The Ready Room => General => Topic started by: scooter-blue on January 09, 2005, 11:55:43 PM
Title: "End Of Line" ?
Post by: scooter-blue on January 09, 2005, 11:55:43 PM
This is just a quick question. What is the "End of line" phrase in reference to? I think it has something to do with bast, but I don't know how.
Title: "End Of Line" ?
Post by: lolfighter on January 10, 2005, 12:18:12 AM
"Our brave heroes flee the oncoming avalanche. They flee for their very lives, but still it's coming. Suddenly, an abyss yawns at their feet. Escape is impossible. "Well," one of them says, "I guess this is the end of the line."
(Of course, them being heroes, they surely make good a daring escape, probably utilising basejumping/snowboarding/other extreme sports)
That's "the end of the line."
Title: "End Of Line" ?
Post by: Plaguebearer on January 10, 2005, 06:15:43 AM
TRON.
Title: "End Of Line" ?
Post by: confused! on January 10, 2005, 07:03:05 AM
i always assumed it was a train refrence myself...
you know, like take the 905 to the end of the line and then get on the green line to uptown.
tron is good though.
Title: "End Of Line" ?
Post by: A Boojum Snark on January 10, 2005, 10:15:09 AM
I do believe it is in reference to a train line, as confused said.
Title: "End Of Line" ?
Post by: Necrosis on January 10, 2005, 10:24:30 AM
I'm not sure where you've seen it used, but End of Line is generally associated with the Master Control Program from TRON.
Also, in programming terms, end of line is a signaller to the processor to stop an activity.
If you could supply where you've seen "end of line" then I can discern the context and offer a more appropriate answer.
Title: "End Of Line" ?
Post by: A Boojum Snark on January 10, 2005, 10:37:45 AM
Hmm, I assumed it was just a matter of how the person wrote it, but it appears we may have two different phrases here.
End of line - from tron End of the line - from trains
Title: "End Of Line" ?
Post by: Mr.Bill on January 10, 2005, 04:08:07 PM
end of the line is from trains, Ive never heard it used in any other context
but for you damn new "hip hop" kids, with your videos games, and your rap, and jello, it might be from tron :-D
Title: "End Of Line" ?
Post by: 2_of_8 on January 10, 2005, 05:23:21 PM
I guess it might also mean something like "the last straw" or whatever; as in, no more, or that's enough, or you've crossed the line, etc. Random guess.
Title: "End Of Line" ?
Post by: Necrosis on January 11, 2005, 11:06:04 AM
Some people use it as a definitive way to end a statement. IE
Cheese is the god of food. End of line.
But thats a rarity probably induced by UrbanDictionary having woeful definitions of the term.
Title: "End Of Line" ?
Post by: Malevolent on January 11, 2005, 11:20:44 AM
This phrase has been around forever.
Title: "End Of Line" ?
Post by: Mr.Bill on January 11, 2005, 07:55:34 PM
Well, Mr. Bond. You've caused quiet a bit of trouble for me, but I assure you, this is the end of the line for you.
Thats what it is used for, in reference to the last stop of a train
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Post by: Necrosis on January 12, 2005, 11:06:39 AM
But Bond always escapes, so its not really the "end of the line."
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
Title: "End Of Line" ?
Post by: Loke The Sleek Peruvian on January 12, 2005, 11:18:57 AM
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But Bond always escapes, so its not really the "end of the line."
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
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Pont. :D
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Post by: Malevolent on January 12, 2005, 03:54:04 PM
Anyone who can last through 20 movies is invincible.
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Post by: Necrosis on January 12, 2005, 04:16:44 PM
He uses hacks from Q. FACT.
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Post by: Loke The Sleek Peruvian on January 12, 2005, 07:49:39 PM
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He uses hacks from Q. FACT.
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Q is teh dead, so now Bond is killable.
Title: "End Of Line" ?
Post by: A Boojum Snark on January 12, 2005, 08:06:44 PM
Bond: the character named Q is bond's gizmo guy, making seemingly impossible and amazing gadgets Star Trek: the character named Q is an interdemensional all-powerfulish guy that can pop in here and there
Conclusion: same person! :p Thus Q is not really dead, only... not here...
Title: "End Of Line" ?
Post by: Necrosis on January 13, 2005, 06:36:52 PM
Second, none of us have seen his corpse. Neither have we seen Elvis' corpse, yet we all know he is alive and well. If Elvis lives in Graceland, you must acquit!
Phone here (http://www.hollywoodiscalling.com/) and speak to Q.