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...such aged cells die--unless, like "immortal" cancer cells, they produce telomerase, an enzyme that protects and even rebuilds telomeres. Scientists have long dreamed of drugs that would inhibit the immortalizing enzyme because, observes M.I.T. biochemist Robert Weinberg, "then maybe cancer cells would run out of telomeres and just poop...
...hospital corridor. And the novelty number in the funeral parlor. And the fact that the streets through which his people hoof and warble Tin Pan Alley chestnuts are not glamourized back-lot representations of New York City but the real, gritty thing. You can't see the dog poop, but you know it's there...
...Rosarito on a 40-acre site dominated by a massive 750-ft.-long re-creation of the ship--a hulking shell built almost to scale. It rests in a 17 million-gal. tank, and will be lowered into the water by degrees. Tonight's shoot takes place on the poop deck, which can be tilted as much as 90[degrees] by hydraulic lifts. This is one of the film's more harrowing sequences, at least from a production point of view: a couple of hundred extras playing steerage passengers must endure take after take in which they career down...
...When the poop-deck angle gets to 30[degrees] or more, the actors don harnesses so they can't fall off. "I wish I could do it in every scene--tether the extras so they can't go to the bathroom," Cameron says. He's only half joking: during the making of True Lies, the director decreed that anyone who asked for a potty break was fired. Cameron says he doesn't care if his crew gets mad. "I'm pretty demanding," he admits. "When we're spending $25,000 or $35,000 or $45,000 an hour...
...delivery in your head. Here he is on magicians: "What is the point of the magician? He comes on, he fools you, you feel stupid, show's over ... It's like, 'Here's a quarter. Now it's gone. You're a jerk."' And on people picking up dog poop: "If aliens are watching this through telescopes, they're going to think the dogs are the leaders of the planet. If you see two life forms, one of them's making a poop, the other one's carrying it for him, who would you assume is in charge...