tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74423083372019280962024-03-18T23:58:37.347-05:00LimerWreckssurly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.comBlogger3929125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-4075203088915532012023-12-24T08:53:00.002-06:002023-12-24T09:50:09.440-06:00Auld Lang 'Stein<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievhcySfsVqMFGikRhejKNsXTxlBU4oSnXn5J_JtSJ-m9WNMjBi-UCh0pDqECeEyzHu6ePmQWnwDMT03W8NhoW_OSWT0jkjyAQNjCOMO0cnq6Osnd7EbNZ6flicymRVkprutm7nPt6_0U/s1600-h/Xmas_CD_CMYK_vers02-1.JPG"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievhcySfsVqMFGikRhejKNsXTxlBU4oSnXn5J_JtSJ-m9WNMjBi-UCh0pDqECeEyzHu6ePmQWnwDMT03W8NhoW_OSWT0jkjyAQNjCOMO0cnq6Osnd7EbNZ6flicymRVkprutm7nPt6_0U/s400/Xmas_CD_CMYK_vers02-1.JPG" /></a><br /><br />The night before Christmas and lo,<br />the castle was buried in snow.<br />A monster was stirring <br />as engines were purring,<br />and lab machines started to glow. <br /><br />A bearded guy carried a sack.<br />Not Santa, but Igor, hunch-back.<br />His bag, full of brains,<br />was covered with stains<br />from heads he had given a crack.<br /><br />As lightning continued to build,<br />the doctor was tickled, then thrilled.<br />He said, "It's alive!" <br />(Just like Colin Clive) <br />and opened the bubbly he'd chilled.<br /><br />But Doc, who had wanted a son, <br />soon found that his plans were undone. <br />For Igor, the cad <br />used a brain that was bad, <br />Though he and the monster had fun. <br /><br />On Christmas, the cold castle air <br />was warmed by a torch's red glare.<br />The monster, when singed <br />became quite unhinged... <br />and hung Ig by the chimney with care.<br /><br /><br />Words and art © 2023 Hilary Barta; Color: Jason Millet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-69912551440974080412023-12-23T08:30:00.007-06:002023-12-23T08:30:00.143-06:00Feliz Navidada<p> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mpjbXhcFrIA/TQ-UWfnexbI/AAAAAAAAFWQ/Ecl0tOsIT4M/s1600/final-FelizNavidada2.jpg" style="background-color: #333333; color: #0065cc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><img alt="" border="0" height="629" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552819979736237490" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mpjbXhcFrIA/TQ-UWfnexbI/AAAAAAAAFWQ/Ecl0tOsIT4M/s640/final-FelizNavidada2.jpg" style="background: rgb(17, 17, 17); border: 1px solid rgb(17, 17, 17); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 1px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></p><p>Poor Santa's not feeling so jolly <br />He's decked in surreal boughs of holly <br />With visions of dread <br />that dance in his head <br />of gingerbread dead à la Dali.<br /><br /><br />Another Xmas flashback from the sagging psychos at LimerWrecks.</p>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-49782476154745898832023-12-22T08:30:00.001-06:002023-12-22T08:30:00.139-06:00IT Came Upon a Midnight Fear<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyg07KqpuJO42AA7CibzPEzAAAsxvu-u0431uUZGFO__LV_D9m4FB94BMs8XzysFAwkC8HakiwXob1g76pUO3EDU9U7bd9F1s5mAcRERJiB3c8I-XMVkfsIuRI-O-BPR9emACU0G4Tukpc/s1600/hil-xmasCD2014-RGB-low-res-copyright.jpg" style="background-color: #333333; color: #0065cc; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;"><img border="0" height="627" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyg07KqpuJO42AA7CibzPEzAAAsxvu-u0431uUZGFO__LV_D9m4FB94BMs8XzysFAwkC8HakiwXob1g76pUO3EDU9U7bd9F1s5mAcRERJiB3c8I-XMVkfsIuRI-O-BPR9emACU0G4Tukpc/s1600/hil-xmasCD2014-RGB-low-res-copyright.jpg" style="background: rgb(17, 17, 17); border: 1px solid rgb(17, 17, 17); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 1px; position: relative;" width="640" /></a></p>To the girls and the boys IT gives back<br />So it hurls all its toys in a sack<br />As to those not so nice<br />They lie frozen in ice <br />--From Surly, that poisonous Hack.<p><br />Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all from the Surly Hack.</p>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-57820539336059102302023-12-21T08:30:00.001-06:002023-12-21T08:30:00.138-06:00The Hole Truth<p> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1hncEVOL1fzN8-3tqU2LYNiQFdXY8Q_tf-wKuzP09qvACVEcscz2MVPV7H6wuvHsn8b-HYycctywhdIMnyhGW2wkgPtRl8GinhoANxj460UlqBH4jTM4lnxmVqoWjjyv67BthtNmGX1m/" style="background: rgb(17, 17, 17); border: 1px solid rgb(17, 17, 17); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; color: #dd7700; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; padding: 1px;" /></p><p>A chimney is also a hole<br />An in-way for Mr. North Pole<br />If Nick'las gets stuck<br />Your Chrismas might suck<br />Unless you want plenty of coal! <br /><br /><br /></p><p>Remember, keep the home-fires burning, but first buy Santa a fireproof suit.<br />A Christmas flashback from LimerWrecks. </p><br />surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-53360913210233720212023-12-20T08:15:00.001-06:002023-12-20T08:15:00.134-06:00Slay Ride<p> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkslLLdKty1-D6ncykmcqpuev68HuTr1KUlSf-5c-4tvCgZt4t7GAKC6yrfwWWG61eLNMZpqfDRB6sVNq43T7FkCfQ5Ima2_dKSaWwa05YOvSoN5_ZAjwt3L1EUuoid23CAXvEXq0Fn0Qj/" style="background: rgb(17, 17, 17); border: 1px solid rgb(17, 17, 17); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; color: #dd7700; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; padding: 1px;" /></p><p>It's Christmas, he's done with his shopping<br />The Mrs. is stunned, her eyes popping<br />He bought her a gift<br />And thought not of thrift<br />No mistletoe hon, but there's chopping! <br /><br /><br />This holiday flashback features EC Comics cover art by Johnny Craig (1954).</p><br />surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-62966987353315116892023-12-19T08:11:00.003-06:002023-12-19T08:11:53.434-06:00IT'S in the Bag<p> <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LMUn41pOhWs/YcNDWhaoowI/AAAAAAAAe0k/Z_IwtgeIspg0fvaSJR85ru3VPBuuu8--QCNcBGAsYHQ/Scan_20211221%2B-%2BCopyright.jpg" style="background: rgb(17, 17, 17); border: 1px solid rgb(17, 17, 17); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; color: #dd7700; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; padding: 1px;" /></p>On Christmas, alas and alack,<br />A grisly and ghastly attack!<br />Some gifts keep on giving, <br />Some miffed, are still living...<br />See Kris get attacked by his sack!<br /><br /><br />A limerick flashback presented for your holiday enjoyment.<br /><span style="color: #dd7700; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #333333; font-size: 13.2px;"><br /><br /></span></span>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-36810831909600887252022-04-17T07:47:00.000-05:002022-04-17T07:47:18.690-05:00Zombie Flesh Easter<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiARtLdnhEIc-2mRJ64dgyn2wAdRmt8-iVBYN2w93-5E6CPuOTix2sIforOvJFc8o1nLDldj8O9Xek85eqZhMJ7ubIf2aFBoLef4KyU_4bANHm2rym4rMK-9IH_TOt8pm1CiOgkkPR2cPw9/s400/night-of-the-living-dead.jpg" /><br /><br />It's Easter, give praise, do not mourn<br />Your deceased savior's raised and reborn<br />But these dead, now alive<br />Open heads to survive<br />And will feast on your brains Sunday morn.<br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Pasty-faced extras lurch through <i>Night of the Living Dead</i> (1968). Our title is by David Cairns, and is a nod to <i>Zombies 2</i>, aka <i>Zombie Flesh Eaters</i> (1979). We're going to hell in an Easter basket for resurrecting this blasphemous limerick each year.</span>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-14397856853786569022022-03-03T11:14:00.001-06:002022-03-03T11:14:28.163-06:00All's Well that Ends Welles?<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXss_8vH1lLkzz-xRQXe8BjPplyQ949cwdnaLWhsnWVUo0GDGAZGNw0UqWu-Cfg_p9yL5pm6g3ijn3lk6HjzHcOnfvjStjU3sunF7yYTcAK5Ne12bq-aWjv3qSabMFlGO0GWh9u2e7Gs3F7-rbLfYV7Fbk_wg14VahturnmPi4z1jcCKcsZFatR9AbYA=w563-h320" /><br /><br />So Menzies was wearing a wire?<br />Old friends should play fair, or retire<br />You shoot, but alack,<br />The coot then shoots back<br />It ends for you there, in the mire...<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Orson Welles as Hank Quinlan meets his end in <i>Touch of Evil</i> (Welles; 1958). </span>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-84273145689000866062022-02-25T03:30:00.025-06:002022-02-25T14:30:15.220-06:00Dietrich or Treat <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqDvw4bNrNS3iojgZ5VT_pwV1ofwoJwrHN6oqHRQrTihCllXiC3YHoPt_6R8eYEVCKAiVkhS7_J4YHt0-yrDYtyPZ5E0WflB6KOrFAza4yPOkJAqgPcOOP_yRM3P8wzCDyPe4Pvji1tfMv9IdkuQeXYYpZjaVbXMXOTHfX06AdBP7CP3ivI_mT_aUKIA=w562-h423" /><div><br /> Marlene, black-wigged, eyes beholders <br />Our main man's grown big as some boulders<br />But his wistful, sad gaze<br />Through the mist of past days<br />(And chain-smoked cigars) sadly smoulders.<br /><br /><i>David Cairns</i><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Marlene Dietrich and Orson Welles in <i>Touch of Evil</i> (1958).</span></div><div><div></div></div>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-23165694628547343692022-02-23T03:30:00.014-06:002022-02-25T14:23:01.966-06:00Candy, Cane <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzY0G93t1jRL4nEojHAT_Z8v6r9-4k5HGJ1r2DBo6rN1QTKAB8DggN5A2tkXUu4_TpCM7PB9sGBT1pRb8bLnPWhp04PPG5JqhggU4n9hYq6iqoQBHycdGAF8D9PLM5P9DOjasjap7gjMhiW1a2YVehKS5ea4fqwGEPICsfbpIAoOBvk6oMbE7sksYtVg=w576-h431" /><br /><br />Sheriff Hank gave up booze, now eats candy<br />When he drank he'd get woozy on brandy<br />Though he limps through this thriller<br />He's no gimp, he's a killer<br />And he strangles that loser Joe Grandi.<br /><i><br />David Cairns</i><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br />Orson Welles is Sheriff Hank Quinlan in <i>Touch of Evil</i> (Welles; 1958). Quinlan carries a cane, and he leaves it behind after strangling Joe Grandi, played by Akim Tamiroff.<br /><br />David Cairns notes that various observers have commented on Welles being undone by his cane/Kane. But David might be the only one to point out that Welles freezeframes the hotel door sign saying<i> Make Sure You Haven't Left Any Belongings Behind</i>.</span>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-77586357921838378522022-02-22T03:30:00.019-06:002022-02-22T03:30:00.198-06:00Hell Toupee <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgM4BZbJZhxKujuPt7emJPUKHphh2CeCrEN0orCnPlGKzPYVBWbpn7diygf-pP5U8MK0qjMJd_ntrB0jt0tyPhfQyk3b6b2P9bA0tghIXmtJQ574EtKxxky-1EVz5p1SkxxxV0M1dvcAssv06MF4CjeRQj_aGLIVrnIGAjr0dok_C_ijCPmjfv3G4hOPA" /><br /><br />Uncle Joe cuts a fig short and squat<br />Face of dough, flips his wig when he's caught<br />In a cheap hotel room<br />The poor creep meets his doom<br />As this slow-moving pig ties the knot.<div><br /><i>David Cairns</i></div><div><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Sheriff Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles), Uncle Joe Grandi (Akim Tamiroff), and Susan Vargas (Janet Leigh) in a sordid scene in <i>Touch of Evil</i> (Welles; 1958).</span></div>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-84270510729230853272022-02-21T03:30:00.016-06:002022-02-21T03:30:00.188-06:00House of Girth<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNYR3k6TDxAPxuLT5iJjX5rsvmJlONk15bsHKowMybbQZAlf5TxWa_bOXQLRtZ7vM5bN_fZuNh_F0g2-MEP5weOshJ3j0QD6bRFTiXkbYzu8MpTE2zzvVppy1BexqMcivwMOp7q7skndBjf-5idU6tCx9uNL6GSuQwsyNRaNj-3ZFFfHJiJKv0Az5eEg" /><br /><br /> A hulking and gritty grotesque<br />A skulking and bitter burlesque <br />Of clout and ambition<br />Now out of condition<br />His bulk doesn't fit 'neath his desk.<br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br /><br />Joseph Calleia as Sgt. Pete Menzies, and Orson Welles as the massive meat-mound Hank Quinlan in<br /><i>Touch of Evil</i> (Welles; 1958) </span>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-29535008134895456662022-02-18T03:30:00.020-06:002022-02-18T10:27:41.515-06:00Vargas' Girl<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhK7bBpAt04ZlmiJLoltiU3S8FET5hjfRmPIlOGl8BQTvOqywXExbA4DJz492NMfWPmSGUqL94oxrWYmgsHaC9SDN45zzECmIKFtMSje671DhWsAwWxZsIjd2-fGhMt0YszUHNRVf4pBBCzw7jraOGBev9y_uNqKgbuXUZitrOgxMRHEJrtXtMaM__DXA" /><br /><br />In a sweater all busty and pert<br />Like Betty, she's thrusting, overt<br />Now plunged into Hades<br />With grungy Mercedes<br />She's fretful, nonplussed, but unhurt.<br /><br /><i>Davd Cairns</i><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><i>Touch of Evil</i> (Orson Welles; 1958): Susan Vargas (Janet Leigh) is terrorized by a gang led by actress Mercedes McCambridge.</span>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-84718124379166471712022-02-17T03:30:00.001-06:002022-02-17T03:30:00.224-06:00Pigment of the Imagination <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfQiQyb78sLQ_ps_QEAXBLer-otTmOro36HbEG2Cjbw79Fq_sIkb3AwbKmgLlz-2Jj9gAC-0PV5f-11Np8ms_FHQW0JsWpNmU-UmEA_sfochNJsxitIwVryp8r0eheNZWi7edZfbgPrrzs8wrE6Fs2Lht5tgkqLPhGATxcaBAvATs3UGw9d9Lv5r3QIw=w560-h411" /><br /><br />This Vargas, all manly and hale<br />This swarthy, gargantuan male<br />Is a fake, no Latino<br />Just make-up and Beano<br />By the jar smearing "Tan-Away-Pale".<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Charlton Heston plays Mexican special prosecutor Miguel Vargas, here his American wife played by Janet Leigh. <i>Touch of Evil </i>(Orson Welles; 1958). </span>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-17569228691035783792022-02-16T03:30:00.011-06:002022-02-16T03:30:00.257-06:00Ham and Sleaze <img height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhPaFKDBMe3MTvyTTYkYt_Tsytj4pVX5-Ntz9kDmVoSJRuMZLa4wsn4N9oLWEQbWfRoZYcw2vI3NjR5ZtWS_hPiPQgxSdbhSW1NhvKh4TNbCy9VB-ypIrn8gQFz_ZL5_AdhCilRU6_ekbnu6ePWuI0uycOlGhDkjfvxrAEwxkcVnklcM-Q1yijOIevEw=w590-h332" width="590" /><div><br /></div><div>On the border where Tex and Mex meet</div><div>When disorder is vexing...some cheat <br />Will Hank blame the right perp <br />Or just frame up some twerp?<br />We're floored when he gets to his feet.</div><div><br /><i>David Cairns</i></div><div><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">In</span><i><span style="color: #999999;"> Touch of Evil</span></i><span style="color: #999999;"> (1958), the entrance of Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles) is a low angle shot of the bulky police captain getting out of a car.</span></div>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-32689618780562347202022-02-15T03:30:00.042-06:002022-02-16T12:49:57.313-06:00Lightning Round<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUiYoLBY7grstqhMRRi4NcfmEuHYZWRjL8iksUGxQ1efbb4ryIF1BqqA92-el9iQEIkDNq_MZVWJweCnfbJJ5XmQJRUkrblVRymPLOl4_MmDoIZxPU2e5PnS-nr0iN_iyUY7-8Z8GlrVCS5XxfhS2wa27P_87hDkybx060Kt32qWnT4f7mIgK1jFgo-Q" /><br /><br /><div>Avoid round-the-bend, driven dames<br />Ask Freud why they tend to play games<br />They're muddled, all nerves<br />Make sudden, sharp swerves<br />Destroyed, they'll descend, burst in flames.<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Darryl Hickman and Mercedes McCambridge in <i>Lightning Strikes Twice</i> (King Vidor; 1951).</span></div>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-32521351355892283942022-02-14T03:30:00.001-06:002022-02-14T03:30:00.220-06:00Crawl the Police!<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEicAsxelI-oaJwGNC7JwPo8VX-CahYreVDe-LilJnpzf4sYm44Bx5VPCXvzeTEHglqI6ODczl2udGWEvrgqBY_D_QBq1LGfPtkx4lf_dFxCkqGxvV-vzpZesacTA_ivDADF9w_8z-fH1z-aNNQMtyxOKhGNN4IELtpo8Yccctyk5rrTPNDtJz8klBMUNA" /><br /><br />Exhausted, these cops on patrol <br />Have tossed every flop, dive, and hole <br />Despising all scum<br />Some guys can grow numb<br />The cost is a whopper: their soul.<div><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Bitter and cynical police detective Robert Ryan is <i>On Dangerous Ground</i> (Nicholas Ray; 1951). With Charles Kemper and Anthony Ross.</span></div>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-840899734496034802022-02-11T03:30:00.029-06:002022-02-11T03:30:00.306-06:00Shot/Countershot<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiLJh8vQI2ig-7R1v2zJ-eTD0YlNLv-jKRoflvXZ6Bo1JtlMvC0FeueptfnOJS98xlDcEpodqPoW7W4HQxZQbnB-_o1Jdnxyf1eqJ-DvGsPxWPkHOKj5rDgNLMEtJiptUZpOdrU0Ip3bJU-ZMYgIe1ALEqCVpF0DvipkmhwhnSWOBv0YE6gmUgk-lvzRQ" /> <br /><br />A mirror-maze shoot-out is crazy<br />What appears to be true gets quite hazy<br />The antagonists shatter<br />In fragments and scatter<br />When smoke clears they're all slew -- call Scorsese!<br /><br /><i>David Cairns</i><div><i><br /><br /></i><span style="color: #999999;">Everett Sloane, Orson Welles, and Rita Hayworth crack up in<i> The Lady From Shanghai </i>(Welles; 1947)</span></div>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-51542151658330272562022-02-10T03:30:00.011-06:002022-02-10T08:49:29.774-06:00Shanghai Lowdown<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7BT8S_xImLkSKLw0ohgy9H0WDfi6XUcUlMZPZMnPpWSk4GzCm_oMuJ3bTKyfdeFT0ScU0C-wrrCAA9_Kr7dwovXkVv_Jp5XrS_VWA1MHLZXsAqRoyvdx0uO8jLmtooz2VkZ1DycZ4XglkKZyOzHPrHQqHjSG7489ekbbhm8oyietzXsfkzskBl3SW9A" /><br /><br />This honey's too hot for a nun<br />She's done for, from shots from a gun<br />In every direction<br />Her severed reflection<br />This funhouse is rotten, not fun.<div><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Rita Hayworth is <i>The Lady From Shanghai </i>(Orson Welles; 1947).</span><br /></div>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-54490720344456063182022-02-09T03:30:00.002-06:002022-02-09T03:30:00.177-06:00Holey Matrimony<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzsqU7RBOXpgTaclIe2R3PVj__aFnbM0U_A8We7yeLlG0znAcH-s-OsRolCM-D2IoMjqlGEpR5xIDr-yCWjCrs7lRppp7YlLLEwKya7nFBYfr3Bs6GE_CzAF-j9hKm59EebNDSC38Hff04xue_QF2cviSXAKdnQySNALqzTEWjBs0xpP2wYSH4-ubddQ"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjzsqU7RBOXpgTaclIe2R3PVj__aFnbM0U_A8We7yeLlG0znAcH-s-OsRolCM-D2IoMjqlGEpR5xIDr-yCWjCrs7lRppp7YlLLEwKya7nFBYfr3Bs6GE_CzAF-j9hKm59EebNDSC38Hff04xue_QF2cviSXAKdnQySNALqzTEWjBs0xpP2wYSH4-ubddQ=w585-h383" /></a><br /><br />The Bannisters, Elsa and Art<br />Should manage to dwell far apart<br />Their life, joined in wedlock<br />Is strife, strain and deadlock<br />Till - <i>BANG!</i> - each is shelled through the heart.<br /><br /><i>David Cairns</i><div><i><br /></i><span style="color: #999999;"><br />Rita Hayworth and Everett Sloane can't face each other in a hall of mirrors: <i>The Lady From Shanghai</i> (Orson Welles; 1947).</span></div>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-64526479143557903112022-02-08T03:30:00.003-06:002022-02-08T03:30:00.224-06:00Shanghai Canoodle<img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k7LHrJOx-9c/YfB44FCu5EI/AAAAAAAAfEg/rekE47RbFwU8oY1TQ2DgGCNhbbihTgHEQCNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" /><br /><br /><div>For a picnic, they tarry on shore <br />There wickedness, there to explore<br />Dirty tricks is their game<br />At the Mick they take aim<br />Will the thickheaded square learn the score? <br /><br /></div><div><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Glenn Anders, Everett Sloane, and Rita Hayworth all have plans for Irish sailor Orson Welles in <i>The Lady From Shanghai</i> (Welles; 1947).</span></div>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-33250588480671808572022-02-07T03:30:00.023-06:002022-02-07T03:30:00.303-06:00Sliding Down Elsa Bannister<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2nbOxAvTDTSpkRY3-Td7r7P4SRjJ752EWPatKQ4a5bW-X2i6Rxx380lmPO_O2RgDUIAPp-rgEPImpsSRiIx_1kpXJJrF37MOquVBpxP9jUKcPXLkvWmuFIvrKG8gBqFlh63eQpSsENXc/" /><br /><br />She'd rate as first mate on your ship<br />But wait -- she's one date you should skip<br />Her lips start to pucker<br />She trips up some sucker<br />Too late! Watch your fate take a dip.<br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br />Rita Hayworth is Elsa Bannister, aka <i>The Lady From Shanghai</i> (Orson Welles; 1947).</span>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-13508319806593548422022-02-04T03:30:00.057-06:002022-02-10T09:53:01.886-06:00SeaUnworthy<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZZ7UxP_-lbcB3Tf7QMMrFdNL5MpLpMW7isa-uFMxbvytW3ZIH9-BLdHl2NCJDLGoQ4p_TSu2DWC9TAL36PLVsBCIsS-iEi5aH_JFOtvRm7GyTw1KsYvp1EAlXAwVv1_9U0ZJXZJjCTls/" /><br /><br />You've signed with this seasickly crew<br />You'll find that all three are askew<br />They fight just like sharks<br />And their bite will leave marks<br />They're the kind that they feed at the zoo. <br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;"><br />Sailor Orson Welles gets tangled up wih Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders, and Rita Hayworth in <i>The Lady From Shanghai</i> (Welles; 1947).</span>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-9228732278778085642022-02-03T03:30:00.004-06:002022-02-03T03:30:00.212-06:00 Seaman Worst Class<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0sNeE9KPlmZ53fl0zxGAlPXLxLxcexRHqkW4NBLVn3RQE6CylYpcuRk33Q2ZcybvgSnhNO5mBUzt1brmmKMOmBo5GNn4vyjXLTFYNSnhXx8UDawKkbZvcdf1HAYqkqgrpcON53HCt3fd/" /><br /><br />Beware of offensive attorneys<br />Who spare no expense when on journeys<br />And strut not on yachts<br />Where nutjobs hatch plots<br />Seafarers that dense end on gurneys.<div><br /><br /><span style="color: #999999;">Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles star in the dark and wacky film noir, <i>The Lady From Shanghai</i> (Welles; 1947).</span></div>surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7442308337201928096.post-91287149375919482112022-02-02T03:30:00.007-06:002022-02-02T03:30:00.272-06:00David's a Goliath <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BQuvG_X8P4A/YfG0KEvxrsI/AAAAAAAAfFQ/W8JMKLq9Uj4YQGWcyFhFcg3aaSfEB1H1wCNcBGAsYHQ/2022-01-26%2B%25283%2529.png" /><br /><br /> No slight, David's quick and prolific<br /> Delighting in icks quite horrific<br /> The limerick form<br /> To him is the norm<br /> To write 666 is terrific!<br /><br /> <img height="338" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1Wbjnboab8s/YfGmR6BdW6I/AAAAAAAAfFA/q4FnQnvlEbMGWf7wbavtdOCmdg_vaETRgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h338/2022-01-26%2B%25282%2529.png" width="400" /><br /><br />Congratulations to LimerWrecker David Cairns on reaching this satanic milestone. David is a talented writer, and we are very lucky and honored to have his wordplay here at LimerWrecks. You can follow David on his wonderful film blog, <a href="https://dcairns.wordpress.com/">Shadowplay</a>.surly hackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216490705383147445noreply@blogger.com0