My Two Cents

Some of you, no doubt, have already heard a thing or two about the summer thriller coming to a theater near you: Snakes on a Plane, starring Samuel L. Jackson.

The Internet has allowed fans of the movie—well, really, fans of the title of the movie—to take their love of snakes on planes to the masses. (Even Jackson himself was going to renege if the title was changed to Flight 121.) Though still in production, there has been at least one line leaked: "Enough is enough. I’ve had it with the snakes.” This has spawned all kinds of blogs, homemade movie trailers, screen-printed T-shirts, music videos, and even methods of self-expression.

When used as slang, “snakes on a plane” can refer to something terribly harmful, like, “You wouldn’t believe how many people I had to fight to get this last Tickle-Me Elmo! It was like snakes on a plane!” I, however, prefer to use the phrase in one of its alternative contexts—something of a cross between “Well, what can you do?” and “Dang it!”

Person: “…But by the time my parachute opened, I was already falling at terminal velocity.”
Me: “Dude, snakes on a plane.”

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