True stories of a video store clerk
Aug. 23rd, 2008 11:56 amYesterday morning this guy called my job and said he had a stupid question.
Said stupid question turned out to be this: could I name for him 7 movies where a guy gets kicked in the crotch. Specifically kicked. Not just "getting hit in the crotch" or "football to the groin!!" but kicked. Foot to genitals.
The reason was this: for some reason he'd made a bet with a friend that he could find 10 movies that featured this act, or she would get to kick him in the balls. Brilliant idea, no?
So anyway, apparently the deadline was bearing down on him and the guy didn't have 10 movies - he only had 3, and he kept saying "she is not gonna let me out of this." He asked me if I would, and I said my thing was punching people in the face, so I didn't really know, but probably, if I had the chance.
Anyway, cue about ten minutes of me staring down at the comedy section and wracking my brain, and utterly failing to come up with anything where I was sure the someone got kicked. It's actually a lot harder than you'd think. And although I gave him some ideas, and eventually said "look, I really have no idea," he would not get off the phone. Eventually Shawn came in to bring me donuts and I lied and said I had a customer because...I dunno, I guess he expected me to somehow save his ass (read: groin) at the last minute by coming up with something.
I wished him luck.
I kinda hope he got kicked. But I'm also evil.
Perhaps one of you could have saved him. Anyone know any movies like that so I can keep a list for the future? It will go in our mass of lists like "Nunsploitation films" and "Movies that for some reason enrage you."
Said stupid question turned out to be this: could I name for him 7 movies where a guy gets kicked in the crotch. Specifically kicked. Not just "getting hit in the crotch" or "football to the groin!!" but kicked. Foot to genitals.
The reason was this: for some reason he'd made a bet with a friend that he could find 10 movies that featured this act, or she would get to kick him in the balls. Brilliant idea, no?
So anyway, apparently the deadline was bearing down on him and the guy didn't have 10 movies - he only had 3, and he kept saying "she is not gonna let me out of this." He asked me if I would, and I said my thing was punching people in the face, so I didn't really know, but probably, if I had the chance.
Anyway, cue about ten minutes of me staring down at the comedy section and wracking my brain, and utterly failing to come up with anything where I was sure the someone got kicked. It's actually a lot harder than you'd think. And although I gave him some ideas, and eventually said "look, I really have no idea," he would not get off the phone. Eventually Shawn came in to bring me donuts and I lied and said I had a customer because...I dunno, I guess he expected me to somehow save his ass (read: groin) at the last minute by coming up with something.
I wished him luck.
I kinda hope he got kicked. But I'm also evil.
Perhaps one of you could have saved him. Anyone know any movies like that so I can keep a list for the future? It will go in our mass of lists like "Nunsploitation films" and "Movies that for some reason enrage you."
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Date: 2008-08-25 01:21 pm (UTC)