2005/12/29
Truth Sometimes Shreds Fiction
Picture the scene: The man, a West Texas native, sits with his Minnesotan wife in a darkened theater. A Coen brother's crime thriller plays on the screen. Toward the end, a policewoman moves cautiously toward the back of a snowbound house where she hears a sound, like a chainsaw on steroids. The wife, looking puzzled, whispers to the husband, "That sounds like a chipper-shredder." He replies, aghast, "What's a chipper-shredder?!"
The man and his wife were the frogette and myself. The movie was Fargo, and you know the rest... Yesterday in Colorado, it happened for real. Eeeeewwwwww! That's a horrible way to go.
The man and his wife were the frogette and myself. The movie was Fargo, and you know the rest... Yesterday in Colorado, it happened for real. Eeeeewwwwww! That's a horrible way to go.
7 Comments:
oh geez...the thing about Fargo was that it pretended to be based on a true story; although they just said that for cinematic effect, a lot of people believed it was real. How sad.
Great minds think alike, I just watched that movie on Christmas day... A classic.
At least what happened in Colorado was an accident...supposedly.
Accident? Not if you believe the story again...
"A man trimming trees was killed when he was pulled into a wood chipper BY HIS GLOVED HAND, authorities said."
Clearly, this gloved hand must be stopped before he kills again.
"A man trimming trees was killed when he was pulled into a wood chipper BY HIS GLOVED HAND, authorities said."
Clearly, this gloved hand must be stopped before he kills again.
I agree with Rex. This man must be stopped before he kills again. And I think we all agree that the Coen Bros are the best thing to come out of Minnesota, moviewise. I remembe when I first saw 'Blood Simple' back in '85 or something. Had no idea who they were. Rented it cuz it looked interesting on the video shelf, something to go with a comedy. Wow. Only found out later they were from MN. Magnificent artists.
Hey, hey, hey......best thing to come out of Minnesota, short of the missus.
Yeah, OK, 'short of the missus'.
