tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post2253967166300410053..comments2023-09-07T07:06:20.480-04:00Comments on TheSouthernJackAss: A Hard Lesson Learned ...BOBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09509740117011865666noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-7282212111291096682010-08-13T15:55:15.933-04:002010-08-13T15:55:15.933-04:00You really remind me of Garrison Keillor. Love you...You really remind me of Garrison Keillor. Love your stories!Marlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18000815937078399278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-78283507777627150722010-07-17T23:51:30.135-04:002010-07-17T23:51:30.135-04:00Thanks Gardeen ... visit often!Thanks Gardeen ... visit often!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-69993376079122704652010-07-17T20:57:09.879-04:002010-07-17T20:57:09.879-04:00What a great atory! Just discovered your blog and ...What a great atory! Just discovered your blog and love it already! Keep writing.Gardeenhttp://www.gee-throughtheseeyes.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-69012504635120063532010-07-15T19:36:56.875-04:002010-07-15T19:36:56.875-04:00As a matter of fact Bob ... Uncle Virgil did make ...As a matter of fact Bob ... Uncle Virgil did make some mention of Amos DooLittle ... as you can see in my new post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-70862664872471719672010-07-15T15:46:10.690-04:002010-07-15T15:46:10.690-04:00Donkey, whenever I go back and read the many wonde...Donkey, whenever I go back and read the many wonderful musings emanating from your magical and prolific pen, it always strikes me that most all include one or more hard lessons ... learned or no being an open question, methinks.<br /><br />I was wondering if the Doolittles ever talked about cousin Amos, a patriot of Revolutionary War fame ... that was some time back and he may be long forgotten BOBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509740117011865666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-72210806467783710192010-07-14T17:44:06.237-04:002010-07-14T17:44:06.237-04:00True indeed mon ami ...True indeed mon ami ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-47289915100141938682010-07-14T14:19:00.727-04:002010-07-14T14:19:00.727-04:00Thanks Donkey ... you may come to regret having sa...Thanks Donkey ... you may come to regret having said that!<br /><br />A lesson hard learned, perhaps.<br /><br />Oh my goodness, the National League won Bud Selig's marketing contrivance known in some quarters as the All Star Game!<br /><br />I see few movies or plays these days but of the currently active actors, I think Alan Rickman is me favorite ... "brilliant" comes to mind.<brBOBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509740117011865666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-20848468025512705692010-07-14T11:43:36.665-04:002010-07-14T11:43:36.665-04:00Bob -- no comment on TheSouthernJackAss is too Bro...Bob -- no comment on TheSouthernJackAss is too Brobdingnagian! ... no matter how big it is ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-1051285320925264882010-07-14T01:17:05.866-04:002010-07-14T01:17:05.866-04:00Apologies for the length, donkey ... but "A L...Apologies for the length, donkey ... but "<i>A Lesson Hard Learned</i>" somehow pulled that old memory to the fore.<br /><br />After they left, I returned to Billy Collins' office ... "How did it go?" he asked with a sheepish grin.<br /><br />He was honestly taken aback to learn that they spoke English ... didn't believe me at first ... "Those guys didn't BOBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509740117011865666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-49249286439331511662010-07-14T00:40:57.082-04:002010-07-14T00:40:57.082-04:00I noticed on the Internet not long ago that an old...I noticed on the Internet not long ago that an old friend was now the president a large Japanese company ... to me, he's just a friend, former colleague and golfing buddy!<br /><br />In his late twenties, newly married and always with a smile ... everybody liked Kenji, especially Miss Carol ... <br /><br />He seldom broke 100 but loved the game and took his golfing very seriously ... most do BOBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509740117011865666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-3742250914178515352010-07-13T17:11:46.395-04:002010-07-13T17:11:46.395-04:00Ain't it funny how hard lessons usually befall...<i>Ain't it funny how hard lessons usually befall those who claim to know everything about everything</i>? ... those who so claim are one thing, those who so believe are yet another!<br /><br /><b>Unbelievable!</b><br /><br />René Descartes suggests that such folks are but figments of our imagination, methinks ... "<i>cogito, ergo sum</i>" ... for surely they do not.<br /><br />BOBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509740117011865666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-86795567962780680782010-07-13T12:34:58.038-04:002010-07-13T12:34:58.038-04:00The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge...The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Proverbs 1:7 <br /><br />There's a bit of sweet feed worth chewin' on for a while ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-23896538558707969392010-07-13T02:52:33.734-04:002010-07-13T02:52:33.734-04:00Hard to find better sweetfeed than that, even in t...Hard to find better sweetfeed than that, even in the finest stalls ... that's for sure!<br /><br />You get that from Virgil?<br /><br />Three bags!<br /><br />Can't be too hard on them though ... after all, they were taught that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing ... another hard lesson and one that's subject to widespread misunderstanding!<br /><br />It's written in the bookBOBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509740117011865666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-25581698538376218872010-07-12T19:25:21.134-04:002010-07-12T19:25:21.134-04:00Ain't it funny how hard lessons usually befall...Ain't it funny how hard lessons usually befall those who claim to know everything about everything? ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-36924603919724706102010-07-12T18:10:51.688-04:002010-07-12T18:10:51.688-04:00It rained a good one here today ... we need the ra...It rained a good one here today ... we need the rain, just to cool things off a bit, if nothing else. <br /><br />I missed my turn, what with the rain and all. and before I knowed it, found myself in Georgia ... no, not a tall tale and not too surprising neither, it happens a lot.<br /><br />See, we live just south of the ridge ... <b>Missionary Ridge</b>, maybe three miles from the Georgia LineBOBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509740117011865666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-66051437443979841772010-07-11T15:35:56.422-04:002010-07-11T15:35:56.422-04:00No way Bob!No way Bob!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-88073901393507234252010-07-11T13:33:13.631-04:002010-07-11T13:33:13.631-04:00Making it back to the depot is a noteworthy accomp...Making it back to the depot is a noteworthy accomplishment these days ... derailed is the more usual outcome. <br /><br />Like good friends, the fewer me thoughts, the more important they become to me ... more important too that they're quickly shared, lest they be lost forever!<br /><br />That is to say, more important to me ... self indulgent delusion or much ado ... probably an unwelcomed BOBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509740117011865666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-43260413839328145282010-07-11T11:51:09.171-04:002010-07-11T11:51:09.171-04:00Well Bob it looks like the thought train made it t...Well Bob it looks like the thought train made it to the depot anyhow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-5802723545950715162010-07-11T00:44:36.738-04:002010-07-11T00:44:36.738-04:00Raconteur, Grand Master methinks ... man, what a v...<i>Raconteur</i>, <b>Grand Master</b> methinks ... man, what a voice!<br /><br />What I had written was "... better than high in the sky with Foster Brooks, methinks!" ... my sister called, interrupting, and I somehow lost my comment as well as my thought train.BOBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509740117011865666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-22397904155538126912010-07-11T00:06:46.105-04:002010-07-11T00:06:46.105-04:00Indeed Bob -- and Jerry Clower was a great storyte...Indeed Bob -- and Jerry Clower was a great storyteller!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-54304474429769163732010-07-10T21:54:23.787-04:002010-07-10T21:54:23.787-04:00Jerry Clower, lo and behold ... goodness!
Well, b...Jerry Clower, lo and behold ... goodness!<br /><br />Well, better a small one with Virgil at the stick than a big one in the hands of Foster Brooks, methinks!BOBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509740117011865666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-41935680211665040092010-07-10T17:36:38.358-04:002010-07-10T17:36:38.358-04:00Thanks again Nothingprofound -- I don't care f...Thanks again Nothingprofound -- I don't care for those small planes either, well the planes are alright - if I'm not in 'em ... I tend to agree with ol' Jerry Clower's philosophy when it comes to flying ... when offered a quick ride to his next show in a small plane Jerry refused ... said it was Biblical not to fly high up there in the air because the Good Book says "Low Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-85537530187212085592010-07-10T11:41:19.979-04:002010-07-10T11:41:19.979-04:00My stomach churned at the mere mention of those lo...My stomach churned at the mere mention of those loops, but not at the wonderful way you told this story. Once, only once, did I fly in a small aircraft, and the effects on my body were not pretty.nothingprofoundhttp://wwwaphorismscom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-66521383025298981072010-07-10T10:46:44.947-04:002010-07-10T10:46:44.947-04:00Jireh Ministries Foundation, Inc -- the cream alwa...Jireh Ministries Foundation, Inc -- the cream always rises to the top, and so does Virgil ... Bob just could be right about Virgil's friends too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6738255331931165469.post-34875179349729634932010-07-10T09:41:59.420-04:002010-07-10T09:41:59.420-04:00Mischievous? ... that for sure ... and what deligh...Mischievous? ... that for sure ... and what delight! Donkey done did it agin!<br /><br />My guess is that Uncle Virgil took great satisfaction in besting Clarence ... maybe as payback for using the plane for rousting his friends what made his favorite corn squeezins.<br /><br />I haven't seen an old biplane in some time ... nor a new one neither ... but they were always fun to watch at the BOBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509740117011865666noreply@blogger.com