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Forum: Wild Kingdom 21 May 2013, 04:16 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 911
Posted By Brad from Georgia
I'm glad the article approves of the brown...

I'm glad the article approves of the brown thrasher as the Georgia state bird. I've always liked thrashers.

As for mockingbirds, we used to have a pair nesting on the roof of the library building...
Forum: Soapbox Derby 15 May 2013, 03:32 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 705
Posted By Brad from Georgia
It has been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon. Ralph,...

It has been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon. Ralph, who runs Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery, has finally popped the question to Art, who runs Art's Baits and Night O'Rest Motel. They're thinking of a June...
Forum: Amusement Bark 15 May 2013, 10:54 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 953
Posted By Brad from Georgia
I noticed the complete absence of mobile phones.

I noticed the complete absence of mobile phones.
Forum: Rantidote 14 May 2013, 09:02 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 9,051
Posted By Brad from Georgia
Don't stand so close to the rhino, dear.

Don't stand so close to the rhino, dear.
Forum: Critter Country 13 May 2013, 10:20 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 936
Posted By Brad from Georgia
As Atlanta radio personality Ludlow Porch said,...

As Atlanta radio personality Ludlow Porch said, "All snakes are deadly. The ones that can't poison you will try to scare you to death."
Forum: Police Blotter 13 May 2013, 10:12 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 462
Posted By Brad from Georgia
Those Malfoys. I always thought there was...

Those Malfoys. I always thought there was something odd about them.
Forum: Amusement Bark 07 May 2013, 08:23 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 328
Posted By Brad from Georgia
I'm sorry to learn of Ray's passing. He added...

I'm sorry to learn of Ray's passing. He added magic to my childhood, and long afterward, he, artist Joe DeVito, writer Ray Bradbury, and our wives enjoyed a lunch together in San Diego. Both Rays...
Forum: Weird News 03 May 2013, 04:31 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 679
Posted By Brad from Georgia
The aliens never put money in the coffee-room...

The aliens never put money in the coffee-room supplies jar.
Forum: Fauxtography 03 May 2013, 03:47 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,814
Posted By Brad from Georgia
Back in the fifties, my family was rural and poor...

Back in the fifties, my family was rural and poor and we couldn't afford such fancy things. We had to crawl underbeneath the car to do maintenance and we'd emerge all bruised up. You could say we had...
Forum: Book Corner 03 May 2013, 03:44 PM
Replies: 385
Views: 58,582
Posted By Brad from Georgia
I read R. M. Ballantyne's The Coral Island...

I read R. M. Ballantyne's The Coral Island because I never had and because I always see it referenced as a source for Lord of the Flies. It was okay in a white-man's-burden British-Empire...
Forum: SLC 02 May 2013, 09:14 PM
Replies: 822
Views: 44,207
Posted By Brad from Georgia
No, this student is not on HOPE. GPA is way too...

No, this student is not on HOPE. GPA is way too low and has been for more than a year, ever since the student's first semester.
Forum: SLC 02 May 2013, 04:26 PM
Replies: 822
Views: 44,207
Posted By Brad from Georgia
There's always at least one. A student dropped by...

There's always at least one. A student dropped by and said, "When are you going to give our final exam?"

Well....yesterday at 9:30, in fact.

Student asked, aggrieved, "Why didn't you tell us?"...
Forum: Amusement Bark 30 April 2013, 05:03 PM
Replies: 181
Views: 23,184
Posted By Brad from Georgia
I still think it's "gavotte," to rhyme with...

I still think it's "gavotte," to rhyme with "apricot."
Forum: Book Corner 30 April 2013, 01:43 AM
Replies: 385
Views: 58,582
Posted By Brad from Georgia
Clarence Buddington Kelland's "Scattergood...

Clarence Buddington Kelland's "Scattergood Baines". It's repetitive, but reasonably entertaining. Kelland proudly claimed to be "the best second-rate writer in America."
Forum: Social Studies 30 April 2013, 01:34 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,219
Posted By Brad from Georgia
Kurt Vonnegut! Ice-9! We're doomed!

Kurt Vonnegut! Ice-9! We're doomed!
Forum: Social Studies 30 April 2013, 01:30 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 343
Posted By Brad from Georgia
We may be gunned down by homicidal maniacs who...

We may be gunned down by homicidal maniacs who bought weapons with no background checks run on them, but by cracky we'll be safe from little green men.
Forum: Rantidote 30 April 2013, 01:24 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 825
Posted By Brad from Georgia
I have legs up as far as they need to go, I...

I have legs up as far as they need to go, I guess.
Forum: Rantidote 29 April 2013, 05:49 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 825
Posted By Brad from Georgia
You got it. I even asked once, "Is there a direct...

You got it. I even asked once, "Is there a direct number that I can use to call you back after I get the information you forgot to ask me to get the last time I talked to you?" The answer was "No."
Forum: Rantidote 29 April 2013, 04:05 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 825
Posted By Brad from Georgia
Rassafrackin' bureaucracy

Okay, first this all hit me at a bad time. On April 17 my good friend Gary Hayes died suddenly of a heart attack; on April 23 my brother-in-law Hugh died. Two consecutive Saturday funerals, and I was...
Forum: Language 29 April 2013, 03:38 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,976
Posted By Brad from Georgia
I always think of Torpenhow Hill, a minor...

I always think of Torpenhow Hill, a minor elevation in Cumbria, whose name is said to come from Old English (Tor), Welsh (Pen), Danish (How), and modern English (Hill). Each word means "hill" in its...
Forum: Disney 29 April 2013, 03:19 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 15,115
Posted By Brad from Georgia
Better than mistaking a live possum for your cat,...

Better than mistaking a live possum for your cat, bringing it inside, and then thinking your cat had died because the possum was playing possum.
Forum: Business Bytes 29 April 2013, 03:17 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,002
Posted By Brad from Georgia
Hey, Jay, I love your avatar. I can hear him:

Hey, Jay, I love your avatar. I can hear him:
Forum: SLC 27 April 2013, 12:36 AM
Replies: 822
Views: 44,207
Posted By Brad from Georgia
Tomorrow's going to be rough....

Barbara and I are driving up to N.C. for the funeral of her older brother Hugh. He was cantankerous but had a great sense of humor. He was a Navy veteran, and I know I'm going to lose it when they...
Forum: SLC 25 April 2013, 04:45 PM
Replies: 822
Views: 44,207
Posted By Brad from Georgia
My son explains everything about the future of...

My son explains everything about the future of money except how to get more of it in his latest FW: Thinking (http://www.fwthinking.com/) webcast.
Forum: Wild Kingdom 25 April 2013, 12:21 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,164
Posted By Brad from Georgia
Those crickets are tough little @#$#. I've been...

Those crickets are tough little @#$#. I've been bitten by them and by an ostritch, and I prefer the ostritch.
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