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| Posted by: uniquelyjas 5 May 2017 - 11:44 AM |
| I can't look at a hot air balloon without thinking of MacGyver! |
| Posted by: MacGyverOnline 5 May 2017 - 05:47 PM |
| I can't look at a jeep, SAK or Duct tape without thinking "MacGyver!" |
| Posted by: Jediferret 5 May 2017 - 06:14 PM |
| Jeep Wranglers always make me think of MacGyver, even before I became a die hard fan... XD Any hockey... |
| Posted by: Anabaena 6 May 2017 - 07:18 AM |
| Getting ready for today's Village Garage Sale (a wonderful event which I think Mac would have loved!) and before 10am I'd unjammed a zipper on a kit bag using vaseline, and cleaned a rusty saucepan with tinfoil. Partner was ready to cut the zipper off with scissors ... but that's not a proper Mac-type solution, now is it? |
| Posted by: denizen 7 May 2017 - 07:57 PM |
| x to the square of y, no thats not it. y=mc2 |
| Posted by: Mr Duct Tape 8 May 2017 - 08:01 AM |
Whenever I see paper clips, swiss army knives, jeep wranglers or duct tape I instantly think of MacGyver.  |
| Posted by: uniquelyjas 8 May 2017 - 11:13 AM |
| How many times did MacGyver actually sleep in his bed. I know he did in "MacGyver's Women" when he fell asleep watching TV. Otherwise he always seems to be on a sofa. |
| Posted by: MacGyverGod 8 May 2017 - 12:53 PM |
| I think that was even the only time he slept on his bed. He didn't even sleep in it. Maybe he just prefers the couch. Interesting that in Humanity he says to be an insomniac and in Obsessed he seems to be one. I wonder, how did that happen? Than again in Lesson In Evil he seemed to be awake for two days straight. Still I can imagine that after being weeks away and returning home Mac would just go into some sort of coma state and sleep for like 12+ hours. He wouldn't wake if you blow up a bomb next to his couch. |
| Posted by: uniquelyjas 8 May 2017 - 01:45 PM | ||
I agree with that! Also, his missions don't generally allow him to have a normal wake/sleep cycle. I can understand him being exhausted and crashing on the couch every now and again. I was just wondering because in his first loft you could see his bed and in the houseboat it was no secret his bedroom was upstairs. Also, no one (I think) ever makes a comment about him preferring his couch to his bed. |
| Posted by: Anabaena 8 May 2017 - 02:16 PM |
| But also there have been recorded cases over the years of individuals who seem not to need much sleep and suffer no ill effects. It seems to be a genetic thing and they also seem to tend to be gifted or driven people - I could imagine Mac fitting that profile too. |
| Posted by: Joe SAKic 8 May 2017 - 05:37 PM |
| The MacGyver theme song & associated imagery is a clip that I play in my mind when challenged with a difficult task in a shortened time period. It has and always will be a motivational tool for me. The fan stuff means very little in comparison. |
| Posted by: uniquelyjas 8 May 2017 - 06:10 PM | ||
Very cool! I know this will probably sound corny, but I have a wallet-sized pic of MacGyver taped to my computer monitor at work. Whenever I feel overwhelmed I look at it and think "Talk to me Mac" because he was so calm under pressure and I'm the exact opposite...I panic!! |
| Posted by: Joe SAKic 9 May 2017 - 01:01 PM | ||||
Well, I think the common denominator for 'we' fans is that the show is a diversion of some sort for all of us. A very pleasant diversion. I wouldn't want to dissect that theory much further, because I believe that it takes many paths from that point and possibly harnessed in a plethora of energetic methods - be it fandom, positive thinking, self-improvement etc., etc. |
| Posted by: SuspiciousMeerkat 9 May 2017 - 05:25 PM |
| When I was running in the school Cross Country yesterday, for a brief period of time I was pretending that the horse smugglers from Budapest in "Thief of Budapest" were chasing me to try and make myself run faster. But then I got distracted. |
| Posted by: Anabaena 9 May 2017 - 09:51 PM |
| Haha that's brilliant! (I find running a lot nicer now I'm not at school and can run at whatever speed I like and get distracted as much as I want to ...) |
| Posted by: SuspiciousMeerkat 9 May 2017 - 11:12 PM |
| You like running too? That's awesome! Most of my friends despise it and do their best to get out of the Cross Country each year. But I find it nice and fun! |
| Posted by: Barry Rowland 10 May 2017 - 11:55 PM |
I think it's an awesome sport. It definitely has to be the most economical to get into. Everywhere I go on my travels, I try to log some miles in. I know the older I get, it's the only way I can keep the weight off!  |
| Posted by: SuspiciousMeerkat 11 May 2017 - 01:24 AM |
Haha, fair enough! I wonder if MacGyver was a runner  |
| Posted by: Anabaena 11 May 2017 - 05:36 AM |
| I love running - it's great for busy people because you can pack a fair bit of cardio into a relatively short time! I can imagine Mac using it to stay in shape and recce the area; I also do what Barry does and use it to explore when I'm on my travels. I even did a marathon a few years ago but found the training runs too boring to ever want to do it again. |
| Posted by: SuspiciousMeerkat 12 May 2017 - 03:20 AM |
| Awesome, I'd love to run a marathon one day! Perhaps after school. I just downloaded the MacGyver Minecraft skin! |
| Posted by: uniquelyjas 17 May 2017 - 12:09 PM |
| On my way to work this morning I was behind an SUV that had a minor duct tape repair job...MacGyver!! |
| Posted by: uniquelyjas 19 May 2017 - 05:46 AM | ||
I've started to notice there are a lot of Jeeps in my area of the city...never noticed them before!!  |
| Posted by: Barry Rowland 20 May 2017 - 06:07 PM |
| I can't look at a Wrangler, houseboat, SAK, paperclip or duct tape without thinking of our hero. If anything, Mac makes me more creative than I ever was before....I love dreaming up solutions to problems! I've got to run a marathon ..it's on my bucket list for sure! |
| Posted by: angus20 24 May 2017 - 08:21 AM |
yeah me too, sometimes whenever I face a difficult situation immediately I think "What would Macgyver do" kind of fun sometimes!  |
| Posted by: MacGyverGod 24 May 2017 - 09:32 AM |
| I was walking through the station today and there were all these posters about Evian water saying 'Live Young'. And it got me thinking about water and being young, so I figured: 'Think Young, Drink Young, Be Young!' |
| Posted by: Dragondog 19 December 2017 - 07:00 PM |
| At church this past Sunday, I saw a license plate with the letters "MBB" and I immediately thought the middle B should be a D |
| Posted by: Sanguine 19 December 2017 - 07:50 PM | ||
Oh my gosh! It's so funny that that happened to you, because just the other day I was pulling out of the parking lot at work behind a car with the license plate letters "MBD." And for a second my brain switched the two and I got excited before I realized that it wasn't quite right. I was playing a Detective CD at the time, too. |
| Posted by: Sanguine 19 December 2017 - 07:53 PM |
| The U2 song "I Will Follow" *always* reminds me of MacGyver. I guess because it makes me think of the relationship that he would have had with his mama? And also, Boy and the other early U2 albums up to Rattle and Hum just seem like something that I think MacGyver would listen to... Now, Achtung Baby through Pop, on the other hand...that's all Murdoc right there. |
| Posted by: Dragondog 22 December 2017 - 06:59 PM |
Every time I dust, I remember that scene in "Out In the Cold" when Pete says, "Don't you ever dust this place?" and Mac says, "Twice a year, like clockwork." I know just what he means!  |
| Posted by: uniquelyjas 22 December 2017 - 07:17 PM | ||
Same here!! I just finished cleaning the house for the holidays and that line kept running through my head!! |
| Posted by: Sanguine 22 December 2017 - 09:48 PM | ||
There's a quote from Kathleen Sky: "Housework? Who does housework? You spend all day getting the house clean, and then six months later, you have to do it all over again." I really loved the potato battery that Mac used for his alarm in that episode... I loved it at first because it reminded me of GLaDOS from Portal, and now every time I see GLaDOS, all I can think is, "Hee hee... MacGyver used you to power his egg timer." :-D |
| Posted by: uniquelyjas 23 December 2017 - 10:38 AM | ||
I forgot about that part! And when Pete asks why he uses potatoes doesn't he say something like "Because tomatoes ran fast"? |
| Posted by: beth 23 December 2017 - 11:18 AM | ||
In "Ugly Duckling" he did tell Kate that he had run the marathon twice. Plus he was always running either at someone or away from someone (usually away from them). |
| Posted by: Dragondog 23 December 2017 - 05:25 PM |
| Okay, I've GOT to share this! So I ate out at Texas Roadhouse tonight, eating steak, potatoes, and bread. I looked up, and saw a waiter that looked JUST like David Dastmalchian! Of course, it wasn't him, but the eyes, hair color, and just his face in general!  Unfortunately, he was not my waiter  |
| Posted by: Sanguine 23 December 2017 - 07:49 PM | ||||
Yes!! That part cracked me up so much! Someday, I want to try making a vegetable battery, just for the heck of it. I know that you can also use oranges and pennies to charge up a cell phone, thanks to the Nancy Drew PC game Ghost of Thornton Hall. .................aaaand it didn't occur to me until just now that Thornton is an awfully familiar name. |
| Posted by: Sanguine 23 December 2017 - 07:51 PM | ||
Well, if he's a dead ringer for a professional assassin, then maybe it's for the best that he wasn't your waiter. You never know what he was actually there for, after all.  |
| Posted by: Dragondog 24 December 2017 - 05:51 AM | ||||||
I've played a few Nancy Drew games myself. I always thought that if they made a MacGyver game, it should be similar to those games. |
| Posted by: Sanguine 24 December 2017 - 08:20 AM | ||||
I agree!! I've been totally addicted to those games for years. If they made a MacGyver game, you'd better believe that I'd be the first person in line! |
| Posted by: Hannibal_Smith 7 January 2018 - 12:36 PM |
| Random thought: as a Frederick Forsyth fan, I've read "The Day of the Jackal" several times and I can never stop myself picturing Murdoc in the title role. Even though I've seen the movie and otherwise picture the movie actors for pretty much all the other roles. The Jackal is just perfect for him. |
| Posted by: MacsMinx 7 January 2018 - 09:09 PM | ||
I only ever saw the movie, but that's a GREAT observation....I could totally see that! Good thought!  |