(I'm just sayin'.) A random snap encountered surfing—Georgia Holt, 86, and her daughter Cher, 66 (and the photographer, unidentified). The picture was tweeted by Cher after she and her Mom visited with the Obamas.
Mike
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Maybe Mom looks better than her daughter becuase all her parts are where they belong? Cher looks like somebody tied her face up behind her head in a ponytail...
Posted by: Ed Kirkpatrick | Saturday, 09 June 2012 at 03:38 PM
It's amazing what a good surgeon can do these days.
Posted by: Chris Norris | Saturday, 09 June 2012 at 04:17 PM
(I'm just sayin'.)
Well, I was hoping not to see this expression any more. But it's popped up again here, and in three other places recently, so I dug out my "banished words" notes and see that it made the list last year.
May it be buried and rest in peace. (list excerpt follows)
Richard
2011 List of Banished Words
http://www.lssu.edu/banished/archive/2011.php
I'M JUST SAYIN'
"I'm just sayin'...'I'm not sayin'''…Actually, you ARE saying…A watered-down version of what I just said or intended to say….SAY what you are saying. DON'T SAY what you aren't saying." Julio Appling, Vancouver, Wash.
"Obviously you are saying it…you just said it!" Catherine Wilson, Granger, Ind.
"And we would never have known if you hadn't told us." Bob Forrest, Tempe, Ariz.
Posted by: Richard Jones | Saturday, 09 June 2012 at 04:32 PM
I might be thick - but I don't get it...
Posted by: Richard Tugwell | Saturday, 09 June 2012 at 04:33 PM
Mom is looking good indeed. And that's all.
Posted by: Antonio C | Saturday, 09 June 2012 at 06:54 PM
And the mirror is even more visually interesting.
Posted by: Earl Dunbar | Saturday, 09 June 2012 at 08:37 PM
It looks like Madame Tussauds museum...
Posted by: Foto_Var | Saturday, 09 June 2012 at 08:47 PM
Thank you Mike, Strange how you can post a pleasant pic, make a positive comment about it and people find some satisfaction in making negative comments. WTF? (And no I don't have any Sonny and, or just Cher albums).
Posted by: Dale | Saturday, 09 June 2012 at 09:55 PM
look in the mirror!
young lady with a point and shoot and it is doing the rounds. How many of the critics have been this "successful", even anon?
Posted by: James | Saturday, 09 June 2012 at 11:11 PM
I like Cher. And we have a connection to her in our small city. Bridget Milligen used to be the clothing designer for Sonny and Cher back in the day, and now she designs and makes waterproof coats in a local shop up here in Juneau. We own several of her coats.
http://www.kodiakcoatco.com/
Posted by: John Krumm | Sunday, 10 June 2012 at 02:24 AM
Richard Jones: please add "could care less" to your banned list, this witless Americanism (I'm just sayin') will eventually catch on over here but it irritates me almost as much as "I'm just sayin'".
As for Cher, she should have followed her Mum's lead, less is more so far as plastic surgery is concerned.
Posted by: Ed | Sunday, 10 June 2012 at 04:38 AM
The unidentified "photographer" is in the photo.
A common mistake made by many who arn't "photographers"? or a Brilliant idea to get a photo of herself with Cher and her mother without asking for a cheesy snapshot
Posted by: Simon | Sunday, 10 June 2012 at 04:52 AM
Dear me, Morticia Addams has let herself go.
Posted by: Ed | Sunday, 10 June 2012 at 08:54 AM
"Mom is looking good indeed. And that's all."
Antonio C gets it.
"A valid reading must remain true to the text, its context, and what is revealed about its pretext and subtext." A.k.a deconstructing text.
I'm just sayin';)
Posted by: Sarge | Sunday, 10 June 2012 at 12:41 PM
@Ed: "Maybe Mom looks better than her daughter becuase all her parts are where they belong? Cher looks like somebody tied her face up behind her head in a ponytail..."
Does this mean that you don't think that Mom's fresh face is the product of cosmetic surgery? I would bet heavily against that proposition.
You have to hand it to Cher. She was the first pop diva who, through shameless self-promotion, achieved a level of celebrity far in excess of what her actual talent warranted. Madonna and others have her to thank for showing the way.
Posted by: Rob | Sunday, 10 June 2012 at 01:01 PM
Meeow....psssst....pssst!!
Posted by: Karl | Sunday, 10 June 2012 at 02:26 PM
I think it's high time we started encouraging women to look their age by telling them how wonderful they look, naturally. Especially when they feel confident about it, and why the hell not?
At 52 I know various parts of my body have migrated to Florida and it will only get worse. I want a partner that reads books and does crosswords and has opinions about things that matter, not one that hates herself.
Women - liberate yourselves and worry about your minds not your bodies. Age is an attitude of mind and beauty is the twinkle in your eye and the warmth of your laughter, not the firmness of your body parts. Grey hair and wrinkles are just part of a story that got past the first few chapters to the point where it just got interesting.
Posted by: Steve Jacob | Sunday, 10 June 2012 at 05:26 PM
They look like well preserved mummies.
Posted by: tom | Sunday, 10 June 2012 at 09:59 PM