Polite Dissent

9 Responses to “ The Case of the Fifty Year Old Clue ”

1. Sean Duggan
   April 10th, 2009 at 6:53 am
   

   Tsk tsk… I expected him to at least employ the product in some unorthodox way like loosening the hostages bonds before going into full vanity mode.

2. the Original Keith
   April 10th, 2009 at 10:42 am
   

   Sam Spade is blonde! Didn’t anyone ever read the novel?

3. Mr. B
   April 10th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
   

   First thing I thought was the Ovaltine line in A Christmas Story. A crummy commercial.

   My mind was a steel trap.

   Every pore vibrated.

   It was almost clear.

   Yes!

   Ovaltine?

   A crummy commercial?

   Son of a bitch!

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdA__2tKoIU
   Be sure to drink your Ovaltine

4. RichterCa
   April 10th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
   

   Heh, well this ought to at least silence those people who thought “Effie” wasn’t a real name after that last PSA.

   Of course, I still have no idea what “Effie” would be short for… Persephone? Effedra? Effenessia?

5. Metz77
   April 10th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
   

   I can’t help but notice that that woman’s name is Effie.

6. Devon
   April 12th, 2009 at 1:38 am
   

   lol with the ‘Effie’ again. The 1950’s yearns to prove me wrong about this point. ^_^. Richter, I hadn’t thought of Persephone. So there is officially one, (but by g-d probably only one) name that can be Effie. :P

7. Mark
   April 12th, 2009 at 8:41 am
   

   This story is preposterous. No matter what stalling tactics the brat’s parents used, what kidnapper would hold onto his victim for 50 years?

8. Bryan L
   April 13th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
   

   I’m particularly fond of Effie’s plaintive and unanswered question: “Okay, but what will happen to me?”

   Well, Effie, it’s extremely likely that one of these poorly coiffed desperadoes will bust a cap in your @ss. Now go throw the rock like a good girl, okay?

9. Jon
   December 29th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
   

   Why not ‘Francesca Esmerelda’?

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