 Budds boss, Larry, mentions Budd being as useless as an "asshole  right here", referring to his elbow. Larry Bishop said that same  line in _Savage Seven, The (1968)_ (qv). In  _Rules of Attraction, The (2002)_ (qv), directed by Tarantinos  former creative partner Roger Avary (qv), the character Rupert  Guest says, "I need you like I need an asshole on my elbow."