# JLo dumps Ben... gobble gobble indeed
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 6, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345 "2003-08-06T15:41:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/21 "2003-08-06T19:25:26Z")
“_Gigli_– It’s the new _Ishtar!_”
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### Author:  [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/22 "2003-08-06T20:24:23Z")
What’s up with that article having tomorrow’s date? Is it already Thursday there?
Man, TimeZones suck.
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/23 "2003-08-06T20:54:32Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Neurotik \*
> \*\*I hope I’m next. That would be cool. \*\*
Did you take a number at the counter?
I’ve got 007264, and they tell me it’ll be at least nine years. You might want to get your number now.
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### Author:  [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/24 "2003-08-06T22:46:22Z")
J-Lo decided not to break it up until after the wedding. She figured that if she broke it off now, she would fall behind in the race to have the most divorces.
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### Author:  [@herownself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herownself)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2003, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/25 "2003-08-06T23:56:05Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Cervaise \*
> **I’ve got 007264 …**
Is that so!
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/26 "2003-08-07T00:02:41Z")
Uh, yeah, sweetie. It was from before I knew you. It’s, uh, it’s an _investment._ Yeah, that’s it. Should be worth a few bucks on eBay.
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### Author:  [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2003, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/27 "2003-08-07T00:29:29Z")
I wouldn’t sweat it **herownself**. By the time his number is up is number will be up.
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### Author:  [@schplebordnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schplebordnik)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/28 "2003-08-07T01:14:29Z")
In a corollary to the famous Warhol axiom, in the future, everyone will be “engaged” to J. Lo for 15 minutes…
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2003, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/29 "2003-08-07T01:23:45Z")
Why such criticism of _Gigli_? On IMDB it’s #1.
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> User Rating: 1.4/10 (1,755 votes) bottom 100: #1
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### Author:  [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/30 "2003-08-07T02:11:14Z")
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> _Originally posted by Cervaise \*
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> I’ve got 007264_\*
000985, myself. Inherited it from an in-law. At the current rate, I should marry her in about 8 to 10 years, tops.
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### Author:  [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/31 "2003-08-07T04:30:38Z")
Damn - I was looking forwards to her break up ballad “Taco Kisses For My Ben.”
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### Author:  [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/32 "2003-08-07T13:12:43Z")
Man! I have 8675309! It’ll be a while, but Jenny, I got your number!
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### Author:  [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/33 "2003-08-08T00:38:52Z")
I get the impression this may her (or both of their) publicists attempt to change the subject, perform damage control, and distance themselves from the film’s failure.
If they can get people to focus on a whole “did they break up or not” question rather than “top this” slams on the movie, then they can start gearing up for the next round of overhype for his next dumb flick, her next bland album, _Jersey Girl_, or whatever their next assault on our collective attention will be.
But I say fight it brothers and sisters! Dwell on the contempt you feel for these two human test patterns! Savour the bile you taste when you hear a Jennifer Lopez song! Keep alive the memory of the unfortunate fallen who paid money to see that awful film out of ignorance, curiosity, or self-loathing. Pity the poor film critics who drown in the torrents of venom they unleashed in the wake of this film.
_Remember the Gigli!_
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### Author:  [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/34 "2003-08-08T02:56:50Z")
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> \*Originally posted by widdershins \*
> **If they can get people to focus on a whole “did they break up or not” question rather than “top this” slams on the movie,**
So, **did** they break up? C’mon, I’m dyin’ here!
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/35 "2003-08-08T03:41:46Z")
Naw, I think their relationship is most likely genuinely reeling from the failure (to put it lightly) of Gigli, amovie that was supposed to show America, and remind each other, how cute and funny and sexy they are together. Plus Ben is a complete and utter whore (and I have more than two eyewitnesses that’ll testify to that).
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### Author:  [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/36 "2003-08-08T09:50:59Z")
I really don’t understand all this vitriol.
Am I the only one that thinks it would be cool if their marriage is a success?
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### Author:  [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/37 "2003-08-08T10:21:48Z")
Whatever else might be true of _Gigli_, it is certainly not “a movie that was supposed to show America, and remind each other, how cute and funny and sexy they are together.” They hadn’t even met when they each agreed to do the movie. They met on the set of _Gigli_. It certainly was not created as a vehicle for a star couple. It may or may not be any good, and they may or may not be nice people, but the people who cast them in the film had no idea that they would fall in love and get engaged.
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### Author:  [@Alcibiades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alcibiades)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/38 "2003-08-08T12:24:21Z")
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> \*Originally posted by watsonwil \*
> \*\*Man! I have 8675309! It’ll be a while, but Jenny, I got your number! \*\*
Wil, I have 8675308. You do know this means you get my slops…
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### Author:  [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/39 "2003-08-08T17:59:14Z")
How does one even pronounce _Gigli_, anyways? Is it like giggly? Or jiggly? Jijly? Gijly?
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### Author:  [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jlo-dumps-ben-gobble-gobble-indeed/193345/40 "2003-08-08T18:48:27Z")
In Italian, **g** before **i** is soft. And in Italian, when there is a **gl** combination, the **g** is silent. So _Gigli_ is pronounced JEE-lee.
Like _I Pagliacci_: ee pah-lee-AH-chee
Or Camille Paglia: PAH-lee-uh
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