Best Alternative Closing Line to ''Gone With The Wind''

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Rhett Butler’s most famous line to Scarlett O’Hara—”Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn”—was almost replaced with several expletive-free phrases, according to script notes:

http://i.imgur.com/SSdI6km.jpg

Which one should they have gone with?

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Frankly, my dear, The whole thing is a stench in my nostrils. 13
Frankly, my dear, it makes my gorge rise. 9
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a Continental. 5
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a hoot! 3
Frankly, my dear, It’s all the same to me. 2
Frankly, my dear, my indifference is boundless. 2
Frankly, my dear, I’ve come to the end. 2
Frankly, my dear, you can go to the devil for all I care. 2
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a whoop! 2
Frankly, my dear, nothing could interest me less. 1
Frankly, my dear, the devil may care—I don’t! 1
Frankly, my dear, it has become of no concern to me. 1
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a straw. 1
Frankly, my dear, I just don’t care. 1
Frankly, my dear, I’m not even indifferent—I just don’t care. 1
Frankly, my dear, I am completely indifferent. 0
Frankly, my dear, it is of no consequence. 0
Frankly, my dear, I’ve withdrawn from the battle. 0
Frankly, my dear, I don’t care. 0
Frankly, my dear, you can go to the devil, for all of me. 0


pplains, Saturday, 20 June 2015 18:18 (ten years ago)

Rodent's posterior was slept on

Give 'Em Enough Rope Mother (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 20 June 2015 18:25 (ten years ago)

feeling "don't give a whoop" rn

Aimless, Saturday, 20 June 2015 19:01 (ten years ago)

a denial

AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 20 June 2015 19:08 (ten years ago)

Continental or straw for me.

Give 'Em Enough Rope Mother (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 20 June 2015 19:09 (ten years ago)

boundless indifference

a silly gif of awkward larping (Sparkle Motion), Saturday, 20 June 2015 19:17 (ten years ago)

this is hoot v. gorge imo

here i am in the land of large breakfasts (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 20 June 2015 19:32 (ten years ago)

can't help thinking of this as a list of Things Kim Thayil Wishes He Had Said To Billy Corgan.

Give 'Em Enough Rope Mother (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 20 June 2015 19:35 (ten years ago)

Team Stench

Sharia Law and Lambchop (The Yellow Kid), Saturday, 20 June 2015 19:37 (ten years ago)

Frankly my dear, a bird was in my ear, but he is out now have no fear, again my ear can hear, my dear.

Vic Perry, Saturday, 20 June 2015 23:22 (ten years ago)

Bowie?

Mark G, Sunday, 21 June 2015 09:25 (ten years ago)

Also, "In four years"?

Mark G, Sunday, 21 June 2015 09:25 (ten years ago)

three years pass...

where is nate silver when it comes to the real contests of 2020

|Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 29 November 2018 18:46 (seven years ago)

the closing line is "Tomorrow is another day."

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 November 2018 18:54 (seven years ago)

SPOILER

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 29 November 2018 18:54 (seven years ago)

I’m not even indifferent—I just don’t care.

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 29 November 2018 19:09 (seven years ago)

I'll think of it tomorrow, at Tara. I can stand it then. Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, the whole thing is a stench in my nostrils.

I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Thursday, 29 November 2018 19:15 (seven years ago)

one year passes...

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Monday, 3 February 2020 00:01 (six years ago)

Frankly my dear, it’s Chinatown

ooga booga-ing for the bourgeoisie (voodoo chili), Monday, 3 February 2020 00:25 (six years ago)

But guess what? Nobody gives a toot!😂

a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 3 February 2020 00:44 (six years ago)

Frankly my dear, I don't give a gran's flange

... that's Traore! (Neanderthal), Monday, 3 February 2020 00:47 (six years ago)

that LEWTON on the top right of the typescript is subsequent B-horror king Val?

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 February 2020 00:58 (six years ago)

"Frankly, my dear, you can hoist your skanky Confederate bitch ass up the flagpole."

(for Michael O'Donoghue)

a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 February 2020 00:59 (six years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 00:01 (six years ago)

https://youtu.be/VKz2pZGPqrg

Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 04:20 (six years ago)

these results took almost as long as the Iowa primary

symsymsym, Tuesday, 4 February 2020 05:08 (six years ago)

https://i.ibb.co/MMxwcJ0/560.jpg

... that's Traore! (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 4 February 2020 05:39 (six years ago)


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