The Cold Never Bothered Her Anyway
March 14, 2018 12:38 PM Subscribe
"Frozen" drag queen helps police van break out of snowbank "A drag queen dressed as Elsa just single-handedly freed a stuck police wagon from a blizzard in the middle of March. If that sentence doesn't perfectly encapsulate the spirit of Boston, I don't know what does." (Video credit: Christopher Haynes). SLTwitter
Or I could read the title.
But really, this is so silly-great. Although if you're sitting inside filming, maybe you could help. Just a thought.
posted by uncleozzy at 12:44 PM on March 14, 2018 [16 favorites]
But really, this is so silly-great. Although if you're sitting inside filming, maybe you could help. Just a thought.
posted by uncleozzy at 12:44 PM on March 14, 2018 [16 favorites]
Having dealt with Boston cops, I wish she'd encased them in a block of ice.
posted by ryanshepard at 12:44 PM on March 14, 2018 [19 favorites]
posted by ryanshepard at 12:44 PM on March 14, 2018 [19 favorites]
maybe getting them on down the road is better than having them mill about where you're at?
posted by Annika Cicada at 12:47 PM on March 14, 2018 [12 favorites]
posted by Annika Cicada at 12:47 PM on March 14, 2018 [12 favorites]
Although if you're sitting inside filming, maybe you could help. Just a thought.
There's one guy about halfway thru who steps up and offers to help, but by that time she's all "I've pushed this thing half a block by myself already and I'm almost done so that's okay."
A couple times when the going looks difficult, a few wags in the crowd say "let it go!"
posted by Gelatin at 12:50 PM on March 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
There's one guy about halfway thru who steps up and offers to help, but by that time she's all "I've pushed this thing half a block by myself already and I'm almost done so that's okay."
A couple times when the going looks difficult, a few wags in the crowd say "let it go!"
posted by Gelatin at 12:50 PM on March 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
from the Huffpost article: “If this is my 15 minutes, I would like to leverage it to meet Adam Rippon.”
posted by roger ackroyd at 1:00 PM on March 14, 2018 [62 favorites]
posted by roger ackroyd at 1:00 PM on March 14, 2018 [62 favorites]
This is epic and marvellous.
posted by freya_lamb at 1:31 PM on March 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by freya_lamb at 1:31 PM on March 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
Do you want to push a cop car? It doesn't have to be a cop car....
posted by Sublimity at 1:56 PM on March 14, 2018 [23 favorites]
posted by Sublimity at 1:56 PM on March 14, 2018 [23 favorites]
It was my favorite Twitter post today. The cold never bothered her anyway!
posted by Yellow at 3:52 PM on March 14, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Yellow at 3:52 PM on March 14, 2018 [2 favorites]
wtf, don't help the police.
posted by indubitable at 3:54 PM on March 14, 2018 [4 favorites]
posted by indubitable at 3:54 PM on March 14, 2018 [4 favorites]
Oh, I don't know, maybe if we're nice to the police we can win them back to our side?
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 4:03 PM on March 14, 2018
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 4:03 PM on March 14, 2018
You go girl. You too van...
posted by jim in austin at 4:03 PM on March 14, 2018
posted by jim in austin at 4:03 PM on March 14, 2018
Missed opportunity. Elsa may have been shifting a police van while wearing high heels, but for full points it should have been done Ginger Rogers' way: backwards, while wearing high heels.
posted by Joe in Australia at 5:07 PM on March 14, 2018
posted by Joe in Australia at 5:07 PM on March 14, 2018
I like that she pauses once, hitches up her skirt, and keeps pushing. TV be damned, that’s my inage of the real Ma Ingalls gettin’ shit done on the prairie.
posted by wenestvedt at 5:13 PM on March 14, 2018 [13 favorites]
posted by wenestvedt at 5:13 PM on March 14, 2018 [13 favorites]
I had a phone meeting with a pair of vendor reps scheduled for after my lunch break today, which I spent watching this video. At 1:04, I went "oh shit," and dialed in. These meetings are typically extremely dry, but I was so enthralled my greeting was, "Sorry I'm late! I was watching a video of a drag queen rescuing a police van in the snow!"
Silence from the reps (with whom I have had no previous dealings). Then they both burst out laughing and said, "Oh, we're going to get along fine!" "Really? Where? How cool!"
posted by goofyfoot at 5:14 PM on March 14, 2018 [14 favorites]
Silence from the reps (with whom I have had no previous dealings). Then they both burst out laughing and said, "Oh, we're going to get along fine!" "Really? Where? How cool!"
posted by goofyfoot at 5:14 PM on March 14, 2018 [14 favorites]
How about tucked and wearing high heels?
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 5:21 PM on March 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 5:21 PM on March 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
I wouldn't presume to comment.
posted by Joe in Australia at 5:29 PM on March 14, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by Joe in Australia at 5:29 PM on March 14, 2018 [2 favorites]
"the spirit of Boston" - since it involves awful driving, yes.
posted by doctornemo at 5:47 PM on March 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by doctornemo at 5:47 PM on March 14, 2018 [1 favorite]
I too want to applaud the Elsa costume-wearing Mr. Tripplet for rising to the occasion, but this "spirit of Boston" framing does remind me a bit of Dan Quayle trying to redefine "Hoosier."
posted by sy at 2:50 AM on March 15, 2018
posted by sy at 2:50 AM on March 15, 2018
I saw more about this story this morning. Seems “Elsa” did this to amuse buddies inside the restaurant, which is also why nobody pitched in to help.
Looks like things will be snowy for a while, and now I’m thinking I need to up my snowblowing game with festive attire.
posted by kinnakeet at 3:10 AM on March 15, 2018 [1 favorite]
Looks like things will be snowy for a while, and now I’m thinking I need to up my snowblowing game with festive attire.
posted by kinnakeet at 3:10 AM on March 15, 2018 [1 favorite]
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ah forget it.
posted by uncleozzy at 12:43 PM on March 14, 2018 [2 favorites]