6/9/2006: Mahout drive-in movie

Undertoad · 06-09-2006, 12:26 PM

Thanks xoB, via WaPo. This is Thailand, where a Thai animated movie called "Kan Kluay" has been released, and these Mahouts - elephant drivers - have gathered to watch it. It's a scene remincent of the old drive-in movies we used to have (where the audience sat in their cars).

Ibby · 06-09-2006, 12:28 PM

Elephants scare me.

Well, only when they're on trucks going like, 50 miles an hour.

Otherwise, they're cute.

barefoot serpent · 06-09-2006, 12:31 PM

just try sneaking in by hiding in the trunk.

glatt · 06-09-2006, 12:33 PM

Shawnee123 · 06-09-2006, 12:36 PM

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It's a scene remincent of the old drive-in movies we used to have (where the audience sat in their cars).

Except I never had to worry about the car in front of me taking a dump!

Pancake Man · 06-09-2006, 12:47 PM

If you have ever observed first-graders watching a movie, lying down is the prefered viewing method. Elephants are no different, I guess.

Ibby · 06-09-2006, 12:51 PM

First-graders? It goes up to eleven, buddy.

Well, twelve. But it's not a Spinal Tap reference to say that.

Pancake Man · 06-09-2006, 03:00 PM

It is hard to lay down and maintain a state of apathy, so high-schoolers tend to avoid the whole situation.

I should've known! All Cellarites are walking quote generators! (Nice reference)

milkfish · 06-09-2006, 03:59 PM

None of the drivers seem to have brought a date to the drive-in. What fun is that?

(Though I suppose that some of their rides might be feeling frisky with one another.)

wolf · 06-09-2006, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Except I never had to worry about the car in front of me taking a dump!

You mean you never parked behind one of the rolling oil spills? The EPA kept trying to set up oil booms around my friend's 68 LeBaron. Talk about trunk space, by the way ...

As far as the elephants go: Where do you hang the speaker? They don't have windows.

BigV · 06-09-2006, 07:15 PM

UT, just curious, why did you think it was necessary to further explain drive in movies by saying how (in cars)? I **know** I have some company that can personally recall going to the drive in movies. Yes, in a car.

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Originally Posted by UT

old drive-in movies we used to have (where the audience sat in their cars).

wolf · 06-09-2006, 07:19 PM

Kids today have no idea what they are.

The concept of a rotary phone is totally beyond them as well.

And car windows that you have to crank up and down.

Washing dishes without a machine.

It's all a mystery.

BigV · 06-09-2006, 07:31 PM

Great.

Now I feel old AND sad.

Pancake Man · 06-09-2006, 07:35 PM

Quote:

It's a scene remincent of the old drive-in movies we used to have (where the audience sat in their cars).

Is this about the time of those big, round black things?

BigV · 06-09-2006, 07:43 PM

Shaddup or I'll beat you with my cane.

06-09-2006, 12:26 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	6/9/2006: Mahout drive-in movie Thanks xoB, via WaPo. This is Thailand, where a Thai animated movie called "Kan Kluay" has been released, and these Mahouts - elephant drivers - have gathered to watch it. It's a scene remincent of the old drive-in movies we used to have (where the audience sat in their cars).

06-09-2006, 12:28 PM	#2
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Elephants scare me. Well, only when they're on trucks going like, 50 miles an hour. Otherwise, they're cute. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

06-09-2006, 12:31 PM	#3
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	just try sneaking in by hiding in the trunk. __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

06-09-2006, 12:47 PM	#6
Pancake Man Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 131	If you have ever observed first-graders watching a movie, lying down is the prefered viewing method. Elephants are no different, I guess. __________________ Abandon all hope, o ye who read my posts

06-09-2006, 12:51 PM	#7
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	First-graders? It goes up to eleven, buddy. Well, twelve. But it's not a Spinal Tap reference to say that. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

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06-09-2006, 03:00 PM	#8
Pancake Man Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 131	It is hard to lay down and maintain a state of apathy, so high-schoolers tend to avoid the whole situation. I should've known! All Cellarites are walking quote generators! (Nice reference) __________________ Abandon all hope, o ye who read my posts

06-09-2006, 03:59 PM	#9
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	None of the drivers seem to have brought a date to the drive-in. What fun is that? (Though I suppose that some of their rides might be feeling frisky with one another.)

06-09-2006, 07:19 PM	#12
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Kids today have no idea what they are. The concept of a rotary phone is totally beyond them as well. And car windows that you have to crank up and down. Washing dishes without a machine. It's all a mystery. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-09-2006, 07:31 PM	#13
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Great. Now I feel old AND sad. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

06-09-2006, 07:43 PM	#15
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Shaddup or I'll beat you with my cane. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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