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Brian Damage · 04-21-2007, 06:23 PM

No offense to Polly Holiday, but she just didn't have the looks for all these guys to ogle over her. They should have cast a better looking woman to play that type of role and just kept Flo SASSY.

Bullet · 04-21-2007, 06:37 PM

I guess I agree with you. No offense to Polly Holliday. It's kinda the same thing with Linda Lavin and singing. She wasn't the best, but they made Alice out to be such a great singer.

I think one reason it was accepted was because at that time, celebrities were so distant from us, and there weren't many choices of what to watch, so we just accepted the icons we saw.

I think the same is true with singers. Someone at work told me that she grew up thinking that the New Kids on the Block were really great. But when she listened to their music when she was twenty-nine, she realized they weren't good singers.

Ireneparalegal · 04-21-2007, 06:40 PM

If anything, I think the character showed that at Flo's age, you can still be HOT. I don't think she was HOT mind you, but the truckers seemed to think so. I guess they didn't get much action anyways, so here was a woman who was so full of herself (in a good way) and flaunted her assets and didn't seek "love"...just attention and some good times with a man. She was a hussy, no doubt abt that, but she did it so good that I found her so darn cute and funny. Not at all a bitch.

Dr. Thong · 04-21-2007, 06:43 PM

Look at the show in context: Most of the patrons at Mel's Diner were middle-aged trucker types. Nobody in that diner was really all that young or hip. So to them, Flo probably did pass for sexy. Hell, most of them were probably drunk or too tired to get a real good look at her.

catlover79 · 04-21-2007, 09:51 PM

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Look at the show in context: Most of the patrons at Mel's Diner were middle-aged trucker types. Nobody in that diner was really all that young or hip. So to them, Flo probably did pass for sexy. Hell, most of them were probably drunk or too tired to get a real good look at her.

Or maybe they just didn't care. Flo was there, and made herself, ahem, available. That simple.

Bullet · 04-21-2007, 10:47 PM

Also the guys she went out with weren't prizes.

Ireneparalegal · 04-21-2007, 10:51 PM

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Also the guys she went out with weren't prizes.

That's for DAMN SURE.

Inca · 04-21-2007, 11:17 PM

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

Bullet · 04-21-2007, 11:29 PM

I understand. But who do you think was hunkier? Bubba or Earl?

AB · 04-22-2007, 11:43 AM

Sometimes its the attitude & not the beauty that works.

Brian Damage · 04-22-2007, 11:47 AM

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Sometimes its the attitude & not the beauty that works.

I was thinking about that. That is very true.

Dr. Thong · 04-22-2007, 12:55 PM

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I was thinking about that. That is very true.

I have met girls who initially may not have appeared "sexy" to me, but after getting to know them, I've found them sexy. Sometimes attitude and the way someone has about them can be very sexy.

And conversely, you can met a woman who appears "sexy" physically at first, but is boring or just not very appealing once you get to know them.

Ireneparalegal · 04-22-2007, 12:58 PM

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I have met girls who initially may not have appeared "sexy" to me, but after getting to know them, I've found them sexy. Sometimes attitude and the way someone has about them can be very sexy.

And conversely, you can met a woman who appears "sexy" physically at first, but is boring or just not very appealing once you get to know them.

So damn true.
I loved Flo and her personality. She is someone I could have worked with. She is so funny. She was vivacious and had spunk. She was very young at heart and it showed outwardly. That is what made her sexy. She also probably made those guys feel good, whatever it was she did for them, even if it was just making out with them. She probably made them feel like winners rather than losers, made them feel important, made each man feel like he was special.

Brieannas21 · 04-22-2007, 05:38 PM

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If anything, I think the character showed that at Flo's age, you can still be HOT. I don't think she was HOT mind you, but the truckers seemed to think so. I guess they didn't get much action anyways, so here was a woman who was so full of herself (in a good way) and flaunted her assets and didn't seek "love"...just attention and some good times with a man. She was a hussy, no doubt abt that, but she did it so good that I found her so darn cute and funny. Not at all a bitch.

And she wasn't shy at all, she told it how it was and some men found that to be a great turn on. Some men just like strong and flaunty women.

Ireneparalegal · 04-22-2007, 05:43 PM

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And she wasn't shy at all, she told it how it was and some men found that to be a great turn on. Some men just like strong and flaunty women.

Oh hell yeah. Some guys are jerks and can't stand strong women and them telling it like it is, you know.

Flo was gung-ho.

04-21-2007, 06:23 PM	#1
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04-21-2007, 06:43 PM	#4
Dr. Thong a/k/a "ACK!" Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 10, 2001 Location: New Hampshire, USA Posts: 5,546	Look at the show in context: Most of the patrons at Mel's Diner were middle-aged trucker types. Nobody in that diner was really all that young or hip. So to them, Flo probably did pass for sexy. Hell, most of them were probably drunk or too tired to get a real good look at her.
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04-21-2007, 06:37 PM	#2
Bullet Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 02, 2005 Posts: 102	I guess I agree with you. No offense to Polly Holliday. It's kinda the same thing with Linda Lavin and singing. She wasn't the best, but they made Alice out to be such a great singer. I think one reason it was accepted was because at that time, celebrities were so distant from us, and there weren't many choices of what to watch, so we just accepted the icons we saw. I think the same is true with singers. Someone at work told me that she grew up thinking that the New Kids on the Block were really great. But when she listened to their music when she was twenty-nine, she realized they weren't good singers.

04-21-2007, 10:47 PM	#6
Bullet Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 02, 2005 Posts: 102	Also the guys she went out with weren't prizes.

04-21-2007, 11:17 PM	#8
Inca Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 14, 2004 Posts: 34	Beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

04-21-2007, 11:29 PM	#9
Bullet Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 02, 2005 Posts: 102	I understand. But who do you think was hunkier? Bubba or Earl?

04-22-2007, 11:43 AM	#10
AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,428	Sometimes its the attitude & not the beauty that works.