what does this phrase mean?

[NITRON]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">That someone is &quot;going through the motions&quot;?</font></p>

[FezPaul]

<p><font color="#3333cc" size="3"><strong>Not long after they got married, people would ask my brother-in-law when he, and my sister were going to have children. To which my brother-in-law would reply, &quot;someday, but right now we're just going through the motions.&quot;</strong></font></p><p><font color="#3333cc" size="3"><strong>My brother-in-law is a hack.</strong></font></p>

[PapaBear]

To do something with no real passion or interest in what you're doing.

[badorties]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p><img height="331" src="http://magnacarta.net/images/publicity/kansas/kansas1_300dpi.jpg" width="457" border="3" /></p><p>i think these fine americans said it all:</p><p align="center">Standing in line <br />At the usual time <br />With a dollar and a dime <br />Are you going through the motions? <br /><br />Do you wear the latest style? <br />Can you guarantee a smile? <br />Won't you stop and talk awhile? <br />Are you going through the motions <br /><br />And is your day just a reflection of the day before? <br />Don't you ever stop and wonder if there's something more? <br />Do you really mean to tell me that you're satisfied? <br />Are you for real or are you going through the motions? <br /><br />Heresay, theresay <br />Everything is fine <br />Are you running out of time? <br />Going through the motions <br /><br />Some things never change <br />Easy chair, nine to five <br />Get ahead, stay alive <br />Are you going through the motions <br /><br />And is your day just a reflection of the day before? <br />Don't you ever stop and wonder if there's something more? <br />Do you really mean to tell me that you're satisfied? <br />Are you for real or are you going through the motions? <br /><br />Stop and take a look around you <br />Don't say it isn't there <br />People going through the motions <br />Everywhere <br /><br />I know it isn't easy <br />It gets tougher every day <br />But we keep going through the motions <br />Anyway <br /><br />Going through the motions</p>

[torker]

<strong>NITRON</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">That someone is &quot;going through the motions&quot;?</font></p><p><img height="253" src="http://www.lequotidienducinema.com/galeries/meetthefockers_galerie/5.jpg" width="360" border="0" /></p>

[PapaBear]

<p>Hoo hoo... I invented &quot;going through the motions&quot;.</p><p><img height="300" src="http://static.flickr.com/20/73820590_1b16683ce7_o.jpg" width="240" border="0" /></p>

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>NITRON</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">That someone is &quot;going through the motions&quot;?</font></p><p><img height="561" src="http://www-personal.umich.edu/~samcat/allevine2.jpg" width="373" border="0" /></p>

[torker]

It's akin to phoning it in.

[FUNKMAN]

<strong>NITRON</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">That someone is &quot;going through the motions&quot;?</font></p><p>when a man fakes his orgasm...</p>

[FezPaul]

<strong>NITRON</strong> wrote:<br /><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2">That someone is &quot;going through the motions&quot;?</font></p><p>http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f281/FezPaul/000004.jpg<br />http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f281/FezPaul/motions.jpg<br /></p><p><font color="#333300" size="3"><strong>Looking at their record collection</strong></font></p>

[torker]

<strong>FUNKMAN</strong> wrote:<br />when a man fakes his orgasm...<p><font size="1"><em>Oh, and one more thing: I faked every orgasm.</em></font></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img height="124" src="http://www.timbervideoworks.com/Frank.jpg" width="86" border="0" /></p>

[FUNKMAN]

<p><strong><font size="1">what does this phrase mean?</font></strong> </p><p><font size="2">over 50% of the time it's as simple as saying &quot; <strong>I Do</strong> &quot;...</font></p>

[Sheeplovr]

<p><font size="1" face="verdana" color="black"><span><img width="428" height="243" border="0" src="http://suchsome.somesuch.org/BuffGntM01.jpg" /></span></font></p><p>Every single night<br />

The same arrangement<br />

I go out and fight the fight
</p>
<p>Still I always feel<br />
This strange estrangement<br />
Nothing here is real<br />
Nothing here is right
</p>
<p>I've been making shows of trading blows<br />
Just hoping no one knows<br />
That I've been<br />
Going through the motions,<br />
Walking through the part<br />
Nothing seems to penetrate my... heart
</p>
<p><em>(stakes a vamp)</em>

</p>
<p>I was always brave<br />
And kind of righteous<br />
Now I find I'm wavering
</p>
<p>Crawl out of your grave<br />
You find this fight just<br />
Doesn't mean a thing

</p>
<p><strong>Vampire:</strong> She ain't got that swing<br />

<br /><em>(knocks her down)</em>

</p>
<p><strong>Buffy:</strong> Thanks for noticing

</p>
<p><strong>Two vamps and a goatlike demon:</strong>
<br />She does pretty well
<br />With fiends from hell
<br />But lately we can tell
<br />That she's just

</p>
<p><strong>Two Vamp:</strong> Going through the motions

</p>
<p><em>(Buffy slays one with a sword)</em>

</p>
<p><strong>Goatlike Demon:</strong> Going through the motions

</p>
<p><strong>One Vamp:</strong> Faking it somehow

</p>
<p><em>(Buffy kicks him)</em>

</p>
<p><strong>Goatlike Demon:</strong> She's not even half the girl she...
<br /><em>(Buffy guts him with the sword)</em>
<br />...Owwwww!

</p>
<p><strong>Buffy:</strong> Will I stay this way forever?<br />
Sleepwalk through my life's endeavour?<br />

</p>
<p><em>(cuts the knot to free a handsome man tied to a tree)</em>

</p>
<p><strong>Saved Guy:</strong> How can I repay &mdash;
</p>
<strong>Buffy:</strong> Whatever!
<br />
I don't want to be
<br />
Going through the motions
<br />
Losing all my drive
<br />
I can't even see
<br />
If this is really me
<br />

and I just wanna be <br />

<em>(slays a vampire)</em>

<br />
....Alive

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[suggums]

torker-really really funny with the deniro. kudos sir<br />

[Snoogans]

<p>This will piss off half the board:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img width="150" height="169" border="0" src="http://www.phoenix5.org/stories/famous/images/JoeTorre.jpg" />&nbsp;</p>

[A.J.]

<img height="401" src="http://roxcalibur.com/pix/bsqeim.jpg" width="401" border="0" />

[EliSnow]

<strong>PapaBear</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Hoo hoo... I invented &quot;going through the motions&quot;.</p><p><img height="300" src="http://static.flickr.com/20/73820590_1b16683ce7_o.jpg" width="240" border="0" /></p><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Howard didn't invent &quot;going through the motions.&quot;</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="3">He perfected it.</font></p>

[NITRON]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp; Buffy Summers did die and&nbsp;brought back to life by &quot;powers&quot;. Thats her excuse </p><p>why she wasn't &quot;normal&quot; anymore.</p><p>(i understand once more with feeling)&nbsp;</p>