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- From: rbrbrn@picard.cs.wisc.edu (Robert Holmes)
- Subject: Re: Reference to _Taxi_ in "Plow"?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.210724.14478@cs.wisc.edu>
- Sender: news@cs.wisc.edu (The News)
- Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept.
- References: <ELM.92Nov20030702@terrorism.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:07:24 GMT
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- In article <ELM.92Nov20030702@terrorism.berkeley.edu> elm@cs.berkeley.edu writes:
- >Did anyone else find a striking similarity between what happened to
- >Barney and the episode of Taxi when we find out how Jim (Christopher
- >Lloyd's character) ended up the way he did? Both were at (or going to
- >be at) Harvard, and both seemed to be reluctantly dragged onto the
- >road to ruin. In fact, I think the rationale for drinking (pot use in
- >_Taxi_) was the same -- if I do it, maybe you'll go away. And both
- >ended up driving a vehicle for a living :-).
- >
- >OK, so maybe it's a weak reference.
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- Sounds more like a coincidence to me. But then again, I'm not that grandious.
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