[at-l] New to the trail

[shellydhale at earthlink.net (Shelly Hale)]

Man...that sounds like a sitcom I saw once.  Or...was it a soap opera?
Shelly Hale
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Felix" <AThiker@smithville.net>
Cc: <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] New to the trail


> Shelly Hale wrote:
>
> >Felix,
> >
> >Alan B. Hale?  No relation that I am aware of.  Married into the Hales
from
> >Nashville, but do not know of any Alan in the family.
> >
> >Get the feelin' there's bad blood here.  Would love to know the history.
> >
>
> Hmmm...bad blood? I don't know if that fits anymore. I suppose there was
> for a time. But, Alan's death sorta worked in a cathartic way. There was
> a time, however...Well, let's just say the McGillicuddies and Hales
> didn't sit at the same picnic table at family reunions. Most folx
> probably don't know, nor want to know, for that matter...the whole
> story. Here's part of it. Or, at least a little slice of one...
>
> A lot of folx don't realize that the famous 'Little Buddy' was really
> named 'McGilliganicuddy'. And, Alan "Skippertumilou" B. Hale was his
> boss. Together they were, of course, The Skipper and Gilligan. Well,
> over the course of time, the Skipper became somewhat abusive to
> Gilligan. Nearly everytime something bad happened, Gilligan was blamed.
> Skipper got the better Speer Hammock. Skipper obviously ate most of the
> food. There were times that Gilligan was thrown into slave labour. But,
> all of this came to a head one evening when Gilligan had a date with
> Ginger AND Mary Ann (McGilliganicuddies have always been known for they
> way with the ladies). Well, the skipper was dead set against the dates
> (there were two individual dates...not an individual dual
> date...AND...neither girl knew the other was also dating Gilligan.
> )...where was I...Oh...so, the Skipper let the Howells use the homemade
> paddle boat that was to be a crucial part of the romantic evenings that
> Gilligan had planned. Perhaps it was the coconut rum doing the
> talking...I don't know...but, something very bad happened that night in
> a grass hut involving sand, a bamboo pole and an ivory back scratcher.
> That is all I shall say.
>
>
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