# Inconceivable! (Or, I finally watched the Princess Bride) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2004, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334 "2004-12-23T15:47:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Hentzau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Hentzau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentzau)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/81 "2004-12-24T15:48:16Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > And the end of the fight scene, when Count Ruger promises him anything he wants… > > “I want my father back, you son of a bitch.” > > Chilling. Ho ho! You think THAT was chilling? Get the book and read that scene. They unchilled it quite a bit for movie audiences. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/82 "2004-12-24T16:15:27Z")
In one of the DVD segments, Mandy Patinkin talks about the “I want my father back . . .” line. He said that he directed it not at Count Rugen, but at the cancer that killed _his_ father. Apparently it gave him considerable satisfaction. And I’ve told both my daughters that I will “give them away” (which I consider a semi-barbaric and dehumanizing ritual) only on the condition that the priest/minister/judge/druid/whatever begins the ceremony with "Mawaige . . . " ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/83 "2004-12-24T16:34:14Z")
As per **Superdude’s** excellent suggestion, the lines no one likes from **The Princess Bride** : Right. Thought so. 😃 Indeed, twue wuv does pwevail. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/84 "2004-12-25T00:05:07Z")
While watching _Shrek 2_, on seeing Puss-n-Boots, I immediately thought: “Hello. My name is Calico Montoya. You are an ogre. Prepare to die.” Yeah, he’s not a calico (ginger tabby?), but the joke wouldn’t work as well. ---
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/85 "2004-12-25T00:06:18Z")
A favorite - ‘As you wish.’ Saw the movie aeons ago. Came out of the theater stunned with a smile on my face and a sense of utter peace. Could not remember anything that I had just seen. Suddenly it all flooded back at once. One of only a very few movies I would buy. I can watch it over and over and over… ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/86 "2004-12-25T00:59:12Z")
As stated by others, now go out and get the book :D. It is one of my favorite books of all time. Wonderfully written and includes all the jokes of the movie (very faithful the movie is to the book) and includes many more (like all the jokes about ages of things). Glad to have you on board ;). ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/87 "2004-12-25T03:01:47Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > As per **Superdude’s** excellent suggestion, the lines no one likes from **The Princess Bride** : Wow. I’ve never heard one of my suggestions being called _excellent_. Can I steal that for my sig? I’m such a flattery whore. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/88 "2004-12-25T15:42:09Z")
Sure you can !! After all, one man’s whore is another man’s… um… –walks away whistling softly– ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/89 "2004-12-26T19:43:02Z")
OK, I’m watching this for the first time on A&E and have a question. (My wife picks the best times to talk to me :rolleyes: ) The scene that just ended was where Elwes poisoned the wine and the smart guy died. I heard him say he poisoned both goblets, but missed what he said after that. So what did he say? ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/90 "2004-12-26T20:04:56Z")
He said he had developed an immunity to iocaine. Or did you mean the exact line? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/91 "2004-12-26T20:06:17Z")
“They were both poisoned. I’ve spent the last five years building up an immunity to iocaine powder.” ---
**Author:** ![teemingONE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b4bc9f/32.png) [@teemingONE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teemingONE)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/92 "2004-12-26T20:26:14Z")
I could have this a little wrong: You know how much I love to see you work. But I have a country to run, a wedding to plan, a wife to murder. I’m swamped. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/93 "2004-12-26T20:29:40Z")
I’m also watching it on A&E right now. Robin Wright (Penn) was stunningly beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/94 "2004-12-27T01:05:27Z")
> [@teemingONE](#): > > I could have this a little wrong: > > You know how much I love to see you work. But I have a country to run, a wedding to plan, a wife to murder. I’m swamped. A wife to murder, and Guilder to blame for it. I’m swamped. Get some rest. If you don’t have your health, you don’t have anything. And thanks **Inigo** , for the full quote. _ivylass lays the back of her hand to her forehead and swoons_. But are Robin Wright’s breasts really that perfect? Ivylad considers them a bit on the smallish size, but then he likes them big. (No idea how he hooked up with me ;)) I have a question about the timeline. On the day of the wedding, the Brute Squad cleans out Thieves’ Forest, and Fezzik finds Inigo. Fezzik “nurses his friend back to health,” a process that implies days, yet at sundown they’ve revived Westley and are storming the castle gate. That’s a lot to do in an afternoon. Ivylad asked if it were true that you’re not supposed to go swimming after eating. (15 minutes for full potency, don’t go swimming for an hour) Ivylad says it’s an old wives’ tale, but I explained, if you are being revived after being Mostly Dead All Day, that the one hour rule probably applies. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/95 "2004-12-27T03:03:41Z")
> [@Ivylass](#): > > Ivylad says it’s an old wives’ tale, No, it’s an old wives’ _rule_. Namely, Miracle Max’s old wife; and who’s going to argue with _her_? You? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/96 "2004-12-27T04:29:38Z")
When I was choosing my username I couldn’t think of anything especially cute or clever or amusing. So I fell back on my profession, and it made me think of a line from the book. Buttercup, it was said, named her horse “Horse” because she was short on imagination. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/97 "2004-12-27T04:37:07Z")
> [@archmichael](#): > > Also, I love the fact that on Amazon, there are constantly comments about where they can find Morganstern’s “unabridged” version. LOL :: snorfle :: Like from [here](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/034543014X/ref=cm_rev_next/002-1926104-7752054?%5Fencoding=UTF8&customer-reviews.sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDate&n=283155&customer-reviews.start=431&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER) : > [@](#): > > **I liked the real book, but the abridgement leaves stuff out.** , November 30, 1998 > > Reviewer:\*\* A reader\*\* > > The actual book is good, but I think the abridgement leaves out too much. I understood what was going on, but the book could have been much more interesting if few or no passages were removed. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/98 "2004-12-27T04:41:02Z")
Oooh, oooh, or this (from a few pages further back in the reviews): > [@](#): > > **William Goldman’s destruction of “The Princess Bride”** , July 15, 1998 > > Reviewer: **A reader** > > This version of The Princess Bride annoyed me in many ways. For instance, William Goldman deleted whole sections of the original story. As if he knew exactly what the reading public wanted to read. I for one, would much rather read an original classic than to read a butched story and spoon fed only selected portions. The title of this book should read "The Princess Bride as written by S. Morgenstern as destroyed by William Goldman. Shame on you Mr. Goldman for destroying what could have been an enjoyable reading experience with your pointless cuts and intrusive ramblings. Man, these are great! Here’s my Princess Bride story. I wrote on the chalkboard of my high school French class (it was a rather casual class with a really young teacher): “Life is pain; anyone who says differently is selling something.” The teacher then talked to my friends, convinced that I was suicidally depressed to write something like that. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/99 "2004-12-27T05:09:29Z")
[QUOTE=zweisamkeit] Oooh, oooh, or this (from a few pages further back in the reviews): They have to be a joke? Nobody who can figure out how to use Amazon (i.e. they can use a computer) is so stupid as not to pick up on the running joke…right? ---
**Author:** ![Daylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@Daylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylon)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-or-i-finally-watched-the-princess-bride/281334/100 "2004-12-27T06:15:31Z")
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