Wednesday, April 20, 2005
from the "why did this take so long to happen?" file
based on the picture, mary tyler moore better switch plastic surgeons, or develop a taste for skoal post haste.
Man Spits in Jane Fonda's Face at Book Signing
A man who said he was a Vietnam veteran spat tobacco juice in Jane Fonda's face at a Kansas City book signing, calling her a traitor for a trip she made to Hanoi in 1972, police said on Wednesday.
The man, 54-year-old Michael Smith, waited in line for about 90 minutes before spitting a "large amount" of tobacco juice into Fonda's face, according to Kansas City police.
Smith was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.
The 67-year-old Oscar-winning actress was in town as part of a book-signing tour for her newly released autobiography titled "My Life So Far."
In the book, she addresses her position as a polarizing figure for many Vietnam veterans and others outraged by her 1972 trip to Hanoi to oppose the Vietnam war.
During that trip she was photographed laughing as she sat on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft tank.
In an interview with the Kansas City Star, Smith said Fonda was a "traitor" who had been spitting in the faces of war veterans for years.
"There are a lot of veterans who would love to do what I did," the Star quoted Smith as saying.
- 4/20/2005 05:20:00 PM (3) comments
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Your rendition of this event leaves out a few salient points:
1. Smith was required to purchase a copy of Fonda's book to gain entrance to the Rainy Day Books event.
2. He stood in line about 90 minutes and presented her the copy ... At signings, Rainy Day has patrons write their names on sticky notes to give to the authors, which facilitates the process.
“On his note, he had ‘Jodi,' a woman's name,” Jennings said. “(Fonda) looked up and smiled and said, ‘Are you Jodi?' — making a little tease. He was not looking directly at her till she looked up.”
3. Smith then faced Fonda, spat at her, jumped off the stage and ran up the aisle. Police caught him on the sidewalk outside Unity.
All things considered, I think Barbarella comes out on top in this one. She sells a couple hundred books but has to be de-loogified. Big deal. This macho marine on the other hand has to suffer the ignominy of first purchasing her book (hopefully he paid cash), then standing in line an hour and a half before Hanoi Jane asks if he has a girl's name. Then, he hocks a wad and he runs away. Semper fi?
1. Smith was required to purchase a copy of Fonda's book to gain entrance to the Rainy Day Books event.
2. He stood in line about 90 minutes and presented her the copy ... At signings, Rainy Day has patrons write their names on sticky notes to give to the authors, which facilitates the process.
“On his note, he had ‘Jodi,' a woman's name,” Jennings said. “(Fonda) looked up and smiled and said, ‘Are you Jodi?' — making a little tease. He was not looking directly at her till she looked up.”
3. Smith then faced Fonda, spat at her, jumped off the stage and ran up the aisle. Police caught him on the sidewalk outside Unity.
All things considered, I think Barbarella comes out on top in this one. She sells a couple hundred books but has to be de-loogified. Big deal. This macho marine on the other hand has to suffer the ignominy of first purchasing her book (hopefully he paid cash), then standing in line an hour and a half before Hanoi Jane asks if he has a girl's name. Then, he hocks a wad and he runs away. Semper fi?
All right, sportsfan...
I haven't seen Rainy Day Books' return policy, but I would been shocked to discover a clause disallowing returns of purchases based on the disqualifying factor that the book was purchased under false taboacco-spit enabling pretenses.
But, even presuuming Smith cannot return the book, he gets to spit in Jane Fonda's face for $20 odd buck?
My bet that he views that as a bargain at five times the price.
Any ignomy around the purchase itself is doubtlessly rendered moot by the happy thought of what we was agunna do.
She was going to sell "a couple hundred books" anyway, whether Smith was there or not. His way, she pays the toll of a disgusting Winston-Salem facial for the privledge.
Still not convinced?
How about a role play...
I will pay you the retail price of Jane's book, wait an hour and a half in the line of your choosing (DMV would work fine) and then spit tobacco juice in your face.
Then we can discuss who came out on top...
I haven't seen Rainy Day Books' return policy, but I would been shocked to discover a clause disallowing returns of purchases based on the disqualifying factor that the book was purchased under false taboacco-spit enabling pretenses.
But, even presuuming Smith cannot return the book, he gets to spit in Jane Fonda's face for $20 odd buck?
My bet that he views that as a bargain at five times the price.
Any ignomy around the purchase itself is doubtlessly rendered moot by the happy thought of what we was agunna do.
She was going to sell "a couple hundred books" anyway, whether Smith was there or not. His way, she pays the toll of a disgusting Winston-Salem facial for the privledge.
Still not convinced?
How about a role play...
I will pay you the retail price of Jane's book, wait an hour and a half in the line of your choosing (DMV would work fine) and then spit tobacco juice in your face.
Then we can discuss who came out on top...
Look man, I know years of wearing your camouflage jacket and acting disoriented on the street may have qualified you for VA benefits, but you just have to let it go. You know, in Vietnam, it's called "the American War." True!
Toodles (and p-tooey!)
TheDJB
Toodles (and p-tooey!)
TheDJB
Saturday, April 16, 2005
this exists, evidently
- 4/16/2005 11:42:00 PM (0) comments
Thursday, April 14, 2005
for miss spears
Per Miss Jackson, I cannot call her Brit, owing to the fact that I may in fact be nasty.
By way of congratulations for her knockedupitude, I humbly submit the following montage:
Unclear what is better about the sequence of shots from the street, the abject wiggery on display, or the similarly abject bralessness. Thankfully, they are both present.
Included as a bonus is a shot from the white trash fabulousness file and some excellent images from a magazine spread.
- 4/14/2005 01:57:00 PM (0) comments
By way of congratulations for her knockedupitude, I humbly submit the following montage:
Unclear what is better about the sequence of shots from the street, the abject wiggery on display, or the similarly abject bralessness. Thankfully, they are both present.
Included as a bonus is a shot from the white trash fabulousness file and some excellent images from a magazine spread.
- 4/14/2005 01:57:00 PM (0) comments
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
from the usatoday , of all places
Didn't fare so well on my attempt...
lost 6-5... and you?
- 4/12/2005 07:00:00 AM (2) comments
Friday, April 01, 2005
april quiz (visual)
So, this month we're going a bit differently. As a break from the word games and such, a simpler sort of pattern recognition is the challenge.
Specifically, who is the person in the picture above?
HINT: She is a genuinely famous person whose fame is not just due to internet babedom. The peak of her fame occured in the mid90s....
- 4/1/2005 07:17:00 AM (1) comments
