"Justified" on FX HD - Page 74

Nooooo!!!!!

Boyd's character is as integral to the show as Raylan's, so if the writers choose to kill him, they are taking a big risk with the chemistry of the show. Not sure they are willing to take that risk.

Oh, I have no doubt they'll kill him off. Just not until the series ends. And as justified by the ratings, that's probably many years off.

I kinda like the idea of him running a DQ...

"I'll have a burger and a sundae."

"You want drugs with that?"

How about a "Meth Blizzard"?

Guys, have some faith here!

EXACTLY.

FIXED.

Me, I'd be placing my "special request" with Ava

OH MY!

I agree that Boyd is a quintessential badass outlaw. As such, he takes chances that would be appalling to mere mortals. Still, Boyd is very smart and very resourceful, so my money remains on him in his contest with the arrogant boys from up in the hills.

Although Justified is filled with characters who are immoral or amoral, those are the kinds of folks Elmore Leonard writes about. Thus, it seems to me that those who are appalled by the violence and immorality portrayed in justified should stay far, far away from Leonard's books.

Whats the Dylan line..."If you live outside the law you have to be honest."I think one of the most fascinating things about Justified is that most of the characters do have a moral code, and in fact adhere to it much better than most "normal" people adhere to theirs.Its just that their definition of right and wrong doesn't quite mesh with society's.

Agreed.

Laugh all you want, but time was when DQ was THE place to be around these parts ...

I wouldn't doubt, but in my "parts" it was wherever the "refreshments" and the fairer sex was located.

Eh ... exactly ... of course we eventually got a Sonic (Drive In .... Whoooo Hooo!!!) and the DQ era began to decline.

That's right. Sonic built a better mousetrap and severely damaged Dairy Queen. For example in the metro OKC area, which is Sonic's HQ, there is no longer a single Dairy Queen. Of course there seems to be a Sonic on every street corner here these days, so Dairy Queen's decision to move on is certainly understandable. I think Dairy Queen still does all right in smaller Oklahoma communities, though. There are many of them in other parts of the state, including two in the metropolis of Durant, OK, population 15,000. Thus, maybe Boyd's insistence on getting a DQ franchise makes sense.

If I were Boyd I would have angled for a Hardee's franchise (Carl's Jr. in the west). They're very numerous and popular in the hinterlands and along the interstates and seem to have adopted a corporate strategy of ceding the cities to their rivals. Can't find many of 'em in metro areas anymore. Boyd's not a city boy. And Hardee's serves breakfast! Boyd and Ava seem like people who would appreciate starting their day with a good biscuit & gravy. It's what mountain folk do.

On another subject, Justified was the answer to a Jeopardy question last night about TV shows. The only bummer--it was the $1000 question, meaning they thought it would be the most difficult to answer! But, one of the contestants got it right.

1) I think you mean it was the question... "What is Justified?"
2) What was the answer?

I thought of that, too. As long as Boyd was extorting a fast food franchise from the overmatched hill boys, why didn't he extort a Hardee's, Sonic, or any one of a number of other fast food franchises that are bigger and "hotter" than Dairy Queen is these days.

Mmmmm....home-made biscuits & gravy.
The thought brings me back to a winter 35+ years ago I spent with my grandparents in the hills of SW Missouri....squirrel gravy, rabbit gravy, sausage gravy, gravy, gravy, and more gravy.....

Sonic recently expanded to my "parts" and I gave it try...
Once was enough, thank you.

Even though I can't have sugar anymore, I'll take the food from DQ anytime over Sonic's....

The three food groups that act like a culinary catalyst and make everything better: Gravy, bacon, & cheese.

Looks like DQ is pretty popular in Ky, check out this list of DQ's and in particular notice how many are in KY.

http://www.dairyqueen.com/us-en/Sitemap/

This page is hilarious, good reading

For people in the South, what about Whataburger? Good fast food right there
I don't eat there anymore since my health kick though.

Can't wait for tonight. We'll see what happens to Boyd's plans.

Sonic is far from high end fast food but I rather like it for what it is. The hamburgers are adequate and they also have onion rings that are decent. My grandson, a chicken connoisseur, tells me that their chicken nuggets are excellent. A lot of people also like their shakes, although I have not eaten that kind of thing for any years. If I want ice cream I'll go to Braums or Baskin Robbins for the real thing. I was never, ever a DQ fan and to tell the truth didn't learn they were gone from OKC until this discussion caused me to check them out.

uhhhhhhh = the sound of a drooling Homer Simpson.

One word....Peanut Buster Parfaits.

One more word, or actually one more great desert, Braum's chocolate chocolate chip ice cream. Talking about it while having none on hand is torture.

Dang-I'm craving a Butter finger Blizzard all of a sudden

I love Hardee's. There is one about 2 miles from my house and I had two sausage & egg biscuits (2 for 1 coupon) from there yesterday. And, Butterfinger Blizzards from DQ are WONDERFUL!!!

We don't have a DQ here, but we do have a seasonal Dairy Barn, love their shakes.

I don't know about today, but back 20-30+ years ago Tommy's was THE place for a burger in LA. Talk about a shack, those campers on the back of pickup trucks are mansions in comparison.