Maude looked at the entire Los Angeles sperm donor pool and landed on Jeffrey Lebowski, a man with the same legal name as her father. Tremendous stuff.

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unzest@reddit

Maude is just a progressive rich white west coaster with daddy issues. Everyone in this movie is totally dysfunctional. Thats the point. Many movies have this trope. You aren’t supposed to like or idealize these people because they are all losers in one way or another. Thats why they find each other and interact. They aren’t strangers. They are all on the same level.

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Juicethetangelo@reddit

How many others were an author of the Port Huron Statement*?

*the original, not the compromised second draft

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kharringtonvideoarts@reddit

That was him. And six other guys.

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Whaddyalookinatmygut@reddit

Fun Fact:

Jeff O’Dowd, real life dude, was actually one of the Seattle Seven charged with inciting a riot. Him and six other members of the Seattle Liberation Front.

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MuscaMurum@reddit

I met a very drunk Jeff Dowd at a party in Seattle. "I'm The Dude," he slurred.

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PAAAWL23@reddit

Or Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing

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WhatIsTheAmplitude@reddit

So that’s what you call him

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deletive-expleted@reddit

And a good day to you, sir!

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Blunderbutters@reddit

Was that before or after he was a roadie for Metallicas Speed of Sound tour?

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Nesbitt_Burns@reddit

Occupied various administrative buildings

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lazerayfraser@reddit

don’t forget the thai stick

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PrescriptionDenim@reddit

I don’t think The Dude EVER forgets the Thai stick.

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WhatIsTheAmplitude@reddit

The occasional flashback

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AlGeee@reddit

Buncha assholes

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BanditoRojo@reddit

That word itself makes me uncomfortable.

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StrangeAtomRaygun@reddit

Fatuous

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icybowler3442@reddit

Roadie?

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mysterious_whisperer@reddit

Buncha?

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boymangodshiz@reddit

Coitus?

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maloside@reddit

Asshole?

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Aggravating_Bat3618@reddit

Way before

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Aggravating_Bat3618@reddit

Port Huron Statement was in 1962, Seattle Seven was 1970. Jeff Dowd was actually one of them. Bulk of the series.

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doctorlightning84@reddit

The occasional acid flashback

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stang7089@reddit

That’s just like, your opinion, man.

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Activate-Windows-@reddit

I think of this every time I see this movie. Why would you want another Lebowski to be your babies daddy? The only thing I can think is that she had his sperm dna tested for relative status.

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dcbluestar@reddit

Sperm banks cost money and The Dude got laid in the process for free! Just a simple BJ from Bunny woulda cost him $1,000!!

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Dj_suffering@reddit

I always liked how Maude went into her diatribe about how women, not just men enjoy sex and that it can be a "zesty enterprise". Then they have sex and Maude then asks "did you think this was all fun and games? I want a child."

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2wheelsThx@reddit

She's a succubus...

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JadeMonkey0@reddit

Did she turn him in to a toad?

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Gutter_Snoop@reddit

Dang, she put Jeffery in a tight spot!

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LarsThorwald@reddit

Maude’s vaginal motivations are a goddamned geographical oddity! Two weeks from everywhere!

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no_vale_verga817@reddit

That is just ridiculous dude… Maude is not trying to seduce you just feed on your soul… not if I have anything to say about.

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no_vale_verga817@reddit

Surely she recognizes that they’ll likely enjoy coitus more than once, to increase the chances of conception. Hasn’t that ever occurred to you, man?

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milderhappiness@reddit

No dude, that had not occurred to us.

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TroughPisser@reddit

He has got to buck up, man. He cannot drag this sexual energy in to the tournament.

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SgtPepper_8324@reddit

She wanted someone she wouldn't have to see socially.

He's just helping her conceive.

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CO_Planker@reddit

Someone the straight community didn’t give a shit about.

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14ktgoldscw@reddit

Yeah, they specifically address “I wanted a dead beat I would never need to speak to again” in the movie. I don’t know what the sperm bank scene in LA was in the mid 90s but that’s more than enough hand wave suspension of disbelief for me.

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contactfive@reddit

In the mid 00s my buddy Randy was making bank at a sperm bank in LA. I don’t think Maude would be caught dead at one of those though. Too gauche.

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redonrust@reddit

I still jerk off manually

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TattooedBagel@reddit

That’s marvelous.

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14ktgoldscw@reddit

We’re all very fond of him.

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StrangeAtomRaygun@reddit

She could have hooked up with the video artist with the cleft asshole.

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Flimsy_Maize6694@reddit

Is that some kind of Eastern thing?

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yrar3@reddit

Someone the square community won't give a shit about

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automaticmantis@reddit

You mean coitus?

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yetanotherwittyname@reddit

Is that what this is a picture of?

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SlatheredButtCheeks@reddit

She's just his special lady friend

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originalbiggusdickus@reddit

Fuck off, Dafino!

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GrumpyCatStevens@reddit

She's not my special lady, she's my fucking lady friend!

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RedPhule@reddit

What did you think this was, fun and games?

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freeway_gmz@reddit

Porque era de los Seattle Seven. El Dude y otros seis.

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Ecstatic_Lab9010@reddit

That wasva cosmic fluke, I think.

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Ok-Review-753@reddit

i like to headcanon that maude helped the dude out financially a little bit after everything was said and done in exchange for him helping her conceive, and for all his troubles. at least a new-ish car and a couple grand (out of her father's allowance)

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redonrust@reddit

...and the Creedence

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useless_modern_god@reddit

Considering everything else that happens in this movie, I’d say that Maude’s decisions were the 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 ludicrous

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redonrust@reddit

She fixes the cable?

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wizsandt@reddit

I’m not so sure about that. On a very small amount of data, she decides to have the Dude father her child.

From what we see, the first time she lays eyes on the Dude he is chilling on the rug. Her henchman strikes him and they take the rug.

She then invites the Dude to her studio and has a three minute conversation and sends the Dude to the doctor. We know the reason she arranges the appointment is to determine whether or not the Dude is able to father a child. So her contemplation must have happened by now as she is actively making plans.

But what does she know about the Dude? He conned Brandt out of the rug. She’s seen how the Dude lives. And she’s had a short conversation. The little Lewbowski is a big decision on very little details.

TBL just is planning to swindle a charity. Bunny is off in her own sex kitten world in Vegas. The nilhlists are trying to scam a rich guy with a pretend kidnapping. Jerry Treehorn just wants his money back.

Maude having a child is more ridiculous than these.

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Key_Country3756@reddit

Nah, read some Raymond Chandler — his Philip Marlowe stories were an important inspiration for The Big Lebowski. Wealthy women throw themselves at Marlowe in pretty much every story. It’s part of the genre. Bulk of the series, and all that.

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Money-Look4227@reddit

Much of the movie is also an homage to Chinatown starring Jack Nicholson. Referring to Woo as 'the chinaman', the sheriff telling the Dude that Jackie Treehorn draws a lot of water (Chinatown was about the dirty ways people obtained water rights in LA), and even Maude wanting a child with the Dude. In Chinatown, Faye Dunaway is revealed to have been raped by her father, and had a child with him as a result. So Maude having a baby with someone with the same surname as her father is a nod to that.

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Marlbey@reddit

It’s a male myth about feminists that we hate sex.

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Ziggyork@reddit

Right? Like…I’m a guy and consider myself a feminist and I LOVE sex!

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SylvanDragoon@reddit

Don't be fatuous Ziggyork

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Defiant-Bicycle3284@reddit

It can be a natural zesty enterprise

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underpanttrousers@reddit

It can be a natural, zesty enterprise.

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analogkid01@reddit

I'm just gonna go find a cash machine...

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Delicious_Bell_2755@reddit

Coitus?

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2wheelsThx@reddit

Some people engage in it compulsively and without joy.

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jayhof52@reddit

Oh no...

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Delicious_Bell_2755@reddit

Oh yes.

Now, as I understand, the condition is called satyriasis in men. Not sure what it's called in women though...

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Dan_Berg@reddit

Sorry your stepmom's a nympho

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Delicious_Bell_2755@reddit

I don't see what that has to do with...do you have any Kahlua?

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High_Af_Osrs@reddit

I still donate manually.

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LarsThorwald@reddit

I’m sure you do.

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Difficult-Map-2620@reddit

Mine dispatcher says there’s something wrong with the cable.

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pucks4brains@reddit

Sometimes there's a man...

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MouldyBobs@reddit

He definitely fit right in there.

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lazerayfraser@reddit

coitus?

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HikeRobCT@reddit

Sometimes, you eat the bahr

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sorriso_pontual@reddit

and the Dude was most certainly that

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Tuva_Tourist@reddit

Her art has been commended as being strongly vaginal, which bothers some men.

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JustACasualFan@reddit

Yeah, it’s a brilliant way to discourage him from any shenanigans. “Act right or I release the birth certificate with your name on it.”

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Ancient_Composer9119@reddit

Lots of ins and outs.

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HornedShoe@reddit

No time, love. I've just come to read the meter.

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Ok_Tour_1525@reddit

Welly welly welly welly welly welly well

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WhyLater@reddit

Coitus?

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nukeevry1@reddit

Those are good burgers, Dude

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treletraj@reddit

Good one.

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thefeckcampaign@reddit

What did you think this was, fun and games?

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jonoftheatom@reddit

His sperms really tide the room together

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UnBearable1520@reddit

Dude’s tall with good hair

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tgold77@reddit

I always thought that was weird too. I think maybe she liked the way The Dude handled the mistaken identify and stuck it to her Dad. Of course she had to get her rug back.

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choopie-chup-chup@reddit

Yes yes, you have your story I have mine...

They were siblings and Maude knew it and said 'let's do it' cuz she's a freeek. In the parlance of our times

How does The Dude get to take it easy for all us sinners, with nothing on the resume since Speed of Sound tour (buncha assholes) with sufficient funds for bowling, oat sodas, half & half, Marty's rent...something doesn't add up!

What if the Big Lebowski has a secret Little Lebowski and it's The Dude? Has that not occurred to you...man?

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Jgibbjr@reddit

I cannot tell you the number of rich people I have known who simply look around at whoever is in their daily environment and choose those people to do other tasks, rather than look for someone more qualified elsewhere 🙄

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Yeahthatonefoo@reddit

You mean coitus

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Jgibbjr@reddit

Rarely for coitus, but I've seen people do it for a chauffeur, an assistant, a dog walker, and even a company director 🤷‍♂️

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TroughPisser@reddit

These rich fuuuuucks.

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FalseDmitriy@reddit

This whole fuckin thing

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scoopit1890@reddit

What in god's holy name are you blathering about?

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S1cnus@reddit

Some new shits come to light man.

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analogkid01@reddit

The sperm bank next to the IHOP wasn't quite exclusive enough.

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Outrageous-Serve4970@reddit

Probably just wanted to keep her last name

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Ok_Season_5850@reddit

I mean he’s in very very good shape for a man that’s taken absolutely zero care of himself. One would argue utter dna excellence

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Odd-Adagio7080@reddit

No, I think she had been thinking about a donor for some time, and then when she tracked down the man who had taken the rug that had sentimental value for her, she thought, “He’ll do, provided he doesn’t have any communicable diseases.”

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Frequent-Interest796@reddit

Published author and accomplished athlete, your god damned right!

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hotgarbage2@reddit

This had not occurred to us.

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Virtual-Location-982@reddit

She was a good sperm researcher, and thorough.

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CaramelCurrent4670@reddit

Rod or Johnson…

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burntorangecycle@reddit

He's a good man and thorough

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Ok-Adeptness3884@reddit

Electra complex? That had never occurred to me OP.

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Outrageous-Pirate891@reddit

HAS THE WHOLE WORLD GONE CRAZY? AM I THE ONLY ONE HERE WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE PLOT? So… that doctor. Exactly. Maude wants a child, not fun and games. Maude doesn’t want a partner not a sap to pin it on. She just met The dude. You human paraquat.

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Key_Country3756@reddit

This case is very complicated. A lot of strands.

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forged21@reddit

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Several_Dark_7711@reddit

That's... That's my robe.

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Sikamikanico1981@reddit

In Maudes twisted mind, shes keeping the bloodline pure

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Santanoni@reddit

I just want to point out that she has some really nice legs.

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romulusnr@reddit

She's an abstract artist. She's defo going to pick a weirdo for sperm donor. It's the bohemian thing to do.

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Connect_Living_591@reddit

Just looking for a sap to pin it on. She just met him.

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aoerstroem@reddit

Love me Jeffrey!

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Blueberry_Mancakes@reddit

Well, he is the laziest man in Los Angeles, which puts him strong in the running for laziest worldwide.
Not exactly a lightweight, Dude.

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Im_the_Rhymenocerous@reddit

How much if Brandt wants to watch?

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vill_lliv@reddit

He was a roadie for Metallica..... speed of sound tour........ bunch of assholes.

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BuckManscape@reddit

You’re Lebowski, Lebowski!

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I_chortled@reddit

This had not occurred to us dude

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theteej587@reddit

It’s her way of seizing complete control of her father’s legacy - she, and her child, owe nothing to that fraud, not even their name

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BendAppropriate614@reddit

what are you, a fucking sperm bank ranger?

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Aggravating_Bat3618@reddit

She had the wealth, obviously and the resources….

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sheezy520@reddit

The plot is ridiculous

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GrumpyCatStevens@reddit

You can imagine where it goes from here.

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angelwolf71885@reddit

He um…fixes the cable?

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GrumpyCatStevens@reddit

Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.

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kptstango@reddit

You mean coitus?

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Terrible_Coast_1266@reddit

That’s interesting man, that’s fucking interesting.

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Commercial_Set2986@reddit

The Dude has been examined by her chosen Doctor, who's a good man, and thorough.

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CriticalSuit1336@reddit

Delayed after effects

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Ok-Test-7634@reddit

aftereffects ?

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CriticalSuit1336@reddit

No, they hit my jaw, man

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-SQB-@reddit

Her own legal name as well, which is probably the reason: even if Jeffrey were to assert his parental rights, the kid would still be a Lebowski.

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MrAndyJay@reddit

"You thought that Bunny had been kidnapped and you were fucking glad, man. You could use it as an excuse to make some money disappear. All you needed was a sap to pin it on. You'd just met me, you... you human paraquat! You figured 'Oh, here's a loser', you know? A deadbeat, someone the square community won't give a shit about."

The magic of cinematic misdirection. Maude is the villain.

She can't find the money. Larry Sellers has it, but nobody would believe the dude. Then she finds out about the Rubiks cube money, and then she can have the baby, wait a few years, then sue the dude for child support or some such thing. At the same time, as she's a weirdo feminist artist she can have a child, legally call it Lebowski on the birth certificate etc so all her weirdo friends can act as though it was an immaculate conception. This compulsive fornicator has taken the the dude for the proverbial ride.

It's a very complicated case, lotta ins, lotta outs.

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