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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Mr. Miyagi...
Kara has no luck eating Chinese with sticks.
Jimmy: So you're no Mr. Miyagi. You don't qualify for a Chinese woman?
But that's okay because l know a little trick.
Now you move the top stick
and keep the lower one straight...Static?
...and you never, never let the noodles intimidate you.
Kara: Chloe. You want some Chinese?
lt's good but they really make you work for it. She jokes it's very hard to get?
Jimmy: So you're no Mr. Miyagi. You don't qualify for a Chinese woman?
But that's okay because l know a little trick.
Now you move the top stick
and keep the lower one straight...Static?
...and you never, never let the noodles intimidate you.
Kara: Chloe. You want some Chinese?
lt's good but they really make you work for it. She jokes it's very hard to get?
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Jimmy: So you're no Mr. Miyagi. You don't qualify for a Chinese woman?
- Jimmy: So you're no Mr.
- Miyagi.
- You don't qualify for a Chinese woman?
- You need to supply some context.
- I'm guessing that Mr.
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Jimmy: So you're no Mr. Miyagi. You don't qualify for a Chinese woman? You need to supply some context. I'm guessing that Mr. Miyagi is a character in the show. That being said, from the rest of the quote it looks like Jimmy is teaching someone to use chopsticks. This reference probably means that the person he is addressing doesn't know the first thi
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Yep, she broke the first pair of chopsticks and Jimmy replied she's no Mr. Miyagi.
Thanks, Ray!
Thanks, Ray!
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Interesting! They're eating Chinese food and the reference is to Mr. Miyagi (a Japanese name).
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Okay, so with the 'You're no Mr. Miyagi' cue he means
she's not as good with the chopstick as an average Chinese, right?
she's not as good with the chopstick as an average Chinese, right?
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http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0007693/
Mr. Miyagi is a character in the movie "Karate Kid". That's who they're referring to. It's a somewhat common pop-culture reference. He could catch flies with chopsticks.
Mr. Miyagi is a character in the movie "Karate Kid". That's who they're referring to. It's a somewhat common pop-culture reference. He could catch flies with chopsticks.
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I'm glad I wasn't the only one who remember that - although I never did see the movie. Just the parodies.
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Hmm...guess my link got taken down. Oh well. Search on youtube for "Miyagi and Daniel catch flies with chopsticks".
I've never seen the entire movie either. It was before my time.
I've never seen the entire movie either. It was before my time.
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Mr. Miyagi is a character in the movie "Karate Kid". That's who they're referring to. It's a somewhat common pop-culture reference. He could catch flies with chopsticks. 
An then what?
An then what?
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