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[ The video flips on to what appears to be a music store -- various racks and displays of instruments to one side, rows and rows of CDs (who even buys CDs anymore??) to the other. On the instrument side, in front of the rows of guitars, there's a sheet of lined paper that reads "'STAIRWAY' BANNED. OTHER SONGS AT EMPLOYEE DISCRETION." And just beneath that in smaller letters, "(Seriously. Don't test me.)"

The device moves, and the camera along with it, to point down at a CD case on the counter. Specifically, this CD case. ]

Three guesses for what I found in the used CD section? And the first two don't count.

Even the dog doesn't look happy to be there, which is amazing, 'cause dogs love being everywhere.

And that poor kid. One day, her dad -- I mean, I assume it's her dad -- is gonna be like, "Hey, kiddo, did you know you were on the cover of an album?" And that girl is gonna get all pumped, thinking she's as big as the Gerber baby or something, and then nope, her dad whips this out. He'll be all grins and she'll just stare at it in horror, and it'll ruin her teenage life when her parents mention it every time her friends come over.

[ A pause as the camera shifts, showing the handsome gentleman that is Star-Lord, a.k.a., Peter Jason Quill. ]

Anyway. 'Parently I've been out of commission for a month. I hear I missed Night of the Living Dead and Smaug swoopin' down to attack the village. Don't supposed there's anything else anyone feels like sharing? Each interesting tidbit gets a kudos point, redeemable only for Star-Lord's Gratitude and, I dunno. Warm fuzzy feelings.

Comments

[rathercommon]

A classic about flying nannies. Who sing.

[ She is not sure if she's on-board for this. ]

[nostalgiabomb]

Yes.

I mean, I admit, it's meant for kids, but it's seriously awesome. It's about a nanny who's got magical powers, and she goes in to work with this family that's basically drifting apart, and she helps them get better.

The music is catchy, Julie Andrews is hot, and Dick Van Dyke uses the worst Cockney accent you'll ever hear. It's amazing.

[rathercommon]

[ Okay, his enthusiasm is winning her over. ]

I don't know. I hear really bad accents all the time. I don't know what it is about speaking with an English person that makes Americans want to imitate us. So I might have to check this to see.

[nostalgiabomb]

It's how classy you sound, honestly. Just makes us wanna be as cool as you.

[rathercommon]

[ Oh phhhhhhhhhtttttt. She snorts self-consciously. ]

Yeah, posh people sound classy, maybe. Definitely not people like me.

[nostalgiabomb]

I'm gonna let you in on a secret, and you have to promise not to tell anyone. [ He pauses, for effect, not to actually wait for a reply. ]

Anyway, Americans seriously can't tell the difference between English accents. All of them just sound totally awesome to us.

[rathercommon]

[ A little giggle. She is so charmed by you, Peter. ]

But that's mad. They're so different. And I can tell the difference amongst American accents, can't I.

[nostalgiabomb]

Can you really? Huh. So you can figure out if a dude's from New York or California or Texas?

[rathercommon]

I mean - probably, I think. Definitely whether they're from the North or the South. I don't know about California.

[nostalgiabomb]

California is like--

[ And here he puts on a surfer guy voice. ] Whoa, dude. Surf's up, bro. Man, that wave was way gnarly.

Or sometimes it's like--

[ Valley girl this time, ] Like, ohmigod, that's, like, totally crazy hot.

[rathercommon]

[ A harder giggle. ]

Well, I've never heard anyone talk like that before. I must not have met any Californians yet.

Anyway, I like the way Americans do accents - it's about where you're from, whereas it always seems for the English that accents are much more about who you are.

[nostalgiabomb]

Really? I kinda figured it was a regional thing for you guys, too. More of a class thing, then?

[rathercommon]

[ A nod. ]

I mean - some of it's about where you're from. But really it's a lot more about whether you've got money or not. So someone like me could sound way different from someone from three blocks away, because they're taught to speak the right way.

[nostalgiabomb]

The "right way"? Didn't realize there was a wrong way. I mean, you and I are talking well enough, right? I would count that as a success.

[rathercommon]

[ She smiles with approval. ]

So would I. I think we're speaking just fine. But some people would much prefer that we both spoke more like we were rich and brilliantly educated.

[nostalgiabomb]

[ peter wrinkles his nose in distaste. ]

And sound all stuck-up and snooty, like we have sticks up our butts? Pass.

[rathercommon]

Right? No thank you. I like sounding as I do.