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August 13, 2009 |
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Good Ol' Boy
FOUND by Erica La Spada
in Perry, FL
Found this while poking around an abandoned motel off of US 19 just south of Perry, Florida. It was in a room filled chest-high with crap like old Parade magazines with Joe Pesci on the cover, rusted cans and rotting, puka shell chandeliers (I kid you not).
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
Puka shell chandeliers!?
1. Who is the guy in the hat? He looks familiar. I think he's someone famous.
2. What is he holding in his hand? A Polaroid photo?
3. What is that one-legged chained TV-camera-looking thingy in the background? It doesn't look like it should be able to stand up on that one leg like that. I think there's a wheel for a foot on it.
4. What are those things the guys in the background are leaning on?
5. What is the name on the guy's jacket?
I wish I could poke around an abandoned motel off some old highway somewhere. I wonder if Erica found other found-worthy finds there?
Clover, honey, that's not a TV camera, it's a trailer hitch. Looks like it's been detached from the trailer for some reason and maybe they have set something (that black box thing) on top of it.
The hat belongs to the County Mounties, ie the state highway police and/or sherrif's office. My brother used to wear one (he was a county mounty.)
Guys in the back look to be leaning on a small motor launch of some kind, at least the guy on the right.
It could be a Polaroid but it looks more like he's holding tickets of some kind, to the circus or zoo or similar. I have had circus tickets with coloured photos printed on them.
Can't read what's written on his jacket, but I can't take my eyes off his beer gut. Geez Louise.
Looks like he's takin' the little woman and the rug rat out for the day, to zoo or whatever, and this is a photo to remember the good time.
Question: Are puka shells and cowries the same thing?
Trooper Bob had been watching Tarzan on SKY, hence the red flush about his neck.
That or the diaper clad “Boy” ripped a big one…
I've been in Perry, Florida; spend a year there one afternoon.
Dudley Dooright rides again!
This guy is Sonny Reynolds, a professional Bass fisherman, and all that stuff behind the couple is bass fishing necessities, boat trailer, bass boat, buddies with dumbass hats, not that the trooper hat isn’t regressive. In his hand is a pen and Polaroid. It’s a grip and grin session at a Bass tournament, sell some boats and lures, squeeze a few ladies, smell a few babies.
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If that ain't Renee Zellweger, then I'm Willie the dog at Carnaval!
And you say the man with her is a bass-grabber?
That's definitely Al Gore!
Curse you Dog breath. You beat me to the Dudley Doright joke.
I googled Sonny Reynolds (I wasn't dure if Chief was serious or joking) and found a face book page. I think Chief has this one nailed.
I never understood "professional" bass fishing. Why would anyone watch? Seems about as exciting as watching someone mow the lawn or wash the dishes. Or better yet... Professional hammock swinging next on ESPN.
grab'em and go before Al and Renee roast your willie for the carnaval
Wrong - it's Sonny Shroyer. He played Deputy Enos Strate on "Dukes of Hazzard".
Gonna have to agree with filbert on this one. As soon as I saw this pic, I thought "Enos!". Love that show.
If that ain't Sonny Shroyer, Imagonnahafta remove my panties in the reception room:
http://toptvcops.com/08030e80.jpg
Good call chief!
i'm all for professional hammock swinging. I think it should be a demonstration sport at the olympics. (or whatever you call those sports that are just there to watch and not compete)
I get the sense that this is someone quasi 'famous', too. I'll trust other's about this one, tho.
I want a puka shell chandelier! Dang! I have never even seen one, but it sounds soooo cool!!
It says Sonny Shroyer right on his jacket.
In Perry, bass fishing, NASCAR, hammock swinging, pork rind crunching, are just what happens. From Perry you can hear the Deliverence theme drifting down through the pines.
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Sonny Shroyer, yep I'd say that's who it is, looks a lot like that fishing fella though, recan theys brothers or what..
Puka shell chandeliers and fishin' buddies with dumbass hats. Character actors and boat trailers. Lordy, lordy. Don't get much better dan dat!
I looked at the kids eyes again, if he hasn't he's getting ready to. Stand back yall
Hmm. do ya think that the dude's being Sonny Shroyer might have something to do with the fact that the Finder called it (jus' a) Good Ol' Boy. (never meanin' no harm.. beats all you ever saw, been in trouble with the law since the day he wuz born.)
The chick in the pic really looks like when she laughs, she sounds like Julia Sweeney as "It's Pat!"
Was Joe Pesci on the cover of every Parade magazine in the room??? Chest high? That is a lot of Parade magazines with Joe Pesci on them ....
Officer Shroyer is posing, and holding his the receipt for, his online mail order Russian bride, Nataliya. Sonny was happy with the BOGO deal in which she showed up with her baby, her "Lil' Ivan".
Sonny immediately took to calling them Nate & Bubba as he didn't want anyone thinking he was hanging with some communists. Sonny always insisted on having them around, and always had them come to hurricane disaster sites. Bubba and Nate enjoyed watching Sonny wear his important state supplied uniform hat & jodhpurs.
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Baby Basil-
No, cowries and pukas (puki? pukae?) are not the same. Pukas are tiny and, I think, usually white.
Wow! Now that it's been revealed that John Edwards *is* the father of that baby, *all* the former Democratic candidates for President are stepping forward with their mistresses and love children! Here's Al Gore with his secret family at the pumpkin-chucking contest with their trebouchet. Tipper ain't gonna be happy when she sees *this* one!
Trailer hitch! LOL! And I thought it was a camera! Seems like I was on track about the familiar face, tho. The pose is so like famous-guy-posing-with-regular-people! When the baby grows up, they'll tell him, "You met so-and-so in real life! And we took a photo! But we lost it in a motel room."
The people in this photo have beautiful smiles.
@Feeling incoherent: I watched a fishing show on tv when I was in labor. It was the most peaceful show on, and my hubby needed something else to watch. The son born that day has always been a lucky angler (and dreams of hosting his own fishing show when he grows up.)
Hi Ya'll!
This is the finder of said photo.It is not the bass fisherman, it is indeed Sonny Shroyer, Enus to you and me--says so on his jacket. Half of my description (where I revealed the answer) was cut off. It took me a second to realize who he was, too, when I found it.
And, yeah, puka shells are the little white ones that they made a lot of plant holders with in the 70s. I didn't pick up any other items because, frankly, it was all nasty...
If you're interested, this was a picture of the sign to the motel; http://www.flickr.com/photos/ealaspada/2691539220/i
Thanks for the entertaining comments!
Puka shell chandelliers!? I don't know whether to feel horrified, amused or embarrassed. Maybe I should go look it up.
You guys are crazy. That man is clearly Gary Sinise
I wonder if they're ever going to put together another Found Polaroid book. I LOVE the Polaroid Book! (although it would have been 2X as great if they'd done a picture and caption on every page.) Polaroids are cool.
Whew! I was beginning to think I was the only southerner here! Of course it's Sonny Shroyer! I can tell Clover is definitely not from the south. Sonny is wearing the hat he wore on the show! I'm so excited! I can't stop using exclamation points!!! ! ! ! ! !
now cuff 'em & schtuff 'em!