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“TOMMY BOY” MOVIE IS FUNNY DOMAINING BUSINESS TALE

Hi Gang,

I just wanted to repeat something that I heard Tommy Callahan (Chris Farley) say in the movie “Tommy Boy” that affected me and formed my understanding of business. This movie is filled with more hilarious but realistic quotes of any movie ever made.

Here goes one of them, about staying strong, ignoring the naysayers and maintaining loyalty:

SCENE: Tommy and his friend Michelle (played sweetly by Julie Warner) are sitting in a small sailboat on a very calm lake:

TOMMY: (his father just died) My dad gave me this boat, and he’d come out here late at night when there was no one else on the lake. He’d be over there on the shore and he’d yell “quit playing with your dinghy!”…. I’m going to really miss him.

MICHELLE: Your father was a great guy. ……(sincerely)…  I’m really glad you brought me out here.

TOMMY: I can’t believe you wanted to!  Although it’s pretty fun. If we had some… wind, heh heh I can’t believe there’s no wind, you need wind because….it ummm…

MICHELLE: … helps push the sail…

TOMMY: Yeah!

MICHELLE: So, what are you going to do now? (in reference to Tommy running his late father’s business, Callahan Brakes)

TOMMY: I don’t know, but… I gotta do something. I don’t know what.  Man, do I sound like an idiot.

MICHELLE: No…

TOMMY: Sorry about this wind. I can’t believe there isn’t any wind out here, this is ridiculous.

MICHELLE: No.. it’s great… it’s very… peaceful.

YOUNG BOYS APPEAR ON SCENE: (Shouting from shore): Hey Tubbo! You ain’t moving! (derisive laughter from them)

TOMMY (Shouting back): Yeah, we need a little wind here!

BOYS: No! You need to drop a couple hundred pounds, blimp!

TOMMY: (to Michelle) Heh heh… rascals.  (To boys on shore) I guess that’s YOUR theory!

BOYS (to Tommy): Hey! Your sail is limp, like your d*ck!

TOMMY (angry)]: Watch your language in front of the lady, punks!

BOYS: Hey Gilligan! Did you eat the Skipper?

TOMMY: You better pray to the god of skinny punks, that this wind doesn’t pick up, because I’ll come over there and jam an oar up your a*s.

LITTLE BOYS (sarcastically): ooooooooow!

TOMMY (to Michelle): Jeepers creepers, those guys keep interrupting us. I’m sorry about that..You were saying about the uhh…

BOY#1: Hey lady, lookout! There’s a fat WHALE on your boat.

BOY#2: YAH! Free Willy!

MICHELLE: (suddenly jumping up in the boat and shouting with scary conviction): Listen up you little spazoids! I know where you live and I see where you sleep. I swear to everything holy that your mothers will CRY when they’ve seen what I’ve done to you!

LITTLE BOYS: (frightened, scurry off the beach together without another word).

MICHELLE: (Looking sheepish): I was just kidding…

TOMMY: That was…   AWESOME!!!

Moral of this exciting segment of Tommy Boy: Sometimes, someone who you want to impress is already impressed with you, and will surprise you with support that will encourage you to fight on in your endeavors. Stay loyal to those who have treated you well, don’t suck up to ANYONE in the domain industry that you think might control your ability to make money investing in domains. You don’t have to suck up to anyone in this industry. Sometimes when you get flak, it’s just from cocky little boys on the shore who think they’re “safe.” When someone spouts derogatory comments about your domain investing activities or domain choices, they probably will run when a strong woman tells them what might happen to them if they continue their bombastic insulting harangues. (their moms?) 

Just a bit of humor at a time when things look weird all over. Have a great week, people.