Last night a young man working at an Indian restaurant told me "You look like Rogue." (What's kind of funny is I thought he meant that woman from The Golden Girls, Rue is her name --she must be in her 90s now.)
I said, "Who's that?"
He said, "You don't know who Rogue is!?"
I said, "If I knew who Rogue was, would I ask "Who's that?"
He said, "Look her up online.
(image Elfwood.com)
Yep, That's me al-righty.
Below is a rare photo of Rogue at a much younger age playing her part in The Trailer Trash Twins. (I don't think these people owned a washcloth.) My sister (foreground) said she *actually* thinks this was our bedroom. We both noticed how she was sitting right below an accident waiting to happen. Notice the left leg swelling (from lymphedema) on poor innocent Rogue? And no, Rogue is not sitting on an outside toilet. She's quietly sitting on a plastic stool, reading a book that eventually will be published as her memoir. She's a bit forlorn (this photo was back in the days when we actually used words like forlorn) because her mom cut her bangs whilst Rogue was jetting down the hallway on her way to her next adventure.
Could this next adventure be "Finding The Soap"? --
Tune in next time for Rogue Comes Clean.
8 comments:
Dear POD, I'm howling with laughter. You look completely adorable, and completely filthy - absolutely charming. Thank you so much. Clare x
I love that photo! so sweet. poor little leg.
yeah!! ROGUE!! I looked it up...for fun.
Rogue \Rogue\, n. [F. rogue proud, haughty, supercilious; cf.
1. (Eng.Law) A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.
Note: The phrase rogues and vagabonds is applied to a large class of wandering, disorderly, or dissolute persons.
They were formerly punished by being whipped and having the gristle of the right ear bored with a hot iron.
Hmm. Gristle? ow...whipped? eek. I think perhaps a change of persona could be handy? ;o)
I like Ro-Gue on my pasta. Especially the one with little roasted garlic bits.
As far as everything else... I have the Audacity to Hope!
Hold the Ro-Gue please.
Wob
Love the picture - you and your sister look very self-sufficient. And hey, baths were overrated back in the day!
I love the expressions on your faces -- the little girl equivalent of "get the hell outta here & leave us alone."
I'm noticing those terrible roll out windows. Ever cut your head on one of those? I did, at least a couple times. Explains a lot.
About those bangs: oh, my.
Wish they all could be California girls :-)
Aw.... too cute.
And that hairstyle reminds me of someone.....
*snort*
I want to take a mattress outside to read on *right now.*
And if you've been outside and aren't at least a little dirty, you weren't having fun. My 4 y-o went outside this morning to watch the sunrise with his older brother and came back with mud all over his pj's.
I swear that my kids often leave the shower with faces like this. Did the washcloth even get wet?!?
Or I like when they assert that they've washed their hair when the whole back of their head is still dry.
The picture is awfully cute, I love the bangs.
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