Monday, June 17, 2013

Monday Badass


By my estimation, John Wayne killed over 456 on-screen villains, outlaws, Viet Cong, bartenders and horses. All while banging Marlene Dietrich and huffing down four packs of Marlboros a day.

No mean feat for a guy named Marion.

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  1. Not to mention finding time for the occasional bit of man love and doing the Nazi thing with the likes of Aussie's own Errol Flynn, or so the rumours go . . . now get off your horse and drink yer schnapps.

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    1. Spill the deets on the John W. man love, WLP. This is news to me.

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    2. Just the usual Hollywood, regurged garbage in the light of someone's death . . . 'they' said he was a closet gay, totally unsubstantiated as much as I've been able to ascertain. The tales of supposed sympathy for certain elements of the Aryan, Eugenics thing may be a tad more verifiable, Errol suffered the same rumour-mill gossip . . . Hollywood man, one seriously fucked up headspace that is. The Duke was a made Marion !!!

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    3. Hollywood is a fool's paradise. Made Marion, nice Robin Hood ref.

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    4. Thanks for clearing that up Whitey. My faith in the wild west in general and cowboys in particular has been restored. Next you'll be telling me Rock Hudson was gay.

      Herbert Hoover was reportedly a cross dresser, but I'm sure it was strictly for under cover FBI work.

      The Duke just wasn't the marion kind.

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    5. Bloody funny stuff, glad to see you haven't ditched your membership of the Big Men with Womens Names fan club membership yet Herm, he did take peculiarly small, mincing steps though if you check it out next time you're watching a Wayne flick. As for old Roy, it didn't phase me, you is what you is, I thought he was a big, handsome fella with fair enough acting skills and his role in Giant and the one where he was the Air Force SAC base boss flying the B-47's are still faves. However, the Hoover stories are apparently all true, undercover or not, one very weird, twisted, OCD dude who fucked a lot of innocent lives forever, IMO.

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  2. And some how he found time to field test the prototype Mojave edition Honda SL 350, back in 1869...

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    1. After correcting me for calling it a Honda when I tried to sell the tree-lodged Yamaha, it doesn't surprise me that Larry can identify this small-displacement blast from the past.
      Looks like a pretty cool little scrambler.

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    2. Yeah...it's a '69 or '70 model (with an electric starter)....it appears to be modified for camera work with the tubular mounts on the rear and behind the front wheel...perhaps sidecar mounts? I used to drive my brother buggy when I memorized all the specs on Hondas of that period. with age I have forgotten most of it...

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  3. He looks like he's trying to pass a sandpaper covered sea urchin through his urethra. Such a badass he doesnt even get off his bike to do it.

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    1. Much more painful than a regular urchin, I imagine...

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  4. Are you paying over $5 for each pack of cigarettes? I'm buying high quality cigs at Duty Free Depot and I'm saving over 50%.

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