Trooper York: Whose that Girl?

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Whose that Girl?

She is my favorite mid-westerner who loves gardeners and James Dean. And Dylan.

Whose that girl?

70 comments:

ndspinelli said...: Say it is not true!!; August 7, 2013 at 7:29 PM
The Dude said...: Nick, there is more than one mid-westerner who fits that description. Troopski's words are deliberately vague.

Plus, that is not a box she is drinking out of.

Damn - there I go again.; August 7, 2013 at 7:44 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Caril Ann Fugate, Charlie Starkweather's girlfriend.

She was apparently hurt in a car crash earlier today.; August 7, 2013 at 8:05 PM
The Dude said...: There you go. Saw a video of her - she was wobbly as all get out. So there is another similarity.

One question remains - is she a redhead?; August 7, 2013 at 8:27 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Seems to me-from a vid clip I saw-she was red. Dark red.; August 7, 2013 at 8:32 PM
Michael Haz said...: *Momentary diversion form topic*

Weren't there some informal bets regarding how long it would be before Crazy Lady turned all the comments back on?

*Thank you*; August 7, 2013 at 8:35 PM
The Dude said...: That explains why Larry has stopped hanging around Lem's - he's busy being a hall monitor.

Win win, baby!; August 7, 2013 at 8:42 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Mr. Haz, she turns them on and off repeatedly. Why is this any different?; August 7, 2013 at 8:42 PM
Cody Jarrett said...: Explains why there's been a drop off at Lem's. The suck ups have been busy.; August 7, 2013 at 8:47 PM
chickelit said...: *Momentary diversion form topic*

Very on TOPic, though.; August 7, 2013 at 8:48 PM
Chip S. said...: Found @TOP, about a post @Metafilter:

Lots of comments there too, comments that you may find more satisfying than the article

Does she do that on purpose, or is she just that un-self-aware?

But, really, there's some really fine writing on display there lately. Almost as distinctive a prose style as Insty's:

"Hey, check out this link!"; August 7, 2013 at 8:55 PM
yashu said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; August 7, 2013 at 9:12 PM
Michael Haz said...: Mr. Haz, she turns them on and off repeatedly. Why is this any different?

I did a fly-by yesterday and today. Comments were turned on for all topics. Heretofore they were turned on for only selected topics.

The comments seem heavily moderated. Only happy, cheerful agreeable comments are seen. It's the North Korea of blogging.; August 7, 2013 at 9:19 PM
Michael Haz said...: Lem's is generating many more comments.; August 7, 2013 at 9:20 PM
The Dude said...: ...that see the light of day.; August 7, 2013 at 9:23 PM
Chip S. said...: Most impressive are the threads where a dozen people make the same comment b/c of the moderation delay.

Much improved!; August 7, 2013 at 9:40 PM
chickelit said...: Most impressive are the threads where a dozen people make the same comment b/c of the moderation delay.

Much improved!

Althouse and others railed against having an echo chamber. An unforeseen consequence of comment moderation is echo amplification. Yet they dare not publish a good faith regular's redundant observation.; August 7, 2013 at 9:56 PM
Palladian said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; August 7, 2013 at 10:14 PM
Palladian said...: I just realized that by quoting William Blake, I used the word "mead" in my "Leg of Lamb" post.; August 7, 2013 at 10:15 PM
chickelit said...: I just realized that by quoting William Blake, I used the word "mead" in my "Leg of Lamb" post.

You're lucky that didn't bring the 'house down on you. As it was you got a well deserved clamor of approval.; August 7, 2013 at 10:55 PM
chickelit said...: A-house is currently attempting a "crowdsource solutions" approach to choosing a color for her upstairs room. The result is predictable: "all your ideas suck and I'm going with what I want instead."; August 7, 2013 at 11:03 PM
TTBurnett said...: The Publick are admitted to Bedlam Hospital on certain Days for a Penny. The ostensive Reason is so they might view for themselves the Condition of Patients whose Charge they bear. Visiting Lunaticks is perhaps a degenerate Entertainment, but it has, additionally to the salutary Effect of external Inspection, the Benefit of a regular Intercourse betwixt the Mad and the Sane. 'Tis thought that those of either Condition might find Improvement, each in his own way, from such an odd Society.

—A Free Enquiry into the Present State of the Principal Mad-Houses of Great-Britain, 1721; August 8, 2013 at 12:22 AM
yashu said...: "… who loves gardeners…"

Poor Caril Ann. A lonely girl without any friends; this guy just sweeps her off her feet.

Two against the world. A bad faith world. Crazy in love, isolated in their little treehouse, listening to their favorite tunes.

Ultimately, she engaged in the killing too. Cruelest, most brutal, to those who'd been friendly to them.

I feel sorry for her; no I don't feel sorry for her.

Love is strange. (Such a great movie.); August 8, 2013 at 6:44 AM
The Dude said...: Saw that movie not long ago, or at least some of it. That's where I got the notion of redhead for Caril.

Ah, Sissy was something. Back in the day. Of course time has not changed me a bit. Nope. Not a bit.

Is this the body dysmorphia thread?; August 8, 2013 at 7:00 AM
yashu said...: Ah, Sissy was something.

Yes she was. Adorable. And amazing, uncannily great actress. How can someone so cute be so damn spooky?

(Yes, Carrie, but also cf. her uncanny performance in Altman's weird-as-fuck 3 Women.)

And quite the singer too (after all, did her own singing as "Loretta Lynn"). Here she is having a grand ol' time with Levon Helm. (There are other songs from this session on youtube; she & Levon look so happy.); August 8, 2013 at 7:57 AM
ndspinelli said...: Serious question. Did I cross a cross a line on Synova's thread. I have made efforts to be supportive. I have bit my tongue regarding some folks. It can be a challenge going from here to there. It's akin to going from a dive bar drinking shots and beers to a wine bar.; August 8, 2013 at 10:03 AM
ndspinelli said...: I just had a comment vanish. No shit! I responded to Palladian. It was up, but then gone after my follow-up! Has Trooper become Larry?? Has the earth started spinning in reverse?; August 8, 2013 at 10:05 AM
Trooper York said...: I think it might be the spam filter nick. Let me check. I didn't delete anything. I was out for cocktails.; August 8, 2013 at 10:24 AM
Trooper York said...: It wasn't there. Blogger was wonky yesterday so I quess that was it.

I haven't deleted a comment since Inga left and I don't intend to if I can help it.; August 8, 2013 at 10:26 AM
chickelit said...: I made the next comment after Palladian, Nick. Perhaps our two comments met in the ether, fought a battle for primacy, and mine vanquished yours. Stranger things have happened.; August 8, 2013 at 10:38 AM
ndspinelli said...: Trooper, you know I'm just bustin' balls. You are the anti-Larry.; August 8, 2013 at 11:57 AM
ndspinelli said...: chick, You'll always win in a tie. Blogger loves chicken. And, "Tigers love pepper, they hate salt."; August 8, 2013 at 11:58 AM
ndspinelli said...: Palladian, I hope you realize the use of "homo" is pretty common on this non pc blog. That's actually pretty tame for this venue. We love the homo's, well almost all of them.; August 8, 2013 at 11:59 AM
blake said...: Yeah, from out of Brooklyn there shall came the anti-Larry, and he shall not be clad in polyester...; August 8, 2013 at 12:15 PM
The Dude said...: And he smote the non-believers with his jawbone.; August 8, 2013 at 12:25 PM
TTBurnett said...: Merde did come back in the "is it true?" thread about Biblical humor. I figured he couldn't stay away from a little Christian-tweaking.

BTW, my little quote about visiting Bedlam was, of course, about visiting TOP, and perhaps threads on TOOP where Merde appears. You might want to pay your penny to look at the Lunaticks, but, for the sane it can be painful.

There was, in fact, a Lunatick in Bedlam, one 'Nattering Ned,' who would hold forth in most eloquent terms on topics of the day. Political hacks and Grub Street types would show up, notebooks in hand, and bits and pieces of his speeches would show up in broadsheets and in Parliament. Sir Robert called him 'our demented Demosthenes.' The problem was, he would switch sides in the middle of one of his discourses, and all his eloquence and close reasoning made no sense at all. He was, in fact, the personification of Shakespeare's "tale told by an idiot." In TOP, you have a similar situation, except the English is not as good as it was in the 18th century.; August 8, 2013 at 12:44 PM
TTBurnett said...: Oh, I should use "Larry," instead of the nastier but slightly pretentious, "Merde." It does give one that little frisson of recognition, however, that plain, flat, "Larry" lacks.; August 8, 2013 at 12:51 PM
The Dude said...: Merde works - Laurence is Frenchie sounding, Larry works with manure, he is full of shit, he and his "wife" are usually shit faced and so on.

But I really shouldn't dwell on such filth. Let them marinate in their own feculence is what I always say.; August 8, 2013 at 12:59 PM
ndspinelli said...: Confession. I am someone who 'fesse's up when he fucks up. The comment I thought vanished is actually one the A-Rod thread. "I picked the wrong day to give up speed!"; August 8, 2013 at 2:38 PM
Icepick said...: I just had a comment vanish. No shit! I responded to Palladian. It was up, but then gone after my follow-up! Has Trooper become Larry?? Has the earth started spinning in reverse?

Blogger has had problems with comments off and on since May. I had comments disappearing over at Althouse all the time. Someone gave me an explanation for it, but basically it was "Blogger is fucking up."; August 8, 2013 at 4:32 PM
Icepick said...: And don't worry, Nick. I'm enough of an asshole for everyone. And if I'm the person you want to blast, do it here. Or there. Where ever. I'm madder than Hell and ready for the abuse.; August 8, 2013 at 4:33 PM
Icepick said...: We love the homo's, well almost all of them.

I think it would be more proper to say that we love some homos, and not others, and in either event it has nothing to do with their poofterness.; August 8, 2013 at 4:35 PM
Icepick said...: And Nick, do you actually say "shitbird" in conversation? I thought James Ellroy was the last person in America doing that.; August 8, 2013 at 4:36 PM
Icepick said...: Oh, I should use "Larry," instead of the nastier but slightly pretentious, "Merde."

Yeah, we can't let that shit stand.

(What can I say? I love the obvious jokes, especially when they aren't funny.); August 8, 2013 at 4:38 PM
ndspinelli said...: Icepick, I learned "shitbird" from a vice detective in KC back in the 70's. I have used daily since then. I'm still wearing ties and underwear from back then also.; August 8, 2013 at 4:44 PM
ricpic said...: Can I ask anyone out there something? Have you ever been in a superior position to someone who is essentially a supplicant, in other words you've got the power, and you used that position to lecture the supplicant or in some other way make him feel like shit? Needless to say I've been made to feel like shit recently. Not going to go into details. I guess I'll go to my grave with the illusion that people are, a la Ann Frank, really good. How else can I account for how shocked I am to this day when what I know, from countless past experiences, is going to happen happens and I'm disgusted as well as shocked that the person who didn't have to take a dump took a dump and only because they could take a dump...on whoever was in an inferior position to them.

I hope the above doesn't come off as self-pity. It's more disappointment with what we humans are.; August 8, 2013 at 5:27 PM
ricpic said...: On whomever. Okay, Sixty?; August 8, 2013 at 5:28 PM
The Dude said...: Ricpic dude - sorry to hear you have been treated badly. I will try to avoid being a smart *ss for once and hope that you are able to find a way to deal with this.

Life can be brutal at times.

Oh, I know - I have about a million aphorisms that can be applied to your situation.

Nah, forget that. Now is not the time for aphorisms.

Remember, around here you have friends. People who know people, if you know what I mean.; August 8, 2013 at 5:34 PM
The Dude said...: Ricster - I know very little about grammar.

I had one grammar who was a mean ol' woman. But that's a story for another blog.; August 8, 2013 at 5:35 PM
ricpic said...: An analogy to what happened to me is a situation in which someone applies for admission to a club and is turned down. Nothing wrong with rejecting an applicant. But there are ways and ways. "Sorry Sir, but we have no vacancies at present," or "Sorry, but your offering, though perfectly satisfactory does not make a good fit with what we are looking for." Both those rejections are perfectly fine, civil even. But why tell an applicant that in every way he is not fit to join the club? And this from a person I had no history with, positive or negative. It was uncalled for and yet she had an opportunity to shit so she shat.; August 8, 2013 at 5:57 PM
Michael Haz said...: Ricpic - Are you referring to something that happened at Lem's today?; August 8, 2013 at 6:00 PM
The Dude said...: My hero, Julius Henry Marx said "I don’t care to belong to any club that will have me as a member".

Wise words, my friend, and as someone who never joins anything, a great way to live life.; August 8, 2013 at 6:04 PM
ricpic said...: The worst part is that there isn't a one of us, with the possible exception of Ruth Ann, who hasn't had the impulse to hit a man when he's down. It's our nature. All of us. But we check it. Because we're naturally shits we work on not being what we are till we, mostly, beat it out of ourselves. But I'm wrong. Millions don't. Beat it out of themselves. They don't most likely even give it a thought. Oh, that guy's down? Kick him. Ah, that feels good.; August 8, 2013 at 6:08 PM
ricpic said...: Something juicy happened at Lem's? Damn, I missed it.; August 8, 2013 at 6:09 PM
Michael Haz said...: No, my fault. I confused ricpic with icepick. Apologies.

Sorry things are down for you. Hang in, they'll get better.; August 8, 2013 at 6:13 PM
The Dude said...: Were there no icepick there would be no Troopski. Or some such Bolshevik.; August 8, 2013 at 6:20 PM
Ruth Anne Adams said...: ricpic,
Oh, you're so wrong! I have a well-developed venom that often gets me in trouble. I hate to lose and love a good fight. That duo is deadly.

But onto being shit upon by a work superior. This is going to be VERY difficult, but it will serve to let you let it go. There's an old adage "hurting people hurt people" and I have found that to be true. What I will suggest is some relationship jujitsu. They shit on you and they think you will deflect it. Instead, take a moment when you are alone and say something like, "I know what you said was probably very difficult for you to say because it seems so hurtful, but I've had a chance to reflect on it and I thank you for pointing out my deficiency. I am working on it and I hope you won't be bothered by it again. I work every day on improving myself and I take your criticism seriously."

If they didn't feel like a heel before, they sure will then.; August 8, 2013 at 6:27 PM
Ruth Anne Adams said...: ricpic,
When that very similar situation happened to me, the next day I went in an gave an apology to the man. He looked at me and said, "my wife told me what an asshole I was last night, so I owe you an apology."

Come to find out, everyone else in the corporation knew he was an asshole except me. But now we all know. He's no longer with them. *hee*; August 8, 2013 at 6:29 PM
ndspinelli said...: ricpic, I'm sorry about your angst. The detail that I picked out was that you had "no history w/ this person." Anyone who is shit on by someone w/ whom they have a negative history pretty much understands the motivation. Someone who gets shit on by someone they like or have had positive interactions w/ is hurtful and confusing. We spend a lot of time trying to determine, "Why." Sometimes successfully, often not. Your situation seems, from what you have said, to be shit on by someone who gets off on the power. She is not righteous and probably insecure, getting some perverted self esteem by exerting control.

It is tough to realize there are people like this when everything she represents is antithetical to how you deal w/ people. Hopefully, this is a person w/ whom you never have to deal w/ again. Now..if you're in a vengeful mood, I can give you some dirty tricks via another venue[email, mail, phone] to help w/ this hurt/anger. Just let me know. I won't judge.; August 8, 2013 at 6:36 PM
blake said...: I can't even imagine kicking someone one they're down.

I mean, literally, maybe, if I put them down and I want them to stay down.

But metaphorically, no, it would never even occur to me, and I would feel horrible even contemplating it. I think that's true of most people most of the time.

Give someone a little power, though? Yeah, many will quickly become tyrants. Not sure about most, but enough will to make getting your license renewed a bear. Or applying for Obamacare. Whatevs.; August 8, 2013 at 6:45 PM
Ruth Anne Adams said...: My husband attended a military college. He said that the guys who cried like babies as freshmen were the most vicious hazers the next year. He just hates a bully. Sometimes when they were being particularly mean to the freshmen, he would take them off their game with "Oh, knock it off. You cried your eyes out last year when they did that to you." Totally deflated them and encouraged the poor little Knobs all in one swoop.; August 8, 2013 at 6:56 PM
The Dude said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; August 8, 2013 at 7:18 PM
Icepick said...: No, my fault. I confused ricpic with icepick. Apologies.

Something happened to me at Lem's? :| Hmmm, I wonder what that could have been....

Were there no icepick there would be no Troopski. Or some such Bolshevik.

That was my cousin, ice AX. He get's pissed when I get the credit, and that guy scares me.; August 8, 2013 at 10:01 PM
The Dude said...: I know!

My brother always told me an icepick was used, so imagine my surprise when I read that and ice ax was the weapon of choice.

An icepick - subtle, stabby. Ice ax - meh - amateur. A tool used by a hack.

In any case, we'll always have Mexico City.; August 9, 2013 at 7:22 AM
Icepick said...: An icepick - subtle, stabby. Ice ax - meh - amateur. A tool used by a hack.

A tool used by a hack-ER.

As for the icepick, I've heard of a mob hitman that specialized in such. He liked to take his time inserting it through the ear to slowly scramble someone's brains. I forget his name now, but he was the kind of guy called in not just to kill someone, but to make them suffer first. You know, the kind of guy people shit themselves over when they hear his name and theirs mentioned together. Not pleasant, but I'll leave the determination of subtlety to others.

These days the Mexicans have gone a different route, just using an ax to chop off as many heads as possible. And one mob of Colombians back in the Cocaine Cowboy days used chainsaws. (Yeah, Scarface actually was right on that one!); August 9, 2013 at 10:19 AM
The Dude said...: I keep my chain very sharp. You just never know...; August 9, 2013 at 10:26 AM
The Dude said...: Wiki "Ice Ice Baby!" pedia says "mafia hitman Abe "Kid Twist" Reles used an ice pick as his weapon of choice. Fellow Murder, Inc. hitman Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss also employed an ice pick as a weapon.

The murder weapon used in the assassination of Leon Trotsky was a mountaineering ice pick which in American English speaking countries is called an ice axe."

Learning is fun!; August 9, 2013 at 10:30 AM
Icepick said...: Reles used the icepick in similar manner to what I've heard about, but the guy I'm thinking of was active in the 1950s and 1960s. I can't seem to find him listed online, though, so perhaps I'm simply misremembering things.

Reles had another moniker, though: the canary who sang, but couldn't fly.; August 9, 2013 at 10:54 AM
Icepick said...: From The Godfather Wiki I learn of another fictional Icepick.

Willie 'the Icepick' Russo gained his nickname for his skill with an icepick, which he was known to have used against several rivals. He rose through the family ranks with his brother Luigi 'Louie' or 'Fuckface' Russo, and their friend Frank Falcone, who became the Don of Los Angeles.

LOL, Icepick is a better nickname than Fuckface!; August 9, 2013 at 10:59 AM
The Dude said...: Boy, that had to smart.; August 9, 2013 at 10:59 AM

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