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Up your ziggy with a wa-wa brush.


That little saying has been stuck in my head all day. =)

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I actually said to my friend and she look at me like I was stupid.

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haha, same with me, I said it to my mom, she was like what the hell was that?

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Haha, classic line!
I've said it a couple times too..



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My best friend (who loves this movie and made me sit through it) finally stopped saying that. Everytime she'd get ticked off at me, that'd be the first thing she'd say and I'd always roll my eyes and change the subject. I'm so glad she stopped saying it haha.

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i've said it, but no one knows what i am talking about either. i love this movie, but i have no idea where to find it.

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you can rent from netflix or order from amazon, for starters. and there are used copies on eBay

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thanks :-)

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I said that line and then scrolled down and there it was. Me and my friend watched this YEARS ago and that was always a line we remembered lol!!

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I still totally say that. I agree people have no idea what the heck your saying. haha. Is it me or did they say masterly way too much?

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the boyz say "masterly" about as often as they say "awesome" now.

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What the heck is a wa-wa brush?



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I love saying "up your ziggy with a wa-wa brush". Whenever I am mad at anyone, I say it to them in my head, because if I really said it, they would like what the hell?

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I think it's anything you want it to be. Odie says in the movie that she made it up. She also says "None of your floppin bunnies" later. And "snarf the big kielbasa." The script's on the director's website is how I know.

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loooooooool kielbasa means sausage in polish!
I didn't notice she said that lol I can't believe it :)

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The phrase isn't original: the Jack Nicholson character (Buddusky) in "The Last Detail" says the same thing, though instead of "ziggy" it's something that sounds more like "giggy."

It's part of a rhymed couplet: "Up your giggy with a wa wa brush, stick it in and break it off." He says it as a commentary on the plight of the Randy Quaid characater (Meadows), who has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment in the Naval brig for attempting to steal forty dollars.

In the real world, the phrase must either have been:
- made up by Robert Towne (who wrote screenplay for "The Last Detail," getting an Oscar nomination in the process);
- made up by Darryl Ponicsan (who wrote the novel on which the movie was based); or
- a phrase that was really used in the real world before the novel and movie, though perhaps only in the part of it in which Navy seamen travel.

In the fictional world of "All I Wanna Do," I suppose Odie might have made it up.

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Ha I said it to my friend to. She looked at me like I had three heads and then laughed. Its the perfect way to end an argument. =D

Expecially if no one has seen the movie.

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I'm looking for the chance to say it in real life.

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You should have lots of opportunities!

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Just put it as a fb status...lol That is what I did. Im sure I will get lot's of a puzzling comments.

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I love that line. One of the funniest in the movie.

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what does it mean

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best line ever!!












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