Dang It

Latigo Flint was so ready - it was going to be tremendous, a glorious moment of triumph and vindication, but it never happened.

Many weeks ago in one of the comment strings that occasionally follow Latigo Flint's posts, Latigo Flint made the following comment: "Tom Cruise was in one of the greatest films ever made... Young Guns!!!"

Latigo Flint was so hoping that some urbanite fool would hop up on his or her fool-box and attack Latigo Flint's knowledge and expertise of the gun culture art genre - perhaps something along the lines of: "Are you high Lat-i-blow you sloppy lame? Tom Cruise wasn't ever in the Young Guns movie. Jagoff!!!!!!"

With the gauntlet now thrown by one who truly should have known better, Latigo Flint would have smiled slightly, a sardonic glint in his squinty eyes. Then Latigo Flint's response would have been swift and brutal. "Perhaps my friend it is in fact you who is high. For look yonder at the proof located on this webpage of the incomparable Internet Movie Database. Indeed you silly neophyte, Tom Cruise did appear in a cameo role in the fine film, Young Guns. He portrayed one of the opposition gunmen in the final battle scene. Now move along before you really make Latigo Flint mad."

But alas this fine moment never came to pass. Perhaps Tom Cruise's presence in Young Guns is much more common knowledge than Latigo Flint believed it to be. Or perhaps no one really pays attention to what anyone else is writing anymore. Latigo Flint blames television.



Or wait, recoil your lariat... just this instant at the very close of this post, Latigo Flint suddenly had a third notion. Perhaps the comment was read and fully comprehended by the millions of people who visit Anewwordforfast daily, but of course it wasn't doubted. Who in their right mind would question Latigo Flint about such a thing. Yes, that must be it. How silly of Latigo Flint to think otherwise. Latigo Flint feels so much better now.