Propller made it to the movies?

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• skylight Posts: 1,915

  2013-09-23 04:23 edited 2013-09-23 04:23

  Perhaps in the eighth sequel?
• LoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537

  2013-09-23 08:49 edited 2013-09-23 08:49

  Odd little film. Going to Oregon to find one's self can be rather hazardous... especially if you are from New York or California.
  
  The James G. Blaine Society wants to remove all California transplants from Oregon.
  And if you are a New Yorker, the average Oregonian will ask you two questions is rapid succession.
  
  A. How long have you been here?
  B. How soon are you leaving?
  
  I confess. I spent 15 years as a closet-Californian in Oregon.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_G._Blaine_Society
• jazzed Posts: 11,803

  2013-09-23 08:53 edited 2013-09-23 08:53

  Don't Californica#e Oregon
• potatohead Posts: 10,261

  2013-09-23 08:59 edited 2013-09-23 08:59

  Oregon is a great place to live. Quirky as all get out though. Here in Portland you frequently see "Keep Portland WEIRD" stickers all over the place.
  
  I don't think it is actually possible to get the weird out of Portland. If you visit for a while, it's OK. Nothing will happen... Go longer? Well, there is something in the rain. My theory anyway.
• potatohead Posts: 10,261

  2013-09-23 09:02 edited 2013-09-23 09:02

  http://www.soapboxracer.com/
  
  Just a tiny example. Be sure and check out the gallery. This event is nuts goofy fun BTW. Recommended.
• LoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537

  2013-09-23 09:06 edited 2013-09-23 09:06

  Yes, there certainly are some odd things about Oregon.
  
  Did you know that if you stay in Oregon for more that two weeks you are supposed to get an Oregon driver's license and register your car in Oregon?
  
  Of course, that is no a bad thing as it is harder for the police to tell you are actually not a local. Then you can save big money on a local fishing licence.
  
  But you do have to learn to pronounce Oregon and Willamette correctly to avoid detection.
  
  Down in Ashland, Oregon.. it is the lithium in the local drinking water that makes things a bit weird. If you are on I-5, stop in at the fountain at the town square and fill up a jug with their water. You will find it very calming.
• nutson Posts: 242

  2013-09-23 10:35 edited 2013-09-23 10:35

  Anybody knows what the title means? I looked up Wikipedia and found some 30 abbreviations ranging from "Canberra Ornithologists Group, an Australian ornithological organization" to "Chip On Glass, where an integrated circuit is mounted directly to a piece of glass - typically an LCD" but have no idea what it means in the context of a lifestyle movie.
• LoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537

  2013-09-23 11:04 edited 2013-09-23 11:04

  What does C.O.G. represent? I can't say, but try searching the author ... David Sedaris.... for the right meaning.
  
  I strongly suspect... (are you ready for this)... (drum roll)... "Child of God"
• Heater. Posts: 21,230

  2013-09-23 12:09 edited 2013-09-23 12:09

  potatohead,
  
  You sure Oregan isn't full of Brits hiding out?
  
  http://www.worthingbirdman.co.uk/
• WBA Consulting Posts: 2,938

  2013-09-23 12:29 edited 2013-09-23 12:29

  Funny, I had seen that movie title recently somewhere as well and it made me think of the Propeller. Being a "fish out of water" based story, I would think that C.O.G. stands for "Center Of Gravity". However, a simple search turns up that Loopy's suspicions are correct.....
• Circuitsoft Posts: 1,166

  2013-09-23 16:38 edited 2013-09-23 16:38

  potatohead wrote: »

  Oregon is a great place to live. Quirky as all get out though. Here in Portland you frequently see "Keep Portland WEIRD" stickers all over the place.

  

  potatohead wrote: »

  I don't think it is actually possible to get the weird out of Portland. If you visit for a while, it's OK. Nothing will happen... Go longer? Well, there is something in the rain. My theory anyway.

  Ever heard of a TV show called Portlandia?
• LoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537

  2013-09-24 06:05 edited 2013-09-24 06:05

  Portland is Oregon's largest city and a bit weird, but you really have to visit Eugene, Oregon in Lane County to fully appreciate weird.
  
  Eugene is often referred to a Bluegene, or just Never-never-land. It is home of the Oregon Country Faire... an annual hippie gala. And the city has a long standing local ordinance that permits woman the equal right to wander about in public without upper clothing. (Loggers love this and have been know to divert their trucks through town just to peek.)
  
  Next to Eugene is Springfield, Oregon where Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters pretty much hung around the Springfield Creamery. Flower power is still very much alive, along with the opposing red neck spirt.
  
  Southern Oregon and Eastern Oregon are completely separate in spirt. Eastern Oregon is still cowboy country, while Southern Oregon seems full of loggers that migrated from the deep South during the 1930's. Hippies are in great danger in such regions.
• potatohead Posts: 10,261

  2013-09-24 06:12 edited 2013-09-24 06:12

  Indeed. Central Oregon is an interesting mix of those things with little patches here and there, mostly getting along.
  
  @Heater, maybe so!
• skylight Posts: 1,915

  2013-09-24 07:26 edited 2013-09-24 07:26

  Was that erco on the unicycle with the flamethrowers in the video?