My encounter with a Karen just now

[EYESORE 9001]

I’m in a parking lot, windows down, listening to SiriusXM Lithium at a reasonable volume. Karen walks past passenger side window and screams, ‘turn down your radio!’ I reflexively replied, ‘fuck off, Karen!’ She said, ‘you want to fight a woman? Real manly!’ I said, ‘no, but she’ll be your huckleberry,’ and gestured to the back seat of my minivan with tinted windows, where my previously-unseen friend - a very tough, buff lady with buzz-cut hair sat. Karen said nothing and made with the quick-step until she vanished.

[underpants]

1. Nice reference.

[EYESORE 9001]

2. I have my moments

[Bayard]

3. Well played!

[vercetti2021]

4. HA!!

HUCKLEBERRY! NICE TOUCH!!!!!!!

[FoxNewsSucks]

5. That's funny

but I admit I did have to look up what "your huckleberry" meant

[EYESORE 9001]

6. Hope you weren't disappointed

I tend to overuse it, however.

[Niagara]

30. "I'm your huckleberry" is a quote from the movie Tombstone.

Sometimes this quote ends up in red dog 1's movie quote threads.

[FoxNewsSucks]

31. Thanks!

I haven't watched that movie. I wonder if the karen got it or was just scared. . .

[Niagara]

37. You're welcome!

If you get the opportunity please watch it. I don't think you'll be disappointed.

[Wounded Bear]

49. It was far better than the Kevin Costner debacle version IMO...

YMMV

[Niagara]

50. I vaguely remember watching that version.

I don't remember any particular scenes or quotes so apparently it didn't impress me either.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

33. I saw the movie, didn't understand "huckleberry" at the time.

And I still don't. It's a berry, used to make tolerable jam.

[Aristus]

36. There are a lot of folk etymology answers for the "I'm your huckleberry" thing.

None of them sounds very plausible.

[Niagara]

39. It's a southern slang term from the late 19th century.

It's my understanding that the real Doc Holliday would often say this expression.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

43. Southern slang? I never heard of them when I lived in the south.

Maybe southern Montana or Idaho.

It would have been a good saying in Georgia. "I'll be your peach." or "I'll be your peanut" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

[zanana1]

34. Now I want to watch that movie!

[Aristus]

38. Of the umpteen-thousand movies about the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, "Tombstone"

is the most accurate.

I lived in Sierra Vista, Arizona for three years as a kid, an hour's drive from the real Tombstone. And we visited every couple of months. I became well-versed in the reality vs the legend early on.

Very entertaining film.

[In_The_Wind]

41. That's cool!

[Aristus]

42. Even as a young kid, I had a deep appreciation for the historical value of being able to

see the place for myself.

[panader0]

46. I live outside Sierra Vista, about ten miles SE.

Over 40 years ago I bought 40 acres and built my own house. Lots of construction then.
Several of my construction buddies played music and we made a band, "Tombstone Bound",
named for a song I wrote about a lady I used to date in Tombstone. We played all over town,
Big Nose Kate's, The Crystal Palace, and the Dragoon Saloon.
P.S., that lady has lived here at my place for over 20 years now.

[Aristus]

47. Great story. I love it!

[Niagara]

40. Put it on your must watch list, zanana!

[Treefrog]

7. I would have had no idea if someone said that to me.

But I generally ignore loud radios anyway.

[XanaDUer2]

8. I never heard of it nt

[rsdsharp]

9. Let's you and her fight!

[Baked Potato]

10. Lol for "huckleberry" ... nt

[Treefrog]

11. "Tough, buff lady with buzz cut hair." Are you implying she's gay? Why not say so?

Therefore scary? Jeez, stereotype much? Or what? Really not sure what you’re trying to get across here…that you’d have the scary “buzz cut lady” beat her up…or what?

I’m a gay woman, but my hair is not “buzz cut” lol. And most of my gay friends aren’t “tough,” in fact I can think of several real marshmallows- and one of them does have very short hair.

[XanaDUer2]

12. I'm cis but seriously thinking about getting a buzz cut

to save time and money. Hope nobody thinks I'm gonna hurt them.

[Treefrog]

13. Lol!

A close friend of mine literally has a buzz cut. You could push her over with a feather.

Not sure if she’s a “huckleberry” or not though. I googled the term, but found no definition to fit the innuendo implied in the op.

[lillypaddle]

14. here ya go

google:

To be one's huckleberry — usually as the phrase I'm your huckleberry — is to be just the right person for a given job, or a willing executor of some commission.Dec 14, 2002

[Treefrog]

17. Yeah that's what I got too.

So it didn’t make sense in the context to me.

[lillypaddle]

19. Seems Karen was trying to start a fight

and by referring to his/her fit friend in the backseat as someone who could be Karen's huckleberry, was that she was "just the right person for a given job, or a willing executor of some commission," such as a fight. Okay, that was pretty convoluted, but it made sense to me. I guess YMMV, and I'm sure someone else could explain it much better.

[SharonClark]

15. I'm a word nerd and I had to look it up, too.

Here's an interesting article, "The surprising origins of “I’m Your Huckleberry” and what exactly the phrase means"
[link:https://thechive.com/2019/10/11/the-surprising-origins-of-im-your-huckleberry-and-what-exactly-the-phrase-means/|

[lillypaddle]

20. Yeah, that's the ticket!

however, I think it could also refer to Huckleberry Finn, you know, someone who is your buddy in crime.

Okay, I'll shut up now. LOL

[Buzz cook]

24. I accidently got a buzzcut

Several years ago. Haven't looked back since.

I went to my usual barber shop and said what I usually did, "cut it short but not goofy". The regular barbers knew that meant off the collar and ears. Well the new barber didn't know that code and the rest is history.

After that it was 1/2 inch, a bit shorter on the sides. That is until the barber heard it as the .5 clipper.

Then its the number 4 open on the top closed on the sides.

Now my wife does it, so I find its safer not to tell her what to do.

[EYESORE 9001]

16. I'm implying nothing

It’s my friend - not yours - and she approved the post before submission. At ease.

[Treefrog]

18. "Approved the post before submission."

I’m impressed. I have to admit that I’ve never submitted a post on du for approval to anyone lol.

I’m still confused why you’d bring up her haircut?

[lillypaddle]

21. Oh good grief.

[Treefrog]

22. My thoughts exactly.

Using stereotypical descriptors used to be frowned on here.

[FoxNewsSucks]

32. But what if the lady in question

really does have a short haircut, and the type of demeanor (regardless of sexual orientation) that would make others believe she was not inclined to tolerate their stupid shit?

[EYESORE 9001]

23. Please, go pick a fight with someone else

I’m sure they’ll be your huckleberry.

[Iggo]

28. LOL.

You weren't lying!

That's alright. Overuse means you're more likely to use it in the perfect situation...lol.

[Jim G.]

35. That One Always Manages To Find A Reason To Make Something Contentious

And to stir it up.

[Skittles]

25. may I ask what song was playing

it always seems when I can hear someone else's music, it's shitty stuff

[EYESORE 9001]

26. It was Evenflow by Pearl Jam

and I swear it was playing at a reasonable volume.

[Skittles]

27. forgiven!

[Iggo]

29. Well hell then! That song gets better as it gets louder.

[ProfessorGAC]

45. Well, Now I Don't Believe You

NOBODY listens to Evenflow at a reasonable volume! It just ain't right!

[gratuitous]

48. I'm gonna bet it was Nickelback

Which turns this whole story upside-down.

[whistler162]

44. So she had a nametag on

and her name was Karen or did you already know her?