Arguments With A-Holes - Part IV
In reference to the San Diego Chargers Lightning Bolt Tattoo on my Shoulder; A good friend of mine, once mocked my extreme show of loyalty, by posing the following question:
"Dude, you're also a huge Brady Bunch fan. Why didn't you get a tattoo of Anne B. Davis on your ass?"
Good question, A-Hole friend. My reasoning is as follows;
Ann B. Davis is a lovely woman and a fine actress but she doesn't necessarily embody the true essence of what made The Brady Bunch, so special to me. What made the Brady Bunch so endearing to me, was how those darn kids were able to get past the truly horrific and untimely passing of their respective parents. They coped in such a selfless way. They never once complained or felt sorry for themselves. Each little, remarkable, angel, braver than the next. They did this in order to rally around their surviving parents, Mike and Carol. They did this because they wanted them to be happy. They were also smart enough to know that if Mike and Carol were happy (IE: getting laid), then they would stand a better chance of resuming a normal life. They were right. It is my humble opinion, that Anne B. Davis (AKA: Alice) was only important to the boys and Mr. Brady himself, during this transitional period. I believe that if she were hit by a Mr. Softee truck in episode 2, they would have been more than capable of moving on with no problem.
So, A-Hole friend of mine... Perhaps if you had phrased your question like this;
"Dude, you're also a huge Brady Bunch fan. Why didn't you get a tattoo of all the Brady kid's faces; surrounding Mike and Carol in the shape of a heart. A symbolic gesture of their unconditional love and unbreakable commitment, on your ass?".
This would have been an entirely different discussion and a valid point.
A-Hole friend, it looks as if you are Out-Numbered...
Until next time.
"Dude, you're also a huge Brady Bunch fan. Why didn't you get a tattoo of Anne B. Davis on your ass?"
Good question, A-Hole friend. My reasoning is as follows;
Ann B. Davis is a lovely woman and a fine actress but she doesn't necessarily embody the true essence of what made The Brady Bunch, so special to me. What made the Brady Bunch so endearing to me, was how those darn kids were able to get past the truly horrific and untimely passing of their respective parents. They coped in such a selfless way. They never once complained or felt sorry for themselves. Each little, remarkable, angel, braver than the next. They did this in order to rally around their surviving parents, Mike and Carol. They did this because they wanted them to be happy. They were also smart enough to know that if Mike and Carol were happy (IE: getting laid), then they would stand a better chance of resuming a normal life. They were right. It is my humble opinion, that Anne B. Davis (AKA: Alice) was only important to the boys and Mr. Brady himself, during this transitional period. I believe that if she were hit by a Mr. Softee truck in episode 2, they would have been more than capable of moving on with no problem.
So, A-Hole friend of mine... Perhaps if you had phrased your question like this;
"Dude, you're also a huge Brady Bunch fan. Why didn't you get a tattoo of all the Brady kid's faces; surrounding Mike and Carol in the shape of a heart. A symbolic gesture of their unconditional love and unbreakable commitment, on your ass?".
This would have been an entirely different discussion and a valid point.
A-Hole friend, it looks as if you are Out-Numbered...
Until next time.
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If there was a gun to my head, I'd go with Anne B Davis over Dick Van Patten from 8 is Enough. He would clash with the butterfly inked on my ankle.
ReplyDeleteYou know, that is a very understated point about the Brady Bunch. If it were written today all those kids would be in therapy and on zanax or something. On second thought, maybe they should have been, those kids really fell apart as adults.
ReplyDeletelol, well worth getting up at 9 am for.
ReplyDeleteGood Points. I like your reasoning. Showed some good thought on your part, especially the way the question should have been posed.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that A-hole friend is whacked. Everyone knows that a true fan of the Brady Brunch would get a tattoo of Sam the Butcher.
ReplyDeleteA-hole friends are the following types to me. They want to argue with me about a country and its peoples which they only know from TV and newspapers.
ReplyDeleteYou totally just inspired me to get the entire cast of Bonanza tattoo'd on my arse.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that.
LOL!! Thanks for the laugh!:) You know the writers of that show may never have had the emotional well being to think about the kids missing their dead parents.:) I always felt that something was definitely off about that whole family, since I saw them from a more adult POV.:)
ReplyDeleteNot having really watched it when I was a kid, as an adult I could never quite get past the subtle innuendo that the older kids probably wanted to defile their respective step-siblings in some sort of kinky manner; that's what I think made them so damn happy.
ReplyDeleteAs for inking Alice on your ass, if tats could talk Alice's would make some corny comment about the amount of fibre in your diet, or some such other banality...
I really love THE SHEILD, but I don't want to decorate my body with any of those guys.
ReplyDeleteWay to sum-up the Brady Bunch....I never really understood why I liked it before...but the death of the 'invisible' parents was always there in the background, wasn't it?
I myself am a HUGE Bradyphile. And now I'm considering what kind of tattoo would be most appropriate to honor the clan. A broken vase? A silver platter? Perhaps a football impacting an adolescent schnozz?
ReplyDeleteOh, the choices.
You have some interesting friends there . . . I like the way you disected his question with a very thoughtful (and very funny) response.
ReplyDeleteAh, the Brady Bunch. I always wanted to be Marcia, but ended up being Jan.
I don't know, a tattoo on the ass? Who would see it? At least on your shoulder, your loyalty can be seen.
Exactly why I don't have a tatoo. I'm too fickle--and my ass isn't big enough for Alice's face.
ReplyDeletePlus if I can't spell it? I shouldn't have one. PS: I voted for ya--does that count?
ReplyDeleteohhhhhh *snap*
ReplyDeleteOh man! Now you have Chris thinking about a Brady tattoo. Will probably be Marsha on his chest. Thanks.
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