Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
clarks are too helpful …wait a damn minute! thats just plain wrong, right? you’re simply trying to be clever, aren’t you. Well, it won’t work this time, we know that we don’t feel that we owe anyone anything and so when we are tying to help people out, it’s simply because we enjoy doing it, why would you go and try and assign some sort of ulterior motive to this, that’s just mean and if it’s one thing we really hate, it’s people who are mean. So stop with the trying to under-mine our efforts to improve ourselves, we didn’t do anything to you. Now you’ve gone and wrecked it and made it look like we were showing off or something, that’s just not fair. …you better stop that or something bad might happen
scotts are too energetic …fuck you! you really think your mind games are gonna work? you think we’re stupid or something? you people make me laugh, with your ‘oh we should all just try to learn to improve the way we are‘… you are the way you are, get over it! and if you think you can make fun of us and, even if you do, if you think that that changes anything, you better think again…we are the ones that get things done, and if we didn’t step up every time one of you ‘rogers‘ or (what is it?) clarks… if we didn’t step up this would be a sorry place to live in, you’d be all cryin’ ‘my car won’t start’… I don’t know how to build a deck, I lost the instructions!! … ‘that guy is being mean and I can’t convince him to leave me alone‘ gimme a fuckin break, you people are boring me out of my brain… if you don’t start acting for yourself, I’ll just find someplace where they are all weak and passive and touchy feelie just you watch me!
rogers are too involved …alright, you can save yourself the effort, I know what you’re doing, I really admire the core idea that you have here, but trust me, a little goes a long way and I think I owe it to tell you that you have lost the handle on your idea or theme or whatever the heck you think you’re doing here. I know! let me save you the trouble, I’m a roger and I’m a big fat bully and make your life so uncomfortable and your friend over there is a scott and she’s going to make me sit up and beg for a treat, I get it. But don’t you think I see what you’re doing? and listen, it’s not working, you will always need me to pay attention and you will always need me to find the easy prey when you’re all tired. I don’t care…you’re wrong, I don’t feel either good or bad about your Post today, so save it for one of your other types.
I was going to title this, ‘with a little help from our friends’ which would let me do a link up/shout out to all our friends… but the above elbowed itself onto the page. But the idea of the ‘Beatles inspired’ title stems in part from listening to some full albums on ‘the youtube’ last night…one song made it into today’s Post, but in one of those cases of the cover version being better than the original. go Fiona (a clark, non?).
In any event, the other reason was that I was over at Adorable Chaos and saw what Amy wrote in her About (about herself)
words to the effect, ‘I’m an introvert and a rebel’ and I was floored!… how good a description of a clark?
that lead to thinking other lines from other Readers and Friends of… like Molly’s ‘I was 2 going on 21‘ or Stacy’s “I am a bit of an outsider so I am definitely a clark… but the second aspect I seem to go back and forth” or Rich Rumple’s observation, “could you actually be working to control the comments you receive? My God, I’m dealing with Kreskin! lol Great job, my friend!” and our Friend, Janine might say something to the effect of, “Love it and so true that this has now helped me on more than one occasion dealing with others in my life now.” …then there is our newest friend Jen “I like the way your brain works. … So I don’t ask. I’ll come back again“. (Hey Jen! we’re over here! lol) and we never have to start the week cold, cause Melanie is already well into her day, time zone-istically speaking, and always has something positive and/or encouraging to say.)
About clarkscottroger
LOL…Yeah, I like to help and YES, I have people question my motives. And mean people? They piss me off. I can’t deal with mean people. And that brings me back to Catholic school when there was only one class per grade level and there were some mean kids and my god, you have to deal with them and be around them for YEARS! That was traumatizing.
Anyways, another wonderful post. Love the take on the scotts and rogers, too. :)
@Cyndi
yeah, about those scotts and rogers…lol we have to bring them in in order to fully understand our own damn-selfs! but a little at a time, I suspect we will be hearing from the rogers (first) then the scotts
Love being one of those friends that helps out here and seriously Happy Monday my friend!! :)
I’m a Scott, which is obviously the best one. I also have tunes from The Beatles going through my head now. They should thank you for the iTunes purchases I’m about to make.
@Lisa
in that case, the Doctrine could probably tell you which Beatles tunes are your favorite… (btw the Fiona Apple from the Post would not be on your top ten list of Beatle songs)… most likely (among the top 3 would be Michelle and anything from the Abby Road Album).
Welcome, you will find a rather astute bunch hanging out here, there are some scotts who comment from time to time* you will see Stacy and Terrye in particular. Let us know if you have any questions!**
* whenever the scent of prey and a diminished food-supply combines to drive them out on the hunt, of course
** the Doctrine can answer these questions, hell we probably know the questions you have in your mind, but we hate to take the fun out of it
Thanks Clark! I try and keep it positive, save all the negative energy for my morning workouts – haha. I didn’t know being helpful was a Clark-like trait. Hmmm…I am helpful do a degree, but I think my husband is the real helpful one out of the two of us. I wonder if he isn’t a Clark as well. He’s forever helping others, and hardly ever says no. He’s also a Capricorn. Might need to introduce him to the Wakefield Doctrine I think! Happy Tuesday. :)
@Melanie
glad you licked up on that… there was (an intended) under-tone to my use of the word (and attribution to clarks) helpful.. and that is sometimes, as clarks we can be too helpful, too un-selfless… but that is for another Post. Hey see what he thinks of the Doctrine. I have some Posts around here somewhere that deal with the responses of others to the Doctrine in this situation… and even though we could predict his response, it will actually be totally beneficial and helpful to all the Readers if, should you choose to introduce your husband to our little personality theory, you share with us his reactions (remember what we say around the Doctrine: ‘you can break it or do it wrong so just go with your gut and chances are you will get it right the first time (especially if you are a clark…’)