Another Internet reference on the show

It seems to me that most of the Seinfeld plot lines come from something that we (the great unwashed) can relate to (looking for a parking spot, bad gifts/haircuts, horrible/wonderful girl/boyfriends, waiting in a restaurant, work frustration, etc). Where then does the check plot-line come from? It seems to be a clear metaphor for something - but what? It is simply a reference to all of us who suffer from CTS? Is it a comment on junk mail?

It doesn't seem to be a comment on checks in general b/c you can't write them in NYC.

It was too much a part of the show to be an aside.

This seems an impossible point to prove, or disprove, unless we can pry into the writers minds. But after watching the show again, I remain intrigued, if not convinced, by the theory.

12 centers, all of us!

[email] wrote:

You can't write checks in NY CIty?

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I absolutely, positively, agree. Talk about trying to squeeze water out of a rock.

Interesting connection, though,

John

Wow. I bet you receive radio transmissions from extra-terrestrials in your dental fillings. Now let's scan that barcode we implanted in you...

In article , [email] writes:

tion of the checks in the rain was another not so subtle swipe at what happens to the opinions expressed here.

Clear as mud to me.

ON a related note. I discovered that banks [at least here in canada] do not require you to endorse a cheque that is made out to yourself. It surprised me when the teller informed me of this. But upon reflection it does make sense of a sort. Poor Jerry probably could have just stuck them all in an envelope and dropped them in an ATM.

[email] wrote:

True. And if you play the videotape of the episode backwards, Kramer can clearly be heard saying "The alt.tv.seinfeld newsgroup is brainless."

On Wed, 20 Nov 1996 00:25:55 -0800, JJ wrote:

nononono. he is saying "a.tv.s newsgroup is drainless." a metaphorical comment about the quality of discourse on the group.

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Yes, and was I the only one who noticed that on the 11/21 episode, George was actually telling the Portugese waitress, "The writers of Seinfeld ignore all comments and criticisms of the alt.tv.seinfeld newsgroup." I also noticed that if you took every third letter of the credits read at the end of the show, it spelled, "Everybody who has ever posted to alt.tv.seinfeld should die." It's very strange. Very, very strange.