A tart is a baked dish consisting of a filling over a pastry base with an open top not covered with pastry. The pastry is usually shortcrust pastry; the filling may be sweet or savoury, though modern tarts are usually fruit-based, sometimes with custard. Tartlet refers to a miniature tart.
The categories of 'tart', 'flan', and 'pie' overlap, with no sharp distinctions, though 'pie' is the more common term in the United States.
Early medieval tarts generally had meat fillings, but later ones were often based on fruit and custard.
Tarte Tatin is an upside-down tart, of apples, other fruit, or onions.
Savoury tarts include quiche, a family of savoury tarts with a mostly custard filling; German zwiebelkuchen 'onion tart', and Swiss cheese tart made from Gruyere.
A tart can also be term for a prostitute or a promiscuous woman.
Sarah Carey is a former Esat Telecom employee and former columnist for The Sunday Timesand The Irish Times. She is currently a radio presenter on Newstalk and has presented for TV3. She resigned from The Irish Times in March 2011 after an appearance on national television during which she defended leaking information from the Moriarty Tribunal about political donations from Denis O'Brien to Irish political parties.
Carey has a degree in History from Trinity College, Dublin and a post-graduate diploma in Business Studies from the Michael Smurfit Business School in University College Dublin. She has performed freelance PR/marketing work for a number of companies and the political party Fine Gael. She has also worked for Esat Digifone.
In 2002, she began writing the blog GUBU, "An Irish woman’s social, political and domestic commentary". Then Sunday Times Irish Editor Fiona McHugh, offered Carey a column after reading the blog. The Sunday Times column ended when she started writing a weekly opinion column for The Irish Times in 2008. The blog also ended in 2008.
Plot
It's a War of the Colossal Freaks when serial killing cookie, GINGERDEAD MAN, tracks down the lone survivor of his murderous rampage, SARAH LEIGH (Robin Sydney), to take care of unfinished business. But his devious plans go up in smoke when Sarah meets LARNELL (John Patrick Jordan), who has a pint-sized problem of his own. The EVIL BONG, EEBEE, has been unleashed once again. Bodies begin to pile up as Gingerdead Man carves a path for them. Their only salvation is to turn to help from the dastardly Bong. It's one tough cookie versus one bad trip mother when the two Titans of Terror hash out a war in the Bong World. The stakes have never been higher.
Keywords: bong, gingerbread-man
And Hell Rode With Them
[after Mr. Fat walks into the restaurant asking for Tart's debt]::Tart: You asshole! I'm just helping you to spend your dirty money! How dare you ask me to pay you back? I'll kick your ass, got that? I should just kill you right now and use your body fat to cook.::Wah: I hope you're just kidding.::Tart: Why? Have I gone too far?::Wah: Yes.::Tart: Take a look at yourself.::[Tart opens Mr. Fat's shirt revealing the tattoo on his stomach]::Tart: Why the hell do you have a tattoo of a girl on your fat stomach? You call yourself a boss? [points to Wah] He's the boss! Today, because of my boss, you better be good! You can go! [to Wah] Boss, am I right?::Wah: [in English] No! [kicks Tart]
Tart: Nice cat.::'Ice' Poa: It's a dog.
[after Babe Fei gives Wah a condom]::Wah: You are in deep shit. My mom forces me to.::'Ice' Poa: You won't because you're a good man.::Wah: You're wrong. I'm the worst man on the planet. I mess around in Mongkok, I sell pirated VCDs, and I sell girls to prostitute houses.
'Ice' Poa: How many people do you know in Mongkok?::'Babe' Fei: I know all of them!
Tart: [waking up next to Wah] Salad, you came back? [he starts caressing Wah] Come on, take off your pants.::Wah: [deep voice] It's Mr. Fat.::Tart: Aah! Where am I? Where am I?::Wah: In a shit gutter!::Tart: Okay, I will take a shit, then.
Blind Man: Remember, nothing is impossible.
Wah: [narrating] My name is Wah. My friends call me Wah. If you don't like me then you can call me Idiot.
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Plot
Nick and Nora head to Nick's hometown of Sycamore Springs to spend some time with his parents. His father, a prominent local physician, was always a bit disappointed with Nick's choice of profession in particular and his lifestyle in general. With Nick's arrival however the towns folk, including several of the local criminal element, are convinced that he must be there on a case despite his protestations that he's just there for rest and relaxation. When someone is shot dead on his doorstep however, Nick finds himself working on a case whether he wants to or not.
Keywords: 1940s, art-dealer, baggage-car, banker, bazaar, birthday, birthday-present, childhood-memories, coroner, deckchair
Nicholas 'Nick' Charles: A couple of weeks on this cider and I'll be a new man.::Nora Charles: I sort of like the old one.::Nicholas 'Nick' Charles: Why, darling, that's the nicest thing you've said to me since the time I got my head caught in that cuspidor at the Waldorf.
Brogan: Well, cut off my legs and call me Shorty.
Nicholas 'Nick' Charles: Right there was the little old schoolhouse. [laughs] Once on Halloween I burned it down - slightly.
Nora Charles: Just imagine, four murders, all strangulations, no fingerprints, no clues. The police were baffled. All they had were four bodies. So what do they do? They dump the whole thing in Nick's lap. Nobody suspected Stinky, because he's been a cripple ever since some nitro went off while he was cracking a canister in Salt Lake. Everybody thought it was Rainbow Benny, but Nick knew that Rainbow was an expert with the shiv. Strangling was out of his line! Oh, smart Nick! Then they turned the heat on Slasher Martin who ran an dice joint down in China Town. But Slasher had an alibi with Squinty Burke and Studsy Green, so that took care of him. But all the time Nick was certain that Stinky Davis was the killer. Why? Because he had him pegged right away for a two timing double crossing rat! But the police listen to Nick? No! They told him it was a hophead theory, wild as loco buttons, because Stinky was a cripple and couldn't navigate. So Nick got the brushoff from the police. They cold-shouldered him right out. But did that stop him? No sir! He knew the case was hot and he was all set to start cooking on the front burner. He said: "Stinky, you're the two timing double crossing rat who strangled Knobs McClure and Reesy Joe and Horseface Dan and Denver Mike and then he turned his back on him. And the trick worked! Because Stinky got out of his chair and tried to strangle Nick with a piece of wire he had hidden in his mouth. But just in time, Nick turned around and gave him the old one-two and knocked Stinky colder than an ice flounder. Stinky wasn't a cripple at all! He was just using it to cover up his crimes. Now, what do you think of *that*?
Plot
Nick and Nora head to Nick's hometown of Sycamore Springs to spend some time with his parents. His father, a prominent local physician, was always a bit disappointed with Nick's choice of profession in particular and his lifestyle in general. With Nick's arrival however the towns folk, including several of the local criminal element, are convinced that he must be there on a case despite his protestations that he's just there for rest and relaxation. When someone is shot dead on his doorstep however, Nick finds himself working on a case whether he wants to or not.
Keywords: 1940s, art-dealer, baggage-car, banker, bazaar, birthday, birthday-present, childhood-memories, coroner, deckchair
Nicholas 'Nick' Charles: A couple of weeks on this cider and I'll be a new man.::Nora Charles: I sort of like the old one.::Nicholas 'Nick' Charles: Why, darling, that's the nicest thing you've said to me since the time I got my head caught in that cuspidor at the Waldorf.
Brogan: Well, cut off my legs and call me Shorty.
Nicholas 'Nick' Charles: Right there was the little old schoolhouse. [laughs] Once on Halloween I burned it down - slightly.
Nora Charles: Just imagine, four murders, all strangulations, no fingerprints, no clues. The police were baffled. All they had were four bodies. So what do they do? They dump the whole thing in Nick's lap. Nobody suspected Stinky, because he's been a cripple ever since some nitro went off while he was cracking a canister in Salt Lake. Everybody thought it was Rainbow Benny, but Nick knew that Rainbow was an expert with the shiv. Strangling was out of his line! Oh, smart Nick! Then they turned the heat on Slasher Martin who ran an dice joint down in China Town. But Slasher had an alibi with Squinty Burke and Studsy Green, so that took care of him. But all the time Nick was certain that Stinky Davis was the killer. Why? Because he had him pegged right away for a two timing double crossing rat! But the police listen to Nick? No! They told him it was a hophead theory, wild as loco buttons, because Stinky was a cripple and couldn't navigate. So Nick got the brushoff from the police. They cold-shouldered him right out. But did that stop him? No sir! He knew the case was hot and he was all set to start cooking on the front burner. He said: "Stinky, you're the two timing double crossing rat who strangled Knobs McClure and Reesy Joe and Horseface Dan and Denver Mike and then he turned his back on him. And the trick worked! Because Stinky got out of his chair and tried to strangle Nick with a piece of wire he had hidden in his mouth. But just in time, Nick turned around and gave him the old one-two and knocked Stinky colder than an ice flounder. Stinky wasn't a cripple at all! He was just using it to cover up his crimes. Now, what do you think of *that*?
Plot
Naomi is almost to term with her fourth child when Ed decides to leave taking all their money and the oldest son Curtis. With the sheriff after him, he is in no mood to think of his family. When he struggles with Naomi, he is killed. Naomi dumps his body out in the swamp and keeps tells no one. She then moves to town and finds works. When the sheriff comes lookin' for Ed, she moves to Waldo and changes her last name. She starts sewing at home and eventually has her own shop called 'Naomi's'. She is tough on the kids, but loving, to make them strong as she promises herself that she will one day go back and stand trial for what happened to Ed. When the kids are of age, and all have good jobs, she finds that she has fallen in love with a newspaperman named Naylor. Circumstances then conspire to make her take that train ride back.
Keywords: 1930s, alias, attorney, bartender, based-on-novel, battered-woman, brute, childbirth, children, cigarette-smoking
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Allen claims he his being executed for the wrong murder. Flashbacks show him working with Clark as a riveter. When he makes a killing on the horses he meets Shirley and gets married. When Clark tells him Shirley is unfaithful they fight and Clark falls to his death. Later he finds that Clark was telling the truth.
Keywords: based-on-play, blind-date, bookie, dance-hall, death-penalty, dolly-shot, drill, electric-chair, electrocution, execution
In two seconds he became the slave of the woman he hated! Two blinding, flashing seconds that stripped him of honor and branded his soul!
The Warden: All set?::Executioner: Yes, sir.::The Warden: Then we'll start the parade.
College Boy at Execution: Look, Doctor, when that current's turned on, how long will it take before it's all over?::The Prison Doctor: You mean before I'll pronounce him dead?::College Boy at Execution: No, before he actually is dead. Will he pass out as soon as the current hits him?::The Prison Doctor: No.::Reporter: He won't? I thought it was all over just like that! [He snaps his finger]::The Prison Doctor: Not with a powerful fellow like John Allen. His body will be paralyzed but his brain will continue to function for... maybe two seconds.::College Boy at Execution: Gee, those'll be the longest two seconds he ever lived!::The Prison Doctor: Long enough for him to relive his whole life!
Shirley Day: [Getting ready to leave for the dance hall in a tight-fitting dress] Well, Big Boy, what do I look like now?::John Allen: [Contemptuously] Just like what you are!
Shirley Day: [Condescendingly to John] Here's a buck in case you run out of cigarettes or something.
Bud Clark: There's only one thing we got think about: when we get our arms around a dame, how far can we go?
John Allen: [Referring to Bud's racetrack winnings] Say, you ain't gonna blow him the whole 38?::Bud Clark: Well, I sure am! You don't spend easy money fast, no more will ever come to you.
John Allen: [to Bud] Yeah, now look here, anytime I take a dame out, she knows what it is to be out. I satisfy!