nikkid Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Haven't seen the movie yet (is it even out yet?) but we bought my toddler Cars 2 fruit snacks to use in potty training, and I just read the side of the box today to figure out which color was which character (since he always wants to know)... Did you know one of the characters names is Holley Shiftwell? Was that really necessary to encourage kids going around saying plays on swear words just cause it's funny? Or to make parents laugh? Makes kids think it's not so bad to "upgrade" to the real words. Not the end of the world, but still, there are so many more wholesome things for kids to joke about. Makes me want to not go see the movie despite my son being totally into Cars. Am I being too sensitive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I didn't take it as a play on a curse word. I took it as a play on the old Bond girl names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty in Pink Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Maybe it's pronounced Holly and not Holy? I don't know, I haven't seen any trailers. That would be annoying, but it doesn't surprise me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrub Jay Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I didn't take it as a play on a curse word. I took it as a play on the old Bond girl names. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janie Grace Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Haven't seen the movie yet (is it even out yet?) but we bought my toddler Cars 2 fruit snacks to use in potty training, and I just read the side of the box today to figure out which color was which character (since he always wants to know)... Did you know one of the characters names is Holley Shiftwell? Was that really necessary to encourage kids going around saying plays on swear words just cause it's funny? Or to make parents laugh? Makes kids think it's not so bad to "upgrade" to the real words. Not the end of the world, but still, there are so many more wholesome things for kids to joke about. Makes me want to not go see the movie despite my son being totally into Cars. Am I being too sensitive? Is it spelled "Holley"? Then I'd think they say it like the shrub -- "Holly." Are you sure it's a play on words? There was that Piston Cup joke in Cars 1 ("he did what in his cup?") So I guess I wouldn't be surprised. But the phrase "holy sh*it" is quite a bit more vulgar in my book than p*ss. If that was their intention, I'm disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annandatje Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disney Dreaming Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 We saw the movie last night, it is Holly(as in a girls name). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I didn't take it as a play on a curse word. I took it as a play on the old Bond girl names. I don't remember anyone in the movie pronouncing it, "holy" so I never thought of that. I'm going to from now on though!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I didn't take it as a play on a curse word. I took it as a play on the old Bond girl names. :iagree: The whole movie is a play on old Bond movies from what I can tell from the Legos and trailers. (I spent the first part of my ride to FL today helping my 4 year old assemble Cars2 Legos.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna T. Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I don't know, it's going "over my head"!! :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I didn't take it as a play on a curse word. I took it as a play on the old Bond girl names. Same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5KidzRUs Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 As the proud owner of a muscle car - 64 1/2 Mustang vert :D I can tell you HOLLEY is the brand name of a performance carburetor!! Vroom! Vroom! (8 barrel of course!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 (edited) Question: doesn't Holley make other stuff? I thought they also made after-market paddle shifters? My first car was a '67 Mustang, but it has been a long time since I was involved in that world. Eta: I do completely agree that Holley is most famous for carbs. Edited June 25, 2011 by Mrs Mungo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldberry Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Sorry, but no, that wouldn't have occured to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Sorry, but no, that wouldn't have occured to me. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkid Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 As the proud owner of a muscle car - 64 1/2 Mustang vert :D I can tell you HOLLEY is the brand name of a performance carburetor!! Vroom! Vroom! (8 barrel of course!) I didn't take it as a play on a curse word. I took it as a play on the old Bond girl names. Okay. Now I get it. Whew...thanks for straightening me out. :D One of those cases where you take it out of context... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 As the proud owner of a muscle car - 64 1/2 Mustang vert :D I can tell you HOLLEY is the brand name of a performance carburetor!! Vroom! Vroom! (8 barrel of course!) oooh... you lucky duck! That is so cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5KidzRUs Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Question: doesn't Holley make other stuff? I thought they also made after-market paddle shifters? My first car was a '67 Mustang, but it has been a long time since I was involved in that world. Eta: I do completely agree that Holley is most famous for carbs. You are right, they make other parts. My son had to beg me to switch out my original carb for a Holley. Do you still have your 67? My son has a 67 and a 68 - those are his favorites ... I have eyes only for the 64.5's :001_wub::001_wub::001_wub::001_wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 It's a car - a car can "shift well." That's how I took it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_midori Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I read "shift...well" - made perfect sense for a car movie! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 As the proud owner of a muscle car - 64 1/2 Mustang vert :D I can tell you HOLLEY is the brand name of a performance carburetor!! Vroom! Vroom! (8 barrel of course!) First thing that popped into my head due to the spelling. No need for it to be a swear word. Just give your kids a quick briefing on the aftermarket performance parts industry. :001_smile: Oh, and pics please!! A Mustang is even better than men in kilts. Really. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I don't know, it's going "over my head"!! :001_huh: :iagree: I can see the Bond reference but not a play on curse words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 First thing that popped into my head due to the spelling. No need for it to be a swear word. Just give your kids a quick briefing on the aftermarket performance parts industry. :001_smile: Oh, and pics please!! A Mustang is even better than men in kilts. Really. :D Oh, we can create a calendar. Firefighters in kilts, a hot guy in a kilt draped over a classic Mustang... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5KidzRUs Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Oh I just LOVE when I am asked to show off baby pictures!! :lol: here is my baby: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31252828&l=724fedf44d&id=1178844016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5KidzRUs Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Oh, we can create a calendar. Firefighters in kilts, a hot guy in a kilt draped over a classic Mustang... Parrothead, well ... OK, as long as he is eating Nutella too :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi @ Mt Hope Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Oh, and pics please!! A Mustang is even better than men in kilts. Really. :D Here is my contribution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5KidzRUs Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Here is my contribution. A 65 Wimbledon White Coupe! Is it a 260 or a 389? NO, I am not a fanatic! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Oh, we can create a calendar. Firefighters in kilts, a hot guy in a kilt draped over a classic Mustang... Okay, now you're talkin'! (As long as he doesn't block the view of the car too much. :D) Oh I just LOVE when I am asked to show off baby pictures!! :lol: here is my baby: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31252828&l=724fedf44d&id=1178844016 Nice! And it's not red! :w00t: Here is my contribution. I wish I still had one of my Mustangs. None were ever what you'd call a collectible, but I was working my way up! I bought a pastel yellow 66 hardtop (It was dismantled. I had high hopes of reassembling it, restoring it as I went.) for a song right before I got married. Through a series of unfortunate events, some of the best parts ended up scrapped and I just sold off the rest in frustration. It would have looked something like this (that color anyway...): http://mustangattitude.com/cgi-bin/showcar.cgi?type=lot&pic=/1966/1966_00143_04 Now I'm driving a Chevy. And I love it. :o I will own another Mustang someday. I will! Maybe I'll buy one to work on with my daughter. Neither of my older two boys is interested in cars. :001_huh: (Where DID they come from??) My oldest wouldn't even recognize a classic Mustang. I have failed him. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnitWit Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I didn't take it as a play on a curse word. I took it as a play on the old Bond girl names. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Parrothead, well ... OK, as long as he is eating Nutella too :lol: Well, we can have our guy for March in a kilt just standing there eating Nutella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Here's our baby. This is our 4th Mustang, I think. DH sold his 66 Fastback to get enough money to buy this little coupe and get me a new minivan. We LOVE this car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4kiddies Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Oh my god I love all the pictures of the Mustangs!! Love Mustangs, and a little off topic but isn't the first picture the same car that Brandon drove in 90210? Lol... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 As the wife of an owner of a business that builds mustang engines, I must say I am impressed by the car people here. We have a blue 66 coupe! (fueled by a Holley tri-power). And my children got to ride in a Shelby a couple of weeks ago! (we were at a car show and a friend let them in his car. While we were there, some "car guy" was looking at an engine in a car--I sauntered up to him and talked about the motor--then I told him I ported the cylinder heads he was looking at. His jaw dropped. It was fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom in High Heels Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I thought Bond girl and Holley parts when I read it too. Indy "has" a 69 Mustang Convertible. Actually, my stepdad has it and is working to restore it (which is how I know about Holley). They've promised it to Indy when he turns 16. I'm thinking not. I'm thinking they can give it to me, but certainly not a 16 year old. Though the car is pretty solid, so it is probably safer than many cars on the road today. Still, though, you can't waste all that car goodness on a 16 year old. BTW, it's not red, it's some weird shade of black that looks blue from certain angles. It is actually the original color. Having said that (about wasting it on a teenager), my BFF from high school got a 64 1/2 Mustang our senior year. She still has it and I have fond memories of a bunch of us piled into it in our Catholic school uniforms cruising around flirting with boys. ;) Do you think we could get Johnny Depp to pose with a Mustang for the calendar? Maybe in a kilt? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin's Song Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 We just got home from watching it. I have never seen the Bond movies so I'm not sure about that reference, but I definately didn't take the name to be a play on a curse word. I also didn't read the reviews before we went but I agree with the pp who mentioned Big Oil. It was so over the top that I actually said out loud "Are you kidding me?!". :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 You are right, they make other parts. My son had to beg me to switch out my original carb for a Holley.Do you still have your 67? My son has a 67 and a 68 - those are his favorites ... I have eyes only for the 64.5's :001_wub::001_wub::001_wub::001_wub: No, we eventually discovered that the frame was bent in such a way that made it impossible to fix completely. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eewaggie99 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 We just got home from watching it. I have never seen the Bond movies so I'm not sure about that reference' date=' but I definately didn't take the name to be a play on a curse word. I also didn't read the reviews before we went but I agree with the pp who mentioned Big Oil. It was so over the top that I actually said out loud "Are you kidding me?!". :glare:[/quote'] Agreed! We just saw it, and it was over the top. I have a bias: many in my family work in the energy industry. So, when I see "evil Big Oil," my feathers get a bit ruffled. But even more unforgiving, it really dragged on. It was not up to the usual Pixar standards. I could tell the audience was not interested in the movie because there was a lot of shifting and moving in the seats, which I blame on the convoluted story. My kids really didn't understand the plot, but they really enjoyed the mild potty humor. Midway through, I turned to my husband and gave it two thumbs down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraciebytheBay Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 I wouldn't have thought of that. It is pronounced Holly with a short o sound. I presume Shiftwell is supposed to be car lingo - as in the shifting of gears? I think you're being a bit too sensitive, but maybe I am just naive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy2BeautifulGirls Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Oh, we can create a calendar. Firefighters in kilts, a hot guy in a kilt draped over a classic Mustang... :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissad2 Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 It's pronounced holly...but spelled holley as in "holley carburetors" a brand name for carburetors:D. My dh is into hot rods:auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy2BeautifulGirls Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 While we were there, some "car guy" was looking at an engine in a car--I sauntered up to him and talked about the motor--then I told him I ported the cylinder heads he was looking at. His jaw dropped. It was fun. Nice! BTW... this IS still a homeschool forum, right? For a minute I thought I had wandered into some forum that my hubby would frequent! :001_huh: :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Nice! BTW... this IS still a homeschool forum, right? For a minute I thought I had wandered into some forum that my hubby would frequent! :001_huh: :D Well, we are a varied and very resourceful bunch! :D Getting married and settling down caused me to abandon my car hobby (Hubby wasn't into it. He's a machinist by trade, and the last thing he wants to do in his free time is mess any kind of machine. Too bad. His skills sure could come in handy!). Maybe I can devise some way homeschooling can lead us back to it. Hmmm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosaicmind Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Yes, you are being too sensitive. My dh just returned home from seeing it with our sons and they all loved it, My dh is more conservative than I am and he never saw anything wrong with it. It's a play on a Bond girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5KidzRUs Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Here's our baby. This is our 4th Mustang, I think. DH sold his 66 Fastback to get enough money to buy this little coupe and get me a new minivan. We LOVE this car! Nice 66 Coupe! Sorry about the fastback. I woulda kept it (and walked everywhere lol!) - it holds it's value much better than a minivan :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5KidzRUs Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 As the wife of an owner of a business that builds mustang engines, I must say I am impressed by the car people here. We have a blue 66 coupe! (fueled by a Holley tri-power). And my children got to ride in a Shelby a couple of weeks ago! (we were at a car show and a friend let them in his car. While we were there, some "car guy" was looking at an engine in a car--I sauntered up to him and talked about the motor--then I told him I ported the cylinder heads he was looking at. His jaw dropped. It was fun. Lara, how very cool you get to work on engines! My son and I rebuilt my Mustangs original 260 V8 :001_smile: Recently, he found two 351 Windsor engines for $200 and a 1967 fastback that had been in storage in CA for over 20 years. It is full of rust he has to fix/replace - but he loves that he is the 2nd owner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Question: doesn't Holley make other stuff? I thought they also made after-market paddle shifters? Yes. Holley makes many high-performance parts---intake manifolds, fuel-injection systems, etc., in addition to their famous carburetors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 As the proud owner of a muscle car - 64 1/2 Mustang vert :D I can tell you HOLLEY is the brand name of a performance carburetor!! Vroom! Vroom! (8 barrel of course!) I had one of these in high school (only it wasn't a convertible). Three speed 260 engine. It was a fast machine, and it looked good, too. Unfortunately, I totaled it in college and cried for weeks. (Really.) I still think of that car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Oh I just LOVE when I am asked to show off baby pictures!! :lol: here is my baby: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31252828&l=724fedf44d&id=1178844016 Oh, the memories...mine was white, too.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Okay, please pardon my nostalgia in posting my old Mustang. I was 17 when this was taken. :001_smile: I wish I had more pictures of that car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Nothing would surprise me.... but glad it is pronounced Holly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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