TheBanyanTree: Thelma or Louise?

Teague, Julie Anna jateague at indiana.edu
Mon Apr 30 11:22:51 PDT 2012


I will admit to the fact that although I know what the cultural 
reference means, I have not seen the movie.  So I can't tell you if you 
are more Thelma or more Louise.  I do know you are a helluva lot of fun 
to hang out with. ;)

Quoting Pam Lawley <pamj.lawley at gmail.com>:

> Years and years (and years!) ago, my best friend Carla and I became 'Thelma
> and Louise'...  I could not tell you HOW it started - but I'll bet she
> could!  While she may be five years OLDER than me, she's got a heckuva lot
> better memory!!  Ever hear that saying, 'You'll be my friend forever!  You
> have to because you know all my secrets!!'.  Well not only does Carla know
> them, she remembers way more of the details today than *I* do!!!
>
> Anyway, there we were, two chicks hanging out together, and we got the
> moniker of 'Thelma and Louise'.  We even had license plates for the fronts
> of our cars.  Knowing Carla, she still has hers though I'm not sure what
> happened to mine when I bought this last car that didn't have a place on
> the front for it.  But I wish it was in front of me now because I can't
> remember if I was Thelma, or Louise!!  Seems like it was Thelma, but, maybe
> Louise.
>
> And the only reason I'm thinking about it now and even care is because I
> just finished watching the movie.  I am ashamed to admit that before today,
> I'd never even watched it!  Oh, I knew it was about two chicks who got
> ticked off at men and ended up on a crime spree and then drove off a cliff.
> No, that's not *exactly* how the movie went, but all these years it was
> close enough.  Meanwhile, was I Thelma?!  She whined and cried!!  Of
> course, there came times in the movie when Louise did her share of crying
> as well!!   Thelma was married to a jerk who had tight control over her,
> but then Louise put up with a lot of crap from her man too.
>
> Louise did the first shooting, but Thelma turned out to be a bad-ass with a
> gun as well...  Am I more Thelma, or Louise?!
>
> Makes me wonder if Carla ever actually saw the movie either!  Guess next
> time we chat I should ask!!
>
> Thelma
>
> or, Louise
>






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