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Polly Holliday, a Sassy Waitress on the Sitcom aAlice,A Dies at 88
oKiss my grits,o her character, Flo, was known to say.
On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:43:14 -0700, Travoltron
<Travoltron@fakeemail.org> wrote:
Polly Holliday, a Sassy Waitress on the Sitcom aAlice,A Dies at 88
oKiss my grits,o her character, Flo, was known to say.
It's one of those things that a TV writer who has never spoken to a >Southerner in real life would imagine a Southerner might say.
In <qvh3ckddfemcrff4bt5d01kaid8glkpp08@4ax.com> David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> writes:
On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:43:14 -0700, Travoltron
<Travoltron@fakeemail.org> wrote:
Polly Holliday, a Sassy Waitress on the Sitcom aAlice,A Dies at 88
oKiss my grits,o her character, Flo, was known to say.
It's one of those things that a TV writer who has never spoken to a >>Southerner in real life would imagine a Southerner might say.
Well, bless their hearts.
She was the last survivor of the original cast. Only those two
replacement Flos still live.
Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:43:14 -0700, Travoltron <Travoltron@fakeemail.org> wrote:
Polly Holliday, a Sassy Waitress on the Sitcom Alice, Dies at 88
Kiss my grits, her character, Flo, was known to say.
It's one of those things that a TV writer who has never spoken to a >Southerner in real life would imagine a Southerner might say.
On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:56:52 -0000 (UTC), danny burstein
<dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:43:14 -0700, Travoltron
<Travoltron@fakeemail.org> wrote:
Polly Holliday, a Sassy Waitress on the Sitcom ?Alice,? Dies at 88
?Kiss my grits,? her character, Flo, was known to say.
It's one of those things that a TV writer who has never spoken to a >>Southerner in real life would imagine a Southerner might say.
Well, bless their hearts.
That one, on the other hand, is on point.
David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:
Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:43:14 -0700, Travoltron <Travoltron@fakeemail.org> wrote:
Polly Holliday, a Sassy Waitress on the Sitcom Alice, Dies at 88
Kiss my grits, her character, Flo, was known to say.
It's one of those things that a TV writer who has never spoken to a >Southerner in real life would imagine a Southerner might say.
I've never met anyone, let alone a Southerner, who speaks in catch
phrases. This goes back to old-time radio, if not the ancient Greeks.
David Carson <davidc@wa-wd.com> wrote:
On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:56:52 -0000 (UTC), danny burstein
<dannyb@panix.com> wrote:
On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 11:43:14 -0700, Travoltron
<Travoltron@fakeemail.org> wrote:
Polly Holliday, a Sassy Waitress on the Sitcom ?Alice,? Dies at 88
?Kiss my grits,? her character, Flo, was known to say.
It's one of those things that a TV writer who has never spoken to a
Southerner in real life would imagine a Southerner might say.
Well, bless their hearts.
That one, on the other hand, is on point.
Indeed. It is not a term of endearment. (For dannyb; I'm sure that
David is aware of this.)