Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
now, this is an old school Wakefield Doctrine blog Post!
So I’m surfing the channels on this faux Sunday afternoon, (aka a Monday holiday), and I come across a reality show by the name of, ‘Wicked Tuna’. I like the ocean and the idea of being out on a boat, so naturally, I tarried a bit and what do I hear, from one of the characters but, “this seemed like a good spot, and everyone got out of their bunks and out on deck. We had to wait a bit, so everyone could shake the cobwebs out of their eyes”
damn! rogerian expression!
that! your reaction to reading the line from the show, that’s how you know you’ve encountered a genuine rogerian expression. Of course, you can read all about rogers here, on the page on rogers. But a quick and simple description of a rogerian expression is, ‘the deliberate misuse of a nearly correct word (or phrase), expressly aggressive, but assayed from within the context of the herd. …and startlingly funny, too.’
And that’s why I love the Wakefield Doctrine. It’s always there and, like your first serious girlfriend (or boyfriend), there’s this sense of having something special that you know that everyone else knows nothing of, at least, not the parts that make you feel good, (when you know you should be feeling bad), or laugh, (when you’d really be more comfortable crying). It’s all about this secret sharing. And even though you know better, after all, you’re not a kid anymore, those moments still, somehow mean more to you than anyone can understand.
Speaking of understanding, Chapter 14 of ‘Almira’ is out and the words are just waiting for you to pull up a comfortable chair and settle in for a quiet time finding out what terrible thing happened to young Almira Ristani, (who you would first know as Almira Gulch, in that scandalously misrepresented tale of ‘the Wizard of Oz’), back in 1911, on a cold December night. As the subtitle of Almira reminds us all, ‘theres always more to the story’. If you want to start at the start, follow this link here.
(New Readers? the Wakefield Doctrine is a perspective on the world and the people in our lives. It maintains that there are three ‘personality types’, clarks, scotts and rogers. And, if you learn the characteristics of these three worldviews (personality types), you will be in a position to know more about the people you encounter everyday, than they know about themselves. And, even better, when you recognize a person’s worldview, you’ll know what they’re going to do before they do! It’s simple and it’s fun. Try it!)
*courtesy of ‘the youtube’ an album full of music that took some of the fear from Sunday evenings in a near empty dormitory click here
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Wicked Tuna. We know the guy who drives the NC boat, Fishing Frenzy, that is featured on the show. It’s the Yankees against the Southern boys – a conflict of rogerian proportions.
and the expression ‘shake the cobwebs out of their eyes!’ only a roger would produce such a benemalapropism
Love it! Am taking a “chill” day – we’re in C-Springs. And when we went down to breakfast (at the hotel), the WD came up. There was a woman who was “making the rounds” and chatting everyone up, looking around and couldn’t stay in her seat. This made me think of my mom who did the same thing last night: chatting people up, finding a seat for the July 4th festivities, but never staying in one spot for longer than 5 minutes. Moving around a lot must be a Scottian thing. The mingling part for sure, but both ladies kept getting out of their seats: to get more food, to check on something, to use the facilities, to look out the window, to assess the situation. Hehe.
And in the world of rogers, it occurred to me that – looking at FB posts and going by real life, too – that many rogers LOVE to live near one another and get together all the time. They become lifelong friends (especially if they’ve grown up together) and commingle regularly.
John and I both remarked at how this would drive us both crazy (because we’re clarks) and we commented on how we wanted to just sit and observe last night (and this morning) and want to do our own thing and “get away.” We’re glad we don’t live in town next to everyone we work with/ grew up with/ are best friends with. You have to have some distance, you know? LOL So, no, I don’t really keep up close ties with anyone except my closest college friends and our closest family friends. John’s the same way. So, that must be a clark-thing.
How’s that for some food for thought? ;)
the cool thing (well, ok, one of the (many) cool things about the Doctrine) is that the ‘personality types/worldviews’ are evident, even with ‘the sound off’. think about predators, herd animals and outsiders… how they express their worldview/reality is evident on a simple, physical level. predators roam… hunt, stay on the move. herd members may move as well…as a group, (and because that requires a consensus) the choice of direction is slow and deliberate and since there are many, even the rate of motion is slow and deliberate and, once started difficult to control or stop. Outsiders, well, kinda takes one to see one, no? lol…. Of course, anyone able to enjoy the fun and value of the Doctrine has, perforce, a signifiant clarklike aspect (if not a clark)… so they would be able to spot the clarks…. but, otherwise not all that easy to identify other than by function (relative to context)…. run away from a scott or appear different to a roger, they will have not problem spotting the clark. But if the clark is doing neither of those things, not so much.
I’ve heard of ‘blowing the cobwebs away’ but never of shaking them out of one’s eyes! Remarkable!
the true test/proof (of) a rogerian expression is the ‘surprised burst of laughter/burst of surprised laughter…. something like that! lol