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Title: Blue
Post by: ChronoMojo on July 20, 2008, 10:33:54 AM

Okay, so yeah... I can't figure it out...  What is Blue, the mysterious lip balm, supposed to be?  Is it a product only available in Newbridge?  When was it first mentioned on the show?

Title: Re: Blue
Post by: dave from knoxville on July 20, 2008, 12:42:10 PM

It's a narcotic substance administered through lip balm that transforms your mind into a state that matches that of Stevie Blue's.

Title: Re: Blue
Post by: samir on July 20, 2008, 12:51:16 PM

i believe it all began in the call when bryce was at newbridge acres, featuring guest appearance from the zeeb.

Title: Re: Blue
Post by: Omar on July 20, 2008, 03:31:14 PM

Here's the recap for the first mention of Blue -- it was brought into town by Wilhelm, an Austrian night nurse at Newbridge Acres.

http://www.recidivism.org/2007/05/blue.html

Title: Re: Blue
Post by: andrew in philadelphia on July 20, 2008, 06:05:45 PM

how do you spell/pronounce the name of the german 7-11 where it's found?

Title: Re: Blue
Post by: Jimmy on July 20, 2008, 06:11:02 PM

I believe it's Das Seiben und Elf.  But I am not sure.

Title: Re: Blue
Post by: Steve in North Hollywood on July 21, 2008, 08:24:06 AM

Quote from: Jimmy on July 20, 2008, 06:11:02 PM

I believe it's Das Seiben und Elf.  But I am not sure.

Isn't it Das Seiben und der Elf?

Title: Re: Blue
Post by: Sarah on July 21, 2008, 06:13:04 PM

Definitely a "der" in there.  It's one of the reasons I love the name so.

Phonetically, more or less "Dass Zeeben oont dare Elf."

Title: Re: Blue
Post by: samir on July 21, 2008, 07:01:47 PM

Big Steve is right... That way it translates to "The Seven and the Eleven"

Title: Re: Blue
Post by: andrew in philadelphia on July 21, 2008, 10:22:02 PM

maybe the funniest german phrase i've ever heard.

Title: Re: Blue
Post by: Jimmy on July 22, 2008, 12:45:39 AM

Quote from: Sarah on July 21, 2008, 06:13:04 PM

Definitely a "der" in there.  It's one of the reasons I love the name so.

Phonetically, more or less "Dass Zeeben oont dare Elf."

I know a little German (the little you receive from taking it in high school) and I just know that "der", "die" and "das" are all forms of the word "the" and I couldn't remember which one Tom used.

Title: Re: Blue
Post by: Sarah on July 22, 2008, 06:23:17 AM

It wouldn't have mattered if you were fluent. 

Both nouns are feminine in non-Newbridgian German.

Title: Re: Blue
Post by: frachse on July 22, 2008, 09:49:35 AM

7 is spelled "Sieben" in German.