May 7, 2005 06:06
19 yrs ago
English term
Miami Vice
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Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
" What I didn't pick up on Miami Vice I got rfom The Reader's digest. Now tell me the truth_ how many times are we go through this?"
I wonder what the Miami Vice means? And what the sentence means?
Thanks!
Macky
I wonder what the Miami Vice means? And what the sentence means?
Thanks!
Macky
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May 11, 2005 12:56: Gayle Wallimann changed "Term asked" from "American term" to "Miami Vice"
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he got his knowledge from "Miami Vice" TV series and from "The Reader's Digest" magazine
Miami Vice is a TV series about a police squad in Miami.
Reader's Digest is a popular magazine with a simplified articles on many different topics.
So, Eddie jokingly explains to the custom officers where his knowledge comes from. ;-) They know that he was carrying a pack of heroin but do not understand how he managed to get rid of it.
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"Give me a break," Eddie said. "You were in my face so close to look at my pupils I thought you were going to soul-kiss me. You know I wasn't on the nod."
The third Customs agent looked disgusted. "For an innocent lambikins, you know an awful lot about dope, Eddie."
"What I didn't pick up on Miami Vice I got from The Readers' Digest. Now tell me the truth¯how many times are we going to go through this?"
A fourth agent held up a small plastic Baggie. In it were several fibers.
"These are filaments. We'll get lab confirmation, but we know what sort they are. They're filaments of strapping tape."
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Note added at 17 mins (2005-05-07 06:23:49 GMT)
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I mean, the Customs agent is suspicious about Eddie\'s good knowledge of drugs, but Eddie explains that anyone who watch TV or read popular magazines will know much enough about drugs. :)
Reader's Digest is a popular magazine with a simplified articles on many different topics.
So, Eddie jokingly explains to the custom officers where his knowledge comes from. ;-) They know that he was carrying a pack of heroin but do not understand how he managed to get rid of it.
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"Give me a break," Eddie said. "You were in my face so close to look at my pupils I thought you were going to soul-kiss me. You know I wasn't on the nod."
The third Customs agent looked disgusted. "For an innocent lambikins, you know an awful lot about dope, Eddie."
"What I didn't pick up on Miami Vice I got from The Readers' Digest. Now tell me the truth¯how many times are we going to go through this?"
A fourth agent held up a small plastic Baggie. In it were several fibers.
"These are filaments. We'll get lab confirmation, but we know what sort they are. They're filaments of strapping tape."
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Note added at 17 mins (2005-05-07 06:23:49 GMT)
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I mean, the Customs agent is suspicious about Eddie\'s good knowledge of drugs, but Eddie explains that anyone who watch TV or read popular magazines will know much enough about drugs. :)
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tazdog (X)
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Tony M
: I think the cultural point is that MV would give a gritty, 'realistic' view of the drugs underworld, whilst RD gives a sanitized, simplistic, middle-class (but possibly alarmist) one; so his knowledge of drugs is 'comprehensive' (with heavy irony)
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nice point, Dusty, thank you! I didn't think about the difference, and you are totally right
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mportal
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tappi_k
: yes
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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Daniela Hubrich
: Macky, you don't know Miami Vice and their "adventures"? :)
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juvera
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Laurens Landkroon
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Louise Mawbey
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Rahi Moosavi
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Elizabeth Lyons
: I also like Dusty's observation, a good point!
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sure :)
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Robert Donahue (X)
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Johan Venter
: Good explanation and insight
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:)
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Can Altinbay
: With Dusty.
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Rania KH
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Alp Berker
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RHELLER
: he sounds informed even though it was not a first-hand experience; do they show Miami Vice in the Ukraine?
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Eddie managed to hide the pack with heroin, so now he feels safe :) + Yes, they show a lot of American TV series in the FSU, and I remember they showed MV (though I've watched just a couple of series)
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Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
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airmailrpl
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Java Cafe
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Jörgen Slet
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Miami Vice
The television series (police drama) with Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas. See here
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/miamivice/miamivic...
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/miamivice/miamivic...
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Refugio
: The adventures of the vice squad detectives of the Miami Police Department (1984-89)
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silvia b (X)
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Vicky Papaprodromou
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Daniela Hubrich
: Macky, you don't know Miami Vice and their "adventures"? :)
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Alfa Trans (X)
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lucasm (X)
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Johan Venter
: Don Johnson and his polyester leisure suits...
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Alp Berker
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airmailrpl
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Robert Donahue (X)
: Polyester nothing Venter, those suckers were expensive. Although, the first person to originate the coat with t-shirt look was not Don Johson, but rather Jed Clampett from the Beverly Hillbillies. ;-)
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No way! How disappointing! (Still, no comparison :) )
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Jörgen Slet
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