EN: Meet Hollie and Parker, a young US couple from south California. Hollie is a pre-school teacher and Parker works as a graphic designer. They live in a normal house, have 2 dogs, and would be a totally average couple if it wasn’t for one thing. Hollie cries during movies. OK, a lot of people cry during movies, you’ll say, even I was known to shed a tear or two during certain scenes (like when Halle Berry is getting out of the sea in “Die another Day”, AAAAAAAHHHH). But the woman cries, weeps and sobs on most unexpected movies, like Star Wars, Back to the Future or Dawn of the Dead (WTF?).
Her husband Parker noticed it first when she cried her eyes out at the end of Elf movie. Titanic, he may understood it, Love Story, OK, it’s sad, but ELF??? He was amused by this, so when she burst into tears at the end of the Star Wars marathon, he was READY! Parker did what any good husband should do in similar situation. Yes, recording the video of his blubbering wife, and putting the clip on YouTube. High five!
Video stayed there for months, pretty much unnoticed, until Ashton Kutcher, Justin Timberlake and Alyssa Milano twittered about it. And then it happened! It soon became an internet sensation. Surprised by this, Parker soon (naturally) taped his wife’s reaction to other movies, and put them online. Boom! 370.000 views!
Next thing he did was, logically, starting a web-page called “Crying Wife”, and put all the videos up there.
Soon, an entrepreneur as he is, Parker started selling T-Shirts, mugs, clocks, and lot of other “Crying Wife” merchandise. Brilliant! Crying Wife blogspot, followed (but not updated much, I’m afraid), same as their Twitter account (dead, for the time being, after only 4 tweets), and their website (as advertised at Crying Wife Page) does not exist any more. I hope they are both well, they seem to be a fantastic couple, full of life and with a great sense of humour! Way to go Hollie and Parker!
After this little introduction, we’re coming to the challenge for you. I discovered their “Crying Wife” page some time ago, and thought it was hilarious. Since I want YOU to see (and enjoy) all the videos – don’t worry, they’re very short – I made this task. Above, you’ll see the images of a Crying Wife (Hollie) from some of the videos in their video section. Or all of the videos. Or more of some videos, and none of other videos. Anyway, you should recognize what scene is taken from which video, and put the corresponding numbers instead of the letters in the formula.
The starting coordinates will take you only to the crying place of many Croatians lately – the Zagreb Unemployment Office. The cache is not far.
Important: Recently, the videos have become unavailable on their site. Don’t know the reason, but luckily, I have saved them, so you can view them via the bottom links. Finally my compulsive-obsessive disorder (CDO (naturally, that’s COD in alphabetical order)) of collecting and ordering everything has given its first fruit.
Here are the links (in alphabetical order, of course): 2012, AI, Back to the Future, Back to the Future 3, Dawn of the Dead, Double Rainbow, Flash of Genius, K-Pax, LOTR, Marley and Me, Office, Star Wars.
HR: Upoznajte Hollie i Parkera, mladi američki par iz južne Kalifornije. Hollie je teta u vrtiću, dok Parker radi kao grafički dizajner. Žive u normalnoj kući, imaju 2 psa, i bili bi totalno prosječan par da nije jedne stvari. Hollie plače dok gleda filmove. OK, puno ljudi plače za vrijeme filma, reći ćete, čak sam i ja tu i tamo pustio suzicu na pokoju scenu (npr. onu kad Halle Berry izlazi iz mora u “Die another Day”, AAAAAAAHHHH). No ova žena plače, cmizdri i jeca na najnevjerojatnije filmove, kao Ratovi Zvijezda, Povratak u Budućnost ili Zora mrtvaca (??).
Njezin suprug Parker je to primijetio prvi kada je isplakala dušu na kraju filma Elf. „Titanic“, to bi još i shvatio, „Love Story“, u redu, to je tužno, ali ELF?? To mu je bilo zabavno, tako da kad je briznula u plač na kraju Star Wars maratona, bio je spreman! Parker je učinio ono što je bilo koji dobar muž dužan poduzeti u sličnoj situaciji. Upravo tako, snimio je svoju jecavu i musavu ženu, te stavio video na YouTube. Majstor!
Video je, prilično nezapaženo, proveo tamo nekoliko mjeseci, sve dok Ashton Kutcher, Justin Timberlake i Alyssa Milano nisu počeli twitati o tome. I onda se dogodilo! Video je postao internet senzacija. Iznenađen, Parker naravno, ubrzo snima ženinu reakciju na druge filmove, te ih opet stavlja na internet. Bum! 370.000 pregleda!
Slijedeći potez je, prirodno, bio osnivanje sajta pod nazivom "Crying Wife" , te postavljanje gore svih videozapisa.
Poduzetan, kao što jest, Parker je uskoro počeo prodavati majice, šalice, satove, i puno drugih "Crying Wife" suvenira. Brilijantno! Slijedi i Crying Wife Blogspot - ali ne ažuriraju ga puno, bojim se - kao ni njihov Twitter account (mrtav, nakon samo četiri tweeta), dok njihova privatna web strana (reklamirana na Crying Wife stranici) više ne postoji. Volio bih da su oboje dobro, čini se da su fantastičan par, pun života i s velikim smislom za humor! Bravo Hollie i Parker!
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Nakon ovog kratkog uvoda, evo nas i na izazovu za vas. Otkrio sam „Crying Wife“ stranicu prije nekog vremena, i oduševio se. Kako bih htio bih da i VI pogledate sve clipove (i uživate u njima) – ne brinite, kratki su – smislio sam ovaj zadatak. Gore vidite slike od Crying Wife (Hollie) iz nekih od clipova u svojoj video-sekciji . Ili svih clipova. Ili više slika iz istih clipova, a nijedna iz nekih drugih. U svakom slučaju, trebali biste prepoznati koja scena je preuzeta iz kojeg videa, te stavite odgovarajuće brojeve umjesto slova u formuli.
Početne koordinate, će vas odvesti samo na mjesto gdje mnogi Hrvati u posljednje vrijeme plaču – Zavod za nezaposlene. Cache nije daleko.
Važno: Nedavno su video clipovi postali nedostupni na njihovom sajtu. Ne znam iz kojeg razloga, ali srećom, prethodno sam ih snimio, pa ih možete pogledati na donjim linkovima. Napokon je moj opsesivno-kompulsivni poremećaj čuvanja i katalogiziranja svega i svačega dao prve rezultate.
Evo linkova (naravno, poredanih po abecedi): 2012, AI, Back to the Future, Back to the Future 3, Dawn of the Dead, Double Rainbow, Flash of Genius, K-Pax, LOTR, Marley and Me, Office, Star Wars.
Cache is at N 45° 48.XXX E 015° 59.YYY
Cache je na N 45° 48.XXX E 015° 59.YYY
XXX = (13*A-28*B+32*C-11*D+35*E+20*F),
YYY = (35*G+12*H+20*I-36*J+20*K+20*L)
