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[Dutch_Tooler]

. (Sorry, double post - mods feel free to delete)

[Farmer X]

I didn't catch the DeLorean! In the late 1990s, I used to pass a house that regularly had one parked in the driveway when I walked to work.

[Grant Lamontagne]

So you got to drive a vintage E Type and a vintage Vette?

That sounds like a pretty good birthday gift to me!

And yes, I definitely spotted the Delorean in the background, but I wasn't prepared for John Cena to also be on the picture!   

Def

[Dutch_Tooler]

Yup, that it surely turned out to be 

I may be biased by the brake glitches on the Jag, but I must say the 'Vette really grew on me after a while, despite the steering being less precise than would be deemed acceptable on more recent cars. It was quite a handful to keep on the road as the play was, well, something to play with, as it were. Maybe the steering linkage balls or rack/pinion were overdue for replacement.

OK, I'll bite. Now I'm curious where you saw John Cena on the pic

[Grant Lamontagne]

OK, I'll bite. Now I'm curious where you saw John Cena on the pic

It's a popular internet joke that is rooted in his wrestling career.  According to a website that is too festooned with ads to read easily:

The “You can’t see me” catchphrase evolved into a hilarious John Cena meme joking that the WWE star-turned-actor was invisible. Cena's provocative taunt to his opponents fits into the great pantheon of wrestling catchphrases that has long been part of each fighter's armory. Alongside The Undertaker's chilling “Rest in peace” and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson's somewhat strange “If you smell what The Rock is cooking,” Cena's is one of the most quotable. The taunt – which Cena uses to suggest that his wrestling moves are too fast for his opponents to see coming – has a sweet and funny origin.

Cena wrestled in WWE for several years before he moved to Hollywood. Cena spent most of that time as a face (a good guy in wrestling terminology), although he started as a heel (a villain) — regularly taunting his opponents. Even after turning good, Cena never stopped taunting his opponents, especially saying "You can't see me." The John Cena invisible meme hasn't just stayed in the ring though, and its funniest uses have very little to do with WWE today.

So whenever you see a picture without John Cena you talk about it as if he is in it because he's invisible.   Since only his opponents can't see him, and he's a good guy, if you can't see him... well.....   

It's a silly joke, but I really like John Cena, so I have kind of adopted it a little.   

Def

[gustophersmob]

Yup, that it surely turned out to be 

I may be biased by the brake glitches on the Jag, but I must say the 'Vette really grew on me after a while, despite the steering being less precise than would be deemed acceptable on more recent cars. It was quite a handful to keep on the road as the play was, well, something to play with, as it were. Maybe the steering linkage balls or rack/pinion were overdue for replacement.

OK, I'll bite. Now I'm curious where you saw John Cena on the pic

I think having to steer it in a straight line was a GM (and really most US) car hallmark up until the 2000’s.

[Dutch_Tooler]

Yeah, maybe. I got used to the steering reasonably quickly, so it may just have been me spoiled rotten with newer cars. Otherwise the 'Vette was very nice to drive, including the stick shift tran which was impressively precise for a 66 year old car.

So whenever you see a picture without John Cena you talk about it as if he is in it because he's invisible.   Since only his opponents can't see him, and he's a good guy, if you can't see him... well.....   

It's a silly joke, but I really like John Cena, so I have kind of adopted it a little.   

Gotcha, thanks Grant. I must admit to a distinct lack of knowledge of WWE and its stars (maybe because that is more of a niche thing in Europe). Although now you mention the invisibility thing, I may just purloin the joke for use on my oldest son, who I remember was quite a Cena fan in his teenage years.

I admit, after reading the reference I'd been frantically looking in my pic for reflections of me that might have induced a hidden compliment, but while I'm not in too bad a shape for a 60 year old, your explanation is far more realistic 

[Grant Lamontagne]

I am not a wrestling fan either, but I really enjoy John Cena as an actor. 

I think he is absolutely perfect for the role of Peacemaker, or at least the current reimagining of the character by James Gunn.  On the surface he plays a (in his words) "a douchebag Captain America" but he has brought a surprising amount of depth to the role.  If you can get past the lowbrow surface humor of the show you will see a remarkably deeply conflicted character, with equal parts of trying to hide it while also being... a douchebag, played to absolute perfection.

I also thought he was great as Ricky Stanicky, he was hilarious as the President of the US in Heads of State along Idris Elba and in other films as well.  He is a surprisingly good comedic actor with excellent timing and very believable body language and timing, although I will admit that many of his characters are variations on the theme of the musclebound oaf type.

I have seen him in interviews and he is actually remarkably intelligent, well spoken and surprisingly sophisticated for a man who made his fortune by putting on speedos, getting oiled up and rolling around with other men.



There is also another clip of him discussing why he wears a pocket watch and a wrist watch, but as it features a certain talk show host that is currently embroiled in some issues on a subject we don't discuss here, I'll let you find it for yourself.   

But I honestly don't believe I have ever seen him wrestle... which is understandable since he is invisible...   

Def

[Dutch_Tooler]

 

I'll look up some flicks with him. I have seen one, years ago, but I forget which one, which tells me I wasn't overly impressed at the time