What happened? I blacked out.

If you've never seen Old School, then it is definitely a movie to rent over the holidays. One of my favorite scenes is when Frank (Will Ferrell) has to go up against James Carville in a debate. Frank is not the brightest of guys, but in the heat of the moment something from deep within emerges. Below are the lines from this scene:

Dean Pritchard: Ladies and Gentleman, please welcome, the co-host of CNN's Crossfire, famed political consultant, the raging Cajun, Mr. James Carville
James Carville: Thank you, Thank you Dean Pritchard. It's an honor and a pleasure to be here sir.
Dean Pritchard: Topic number one. What is your position on the role of government in supporting innovation in the field of biotechnology?
James Carville: Well Dean, I'm...I'm glad that you asked that question...
Frank: Uhhh... Actually, I'd like to jump in and take that one Jimmy, If you don't mind.
James Carville: Have at it, Hoss.
Frank: [Frank takes a drink of water, makes a funny face and grunts] Recent research has shown that empirical evidence for globalization of corporate innovation is very limited and as a corollary the market for technologies is shrinking. As a world leader, it's important for America to provide systematic research grants for our scientists. I believe strongly there will always be a need for us to have a well articulated innovation policy with emphasis on human resource development. Thank you.
Frank: [Frank grunts, makes a face and goes limp] [audience applauds]
Frank: What happened? I blacked out
Dean Pritchard: That was interesting. ha ha. Thank you very much. And, uh, your rebuttal Mr. Carville.
James Carville: Oh... It... We... have no response. That was perfect.
Frank: That's the way you do it! That's the way you debate!

Whenever Kyle or I say or do something that surprises the other (and ourselves), we bring up this scene. A few minutes ago I just had a similar episode...

Normally when I have dishes to do (which is often because I can't seem to stop baking) I put them off for a few days. Finally the pile is so high that I have no more pans to cook with because they are all dirty and a nasty smell emanates from the kitchen. At about this time I start reading a book, then knitting, and then cleaning the bathrooms--anything to not do the dishes.

Well today, I was piddling around in the kitchen and I started to run the hot water--and then I blacked out. All of the sudden I realized that I was drying my hands on the dishtowel with a pile of clean dishes drying in front of me. I don't know what happened!!! It was like I just started thinking about other things and didn't have to do the normal hour of internal convincing that I usually do to myself to wash the dishes. It felt eerily familiar to the day I was Thinking Like a Man (Aug. 16, 2005)