Bless you. Here's a Laurel....and Hardy handshake.
Here is the Blazing Saddles "Methodists" reference in context, when Hedley Lamar gives instructions to Taggart to round up criminals to wipe out Rock Ridge.
Taggart: “What do you want me to do, sir?”
Hedley Lamarr: “I want you to round up every vicious criminal and gunslinger in the west. Take this down. I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, azz-kickers, sh!t-kickers and Methodists."
Taggart: (finally finding something to write with) “Could you repeat that, sir?”
"Bless you. Here's a Laurel....and Hardy handshake.
"Here is the Blazing Saddles "Methodists" reference in context..."
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I've been living a little bit of the "Blazing Saddles" story so much here in Michigan, it's unbelievable.
I was at a county convention last week with at least 400+ attendees. Just randomly sat off the end row of a main aisle, brought a trusty video camera & tripod as I know the local deep state hacks would be outing themselves. Sure as eventual rain, they tried pushing through all of their permanent executive committee positions and agenda items with the common theme:
"All those in favor?"
<5 seconds to allow the volume to build if possible>
"All those opposed?"
<0.2 seconds>
"The motion passes" (WELL before the louder chorus of "Neas" are heard)
So, just 20 feet away from me, an elderly man just can't take it any more. He stands up and points out the timing BS, but is greeted by the DS hacks shouting "Point of Order! Point of Order!" as they've been previously instructed to do. But the gentlemen isn't backing down. So finally Lt. Poolboy (Sgt. at Arms for the meeting; can't have any of the good people getting out of line without a traitorous enforcer present). He not only tells the gentlemen he has to leave, but the local police are there as well within seconds to make it official looking.
And there I was, camera rolling for the whole sordid scene.
After 5 minutes or so, the gentlemen was still holding his own, and eventually the police and Sgt. at Arms left him alone. After the meeting was adjourned, I went over to the guy and gave him a re-assuring handshake that he's now become a local hero.
Especially since my camera was rolling through the whole sordid affair... Carry on, FreeQs. Uber out.