bad case of laryngitis

Vecchio: You know you're wasting your time. Fraser: Possibly. Vecchio: The best you're going to get is a bad case of laryngitis. Fraser: Probably. Vecchio: Lozenges? Fraser: Cherry flavored? Vecchio: On my way. Fraser: Thank you kindly.

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Benton Fraser: You know you can leave, Ray. You don't have to come here every day.

Ray Vecchio: I know that.

Benton Fraser: Well, you have a job, you should go to work.

Ray Vecchio: I do go to work.

Benton Fraser: When?

Ray Vecchio: When you're asleep. You do that a lot, you know.

Benton Fraser: Huh. Still, I thought--

Ray Vecchio: Look, you start your physical therapy, you get your sea legs back. In the meantime, we get through this the only way I know how. Baseball.

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All right, stand back and watch how we do things here in America. No neighborhood watch, no caring for your fellow man, just good old fashioned intimidation.

Ray Vecchio, 1x13 An Eye For An Eye

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Ray Vecchio: How do you know?

Benton Fraser: You'll get upset.

Ray Vecchio: No, I won't! Just enlighten me as to how in the span of a two minute conversation you figured out this guy's a criminal.

Benton Fraser: You sure?

Ray Vecchio: Yeah, I'm sure.

Benton Fraser: All right. Spittle.

Ray Vecchio: Spittle?

Benton Fraser: Through the course of our conversation, he tried to spit several times, but he couldn't, because his mouth was too dry, which would indicate he was lying.

Ray Vecchio: So let me get this straight, this is what they do in the Yukon: they arrest everybody who doesn't drool?

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Typing antics

Ray Vecchio: *looking up from typing* What?

Benton Fraser: Nothing. No, it's just that I can't help feeling--

Ray Vecchio: Well you see, that's your problem.

Benton Fraser: What?

Ray Vecchio: Feelings. You gotta keep the feelings out of it. This way it's just a case, just a docket with a file number, that's it.

Benton Fraser: I suppose that's prudent. *Ray goes back to typing* That's an 'H'.

Ray Vecchio: What?

Benton Fraser: 'A fender'. You meant to hit a 'D', you hit an 'H'.

Ray Vecchio: You heard that?

Benton Fraser: Yes. You know, Ray, the thing is--

Ray Vecchio: Fraser! The guy had his chance, okay? There's nothing more we can do for him, okay?

Benton Fraser: You're right.

Ray Vecchio: I know I'm right. *goes back to typing*

Benton Fraser: That's a 'Z'.

Ray Vecchio: What's a 'zed'?

Benton Fraser: A 'zee'. You meant to hit a 'S'.

Ray Vecchio: All right, that's it, all right? Look, I am trying to type here, what you're doing is really unnerving, okay?

Benton Fraser: I'm sorry.

Ray Vecchio: *goes back to typing*

Benton Fraser: *goes back to whittling*

Ray Vecchio: Look, you don't know what the guy is going to do. Maybe he learned his lesson.

Benton Fraser: Ray, he's determined and he's desperate.

Ray Vecchio: And he doesn't want our help!

Benton Fraser: That's true. *goes back to whittling*

Ray Vecchio: *goes back to typing*

Benton Fraser: *looks up from whittling*

Ray Vecchio: Don't even think about it.

Benton Fraser: I was going to compliment you on your spacing.

Ray Vecchio: Oh yeah, right. All right, come on, look, maybe we can't help your friend, but the least we can do is help you sit on his playmate.

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I though this blog was just appreciating Ray Vecchio because he's a good character and sometimes gets forgotten, which would be great, but realising you're just being one of the petty ~no original alwayz better no replacements change bad~ people is really disappointing. You couldn't like and appreciate Ray Vecchio without it being about your resentment of how other people just prefer a different character than you. Okay. I'll keep looking for a RayV fan who doesn't take fandom too seriously.

Wow. Yeah, okay, because my dislike of the later seasons is seriously going to somehow get in the way of your liking said seasons. Because apparently my opinions that are expressed in the about page is so detrimental to your ability to just enjoy a blog dedicated to Ray Vecchio appreciation that you had to send me an anonymous ask to tell me what a horrible person I am.

Get it through your head anonymous: Not everyone liked the later seasons. Not everyone likes Stanley Ray Kowalski. It doesn't make us petty people. It just means our tastes are different and your persecution complex is ridiculous.

I mean, did you even wonder about why I don't bring in my personal opinions into the entries in this blog? There is a reason I don't write any text entries about my opinions of the show in this blog and focus only on quotes and screencaps. What I think and what this blog offers are not one and the same. My lack of appreciation for the later seasons in the show does not diminish my appreciation for Seasons 1 & 2.

So what did you hope to accomplish? Shame me into changing my mind? Just be a troll to annoy me? Be petty because god forbid anyone dislike your favorite character because they found the writing subpar? I'd spend more time on this answer, but seeing as the likelihood of you reading it is nil, I don't even know why I'm bothering other than using it as a space to let off some steam.

Go ahead and keep liking the show however the way you like it and I'll keep liking the show however the way I like it.

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Because nobody patronizes Benny and gets away with it.

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Ray Vecchio: Okay, so how did you know the guy who paid Charlie's a fighter?

Benton Fraser: His wrists. They were completely hairless, indicating he wears gloves that were tied tightly and in constant use.

Ray Vecchio: So we're tracking a guy with hairless wrists.

Benton Fraser: Also, the second knuckle of each hand was slightly lower than the others. His jaw clicks slightly when he spoke, indicating a fractured mandible. And his eyes shifted downward laterally in their sockets, caused by no doubt repeated blows to the zygomatic arch.

Ray Vecchio: Okay, that I'll buy, but how did you know he worked out of this gym?

Benton Fraser: It was written on his t-shirt.

Ray Vecchio: You couldn't have said that in the first place? You had to go through the hairless wrists and the fractured mandibles?

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Nurse: You're not supposed to be in here yet.

Ray Vecchio: Yeah, I know that. There's a cop outside. Would you like to report me?

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Can we just take a moment to appreciate that Ray's shirt wasn't always eye-searingly bright, even in early Season 1? Even in the Pilot episode?

His tie, though, there was no saving that.

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Look Benny, I-I don't know if they have a similar thing up there in Canada, but down here in America we have this thing called 'Friendship'? And this is something a friend would do. Like, for example, if one friend calls another friend and you're supposed to meet him at a certain time at a certain place and he can't be there? Usually he calls him and let him know.

Ray Vecchio, 3x01 Burning Down the House

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Reason to love Ray:

Because you only have to ask him once.

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You know why you can't go, don'tcha? It's all that sugar. Remember that the next time you try to eat something of mine. This is what happens to bad wolves.

Ray Vecchio, 1x04 They Eat Horses Don't They

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Ray Vecchio: Fraser, you do not want to live in this neighborhood. Cops do not live in areas like this. Most people we bust don't even live here.

Benton Fraser: Why? It's central, convenient; I can walk to work in seven minutes.

Ray Vecchio: Not without backup.

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Fraser, this is Chicago. The only reason to open the window is to get a better aim.

Ray Vecchio, 1x01 Free Willie

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Ray Vecchio: Okay, I'm on the edge of my seat. What's this huge moral dilemma you're carrying on your shoulders?

Benton Fraser: I've given my word to a girl.

Ray Vecchio: Fraser, you do not have to marry every girl that you meet.

Benton Fraser: Oh no, it's...she's a very young girl.

Ray Vecchio: Well, then you do have a problem.