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**** Also fribble is an actual word along with piddle, twiddle, pish posh, [[Have a Gay Old Time|gay, and queer]]. |
**** Also fribble is an actual word along with piddle, twiddle, pish posh, [[Have a Gay Old Time|gay, and queer]]. |
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* Adams' morose worry that for all his effort to make America free, his contributions would never be known: |
* Adams' morose worry that for all his effort to make America free, his contributions would never be known: |
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{{quote|'''Franklin''': Don't worry, John. The history books will clean it up. |
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'''Adams''': It doesn't matter. I won't be in the history books anyway, only you. Franklin did this and Franklin did that and Franklin did some other damn thing. Franklin smote the ground and out sprang... [[George Washington]], fully grown and on his horse. Franklin then electrified him with his miraculous lightning rod and the three of them - Franklin, Washington, ''and'' the horse - conducted the entire revolution by themselves. |
'''Adams''': It doesn't matter. I won't be in the history books anyway, only you. Franklin did this and Franklin did that and Franklin did some other damn thing. Franklin smote the ground and out sprang... [[George Washington]], fully grown and on his horse. Franklin then electrified him with his miraculous lightning rod and the three of them - Franklin, Washington, ''and'' the horse - conducted the entire revolution by themselves. |
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'''Franklin''': I like it. }} |
'''Franklin''': I like it. }} |
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* Pretty much everything Ben Franklin says. He was pretty much our nation's first [[Deadpan Snarker]]. |
* Pretty much everything Ben Franklin says. He was pretty much our nation's first [[Deadpan Snarker]]. |
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{{quote|'''Franklin''': (to arriving delegate Dr. Lyman Hall) "What's the matter? Haven't you ever seen a Great Man before?" |
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'''Adams''': Wake up, Franklin, you're going to New Brunswick! |
'''Adams''': Wake up, Franklin, you're going to New Brunswick! |
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'''Franklin''': (Half asleep) Like Hell I am. What for? |
'''Franklin''': (Half asleep) Like Hell I am. What for? |
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'''Hopkins''': The whoring and the drinking! |
'''Hopkins''': The whoring and the drinking! |
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([[Kavorka Man|Franklin gets up and marches off right behind Adams]]) }} |
([[Kavorka Man|Franklin gets up and marches off right behind Adams]]) }} |
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** For that matter, the [[Screw the War, We're Partying|New Brunswick dispatch]] itself. |
** For that matter, the [[Screw the War, We're Partying|New Brunswick dispatch]] itself. |
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* Lee's [[Large Ham|overly-enthusiastic attitude.]] |
* Lee's [[Large Ham|overly-enthusiastic attitude.]] |
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* Jefferson's initial failure to write the Declaration. |
* Jefferson's initial failure to write the Declaration. |
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{{quote|'''Adams''': Do you mean to tell me that it is not yet finished? |
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'''Jefferson''': No, sir. I mean to say that it is not yet begun. |
'''Jefferson''': No, sir. I mean to say that it is not yet begun. |
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'''Adams''': Good God! A whole week! The entire earth was created in a week! |
'''Adams''': Good God! A whole week! The entire earth was created in a week! |
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'''Jefferson''': Someday, you must tell me how you did it. |
'''Jefferson''': Someday, you must tell me how you did it. |
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'''Adams''': ''Disgusting.'' Look at him, Franklin! Virginia's most famous lover! |
'''Adams''': ''Disgusting.'' Look at him, Franklin! Virginia's most famous lover! |
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'''Jefferson''': Virginia abstains. }} |
'''Jefferson''': Virginia abstains. }} |
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* "[[Large Ham|A NEETION]] [[Violent Glaswegian|OF BRRRRBARIANS!?]]" |
* "[[Large Ham|A NEETION]] [[Violent Glaswegian|OF BRRRRBARIANS!?]]" |
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* Adams realizing that Jefferson and his wife were having the 18th century equivalent of a booty call: |
* Adams realizing that Jefferson and his wife were having the 18th century equivalent of a booty call: |
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{{quote|'''Adams''': You mean they're going to... ''in the middle of the afternoon??'' |
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'''Franklin''': Not everybody's from Boston, John! }} |
'''Franklin''': Not everybody's from Boston, John! }} |
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Revision as of 14:30, 7 August 2014
- "But Mr. Adams."
- Combined moment of Awesome and Funny: "NEVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! NEVAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
- Also, "Mr. Morris. What in hell goes on in New York?!"
- "Are you calling me a madman, you... you fribble?!" (And the ensuing name-calling and bitch fight.)
- "LAWYER!"
- Made funnier by the fact that Adams actually was a lawyer.
- As was Dickinson.
- Also fribble is an actual word along with piddle, twiddle, pish posh, gay, and queer.
- Combined moment of Awesome and Funny: "NEVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! NEVAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
- Adams' morose worry that for all his effort to make America free, his contributions would never be known:
Franklin: Don't worry, John. The history books will clean it up. |
- Pretty much everything Ben Franklin says. He was pretty much our nation's first Deadpan Snarker.
Franklin: (to arriving delegate Dr. Lyman Hall) "What's the matter? Haven't you ever seen a Great Man before?" |
- For that matter, the New Brunswick dispatch itself.
- "There must be some mistake- I have an aunt who lives in New Brunswick." "You must tell her to keep up the good work!"
- For that matter, the New Brunswick dispatch itself.
- New York abstains.
- Lee's overly-enthusiastic attitude.
- Jefferson's initial failure to write the Declaration.
Adams: Do you mean to tell me that it is not yet finished? |
- "A NEETION OF BRRRRBARIANS!?"
- Adams realizing that Jefferson and his wife were having the 18th century equivalent of a booty call:
Adams: You mean they're going to... in the middle of the afternoon?? |