Your own personal GOD warrior
November 16, 2005 2:28 PM Subscribe
Marguerite Perrin gained infamy as the self-proclaimed "God Warrior" on Fox's Trading Spouses. If you hurry, you can claim your own personal "God Warrior" to help you defend yourself against all the tainted, ungodly elements in the world.
Um, embedded "music" on the "God Warrior" link. Also, eBay links are sufficiently emphemeral that they rarely remain on the front page for long.
posted by stet at 2:31 PM on November 16, 2005
posted by stet at 2:31 PM on November 16, 2005
Is there anything to do about the embedded music? I don't have volume on this PC.
Additionally, I understand that it is controversial as an Ebay link but I saw great humor in it and figured that other's might as well.
Just a little levity in this place. Figured it could use a little.
But what do I know?
posted by Lola_G at 2:35 PM on November 16, 2005
Additionally, I understand that it is controversial as an Ebay link but I saw great humor in it and figured that other's might as well.
Just a little levity in this place. Figured it could use a little.
But what do I know?
posted by Lola_G at 2:35 PM on November 16, 2005
Levity is great and all, and I mean that sincerely, but one of the notions of Metafilter is to serve as an archive of great links and eBay auctions, however cool, have a tendency to disappear after a short time. That's the only inherent problem with linking to them.
posted by stet at 2:40 PM on November 16, 2005
posted by stet at 2:40 PM on November 16, 2005
I briefly considered posting the eBay link yesterday, but refrained.
You draw a card. Lose a turn, go back three spaces. Bugbread moves forward one space for the Nausicaä link. All players must take a warm swig of Mad Dog 20/20 from the same bottle.
posted by loquacious at 2:40 PM on November 16, 2005
You draw a card. Lose a turn, go back three spaces. Bugbread moves forward one space for the Nausicaä link. All players must take a warm swig of Mad Dog 20/20 from the same bottle.
posted by loquacious at 2:40 PM on November 16, 2005
I keep thinking I've figured out Metafilter, then something like this gets posted..
ah well...
posted by HuronBob at 2:42 PM on November 16, 2005
ah well...
posted by HuronBob at 2:42 PM on November 16, 2005
I happened to catch that episode over the weekend, and O.M.F.G......
Those ppor kids. They realized that America was going to be watching their whacked out mom go off the deep end, and that they would be ridiculed for the rest of their youth...
posted by Windopaene at 2:48 PM on November 16, 2005
Those ppor kids. They realized that America was going to be watching their whacked out mom go off the deep end, and that they would be ridiculed for the rest of their youth...
posted by Windopaene at 2:48 PM on November 16, 2005
Yes. It was bold move posting pop culture ebay links.
And I knew I would likely catch hell for it (especially as my first front page post) but if I do, so be it.
You can't please all the people all the time.
I'll strive for something more profound in the future but there are things out on the web that can be amusing to people.
I thought the poorly constructed bobblehead of a arguably insane reality show character was clever and funny to some. Certainly as clever as google star maps threads???
That said, if it offends the community and sensibilities...delete it. I'll live.
posted by Lola_G at 2:52 PM on November 16, 2005
And I knew I would likely catch hell for it (especially as my first front page post) but if I do, so be it.
You can't please all the people all the time.
I'll strive for something more profound in the future but there are things out on the web that can be amusing to people.
I thought the poorly constructed bobblehead of a arguably insane reality show character was clever and funny to some. Certainly as clever as google star maps threads???
That said, if it offends the community and sensibilities...delete it. I'll live.
posted by Lola_G at 2:52 PM on November 16, 2005
I personally enjoyed this post. I would not have known about this wacked out lady if it wasn't for you. I give you a thumbs up.
posted by cloeburner at 2:56 PM on November 16, 2005
posted by cloeburner at 2:56 PM on November 16, 2005
Too bad there's no cache to make the link permanent. Oh, wait.....
posted by IronLizard at 3:09 PM on November 16, 2005
posted by IronLizard at 3:09 PM on November 16, 2005
I too enjoyed learning of this god warrior person.
posted by darkness at 3:10 PM on November 16, 2005
posted by darkness at 3:10 PM on November 16, 2005
There isn't...
posted by IronLizard at 3:11 PM on November 16, 2005
posted by IronLizard at 3:11 PM on November 16, 2005
Seeing it is so much better than just hearing it.
I don't watch network TV, but a friend sent me the link to the video of her tyrade, and well ... she's just freaking insane in that really scary sort of way.
posted by Orb at 3:27 PM on November 16, 2005
I don't watch network TV, but a friend sent me the link to the video of her tyrade, and well ... she's just freaking insane in that really scary sort of way.
posted by Orb at 3:27 PM on November 16, 2005
Sad and pathetic.
Not her (and she is) so much as the "look at the insane Jesus-freak! HAHAHAHA!" point upon which this whole post (and apparently two episodes of the show) rests.
All a post like this creates is an echo-chamber of ignorance.
People like this exist, in hordes. Fearful, small, closed minded people. Pointing and laughing doesn't make them go away, it just reinforces their state.
On the other hand... holy. batshit. insane. There hasn't been someone truly worthy of "bobble-head" status in a good long time. Bravo to the artist.
/the poster is a sad and pathetic little man
posted by C.Batt at 3:31 PM on November 16, 2005
Not her (and she is) so much as the "look at the insane Jesus-freak! HAHAHAHA!" point upon which this whole post (and apparently two episodes of the show) rests.
All a post like this creates is an echo-chamber of ignorance.
People like this exist, in hordes. Fearful, small, closed minded people. Pointing and laughing doesn't make them go away, it just reinforces their state.
On the other hand... holy. batshit. insane. There hasn't been someone truly worthy of "bobble-head" status in a good long time. Bravo to the artist.
/the poster is a sad and pathetic little man
posted by C.Batt at 3:31 PM on November 16, 2005
Those ppor kids. They realized that America was going to be watching their whacked out mom go off the deep end, and that they would be ridiculed for the rest of their youth...
Actually, on the forum I was following the show along with, the youngest, Brandy, I think her name was, the dancer, elicited a great deal of sympathy. She was so quiet and put upon that a great many people were cheering when the "hippie mom" gave her her phone number and said to call when things got too rough.
If the show followed anywhere close to real life for the kid, I actually think she may find herself in a better position for it.
posted by snarkywench at 3:45 PM on November 16, 2005
Actually, on the forum I was following the show along with, the youngest, Brandy, I think her name was, the dancer, elicited a great deal of sympathy. She was so quiet and put upon that a great many people were cheering when the "hippie mom" gave her her phone number and said to call when things got too rough.
If the show followed anywhere close to real life for the kid, I actually think she may find herself in a better position for it.
posted by snarkywench at 3:45 PM on November 16, 2005
Good thing about living far away: You get the phenomenon and the reactionary profiteers in one bite, and you're up to speed.
posted by planetkyoto at 3:46 PM on November 16, 2005
posted by planetkyoto at 3:46 PM on November 16, 2005
/the poster is a sad and pathetic little man
cbatt: I may be a sad little woman. That said, if you saw the show this woman was insane. She called the other family ungodly for having gargoyle statues AND a buddha.
I can appreciate your p.o.v. but I would rather find humor in this than get all bent out of shape.
Limepi: Excellent.
posted by Lola_G at 3:56 PM on November 16, 2005
cbatt: I may be a sad little woman. That said, if you saw the show this woman was insane. She called the other family ungodly for having gargoyle statues AND a buddha.
I can appreciate your p.o.v. but I would rather find humor in this than get all bent out of shape.
Limepi: Excellent.
posted by Lola_G at 3:56 PM on November 16, 2005
oh noes! yikes...
serioously... that was a reference to ME
it should read:
/ the poster of this _comment_ (me) is a sad pathetic little man
I'm pointing laughing right along with you guys.
(darn it!)
posted by C.Batt at 4:03 PM on November 16, 2005
serioously... that was a reference to ME
it should read:
/ the poster of this _comment_ (me) is a sad pathetic little man
I'm pointing laughing right along with you guys.
(darn it!)
posted by C.Batt at 4:03 PM on November 16, 2005
Barry is a fun loving and easy going man with a quick whit that compliments Marguerite’s boisterous and flamboyant personality. Some women are just too wild to be tamed, so Barry just runs wild with her, usually not by choice. Marguerite along with her oldest daughter Ashley own and run an award winning dance studio in Bogalusa, Louisiana.
Oh god, it hurts, it, hurts! Can't the people responsible for a major network's website find anyone who can use English correctly (and punctuate a sentence)? Ugh.
posted by jokeefe at 4:14 PM on November 16, 2005
Oh god, it hurts, it, hurts! Can't the people responsible for a major network's website find anyone who can use English correctly (and punctuate a sentence)? Ugh.
posted by jokeefe at 4:14 PM on November 16, 2005
*cough* Though they might not want to hire me, as I seem to have a predeliction for adding commas where they aren't needed.
posted by jokeefe at 4:15 PM on November 16, 2005
posted by jokeefe at 4:15 PM on November 16, 2005
Man, I wish I could buy the bobblehead for my sister. We've been screaming "Slykicks! Gargoyles!" for weeks. This lady crazy.
posted by sugarfish at 4:29 PM on November 16, 2005
posted by sugarfish at 4:29 PM on November 16, 2005
Good lord, it's a real-life Mrs. Crabtree.
WHAT DID YOU SAAAAY?!?
posted by Gamblor at 4:32 PM on November 16, 2005
WHAT DID YOU SAAAAY?!?
posted by Gamblor at 4:32 PM on November 16, 2005
Gamblor wins. Damn, I've never even linked those two together.
posted by loquacious at 4:41 PM on November 16, 2005
posted by loquacious at 4:41 PM on November 16, 2005
FOX-TV exploits the "common" people for cheap entertainment?
Whoa. What is the world comming to?
posted by tkchrist at 4:44 PM on November 16, 2005
Whoa. What is the world comming to?
posted by tkchrist at 4:44 PM on November 16, 2005
It was fun to watch her freakin' out and tearing up the money and then the final "Marguerite reconsidered and has decided to accept the $50,000".
She was all hysterical for the cameras (though I have zero doubt she's absolutely off her nut off camera too) but she was definitely putting on a show for the audience, in Jesus name I pray!
posted by fenriq at 4:56 PM on November 16, 2005
She was all hysterical for the cameras (though I have zero doubt she's absolutely off her nut off camera too) but she was definitely putting on a show for the audience, in Jesus name I pray!
posted by fenriq at 4:56 PM on November 16, 2005
FOX-TV exploits the "common" people for cheap entertainment? Whoa. What is the world comming to?
If she's a common person, I'm on the wrong fucking planet.
Her family may be common people. Common, but quietly suffering people. They seem nice enough. That poor girl, though, she needs to flee as far and as fast as she can.
She's a natural dancer, and needs to do something with that
It's not the Christianity of it that bothers me. And frankly, the hippies she traded families with weren't exactly balanced or sane either, but they were at least quite wholly sane enough to be civil, and they were nice enough to try things her way and go to church even though she was supposed to be trying things their way.
It's that inflexibility that bothers me, and what causes me to consider her as closed minded. That and the freaking temper tantrum from hell. It's pretty apparent from her family's reactions that that kind of stuff happens without there being a Fox TV crew there to egg her on.
She probably needs help, and is probably mentally ill. She could have just as well been screeching about the Tibetan Book of the Dead or animal products in her food and I'd still think that.
posted by loquacious at 5:11 PM on November 16, 2005
If she's a common person, I'm on the wrong fucking planet.
Her family may be common people. Common, but quietly suffering people. They seem nice enough. That poor girl, though, she needs to flee as far and as fast as she can.
She's a natural dancer, and needs to do something with that
It's not the Christianity of it that bothers me. And frankly, the hippies she traded families with weren't exactly balanced or sane either, but they were at least quite wholly sane enough to be civil, and they were nice enough to try things her way and go to church even though she was supposed to be trying things their way.
It's that inflexibility that bothers me, and what causes me to consider her as closed minded. That and the freaking temper tantrum from hell. It's pretty apparent from her family's reactions that that kind of stuff happens without there being a Fox TV crew there to egg her on.
She probably needs help, and is probably mentally ill. She could have just as well been screeching about the Tibetan Book of the Dead or animal products in her food and I'd still think that.
posted by loquacious at 5:11 PM on November 16, 2005
She's definitely a loony, loquacious. Mad as a mongoose. And she clearly didn't get the memo about the third and fifth deadly sins.
posted by Decani at 5:35 PM on November 16, 2005
posted by Decani at 5:35 PM on November 16, 2005
loquacious - I have no idea what any of you are talking about.
I don't have cable, and watch maybe 3-4 hours of TV per week. (Yeah. I'm one of those people.) Unless there is a good NETFLIX delivery of the Sopranos or something I am utterly disconnected from th boob tube. But from what you describe I'm glad I avoid FOX like the plague.
posted by tkchrist at 5:40 PM on November 16, 2005
I don't have cable, and watch maybe 3-4 hours of TV per week. (Yeah. I'm one of those people.) Unless there is a good NETFLIX delivery of the Sopranos or something I am utterly disconnected from th boob tube. But from what you describe I'm glad I avoid FOX like the plague.
posted by tkchrist at 5:40 PM on November 16, 2005
Ten to one she's the keynote speaker at the next Republican National Convention.
posted by Ber at 7:01 PM on November 16, 2005
posted by Ber at 7:01 PM on November 16, 2005
I REBUKE THIS IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!!!
If you're darksided, GET OUT of this thread. If you believe in Jesus, then you can stay.
posted by sdrawkcab at 7:02 PM on November 16, 2005
If you're darksided, GET OUT of this thread. If you believe in Jesus, then you can stay.
posted by sdrawkcab at 7:02 PM on November 16, 2005
Hmm, extremely passionate person of a very strong mindset is taken out of their comfort zone for a week and thrust into a place where everything is in complete opposition to what that person finds appropriate and right in their life.
Then that person gets back into their place of safety and they break down.
If this woman's break down weren't over her Christianity-based beliefs and if she weren't fat and gap-toothed, no one would have ever bothered making such a to-do out of it. No one.
What, exactly, is the point of perpetuating all of this? If you think that Marguerite Perrin is as worthy of scorn or vitriol as she apparently is, why continue to give her attention?
posted by Dreama at 10:03 PM on November 16, 2005
Then that person gets back into their place of safety and they break down.
If this woman's break down weren't over her Christianity-based beliefs and if she weren't fat and gap-toothed, no one would have ever bothered making such a to-do out of it. No one.
What, exactly, is the point of perpetuating all of this? If you think that Marguerite Perrin is as worthy of scorn or vitriol as she apparently is, why continue to give her attention?
posted by Dreama at 10:03 PM on November 16, 2005
Great post! I enjoyed the eBay experience immensely. Damn!, I wish I could buy that thing!
posted by xhepera at 11:51 PM on November 16, 2005
posted by xhepera at 11:51 PM on November 16, 2005
Dreama, the purpose of posting gossip and gab about someone in a form of ridicule is to allow the poster to feel separated and disctictly above the target of the ridicule. Hence, the need to expound on how she is the prime example of a "Jesus Freak". Oh, but trus me, it's not an entirely one-sided occurence. You can rest assured that even though she lost any and all composure on national television, I'm sure there are those who would look down their noses at anyone who finds her behaviour odd or batshit insane as being unenlightened to the "power of the lord".
posted by daq at 8:13 AM on November 17, 2005
posted by daq at 8:13 AM on November 17, 2005
Oh, it's Wife Swap. Why have you renamed it Trading Spouses? Do you have husbands swapping over, or unmarried partners, or same-sex couples?
posted by alasdair at 8:13 AM on November 17, 2005
posted by alasdair at 8:13 AM on November 17, 2005
aladair, Wife Swap is a different show. Because, you know, it's America -- we have two of everything.
posted by linux at 9:35 AM on November 17, 2005
posted by linux at 9:35 AM on November 17, 2005
Marguerite Perrin is a character. And quite an entertaining one at that. Also, if you check out the ebay link, she is on board with all of this.
Why else would she go on a reality show? I have neither scorn nor vitriol for her. I can't fault her upbringing and how it has led to such ignorance and inflexibility. Giving it attention, however, may help her see the error in her ways.
And it's funny.
posted by Lola_G at 10:34 AM on November 17, 2005
Why else would she go on a reality show? I have neither scorn nor vitriol for her. I can't fault her upbringing and how it has led to such ignorance and inflexibility. Giving it attention, however, may help her see the error in her ways.
And it's funny.
posted by Lola_G at 10:34 AM on November 17, 2005
In every other Trading Spouses episode that I've seen, it's always the more well-to-do, more liberal, more sophisticated, more metropolitan or suburban family that comes across as dysfunctional and wacky, whereas the Bush Republican, gun-toting, bible-thumpers from the sticks have always been portrayed as good salt-of the earth families.
I'm certain that Fox picks and places these families deliberately and edits accordingly. Why did Fox do a complete switcheroo this time?
posted by marsha56 at 10:54 AM on November 17, 2005
I'm certain that Fox picks and places these families deliberately and edits accordingly. Why did Fox do a complete switcheroo this time?
posted by marsha56 at 10:54 AM on November 17, 2005
He's a triffic god, is Darkseid, and always dressed for a fishing expedition.
posted by Grangousier at 11:16 AM on November 17, 2005
posted by Grangousier at 11:16 AM on November 17, 2005
I tried watching the two episodes, but couldn't even make it through the opening credits.
I simply see no value in watching obviously mentally-ill people make fools of themselves so the non-mentally-ill can laugh at their suffering.
posted by five fresh fish at 12:41 PM on November 17, 2005
I simply see no value in watching obviously mentally-ill people make fools of themselves so the non-mentally-ill can laugh at their suffering.
posted by five fresh fish at 12:41 PM on November 17, 2005
If this woman's break down weren't over her Christianity-based beliefs and if she weren't fat and gap-toothed, no one would have ever bothered making such a to-do out of it.
Ummm... sorry? What's your point? She's a fat, gap-toothed, ugly, insane religious bigot. That deserves a thorough and relentless piss-taking. Don't you see that? Really?
posted by Decani at 8:44 PM on November 17, 2005
Ummm... sorry? What's your point? She's a fat, gap-toothed, ugly, insane religious bigot. That deserves a thorough and relentless piss-taking. Don't you see that? Really?
posted by Decani at 8:44 PM on November 17, 2005
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