Mah-widge

[curriedspam]

I’ve uttered one word since Massachusetts stood up to bigotry, refusing to let voters decide a civil right - “Mah-widge”.. as in “Mah-widge is a say-quid institution” (Monty Pythoners out there can probably cite the exact scene this comes from. I, thinking this was Mel Brooks until a few minutes ago, cannot

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[moominmuppet]

BTW, the quote is from Princess Bride, I believe (a Rob Reiner movie):

http://schmick.org/prince.shtml

Clergyman: Mawwiage. Mawwiage is what bwings us togethaw today. Mawwiage, that bwessed awwangement, that dweam within a dweam.... Then wove, twue wove, will follow you fowever... So tweasure youw...
Humperdink: Skip to the end!
Clergyman: Have you the wing? Do you Pwincess Buttecwup...
Humperdink: Man and wife! Say man and wife!
Clergyman: Man and Wife.

yay Mass!

[anonymous]

This is Sean Patrick Brennan here from BiNetUSA and other fun places online and off haha. I loved your line at the beginning: "Massachusetts stood up to bigotry". Woooo, you got that right! And though the mawwidge line you cite may have been a Monty Python line, in my head I'm certain it was either from The Princess Bride or Spaceballs. I'll let either you or another commenter........oh! just stopped to make sure no one else told you and there it was =)...yep, Princess Bride. =) lol bye for now

[lordlnyc]

...“Mahwidge”...

I believe it's [from|also from] "The Princess Bride".

[curriedspam]

that's it! thank you!! you know.. they say the first thing to go is you're um.. i forget