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The Upstate Life

Thursday, January 26, 2006
Snakes on a Plane, the New C'est la Vie

While The DCeiver is highly anticipating the liveblog of opening night, Snakes on a Plane has already taken a life of its own as an entry in the Urban Dictionary. In fact, there are several definitions for the title of the film that, if you didn't know by now, is already poised to blow away that shit movie Titantic's gross profit record. As you can tell, Snakes on a Plane can define much more than, well, snakes on a plane:

- A simple existential observation that has the same meaning as "Whaddya gonna do?" or "Shit Happens". Taken from the upcoming Samuel L. Jackson movie of the same name, and immortalized by screenwriter Josh Friedman on his blog post of Wednesday, August 17, 2005.

Guy 1: (irate) Dude, you just ran into the back of my SUV!

Guy 2: (calm) Snakes on a plane man. Snakes on a plane.


- An idiom which states an increasing amount of danger or tension, similar to "the shit's hitting the fan" only much more terrible and apocalyptic. The phrase is partly ironic, as if to exaggerate the rather mild (though hilarious) premise of the "Snakes on a Plane" movie starring Samuel L Jackson, which has snakes on a plane.

"How bad was the motorway pile-up?" "Let me tell you, it was like snakes on a plane down there."

"How's your relationship with Chloe going?" "It's getting close to being like snakes on a plane man, seriously." "Damn, dude."


And my personal favorite:

- In a heated argument, if one cannot sufficiently defend themselves, stating "snakes on a plane" automatically wins the argument no matter what the circumstances.

Dude 1: "Robocop 2 is way better than Robocop 3"
Dude 2: "But Robocop 3 had robot ninjas and jetpacks"
Dude 1: "You know what, snakes on a plane.....snakes on a mutha fuckin plane"


Now, let's take this meaning and apply it into the daily context of TUL's life...

Dental Office: "That'll be $179"
TUL: "What? But I only came in for a checkup!"
Dental Office: "Yes, but we had to perform a debridement."
TUL: "Debridement? What the fuck is that?"
Dental Office: "We did not do a routine examination. Unfortunately, your insurance does not cover this procedure. I'm afraid you'll have to pay out of pocket for this"
TUL: "Snakes on a plane, lady. Snakes on a plane."
Dental Office: "What?"
TUL: "Nevermind"

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