Three Day Delay

I just watched this for the first time (weird). I really don't understand the following quote:

"Why should she die of influenza? She come through diphtheria right enough the year before. I saw her with my own eyes. Fairly blue with it, she was. They all thought she was dead; but my father he kept ladling gin down her throat til she came to so sudden that she bit the bowl off the spoon."

Did her father feed an unconscious woman gin to cure diphtheria? I get that Eliza was BSing, but the listeners seemed to understand the story.

Just in case this is a stupid question, here's a pic of Audrey Hepburn grocery shopping with a deer.

Count Dooku

Yes, her mother had diphtheria and the father cured her by giving her spoonfuls of gin.

(I actually don't remember if the woman was Eliza's mother or not, but that seems likely)

Decker

Yet another alternative to routine vaccination!

Ash Ketchum

I think the movie would have benefited from the inclusion of this scene...accompanied by a song about shopping with a deer.

Three Day Delay

Fair enough. The world is always better with photos of Audrey Hepburn.

Jay G.

The deer appeared with Audrey in the movie Green Mansions, and she kept it as a pet:
http://www.everythingaudrey.com/audr...n-deer-pippen/

Mabuse

Serious answer: Alcohol was commonly thought to have medicinal use throughout most of history. Only recently have we realized this was bullshit. The dialogue is also suggesting that her parents are horrible alcoholics who wrongheadedly imbibed a ton of gin, because even back when people thought booze was medicinal they didn't suggest drinking a massive amount of it. It's also meant to illustrate how uncouth she is because talking about drunkenness was considered bad manners back then.

She's basically saying, "I'm a crazy street-walker/flower-girl. My parents are drunks, but I'm so naive I don't really realize it. We're also so dimwitted that we believe alcohol cures illness, and not only that we think copious amounts must be even better for you."

Also, Audrey Hepburn was smokin' hot. I'd ladle a spoon full of something down her throat.

Why So Blu?

Yeah, I love Audrey.

Mabuse

Possibly the only thing we agree on.

Three Day Delay

I really appreciate this answer.

Ash Ketchum

I keep a bottle of Jack Daniel's in the cupboard for medicinal purposes. It works for me.

Why So Blu?

Tequila works for me but the caveat is to not drink while actually sick. Gargle it for a sore throat and that shit will make your throat literally sizzle. It's crazy.

Count Dooku

Nothing about the way you worded that suggests that you wanted a history lesson, just sayin'.

Count Dooku

digidoh

Dr. McCoy drinks Romulan ale (which is illegal), but only "for medicinal purposes" (Star Trek II:The Wrath of Khan).

Ash Ketchum

Where's the fun in that?

Why So Blu?

Drinking is funner when you're not sick. At least for me it is. If I'm sick I don't want alcohol mixing with medications.