downtown Boston–like you do–and per usual it was freezing, so they got desperate and got in a sketchy towncar. They were charged $70 for what would have been a $20 cab ride, but not before one of them puked all over himself in the backseat. The company surprisingly still reimbursed them the entire amount for the ride. We took care to remind Nauseous Nate of that incident for quite some time.

    posted by Jessica on 12-4-2009 at 1:39 pm

  65. The one I’m most embarrassed about it is Casablanca. Mostly because I now own it, and still haven’t gotten around to watching it.

    People are often shocked to discover I’ve never seen The Christmas Story.

    And, it has become almost a point of pride now that I have never seen a Tarantino movie.

    (I find it interesting the number of people mentioning Godfather. And heartened by the fact that no one has mentioned Princess Bride…)

    posted by Lugh on 12-4-2009 at 1:41 pm

  66. Ah, and an honorable mention. My wife has never seen Holy Grail. (We are geeks, and friends with many geeks, so this is particularly egregious.) It is not from lack of trying, though. She just cannot make it through more than ten minutes of the movie, no matter where it starts, without falling asleep.

    posted by Lugh on 12-4-2009 at 1:51 pm

  67. 1. I’m more or less caught up on movies, but for a long time this list would have included The Godfather series, Braveheart, Under Siege, Nightmare on Elm St, Friday the 13th, Halloween, and others. I’m going to go with “A Tale of Two Sisters” and “The Grudge”, not because they’re that ubiquitous, but because I’ve owned the DVDs for years.

    @ Gregg, The Thin Red Line is one of the most pretentious movies I’ve ever seen. I kept watching it, waiting for it to suddenly turn around and have some kind of sweeping finish, but it just never happened. I’m glad to know people share my hatred.

    posted by Austin on 12-4-2009 at 1:52 pm

  68. 1. Gone with the Wind, never got around to it.

    3. I wanted to be a pediatric neurosurgeon. Now I am a math/special ed teacher in high school.

    posted by dee on 12-4-2009 at 1:53 pm

  69. I have never seen “The Sound of Music.” My family insists, “No, you must have seen it, you probably don’t remember.” I recall watching bits of it, but never the whole thing. And I’m not sure I care enough.

    I’ve also never seen “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “Schindler’s List,” “Goodfellas” or “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

    There’s also stuff like “Titanic,” “300″ and “Twilight” that I’ve never seen, but I’m not embarrassed, and I’d only watch them with a RiffTrax on them.

    reCaptcha: 35 hernias

    posted by Sillstaw on 12-4-2009 at 1:54 pm

  70. 1. I’m not a huge Christmas fan so I have never seen A Christmas Story or Family Vacation and I get tons of grief for this around the holidays.

    Also, I never had cable growing up so when my friends make Nickelodeon references I am at a loss.

    2. Always wanted to be a teacher until late high school when i realized i hated children. I still ended up getting a degree in Family, Child, and Consumer Science. I like the research portion alot better than actully being around children.

    3. Last year at our holiday party we pulled names. We had to write one word on the slip of paper about what we liked. I wrote books (hoping for a bookstore giftcard). I got a Pocketbook Guide to Egypt. Weird.

    posted by Kaitlyn on 12-4-2009 at 2:01 pm

  71. Up until last month I had never seen Scarface and Boondock Saints, now I can’t wait to see Boondock Saints 2.

    posted by JC on 12-4-2009 at 2:04 pm

  72. The Godfather…and I have tried more than 10 times…

    posted by Bea on 12-4-2009 at 2:07 pm

  73. 1. Let’s see… I haven’t seen any of the Godfather movies. My husband sat me down and made me watch every Star Wars movie last summer, so that’s been taken care of. I haven’t seen any Rocky or Rambo movies. No Die Hard flicks. I’ve not seen Casablanca or Gone with the Wind. The only National Lampoon movie I’ve seen is Christmas Vacation.

    I worked at Blockbuster for 2 years… there’s really no excuse for this…

    2. When I was wee, I wanted to be a hair stylist. Then I wanted to train animals in the circus (before I found out about the whole cruelty thing, I thought it would be fun to play with lions). By the time I was 8, though, I wanted to be a psychiatrist. I still don’t know what I want to be…. I went to school for 2 years for graphic design, and am now an accounting major, but thinking I may want to be a teacher. Who knows…

    3. I’ve only gone to one office Christmas party. Last year, we all went to my boss’ house and there were long island ice teas aplenty. We had a good time, but when it was time to go, a coworker ran up and wrapped her legs around my husband…. awkward….

    posted by Pearl on 12-4-2009 at 2:07 pm

  74. 1. I haven’t seen Knocked Up. Am not embarassed of this, more proud of it.

    2. I always wanted to be a travel agent/stewardess. I used to make airline tickets complete with carbon paper stapled to the back and assign airline seats.

    3. At last years holiday party a co worker took all of the gifts he received during our Secret Santa gift exchange (he was given toys for little kids, and candy with a hair in it from his Secret Santa..)and regifted them all in the White Elephant gift exchange at the holiday party.

    posted by Emma on 12-4-2009 at 2:08 pm

  75. 1) I’m not terribly embarrassed about it, but I’ve never seen Titanic, nor do I care to. I’ve also never seen “Sleepless in Seattle.” Nor do I care to. . .

    2) A teacher, a horse trainer, an archaeologist, scientist, marine biologist, lawyer, a theater director, art restorationist (that lasted about 15 minutes, when I learned you have to be excellent at chemistry for art restoration), and I’m pretty sure at some point I wanted to be a rockstar or singer-songwriter. When I was in college and unsure of what I wanted I told people I wanted to be a shepherd. Now I just want to be a writer and teach art history at a college level (all while being a fantastic wife and possibly mom someday).

    3) Most holiday parties I’ve been to have just been tolerable – neither good, nor bad. I’m generally not very good at small talk, so parties and forced fun-type events are some of m y least favorite places to be.

    posted by Andrea on 12-4-2009 at 2:10 pm

  76. …and The Princess Bride…my mom rented it for me as a kid, I have recorded it several times, it has been on cable…I just can not watch it for some reason.

    posted by Bea on 12-4-2009 at 2:10 pm

  77. 1. Kill Bill, I’ve heard such good thinks about it, but I’m so lazy.

    2. Uhhh, I wanted to be a pop star when I grew up *laughs*

    3. When you get coworkers and booze together, it’s always a bad idea.

    Now how about movies we’ve seen and are ashamed to say so? Even better if it’s a guilty pleasure.

    posted by CH on 12-4-2009 at 2:27 pm

  78. 1) Wayne’s World.

    posted by Lawrence on 12-4-2009 at 2:30 pm

  79. 1: Night at the Roxberry. I tend to hang out with people about a decade older than me, and apparently the movie was huge when I was a tot.

    2: I remember going out to the living room when I was about 7 and telling my mom and her friend that I wanted to be a clown when I grew up. Needless to say, they got a hefty laugh at that.

    3: My story is not of a Christmas party, but Halloween. The WORST by far is this year. I was in charge of putting it together for about 100 people with one other friend/coworker. The older ladies on the party planning committee had no input/suggestions on how to pull the party off successfully, until the day of the party after we spent the entire morning running around manically getting it all set up. Then they moaned and groaned about there not being enough of this or that and complaining about the setup. Again, nothing was suggested in the weeks leading up to the event.

    posted by Shash on 12-4-2009 at 2:30 pm

  80. I’ve never seen “It’s a Wonderful Life”, but the DVR is already set to record it next Saturday in case I miss it.

    I wanted to be in the CIA or a US Marine. One of those dreams came true…Semper Fi’!

    posted by TXCherokee on 12-4-2009 at 2:36 pm

  81. “Breaking Away,” and then only because as someone who attending Indiana University, Bloomington and went to some parties in the house used in the film, it was ratehr pervasive. Still, never saw it in the theatres, at a campus showing, or on television. Don’t have any desire to.

    posted by Steven on 12-4-2009 at 2:37 pm

  82. 1. Oh, there are a bunch of movies…It’s a Wonderful Life…The Shining….Schindler’s List

    2. I wanted to be a truck driver like my granddaddy.

    3. There are a couple of Christmas party stories… at my first company party, a girl caught her hair on fire… a few years later someone from marketing was seen eating out of the garbage can (twice!)

    posted by Michelle on 12-4-2009 at 2:39 pm

  83. 1. I have never seen One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. I did, however, watch the first 5 mins. of it, and then my ADD kicked in and I went off to do something else. Not that not seeing it is very embarassing, most people my age haven’t (and some might not have ever even heard of it). But I made the rounds during my short stint with Netflix to try and catch up on movies that were all the rage when they came out. One movie I hadn’t seen, didn’t have the interest in seeing, but wanted to see what all the hype was about so I rented it anyways…was Twilight. I realize now that was a waste of a rental.

    2. Growing up my aspirations changed everyday. Literally. I covered just about everything…astronaut, basketball player, policeman, veterinarian, singer….

    3. When I worked for a local animal shelter we had a holiday party at the local Elks Club. The first drink was free, so I thought it’d be wise for my first drink to get something that would otherwise be costly…what other than a Long Island Ice Tea! the mistake wasn’t in getting the LIIT…the mistake was that the guy who made it made it in one of those giant glasses that a Pina Colada would typically go in. Needless to say I wound up plastered. On top of it, there was a raffle and if your number was called you could choose whatever you wanted from the gifts on the table. I got to be one of the lucky ones, and in my shining moment in the spotlight (visibly drunk) I went and grabbed a bottle of wine…because obviously I didn’t look like enough of a drunk.

    posted by Teresa on 12-4-2009 at 2:46 pm

  84. 1. A clockwork orange (friends have borrowed it to me, I also bought but since I already know what’s it about I need to be in the mood to watch it), the godfather (bought all 3 of them last x-mas and I guess I forgot I had them), Jaws and Psycho =[

    2. I wanted to be an egyptologist after reading so many books about egypt but hten I discovered movies and special effects and I wanted to be a FX specialist or artistic director (still want to)

    3. I haven’t witnessed anything out of the ordinary in an office party.

    posted by Andy on 12-4-2009 at 2:58 pm

  85. 1. None of the Kill Bill movies. Like an above poster, I’ve caught bits and pieces of them, and get all the references.

    2. In third grade, when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I replied, “independently wealthy.” My teacher laughed so hard she cried.

    3. No bad office parties. I’ve been lucky enough to work at places that do awesome company parties, complete with open bars and bonuses. *crosses fingers that it continues*

    posted by JC on 12-4-2009 at 3:01 pm

  86. Godfather trilogy, any star wars, titanic, twilight…if its super popular and EVERYONE talks about it, i don’t want to watch it.

    i wanted to be a horse breeder, an actress, a teacher, a firefighter, a police woman…you name it i wanted to be it.

    no holiday party stories because out of all i wanted to be, stay at home mom was not one of them. but that is exactly what happened. i have never had a real job, because being a stay at home mom is not as hard as whiney women say it is…

    posted by Fate on 12-4-2009 at 3:02 pm

  87. 1.) None of the Godfathers or Star Wars, Princess Bride, The Goonies, Schindler’s List, Gone With The Wind, Casablanca, 2001: A Space Od., A Clock Work Orange (By the way I’m a film maker). I have, however, seen almost every Spike Lee film.

    posted by Neisha on 12-4-2009 at 3:12 pm

  88. I was born and raised in Georgia, and have lived in the South all my life. I have never seen Gone With the Wind. Even on TV.

    posted by bobalong on 12-4-2009 at 3:14 pm

  89. I have only seen one James Bond film. My record was perfect until I was on a flight that was showing one. I have not watched one since.

    posted by Chet on 12-4-2009 at 3:17 pm

  90. I probably haven’t seen it if it was not made by Disney,rated anything other than G, and made before 1996, . Here’s why, I grew up in a very, very sheltered home. Almost everything we watched was on video (mostly Disney). We did get to watch saturday morning cartoons like care bears, my little pony, etc. though. NOw, with 2 kids, I am still watching the same VHS tapes with my own kids. Sad really, lol. I do try to watch a few “old” movies that are a must see but 99% of them, I still haven’t seen.

    posted by Saryna on 12-4-2009 at 3:28 pm

  91. #1 – Animal House. My husband can’t believe I’ve never seen it.

    #2 – A waitress at Sonic, so I could rollerskate all day. My friend and I used to practice our skating so when we were old enough to work, we’d be ready!

    posted by Melissa C on 12-4-2009 at 3:35 pm

  92. 1) One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Have always wanted to see it and heard it’s great. It’s on my Netflix – but never makes it to #1. There is always something else I want to see. Oh – and Jaws. I’m also like everyone else – haven’t seen any of the Godfather movies.
    2) I wanted to work in the pit crew (one of the people that changes the tires really fast) for NASCAR. I ended up working in insurance and am going to school to be a court reporter! lol

    posted by Laura on 12-4-2009 at 3:36 pm

  93. The Godfather Part 2, Citizen Kane, Star Trek 2-4 (I missed Kahn and the Whales!), Goldfinger (even though I own it), Old Yeller, Tron

    Also, I went to College for filmmaking :/

    posted by Al on 12-4-2009 at 3:37 pm

  94. 1) Not much of a movie person, so what I haven’t seen is probably more extensive than what I have seen. 2001, Godfather, etc… What I mostly hear now is “Have you seen Twilight?” When I say no, and not interested, people look at me like I’ve got 3 heads. I don’t get it. I read the book, but don’t really care to see the movie.

    2) The earliest thing I can remember wanting to be was a train. Not a conductor, I wanted to be the train itself. Not really sure how I thought that would work, and my mom still brings it up from time to time.

    3) I’ve yet to have the pleasure of working for a company that has holiday parties, so nothing fun for this one.

    posted by Mia on 12-4-2009 at 3:37 pm

  95. 1. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
    2. Geophysisist/Vulcanologist
    3. I worked in a call center for a hotel chain, and we had a huge blow out in the restaurant/bar of one of our hotels. There were several of us in recovery, and the first thing we saw getting off the elevator was the HUGE, extensive and glittering bar. It was surreal, and highlighted by the horrific karyoke singing coming from the dancefloor. I couldn’t stay long, because it was early in sobriety and the whole “SHOWCASE O’BOOZE” was wearing on me. Our boss was so cool, however, that the next year, we had it in a different location, and the bar was off to the side so it wasn’t the centerpiece of the deal.

    posted by Helenann on 12-4-2009 at 3:42 pm

  96. 1) I’m very proud to say i’ve never seen Titanic… just looked like a teenage girl’s wank-fest, plus Celine Dion on the soundtrack didn’t exactly entice me in
    3) A client party a few years ago had a very drunken senior director giving his view of “leadership”; very quickly he descended into a rant about how much he “despised dictators; however, that Mussolini guy was ok…”

    posted by nick on 12-4-2009 at 3:46 pm

  97. 1. I’m so sad to see that Gone with the Wind is on so many people’s lists. That’s my all time favorite movie. Although I do understand it’s a pretty long movie and that can sometimes be a negative aspect.

    But my fiance does let me have it everytime I tell him I’ve never seen The Goonies. I have just no interest in it whatsoever.

    2. I wanted to by a Physical Therapist when I was younger. My grandpa had to have his kneecap removed (which he still has in a jar, I know pretty weird) but a PT would always be at my grandparents’ house and I would always be very intrigued at what they were doing.

    3. The best party I’ve been to is my fiance’s Xmas parties. He works for the Johnson CAT Company at the corporate office. I’ve been twice and they always have a great party. Now the ones I’ve been too always involve a couple people bringing chips and dip and leaving it the break room.

    posted by Colene on 12-4-2009 at 3:47 pm

  98. 1. Citizen Cane

    2. Teacher. I even had class lists that I made using the white and green computer paper my Mom would bring home from work. I would make up names, grades, absences, etc… I hate kids now and I would never want to be a teacher.

    3. The first xmas party at my current company was an eye opener. I used to work in NYC where the parties were big and lavish. I moved North and my first xmas party was like a bad wedding. At a cheesy hotel, awful food, and they made us pay for sodas. And ridiculous games like, \Who has the most tattoos?\ I never went to another one.

    posted by LW on 12-4-2009 at 4:19 pm

  99. 1. Too many movies to list (including The Godfather) – but here’s one no one’s mentioned: Tombstone. I’ve seen bits and pieces of it, but have never watched the entire movie. (Also, I have no desire to watch Twilight or New Moon – I would rather watch Gigli on a repeating cycle than those two movies.)

    2. I remember I wanted to be a doctor or lawyer when I was a kid… I work as a medical support assistant, so that’s being close to being a doctor!

    3. As I work for the military, our office parties are rather dull – the officers and their families go in one part of the room, while the staff and enlisted gravitate towards the other end of the room. This year should be interesting; while the officers’ holiday party is going to be at the home of one of the doctors I work with, the staff and enlisted party’s going to be in a tavern! Wonder who’s going to have more fun that night?

    reCaptcha: legs Garvey

    posted by Steve from San Diego on 12-4-2009 at 4:19 pm

  100. Thank you Sadie. I thought I was the only one that hadn’t seen The Godfather. Although, I’m not embarrassed to admit I’ve never seen it. I just plain don’t want to. I hate mob movies, it’s been parodied too much, and it just does not interest me in the least.

    posted by Fran on 12-4-2009 at 4:23 pm

  101. Hmmm, finally read through all the comments and see that I’m in good company not seeing The Godfather. I really thought I was practically the only one considering how much I get hassled about not having seen it.

    Like a lot of other here, I’ve also never seen the Rocky, Rambo, or Lord of the Rings series, Goonies, or Casablanca. I also haven’t seen A Christmas Story all the way through. I’ve been told it’s a classic; it’s wonderful; a must see. Last year I netflixed it, watched 15 minutes and just did not see what all the hype was about. A little peeved about that 15 minutes I’ll never get back!

    posted by Fran on 12-4-2009 at 4:36 pm

  102. 1. Hmmm… My friends and I have a whole list of movies I need to see, but nothing I am really embarrassed about.

    2. I wanted to be an astronaut. No kidding, I would have done all the work required, and *happily*… until I found out that my eyesight was too bad. Fairly recently, they started accepting Lasik if your vision was corrected to within the limits, but I am so far into my current path…

    3. Our corporate office just told us that we aren’t allowed to have any off-site parties anymore. I actually enjoyed our parties the last couple of years, too…

    posted by Crystal on 12-4-2009 at 4:37 pm

  103. 1. I really thought I was never gonna see Titanic ever and was not embarrassed by that either, but then it was the only thing on the day after my wedding and we watched most of it in the hotel room (I still haven’t seen the end, but my husband summed it up).

    I’ve never seen any Star Wars, Jurassic Park, most of the big ones from the past 10 years. I hit a movie theater about once a year, and that’s it.

    2. When I was 5, I wanted to be a cheerleader when I grew up. I was in gymnastics at the time, and my mom would never let me join the cheer squads in town. I’m a little bit thankful for that now, but 20 years later, I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.

    posted by catherine ann on 12-4-2009 at 4:40 pm

  104. Anything that is meant to be a ‘must see before you die’ I haven’t seen :
    The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Casablanca, Princess Bride, Gone with the Wind (bought this a year ago), The Godfather ,Clockwork Orange, The Goonies, Back to the Future, The Dark Knight (the only one college student who hasn’t seen it. When I tell people they look at me like I said moving to mars), Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction, any movie by Tarantino or Scorsese or any another extremely famous director. The list is endless.

    And a little movie named ‘Twilight’
    Also I refuse to see Daniel Craig as James Bond.
    To make matters worse I didn’t enjoy Shawshank Redemption. (I got a lot of gasps once when I said I didn’t like it)

    And I’m turning 21 next week. I fail at ‘must see movies’ =D

    posted by GH on 12-4-2009 at 4:42 pm

  105. 1. the original superman films. I get a lot of crap for that. same with the godfather movies

    2. I told my mother I wanted to be a waitress, on roller skates, who designed dresses on the side.

    posted by Kristine on 12-4-2009 at 4:42 pm

  106. A bit off-topic (sorry)…

    I know what reCaptcha is, but why is it at the bottom of peoples’ comments? it’s there for some, but not for others…

    Sorry for the stupid question…

    posted by James on 12-4-2009 at 4:51 pm

  107. 1) There are many (mostly recent) movies that I have not seen. But the one everyone seems surprised by is Pretty Woman. I was a 15 year old teenage girl when it came out and I just never had any desire to see it. I still don’t. I also refused to see Titanic when it came out, and have only seen it now because a friend has a bit part in it. And, you know, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. But, I’m still not convinced to see Pretty Woman.

    2) I wanted to be a ballerina or a laboratory scientist. I am neither.

    3) The best holiday parties I went to were the ones hosted by the mom and pop bar where I used to work. The worst have been at the large Global CRO where I now work. They have so much money, but have scaled back in this “economic climate” so much that they now require employees to provide food at the company parties. Seriously?

    posted by Renis on 12-4-2009 at 4:59 pm

  108. 2001 A space odyssey is one of the greatest movies ever made…

    posted by Paula on 12-4-2009 at 5:01 pm

  109. 1) I’m not embarrassed by any movies I’ve missed but a few huge movies I never saw are Titanic, the Crying Game, and Basic Instinct.
    2) I’ve been saying my whole life that I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. I’m 39 now and still don’t know, much to my dismay.
    3) I’ve worked in a lot of offices but never in one that had a holiday/christmas party. I always figured that was something that offices did in movies.

    posted by JitterBugs on 12-4-2009 at 5:04 pm

  110. 1. I’m sure there are many movies that I would be embarrassed to admit I haven’t seen, but I can’t think of any at the moment.

    2. When I was younger, I had a brain issue that required regular visits to a pediatric neurologist. She was awesome, really good with kids, and shared my first name (which is not very common). For years I said I wanted to be a pediatric neurologist when I grew up due to her positive influence…until I realized it meant medical school. I can’t actually walk into a hospital without panicking (no traumatic experience, just an overactive sensitivity to what happens in a hospital), so that plan didn’t really pan out.

    3. I used to work for a bank, and this one year we held the annual Christmas party at a local reception hall with the folding wall things that separate the ballroom into separate rooms. Our bank president was a great man, but not the most exciting speaker, so during his “we’ve had a great year” speech, everyone in our room was trying not to fall asleep and/or eyeing the buffet line. In the meantime, the group in the adjoining room (which happened to be another bank) was hooting and hollering and having a great party (and almost drowning out our guy’s speech). To his credit, our president did make a joke about it that got a chuckle out of everyone, but that year’s party was almost painful (especially after the high school performance that took a full 2 hours throughout the evening).

    posted by C on 12-4-2009 at 5:20 pm

  111. I used to be embarrassed to say I never saw “THE SOUND OF MUSIC”, but having seen bits and pieces of it, I’m embarrassed no longer. I don’t think I could sit and watch the whole thing if you paid me.

    posted by pdoll on 12-4-2009 at 5:27 pm

  112. i don’t have much for 1 and 2 but…
    #3 had a christmas holiday work party held at a local bar, at the time i was a minor but my coworkers got me in anyway. then rumor started that the cops were on their way! myself and a coworkers daughter went outside to “hide” in her car and waited till the coast was clear. we froze our butts off for about 45 min, the cops never showed and 2 coworkers got dui’s on the way home. that was the last year we had a christmas party!

    posted by YupYup on 12-4-2009 at 5:32 pm

  113. i’ve never seen the sandlot, and everyone someone hears it, they flip out.
    i’ve never seen the goonies, it’s a wonderful life, casablanca, gone with the wind, or the godfather movies.

    posted by kayee on 12-4-2009 at 5:36 pm

  114. I’ve never seen the Godfather. I am ashamed.

    posted by Elissa on 12-4-2009 at 5:45 pm

  115. 1. I have two movies. The first is Casablanca. The second is really embarssing considering I am from Georgia and a history buff, but I have never seen Gone with the Wind.

    posted by Jamie M. on 12-4-2009 at 5:49 pm

  116. Full metal jacket. But at least I can quote Goonies after watching it at least 30 times.

    I wanted to be an archeologist from 6 years old until I was interviewing for college. Someone asked me what I wanted to be and they responded with, “Well, you arn’t in it for the money.” That pretty much poo pooed the whole thing for me and I chose to be a research scientist instead. Bring on the BIG BUCKS!

    The worst office party was the one where I got my bosses commemorative fireman’s belt buckle as a white elephant gift. He kept insisting it was a wonderful gift and eventually I just gave it back to him.

    posted by Nicole on 12-4-2009 at 5:58 pm

  117. I’m less embarrassed that I’ve never seen Citizen Kane than I am by the fact that I saw Encino Man in the theater.

    posted by Antinous on 12-4-2009 at 5:58 pm

  118. 1- Beauty and the Beast & Boondock Saints

    posted by Mrs. Bubbles on 12-4-2009 at 6:14 pm

  119. 1: I’m so glad I’m not the only Godfather holdout. I just don’t have a desire to sit through that movie. I’ve also never seen a James Bond film, not one. Oh and sorry Goonies fans, I’ve never seen it.

    2. I wanted to be an actress. Turns out I’m not that talented. :)

    3. I’ve only been to one holiday party. It was here in England (I’m in the AF) where I ran into my sister’s friend from high school. I knew her but she didn’t know me, but we ended up being very good friends.

    posted by Tricia on 12-4-2009 at 6:35 pm

  120. 1. I’ve never seen Titanic. Never.

    2. I wanted to be a ninja. And a scuba diver. And a karate teacher. And a librarian. I had a long list, it’s too bad I can’t remember all of them.

    posted by Carli on 12-4-2009 at 6:46 pm

  121. I have never seen a John Hughes film in its entirety, I don’t think this is something to be ashamed of but some people have a problem with that i know next to nothing about sixteen candles, breakfast club and weird science ect ect ect

    posted by Bell Pepper on 12-4-2009 at 6:50 pm

  122. 1. I also have never seen Titanic. Now I don’t ever want to see it just because the looks on the faces of people when I tell them gets more distorted as time goes on.

    2. I wanted to be in Broadway musicals.

    3. The owner of our business would pay for us to go to nicer restaurant than we could ever afford normally. One year a manager told him we would much rather have a CANNED HAM and that is what we got.

    posted by Riptide on 12-4-2009 at 6:58 pm

  123. 1. Titanic. Why would I see a movie in which I know the ended. The ship sinks!

    posted by Alicia on 12-4-2009 at 7:19 pm

  124. The only movie I’m kind of embarrassed not to have seen yet is A Clockwork Orange.

    I’ve never seen Rocky, and didn’t really want to, but now I can tell that I’m holding out more to keep my record of not having seen it intact. I never saw Pretty Woman, because I didn’t think it was terribly appropriate to have a Disneyfied cinderella story about a ho.

    posted by Amy on 12-4-2009 at 7:25 pm

  125. Oh goodness. Any James Bond movie. Sixteen Candles or Heathers. Gone with the Wind. Any of the Rocky series. Animal House, or any National Lampoon movies. Tommy Boy. Billy Madison or Waterboy. Risky Business (a nickname people have for me, yet still haven’t seen). It’s A Wonderful Life. The Usual Suspects. A League of their Own. Field of Dreams. The Dark Knight. Singin’ in the Rain (and a huge musical fan, here).

    posted by guest on 12-4-2009 at 7:40 pm

  126. Oh… and Fight Club.

    posted by guest on 12-4-2009 at 7:41 pm

  127. I have never seen The Matrix (but I did watch the silent movie version of it on mental floss awhile back)
    I have also never seen all of E.T.

    posted by haselwoman on 12-4-2009 at 7:46 pm

  128. I wanted to be a truck driver with a purple truck. I am now a teacher. I hope my students don’t see this post.

    posted by haselwoman on 12-4-2009 at 7:48 pm

  129. Jurassic Park? Nothing missed. It blows.

    posted by Jurasick on 12-4-2009 at 9:26 pm

  130. Can’t think of any movies I’ve missed that I feel bad about.

    When I was very young, I wanted to be a boy. I’m still very much a tomboy at 52. But to actually answer the question, my first job ambition was to be a nanny in a foreign country.

    Went to a great office Christmas party years ago. The couple hosting it had decorated trees in every room along with several stained glass windows that added to the “ambience”. There was good food, my co-workers back then were an hysterical group of people, and I was still allowed to drink at that time, plus drinking and driving was not considered a problem. I had a REAL good time. Danged medications that can’t be mixed with alcohol. They spoil all my fun!

    posted by Deb on 12-4-2009 at 10:21 pm

  131. 1. I’m not embarrassed about any of the movies I’ve never seen, but there are a lot of them: ET, Jaws, Godfather 2 and 3, most recent Oscar winners, Lord of the Rings 2 and 3. I was in the room when others were watching Titanic and O Brother Where Art Thou, but I wasn’t interested in them so I didn’t pay attention. I tried to watch Lord of the Rings 1, but everyone else in the room had either already seen it, read the book, or both, and they were all trying to “help” me. I got hopelessly confused. I’d like to sit down by myself and watch all three, without interference, then ask questions later!

    posted by Tammy on 12-4-2009 at 10:22 pm

  132. Casablanca and Gone with the Wind…Yeah I know weird huh? Have had plenty of time I’m 48 freaking years old!

    posted by Donna on 12-4-2009 at 11:49 pm

  133. 1. Titanic. Apparently, I have missed a huge cultural phenomenon.

    2. Catwoman. Actually, I still want to be Catwoman, so I’m not sure this counts.

    posted by nako on 12-4-2009 at 11:52 pm

  134. 1. ET, Star Wars (all), Indiana Jones trilogy, The Godfather trilogy…the first 3 are the ones that I get the most comments on when I say I haven’t seen them.

    2. I wanted to be an American Gladiator. I was very scrawny as a kid, so it was quite a pipe dream!

    posted by Stacey on 12-4-2009 at 11:53 pm

  135. Even though it came out while I was in High School & was basically targeted to High School girls, I’ve never seen Dirty Dancing.
    Never.
    No one ever believes me.
    I’m really not embarrassed by it. But I find it quite humourous that people find the entire concept of a female my age having not seen it so difficult to grasp.

    posted by dawn on 12-5-2009 at 12:03 am

  136. I am very embarrassed to say I haven’t seen Gone with the Wind, The Birds, Psycho, and Casablanca. But I have determined myself to see them. I love classics.

    posted by Jessica on 12-5-2009 at 12:13 am

  137. I am a guy and have never seen the Godfather movies. sorry. Not that I don’t want to, but just haven’t gotten around to it. Hear they’re good though.

    posted by David on 12-5-2009 at 12:20 am

  138. I have not seen any of the Godfather movies, nor do i have the desire to see them.

    When I was a kid I wanted to be a professional wrestler. My name was going to BOOM!! and I was going to have a bomb motif.

    posted by Jeremy on 12-5-2009 at 12:23 am

  139. I’ve never seen many popular comedies, like Napoleon Dynamite, 40 year old Virgin.. I’ve also missed 5 of the 6 star wars movies. I watch clone wars (cartoon) from time to time though.

    posted by Katelyn on 12-5-2009 at 12:31 am

  140. 1. Titanic. But I’m not really sad or anything that I haven’t seen it.
    2. A famous zoologist..working towards it
    3. Kinda cliche, but Santa got drunk at a christmas party for work that included the families..i’m sure there were a traumatized kids.

    posted by Megan on 12-5-2009 at 12:39 am

  141. 1) I’m kind of relieved to see that, like me, a ton of people have never seen the Godfather/s. I’ve always wanted to, honestly, and I’ve seen bits and parts of all of them, but just never had the chance to sit and watch one all the way thru.

    2) I wanted to be a missionary, but that fell thru when I realized I didn’t really believe in God so much. I do non-denominational volunteer work to make up for losing my religion.

    3) I have never been to a bad office party, and have actually been to some really kick-ass ones.

    posted by Kelly on 12-5-2009 at 1:33 am

  142. schindler’s list

    I was 22 and in the mail room of a very large company with a reputation for parties that got out of control. The parties were literally invitation only so I “lifted” an invite from an executive that was out of the office, in Germany for the holidays. It was the best party I had ever been to. I made out with an executive assistant (she thought I was a suit in town for the party) the next week I delivered mail to her… The real funny thing was that there were three of us from the mail room at the party. We all came individually. Yes, we did hang out together.

    posted by Danny on 12-5-2009 at 1:46 am

  143. harry and the hendersons

    posted by brad on 12-5-2009 at 1:57 am

  144. A Beautiful Mind, The Pirates series, The Matrix Series, The Star Wars series.

    (Gosh, did I just say that?)

    posted by Sudeep on 12-5-2009 at 2:25 am

  145. I am a movie nut and I have never seen Citizen Kane…I always want to but I feel like it will be one I have to gear up for.

    posted by Beth on 12-5-2009 at 9:28 am

  146. 1. A friend recently told me to turn in my nerd card because I haven’t seen any of the Matrix movies. They just don’t seem to interest me.

    2. I think I wanted be be a ballerina when I as little, and also a police officer, and quite a few other ambitions that didn’t quite work out.

    3. One year we had some layoffs before x-mas, but after the holiday party invites had gone out. Employees who weren’t laid off started to change their RSVP to No, so soon the party disintegrated. We ended up catering in a lunch during the work week, because no one turns down free food when it appears at work. And, we played ping ping. Ping pong?

    posted by just me on 12-5-2009 at 9:48 am

  147. being a big horror movie fan, i always lied about seeing Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original one.) i’d never seen it and secretly felt stupid for never having seen it but telling people i had.

    so last summer i finally bought a used copy of it.

    i can honestly say that i wished i just would’ve kept lying about seeing it. i found it to be one of the most boring movies i’ve ever watched.

    i traded it back to the store two days later for a credit towards The Big Nothing, which is a fantastic movie.

    posted by Cat MacKinnon on 12-5-2009 at 9:52 am

  148. When i was little I wanted to be an archaeologist, I achieved that dream by getting my BA in arhcagology and now I work with animals, because lets face it when you have a love for mediveal archaeology and no interest what-so-ever in north american archaeology there just aren’t many jobs aviable in the mid-west for you :(. Plus there is no money in archaeogoly, which I dont’ mind except I need to make money to get out of debit.

    posted by Hi-D on 12-5-2009 at 10:41 am

  149. Casablanca and Back To The Future.

    posted by Kelly on 12-5-2009 at 11:49 am

  150. I never watched Titanic….did not see the point I already knew how it was going to end but people still look at me like I have the plague when I say I have not seen it.

    When I was little I wanted to be a dog when I grew up.

    posted by crzybuttrfly1996 on 12-5-2009 at 11:50 am

  151. The first one that comes to mind is Mary Poppins, but I know I could think of a lot more.

    posted by Hannah on 12-5-2009 at 12:26 pm

  152. Titanic and the Matrix – don’t feel guilty about not seeing either of them, it’s just never happened. I’ve actually sworn an oath to myself that I will never see Titanic.

    I wanted to be an archaeologist (this was WAY before Indiana Jones). I became a social worker instead.

    Worst Christmas party? 3rd grade. I had tonsilitis and was sooo sick. I don’t even really remember it.

    posted by Lisa on 12-5-2009 at 1:05 pm

  153. I am embarrased to report that I have purposely missed many good movies involving war. Born on the Fourth of July, Full Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan, Platoon, Flags of Our Fathers, letters from Iwo Jima, the goes on. Somehow watching soldiers get descimated is not ok for me. Other gore I tolerate fine, war is too real. I am a major film fanatic and see most movies, anytime The Godfather 1 or 2 is on, have to stop what I’m doing and watch them, same with Casablanca.

    I wanted to be a ballerina, a forest ranger, a marine biologist, an astromer, and an actress while growing up. I am none of these things, but they are still of interest to me now.

    posted by Karen Sheeler on 12-5-2009 at 1:16 pm

  154. 1. I haven’t seen Slumdog Millionaire and yes, I’m embarassed since my friends keep harassing me and saying ‘WHY haven’t you seen it??’

    2. I wanted to be a comedian. And a doctor. When I got older and realized how amusing those two choices were i used to tell people I wanted to heal people with my laughter. Ha!

    3. No awesome office parties. Everywhere I’ve worked is lame.

    posted by Pamela on 12-5-2009 at 1:40 pm

  155. What did you want to be when you grew up? I’m still growing up (literally)and I want to act.

    What’s your best (or worst) office party story? I’m not even out of grade school yet, so I don’t have one!!!!! But my favorite school party was really fun, and took up the whole day. First, we projected ‘The Christmas Story’ on a wall (It was huge!!!) and watched it. We had all sorts of food, three tables full of baked goods, popcorn, snacks and a ‘make your own hot chocolate station’, with chocolate, whipped cream, sprinkles, marshmallows, etc. Then we had a holiday gift exchange. Everyone brought in one (wrapped) present and we would each pick one out. It was in seventh grade….

    posted by Emma on 12-5-2009 at 2:42 pm

  156. I have never seen Titanic and I hope to never see it. I also don’t plan on seeing Avatar.

    posted by Mike on 12-5-2009 at 2:52 pm

  157. 1- godfather(s), matrix(ces), the shining, scarface, rocky(s), star wars 1,2, &3, basically if people liked it i thought it was rubbish
    2- marine biologist that was wayyy before i tried biology and no sir i don’t like it.

    posted by Teresa is amazing on 12-5-2009 at 2:57 pm

  158. 1) I have never seen the Wizard of Oz.

    posted by Ian on 12-5-2009 at 3:19 pm

  159. 1) shame on everyone who has never seen any of the godfathers (primarily I but also II) or star wars (do yourself a favor and skip episodes I-III) or the princess bride or LOTR’s. although i can understand that they are so ubiquitous and quoted that people feel like they have seen them already. Do yourself the favor and check out imdb.com’s top 100 movies and see them all.

    i think a more interesting post would be movies that many people love but you hate, which for me includes “E.T.” and “It’s a Wonderful Life”. Additionally, my sister always chose to watch the 24 hours of “a christmas story” that comes on every year on tbs, but i’ve never really cared for the majority of it. I’ve lost track of the number of movies I wish i could unsee.

    2) i don’t remember what i wanted to be when i was young but i do remember being young enough to use my backpack and lay on my back on my bed and “strap” myself in after watching “apollo 13″

    3) never had any really good or bad office christmas parties, they’ve mostly been boring affairs, though i admit to only going to 2 after working in some type of office for no more than 5 years total.

    @James regarding the recaptcha: sometimes they are just so odd or coincidentally funny one can’t resist posting them.
    mine for example is inanely Shlimbaum.
    what the hell is that? it sounds like a bad emo band name.

    posted by john m on 12-5-2009 at 3:51 pm

  160. I’ve never seen the movie Fight Club!
    There are always so many pop culture references to this movie but I’ve never bothered to see it.

    I started reading the book by Palahniuk but I got so bored with all the technical information about building bombs at the beginning and I thought the main character was so pathetic anyway I gave up on finishing it.

    My ex boyfriend was a huge fan of this movie and book; he kind of saw it as something with potentially deep philosophical meaning. Whenever I hear about anything by Palahniuk or the movie Fight Club it just puts a bad taste in my mouth I’m afraid.

    posted by Jen Alana Tedmon on 12-5-2009 at 4:35 pm

  161. i had a strong feeling when i saw the link that the one movie that hasn’t been seen would be jurassic park, it was a gut feeling… i just love that movie, after having someone take
    my vhs version i really needed the dvd version and i found it recently in the least likely spot (for me at least), at a dominick’s for $5, i was super excited i come up to register and the lady looks at me like i came from mars,i’m just like look lady it’s a collector’s edition and i just love this movie.
    i also have a ton of movies i have always wanted to see but never have but i am not embarassed by it

    posted by jas on 12-5-2009 at 6:04 pm

  162. I have seen snips of Star Wars and that is more than enough for me. I have not seen Scarface or any of the Rockys. I have not seen the Goonies or that movie where the guy holds the boom box over his head. I have no desire to either.

    When I was seven I wanted to be a pirate and I even wrote an essay about it. My teacher made me rewrite it with an actual job. I believe I choose adventurer.

    I have only been to Camp christmas parties where no booze has been allowed. So I have no fun stories.

    posted by PoGo on 12-5-2009 at 6:22 pm

  163. 1. As a Filipina, I’ve never seen Apocalypse Now filmed in the Philippines, and my dad was a Vietnam Vet – even after Anthony Bourdain whom I like both on TV and as a writer gave another Filipino shmack for it on his Philippines episode. I’ve tried about 6 times.

    2. How many people have a career that stems directly from a decision made at the age of 11 besides maybe something a parent did or a family business or a doctor or teacher? After outdoor science camp, I knew I wanted to be a naturalist. At 34, I have 10 years in the field as an ecologist and a thesis away from an MS in Environmental Management.

    posted by SFMayhemmm on 12-5-2009 at 7:15 pm

  164. The Big Lebowski, Pulp Fiction, The Godfather trilogy, both Matrix movies, The Shining, every James Bond film except for Dr. No, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Goonies, Nightmare Before Christmas, The Crying Game, 2001: Space Odyssey, Casablanca, It’s A Wonderful Life, the Kill Bill films, Boondock Saints, Resevoir Dogs, pretty much anything by Quentin Tarentino, Orsen Wells, or Alfred Hitchcock except The Birds, Fantasia, Cars, Animal House, Sophie’s Choice, Roots, Fight Club, Risky Business, Top Gun, any Austin Powers movies, The Sixth Sense, The Color Purple, and Pretty in Pink.

    posted by Elise Rivera on 12-5-2009 at 8:48 pm

  165. Oh yeah, and St. Elmo’s Fire.

    posted by Elise Rivera on 12-5-2009 at 8:49 pm

  166. Schindler’s List. With a job, two kids and night classes….I don’t know, I just want to be entertained when I watch a movie. Not necessarily mindless entertainment, but nothing too draining, either.

    I hadn’t seen It’s a Wonderful Life for a long time, either, but I kept that to myself. ;)

    For those who haven’t seen Titanic….I envy you! Horrible, horrible movie.

    posted by Kate on 12-5-2009 at 8:51 pm

  167. 1. Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Godfather series’… Top Gun, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Fame, Gone with the Wind, I’m sure there are a lot more. I’m not a big movie person, but every so often it comes up in conversations and people are mortified.

    2. My mom is a baker, so as a kid I wanted to be a baker too- for the sprinkles.

    posted by Kat on 12-5-2009 at 11:09 pm

  168. Never seen any of the Star Wars movies, and I refuse to. When it first came out I wanted to go but we were too poor to go to movies except rarely, and there was no way I was going to get my parents to both spend money we didn’t have AND go stand in a long line to see it. Most of my classmates were a bit more affluent, so they didn’t mind lording it over me not just that they’d seen it, but HOW MANY times they’d seen it. Now it’s a tiny point of pride (stupid and perverse pride, maybe, but pride nonetheless) that I never have seen them and never will.

    Never seen any Godfather films, but no one gives me grief over that.

    Titanic I managed to avoid when it came out in theaters, as I was completely put off by the Celine Dion song which got played every twenty minutes on the radio. However, I was laid up in bed waiting for a kidney stone to pass and my wife found it on cable, turned it on and took the remote. She had wanted to see it in the theaters and didn’t get to, so she wasn’t about to pass it up. Trust me when I say, it was okay but nothing to put on your must-see list.

    posted by Timmy on 12-6-2009 at 12:47 am

  169. I worked for a car dealership. One year, the Used Car Manager \Dick\ got really drunk and proceeded to drink champaigne from the shoe of the Service Manager’s girlfriend. She was a lovely woman, but none of us ever saw her again, including the Service Manager.

    posted by Kathy on 12-6-2009 at 2:05 am

  170. I’m married to a major geek who is horrified I have never managed to watch more than 10 minutes of 2001 and Tron without falling asleep. It’s a gift! :)

    Recaptcha: 300 cussing…only 300? Whiskey Tango Frosted Poptarts

    posted by Gwendy on 12-6-2009 at 9:39 am

  171. 1)When I was in middle school everyone saw Congo and teased me with the Amy Good Mother line when I said I hadn’t seen it. Still do.

    To those who haven’t seen Titanic: Don’t worry. The best part was when the boat sank.

    2)When we were asked this question in the second grade I proudly said housewife. I have the wife part down but we’ve got bills to pay so off to work I go.

    3)I used to work for this insurance agency and we went to the boss’s house for a gift exchange. I got so drunk I pissed myself and threw up in his sink but no one noticed because they were all so high.

    posted by A. on 12-6-2009 at 4:18 pm

  172. 1. Apocalypse Now … I know the quotes, just never got around to seeing the movie.
    2. All the Rambo movies, although I consider that a character reference
    3. Gone with the Wind … once again, I know the quotes

    posted by Bear on 12-6-2009 at 5:43 pm

  173. I have never seen Saving Private Ryan.

    I wanted to be an archeologist from the time I was 6 until I was 13 and I realized archeology was not like Indiana Jones…so I got a masters in museums instead…

    posted by Elizabeth on 12-6-2009 at 9:18 pm

  174. My favorite thing about reading these comments was the descriptions of people’s reactions to others not having seen a movie.
    . . .look of shock and disgust
    . . .look at me like I’ve got 3 heads
    . . .look at me like I said I’m moving to mars
    . . .look at me like I have the plague
    Such strong reactions to such a trivial thing. . .

    posted by soandso on 12-6-2009 at 10:15 pm

  175. “Citizen Kane” but I’m not really that embarrassed about not having seen it. I’ve tried again and again, but it’s SOOOO boring I fall asleep after a few minutes. I’m sorry but if this is the work of a “genius”, give me “Wayne’s World”.

    posted by joyce on 12-6-2009 at 10:23 pm

  176. I have never seen Fight Club or The Color Purple. Not that I don’t want to but…I just can’t find the time.

    I wanted to work in a candy factory after seeing Willy Wonka.

    posted by John on 12-6-2009 at 10:49 pm

  177. Citizen Kane, Its a wonderful life, sound of music, clock work orange. It just hasn’t happened it.

    I recall a boy answering the “what do you want to be” with “a kept woman”. I got to thinking he was on to something and said “yeah me too”. Alas it turn out that way.

    No bad Chistmas stories but a terrible going away party thrown in my honor. I got “naughty” gag gifts for a present! I don’t know what message they were trying to send.

    posted by Heather on 12-6-2009 at 11:56 pm

  178. @Shash A Night at the Roxbury came out when I was a senior in college. I assure you it was NOT huge, didn’t make a ton of money, and critics hated it. I don’t think it even qualifies as an ironic cult movie.

    3. Also, I thought of something for question 3. Our office White Elephant party was always really fun with the rules that what you brought was something you had to make or find, but one year I opened my randomly chosen gift, and it was 2 pairs of men’s bathing suit – the kind that are worn in competition or on Euro beaches and start with the letter ‘s.’ Nobody fessed up, and we never found out if they were used or new! Everyone let me pick a consolation prize, but I don’t remember what I got.

    posted by SFMayhemmm on 12-7-2009 at 2:19 am

  179. everybody who calls you a youngin’ is hilarious. In ’93 I was three years old. HAHAHA!
    1. Anchorman
    2. A palentologist because it was the longest word I knew the meaning of. I still think it would be really cool though.
    3. Best holiday party ever was last year when my English teacher surprised us with a DVD of The Simpsons. We watched tree house of horrors for an hour.

    posted by Anna on 12-7-2009 at 2:50 am

  180. I am embarrassed to say i have not seen any of the new star wars movies (episodes I, II, and III) and i saw the original ones but when i was kid so i dont really remember them too much. I feel because they are so popular i should have seen at least one??

    posted by Heather on 12-7-2009 at 7:14 am

  181. 1) I’ve never seen The Godfather movies or Snow White. Snow White I tend to get more grief over.

    2) When I was a kid I wanted to either be president, do stage combat or Warzone correspondant.

    3) This wasn’t quite an office party, but it was on holidays. I was working at Dairy Queen during the winter and my boss sent me home early on Christmas Eve. I drove all the way home to realize I had left my notebook there, which had my homework I needed to work on in. So I drove back to DQ and walked in the back way since it was the only door unlocked. I end up coming across my boss and his girlfriend in flagrante delicto on the floor, using the cone digging sauces in a way they should not be used.

    I got an extra little bonus that Christmas from him, and then was fired two weeks later. I still can’t eat the dipped cones or dilly bars from DQ.

    posted by Stone on 12-11-2009 at 3:08 pm

  182. As of today… Apocolypse Now.

    posted by Chris C on 10-21-2010 at 3:57 pm

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