/* *Grammar: Friday the 13th (friday.g) *Author: Paul D'Albora *Resource and Friday the 13th specialist: Chris Daley *This is a grammar for all you fans of recurring horror flicks (particularly, *the Friday the 13th saga.) *Send questions or suggestions to: *Paul D'Albora *haplo@leland *7-4246 */ { Friday the 13th, part : . In this latest chapter, Jason <action> . The protagonist discovers Jason's weakness, <weakness> , and <destroy> him <destroy-action> . The remains <disposed-of> , only to be re-disocvered in the next chapter: <Title> ; } { <Intro> Jason's back in ; Jason's at it again in ; Prepare to be shocked and amazed at ; You didn't think it would happen on the big screen, until... ; Holy <Robin> , Batman! It's ; } { <Robin> bat guano ; grim reapers ; hockey masks ; interchangeable parts ; } { <Roman-numeral> X ; V ; X I ; X I I ; X <Roman-numeral> ; L <Roman-numeral> ; L C ; } { <Title> " Jason lives! " ; " Jason rocks! " ; " Jason vs. Rocky " ; " One Bloody <weapon> " ; " Lethal <cute-animal> " ; " Jason takes <place> " ; } { <weapon> axe ; machete ; party favor ; syringe ; pair of hedge-trimmers ; corkscrew ; spear ; medieval torture device ; rusty dull butter knife ; hot poker ; } { <cute-animal> squirrels ; kittens ; puppies ; newts ; bunny rabbits ; frogs ; tweety birds ; ants ; } { <action> <yucky-verb> <victim's> <body-part> with a <weapon> and then <action> ; <social-activity> with buddies Freddy, Pinhead, and Leatherface ; gets resurrected <resurrection> . The new, madder Jason then <action> ; terrorizes <place> . After that, he <action> ; poses naked for PlayGirl ; seeks revenge for <injustice> . He then <action> ; feels shunned by a cold, hard world, so he <action> ; puts <number> <weapon> s in <victim's> <body-part> just after he <action> ; plays <game> with <group> just before he <action> ; <destroy> <group> and runs them over with a <vehicle> ; hides in <hiding-place> ; } { <yucky-verb> squishes ; extrudes ; pokes out ; hacks off ; squelches ; slashes and <yucky-verb> ; purees ; } { <victim's> a camp counselor's ; a silly tourist's ; some guy's ; his psychiatrist's ; his <family-member> 's ; a scantily-clad woman's ; } { <family-member> sister ; nephew ; great grandmother ; } { <body-part> eyeballs ; brain ; heart ; tongue ; left ear ; intestines ; left belly button ; pancreas ; } { <social-activity> plays <game> ; has dinner ; does karaoke ; reminisces ; } { <game> golf ; bridge ; four-square ; frisbee ; Mother-May-I ; Show-and-Tell ; } { <resurrection> by getting electrocuted with a lightning rod ; because he's the main character ; with no explanation whatsoever ; by telekinesis ; by putting his <body-part> back together ; in the usual fashion ; quite by accident ; by transporting his soul to a new host's body ; } { <place> Camp Crystal Lake ; Manhattan ; a school ; a shopping mall ; a cruise liner ; } { <injustice> the death of his mother ; being killed <number> times ; being laughed at as a kid ; the theft of his <stuff> ; } { <number> 2 ; 4 ; 8 ; 19 ; 29 ; 53 ; 3 ; 5-and-a-half ; } { <stuff> <number> <cute-animal> ; <weapon> ; <Robin> ; <game> instruction booklet ; <vehicle> ; } { <group> a couple camp counselors ; elementary school kids ; some silly tourists ; a herd of <cute-animal> ; his imaginary friends ; } { <destroy> mutilates ; melts ; annihilates ; decapitates ; burns ; } { <vehicle> bulldozer ; space shuttle ; Harley ; skateboard ; <number> -wheeler ; Ford Taurus ; Volvo ; } { <hiding-place> a garbage can ; a lake ; the basement ; the back of a <vehicle> ; Freddy's boiler room ; } { <weakness> the soft spot on his <body-part> ; garlic ; Ms. Pac-Man ; his affinity to fire ; the fact that he's a major conductor of electricity ; <cute-animal> ; images of his childhood ; } { <destroy-action> through witchcraft ; by pushing the <vehicle> past 88.8 mph ; by allocating enough memory ; through advanced forms of trickery ; by working together with <group> ; quite by accident ; with a little luck and <destroy-action> ; by telekinetic powers ; by reversing the aging process with toxic waste ; } { <disposed-of> are dropped in <hiding-place> ; are left forgotten in the forest ; mysteriously vanish ; are eaten by <number> <cute-animal> ; are left on a sacred burial ground ; are placed in Hell ; }