Daniel Day Lewis’ Milkshake Brings All the Bloggers to the Yard

For those of you who have seen Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film There Will be Blood, I’m betting there’s one line in particular that stuck with you. Chances are, it was this, spoken by Daniel Day Lewis’ character Daniel Plainview:

“I drink your MILKSHAKE. *SLURP* I drink it up!”

And the reason you remember it is because in his maniacal, misanthropic ranting, the line hits so hard yet so odd. That makes it immediately imitable. It only took until Saturday, January 12th for someone I know to have started using it as a hilarious colloquialism. The phrase is perfect for when you inconvenience someone intentionally and want to draw attention to it — like outdraw them in poker or literally steal some of their milkshake.

Before Jack-in-the-Box, California was a milkshake-less wasteland….

Anyway, the blogs are already jabbering away about it and since it’s so hilarious, I’ve decided to tell y’all to read more about it. Or go see the movie. Once you hear it and say it, you’ll never want to let it go.

• I Drink Your Milkshake – idrinkyourmilkshake.com – Yep, it already has its own website. This is where you go when you want to hear it spoken. It’s also a forum to discuss the movie or something. That’s not really the point. The point is just to hear it. I’ve listened to it at least 30 times today.
• ‘I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!’: A Guide to Proper Usage – New York Magazine Online – The NY Mag Vulture starts complaining about the inevitable bastardization of this genius line. Whiny bastards.
• Get on the Milkshake Train – Hollywood Elsewhere – Jeffrey Wells of Hollywood Elsewhere has some brilliant ideas for revamping There Will Be Blood’s ad campaign.

Anyway, thank you Paul Thomas Anderson for writing this line. Quite frankly, I think it’s the best thing you’ve ever done for film and I hope you giggled yourself retarded when you wrote it.