Monday, December 5, 2011

Minions versus Sycophants!


I had a discussion with the wife about the difference between Minions and Sycophants. I had to explain to her that we see a lot of people with minions. You know the guy who owns a business or is a star or something and has someone who does all of their bidding. They are the ones who rush to do whatever the boss wants them to do. They never an independent thought they just are the sidekicks.

We used to do the taxes for a fancy French Restaurant where this was happening. The bigshot chef had a buddy who was his right hand man and did all of his dirty work all the time. He was the perfect minion.

Now sycophants are your basic ass-kissers who are always telling the star what they want to hear and how great they are. They are very tedious. You must know plenty of them in your life. You know the kid who sat in the front row and kissed the teachers ass.

You can be a minion without being a sycophant. But if you are a sycophant you are almost always a minion.

It is better to be neither. We don't want either at Trooper York. Just ball busters.

58 comments:

  1. Fileted minions and psychophants!

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  2. Trooper,

    You're so smart and funny and clever and such a great writer and your blog is a masterpiece!

    (OK, now I need to vomit and shower.)

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  3. Dude you are in the wrong place!

    I mean for the nice words.

    Vomiting is why we are here after all. But ususally that is after a night of drinking. Cheers.

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  4. I don't drink. I have to find other motivations if I wanna get my vomit on.

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  5. Wait that was mean.

    Funny but mean.

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  6. Ooh. Buuuuuuurn.

    (LOLed but felt guilty.)

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  7. Oh dear God, you went there. EYE BLEACH, STAT!!!

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  8. I'm not looking. But can I second the masterpiece part and be sort of co-mentioned by a futuristic guy?

    Ooh. That sounds like a euphemism.

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  9. Sycophants, they are soooo boring, they make Jack a dull boy and Jill a bitch.

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  10. The EBL is hitting the delete button more than the button on her vibrator.

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  11. That glass of wine looks very natural in her hand. It was pretty funny on one of her Madison videos in the car, Meade said some comment about her being "drunk on her ass".

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  12. Hey why a vibrator, doesn't Meade provide that service? Not
    in his contract?

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  13. She likes it cold..the vibrators kept in the freezer. And, being a nurse, you know we dudes can't get it up when it's cold. That's why I go to San Diego in the winter.

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  14. Ah San Diego, warm sunny, we had snow in Black River Falls, where I've been visiting my sister this past two weeks, brrr. No snow here in Waukesha county.

    I might have to follow those happy cows to California after all.

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  15. It was 65 here in Boston today.

    The weather has been fucking amazing.

    tits.

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  16. We challenge one another to be funnier and smarter. ... It's the way friends make love to one another.

    ~Annie Gottlieb link

    Group Hug!

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  17. Aw Chickie, Darcy, Troopie, Poopie, oops I mean Titus, Spinelli, Roger, Blake, Sixty, Dust Bunny, MamaM,RITMO,Garage, TTB, group hug, youse guys and gals are going to turn me into a conservative yet, You catch more liberals with honey, I better keep up my guard.

    Oh the love is a flowin' today at Troopers house. Come on MamaM, special hug for you , from one grandma to another, lol.

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  18. We ladies have a special role here at Troopers, we may need to combine our superior female brains to outwit the guys one day;)

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  19. I have a couple of brain cells left to throw into the hat.

    But. Enhanced blonde. So. :)

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  20. Hey we are all about girl on girl action here at Trooper York. Just sayn'

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  21. Me too, Darcy,lol,

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  22. No one will be deleted for that....and that's for sure!

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  23. Hahaha Trooper, don't you wish?

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  24. Com'on Allie it's the liberal thing to do.

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  25. This is where the cool conservatives hang out.

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  26. That's right. We're all lesbians here. *cough*

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  27. Darcy said...
    That's right. We're all lesbians here. *cough*

    I rather hang out with lesbians than thesbians.

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  28. Darcy, we may have to plan a "surprise" for the guys one day, but it may not be what they expect. Maybe we need to wait for a special day in April.

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  29. Hey it's just a homage to Martina. And Lindsey Davenport. And Gigi Fernandez. And so on and so on and so on.

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  30. I mean with Titus and Jason (the commentor) and Palladian we have plenty of representation from the guys but since Beth has gone we are bereft of the fancier's of the fish taco.

    We need to represent all sides of the circle of life. Just sayn'

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  31. Allie said...
    Darcy, we may have to plan a "surprise" for the guys one day, but it may not be what they expect. Maybe we need to wait for a special day in April.

    Pix or it didn't happen!

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  32. I don't know if this is what the dictionary says but my sense of it is that although it's enough for a sycophant to be a suck-up, a minion has to take care of business, usually dirty business, for the big man and what he thinks of the big man is neither here nor there.

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  33. I dunno, Troop. I think I'd miss the beef. ;-)

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  34. *enters the room Kramer style*

    Hey now!

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  35. ricpic--

    And don't forget henchmen, lackeys and mercenaries!

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  36. blake is back on the sauce I see.

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  37. ricpic said...
    blake is back on the sauce I see.

    I prefer hollandaise to bearnaise myself.

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  38. I love the spirit here. I just hope we're not developing a bunker mentality. That's only effective in the short run.

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  39. Of course the hollandaise must be made with freshly squeezed lemon--none of that dried stuff!

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  40. I love the spirit here. I just hope we're not developing a bunker mentality.

    If I had the wherewithal, I'd make a Hitler video.

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  41. Jetzt blieben im Raum: Meade, RhHardin, J...

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  42. Hi Titus! :)

    I missed you. And you're kind to say that.

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  43. Darcy: I dunno, Troop. I think I'd miss the beef. ;-)

    Where's the beef!

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  45. I leave for a day and the squirrels take over...

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  46. Chickenlittle nailed it--this calls out for yet another hitler video

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  47. Ron--double your martini--I expect it will only get better--several new recruits on board.

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  48. Martinis are like boobs, 1 is not enough and 3 are too many.

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  49. nd--respectfully disagree (perhaps challenging titus)--Did I tell you about the worst rack I ever saw? They were WONDERFUL

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  50. This is a funny thread. I'm feeling the love.

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  51. Ritmo, you get "extra special" love, well from me anyway.

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