Memes @lemmy.ml Potatos_are_not_friends @lemmy.world 3mo ago

Fellas, find yourself a girl like Tonya Harding staring at Nancy Kerrigan 😍

36 comments

The second verse of "Weird Al" Yankovic's song, Headline News, is about these two.

Once there was this girl who Swore that one day she would be a figure skating champion And when she finally made it She saw some other girl who was better And so she hired some guy to Club her in the knee cap
- Our society would be far better if we, as a whole, quoted Weird Al more often.
  
  Now you may find it inconceivable or rather very least a bit unlikely that The relative position of the planets and the stars Could have a special deep significance or meaning That exclusively applies to only you But, let me give you my assurance that These forecasts and predictions are all based on Solid, scientific, documented evidence So you would have to be some kind of moron Not to realize that every single one of them is absolutely true Where was I?
  
  And, oh yeah, three of the airplane engines burned out
  
  And we went into a tailspin and crashed into a hillside
  
  And the plane exploded in a giant fireball and everybody died
  
  Except for me
  
  You know why?
  
  'Cause I had my tray table up
  
  And my seat back in the full upright position
  
  Had my tray table up
  
  And my seat back in the full upright position
  
  Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota is legitimately one of my favorite songs of all time.
  
  I've done a couple of crazy things That have almost gotten me dismissed Like terminate some head of state Who wasn't even on my list
- Wow that music video sure is something. Thanks for that one
- Wait, the events are real? 🤯
  
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_of_Nancy_Kerrigan
  
  Yep, huge deal in the mid-90’s. Living through the 90’s was a wild ride for so many different reasons.
  
  Yes. There's a movie about it, staring the esteemed academy award nominated actress Margo Robbie.
- Mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmmmm....
- Hired some guy to do what
  
  Edit: oh like in that movie
  
  Like in the real life event that inspired the movie.
“Break a leg”

-Tonya
- "Oh yeah, it's Harding time."
  
  -- Tonya
This is literally me staring at the Best Actress Award at the Oscars in 2018.

It's like I could play her in a movie or something.
This whole thing happened 30 years ago now. Wow. These two must be in their 50s now. It was such a media circus at the time.
For some reason I thought nancy kerrigan was the zerg queen
- You’re thinking of her sister, Sarah Kerrigan.
- You're not entirely wrong.
  
  From the wiki:
  
  Initially based around the character Tanya Adams in the Command & Conquer: Red Alert series, Kerrigan was named after Nancy Kerrigan, who at the time was involved in a feud with Tonya Harding.
- Wasn't she the semifinallist from Highlander?
I think I'll just go find Nancy Kerrigan.
I went on vacation with a girl like that once. It was not a nice trip.
- Story?
She looks just like Emma Watson.

And she can break my kneecap any time

36 comments