a kind of funny thing...

while this anecdote doesn't exactly offer anything significant, it is kind of interesting... at least to me.

first, we have 'ferris bueller's day off.' remember how principal rooney guesses (correctly) that ferris has skipped school, so he goes around to all the places he assumes a high school kid would go to play hooky? so rooney walks into an arcade, sees someone who, from behind, looks remarkably like a 1986-era matthew broderick, then says "les jeux sont faits. translation: game is up. your ass is mine!" at which point a lady who also looks remarkably like a 1986-era matthew broderick turns around and spits her drink in his face. awesome.

then, we have 'casablanca,' arguably one of the best movies of all time. there's this scene in rick's cafe, in the casino, and you can hear the man at the roulette table say "les jeux sont faits." and bam! from 'ferris bueller's day off,' of all movies, you know that he's saying "game is up," which can mean either "your ass is mine" or "we can all start playing roulette now."

now, wasn't that kind of cool?