The DavidCyrus Blog of Wisdom

Beverly Hills Ninja (life strategies)

In the tradition of Dr. Phil, I present a simple life strategy to guide you through life's difficult times. It comes from the movie Beverly Hills Ninja, which stars Chris Farley as a bumbling would-be Ninja attempting to solve a mystery in Beverly Hills. This quest leads him to sneak into a mansion, by using a grappling hook and rope to scale the walls.

The humor of the movie comes from the fact that Chris Farley is well over 300 lbs., and has no skills normally attributed to Ninja warriors. But he does have confidence, and once he gets that grappling hook set, the next scene is him taking a deep "let's get to work" breath, and saying to himself "...Up The Rope..."

Up The Rope! That's the spirit! When faced with the impossibility of today's struggles, the sad situation of looking up at a thin black thread that couldn't hold your weight, even if you did manage to somehow hold onto it with your doughboy hands, you must grit your teeth, mutter, "Up The Rope!" and press on, because that's what you are meant to do. After all, you are a Great White Ninja, correct? ...Not simply a wanna-be warrior?