Been There, Done That

Been there, done that, filled in the blank.

The filled-in blanks below are sorted roughly by category.

Some are very much "in" jokes to a given category, so don't be offended if you don't "get" them.

Current categories include:

• Tourism
• Literary
• Cinema and Theatre
• Musical
• Current Events
• Historical
• Religious
• Science Fiction and Fantasy
• Internet- and Web-Related
• Computer Related

Please feel free to use the comment link at the bottom of the page to submit your own "Been there, done thats".

TOURISM:

• --bought the T-shirt.
• --outgrew the T-shirt.
• --wore out the T-shirt.
• --the building's been replaced -- twice.
• --won't do it again!

LITERARY:

• --filled in the blank.
• --created the form.
• --wrote the book.
• --the paperback sold out its 15th printing.
• --sold the screenplay.
• --sold the CD-ROM rights.
• --ran out the copyright renewal.
• --got the answer already.

CINEMATIC/THEATRICAL:

• --directed the film
• --the film showed on AMC last year.
• --the remake showed on AMC last year.
• --Ted Turner colorized it.
• --Ted Turner colorized the remake.
• --Buster Keaton starred in it.
• --Charlie Chaplin starred in the remake.
• --Disney negotiated with the Capra estate for the rights.
• --made a "talkie" of it.
• --sold it in syndication.
• --sued "A Current Affair".

MUSICAL:

• --the wax cylinder melted.
• --the clay broke.
• --Schubert composed an ode to it.
• --Palestrina wrote the mass.
• --Bach wrote the Cantata.
• --Morley wrote the madrigal.
• --why do you think Beethoven wrote his Fifth?
• --why do you think Beethoven _took_ "the Fifth"?
• --why do you think Beethoven couldn't hear the Fifth?

CURRENT EVENTS:

• --why do you think Mark Fuhrman took the Fifth?

HISTORICAL:

• --_then_ the Pilgrims decided to come to America.
• --built the Pyramid.
• --built Stonehenge.
• --lit the match for the Big Bang.

RELIGIOUS:

• --gave Eve the Apple.
• --helped Noah launch the Ark.
• --inscribed the Tablets.
• --heard Confucius say...
• --reincarnated... twice.

SCIENCE-FICTION and FANTASY:

• --saw the Monolith arrive.
• --and renewed my acquaintence with the first Doctor.
• --and was the original Time Lord.
• --and yes, I was on Zeist.
• --designed the universe.
• --designed the collectible card game.
• --designed the action figures.
• --sired Merlin.

INTERNET- and WEB-RELATED:

• --built the site.
• --registered the domain name.
• --the software's on Stroud's.
• --the software was on Stroud's six months ago.
• --the site's on Yahoo.
• --the site was on Yahoo before it went commercial.
• --brought the site down.
• --the site went down last year.

COMPUTER-RELATED:

• --had to toggle the information into the computer.
• --watched the paper tape read in.
• --lost the punchcards.
• --upgraded the software -- five times.
• --migrated to Client/Server.
• --it's on my Sinclair.
• --it's on an IBM 360/65.

Been There, Done That Page. Sunday January 04 2004.
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