From Newsgroup: alt.obituaries

Polly Holliday, a Sassy Waitress on the Sitcom rCyAlice,rCO Dies at 88

rCLKiss my grits,rCY her character, Flo, was known to say. But that high-profile role was just one facet of a long, busy stage and screen
career.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/arts/television/polly-holiday-dead.html
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.obituaries

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.

David Carson
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.obituaries

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.
--
_____________________________________________________
Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
dannyb@panix.com
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.obituaries

She was the last survivor of the original cast. Only those two
replacement Flos still live.
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.obituaries

On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:56:52 -0000 (UTC), danny burstein
<dannyb@panix.com> wrote:

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.

That one, on the other hand, is on point.

--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.obituaries

Travoltron <Travoltron@fakeemail.org> wrote:

She was the last survivor of the original cast. Only those two
replacement Flos still live.

(One of them being the original Flo from the movie).

-=-=-
The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.obituaries

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.
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.obituaries

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.)
--
Mark Shaw moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm ========================================================================
"Anyway, we delivered the bomb."
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.obituaries

Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

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.

Oh, I have. I know a native Tennessean who punctuates conversation with
"word!" every time something agreeable to him is uttered.
--
Mark Shaw moc TOD liamg TA wahsnm ========================================================================
"Anyway, we delivered the bomb."
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.obituaries

In <109taqi$n8j$1@reader1.panix.com> Mark Shaw <mshaw@panix.com> writes:

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.)

Depends very, VERY, much on context.

"Jimmy Carter, bless his heart, helped build all those Habitat for Humanity homes".

versus

"Jimmy Carter, bless his heart, gave the Panama Canal away".
--
_____________________________________________________
Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key
dannyb@panix.com
[to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded]
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2

From Newsgroup: alt.obituaries

On 9/10/2025 2:18 PM, Louis Epstein wrote:

(One of them being the original Flo from the movie).

Now she's gone, too. Celia Weston is the last survivor. Her character
"Jolene Hunnicutt" was revealed to be the cousin of Boss Hogg in a
crossover episode.
--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2