If you don’t know by now, here’s how it works. I’ve take a short film synopsis from the listings page of a TV guide and fed it into Bable Fish, an online translating service. I then translated the synopsis from English into Greek, and then from Greek back into English. The resulting gobbledygook is posted below and your task is to try and identify what movie the passage refers to.
Yet again I’ve failed to buy a TV guide this week so the review is taken from the Guardian website.
Celebrated cinema TV that announced the arrival of exceptional talent. Threatening road 23-years [director] cinema it terrorises the businessman of [actor] with a strike-above old oil-tanker in a distant American national road. Don’t we see the driver of lorry: it’s simply intolerant ( jaws in order that) force fixed in running [actor] from the street.
Last week the mighty Whit was first across the line with the correct answer. It’s a shame he wasn’t the winner the week before as he mentioned me or my blog on three separate occasions that week. I think many of you could learn a valuable lesson in dynamic blog content from Mr Honea.
This week was his son Zane’s birthday and he marked it with a beautifully written post, which is nothing less than we have come to expect from him. That’s the problem with having such a high bar, no one is surprised when you jump over it again.
on Feb 17th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Congrats to Whit for correctly guessing last week. As for this week, I haven’t a clue.
on Feb 17th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
That would be Spielberg’s “Duel”.
PandoraCaitiff’s last blog post..Poisoned!
on Feb 17th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Thanks for the kudos, Dan. I always thought the problem with a high bar was falling off the stool.
Wbit’s last blog post..We Prefer the Mornings After
on Feb 17th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Shoot! Pandora got it.
on Feb 17th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Rats! I could have actually got that one!
(un)relaxeddad’s last blog post..Chocolate (possibly a recipe)
on Feb 17th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Yeah, I’m guessing Duel, too. Although that is a tough one.
Avitable’s last blog post..Lazy Sunday XXVII
on Feb 17th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Jason – I made it a little harder this week.
Pandora – Although obviously not hard enough
Wbit – You need to change your name on the comments form as you’ve been Wbit for a few posts now. It keeps putting me in mind of classic British kids TV show from the 80’s Wizbit.
Momo Fali – She did indeed.
(un)relaxeddad – You snooze you loose.
Avitable – It’s a fine balance between too hard and too easy. I think this one just about hits it though.
Dan’s last blog post..“It’s all Greek to Me†Sunday
on Feb 17th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Next week I’m just going to stare at Bloglines waiting for your feed to come through and then come over and guess first making an idiot of myself. Ho! It’ll be funny!
Bec’s last blog post..Cat’s can blog too
on Feb 18th, 2008 at 9:29 am
Morning Dan,
I’m going to hazard a guess at Spielberg’s “Duel”.
Was I close?