[at-l] PIG {Was 2005 SORUCK (10/13/04)}

[lbooher at pure.net (lbooher)]

And here I was just wondering which war Gary was referring to when he said
that the farm had been in his family since just after "the war".  As I once
told someone who visited Vicksburg, MS, where we were living, "Down here, we
had only one war."  <G>  anklebear


On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:35:12 -0400, W F Thorneloe wrote
> Felix apparently had some head injury from the water fragments that 
> cruelly struck his head yesterday, on his 42nd birthday. He failed 
> to understand Gary. This is particularly ironic, now that Felix's 
> age equals the answer to the Universal Question.
> 
> All Gary attempted to do way to add illustration for the rest of us 
> poor Southerners. Twelve is such a hard concept for most of us down 
> here. "12" reminds us that we don't eat the pig until the little 
> hand hits "1" for the second time (also known at the 2nd time). Now, 
> that means the big hand hit the "12" for "12" times. This is such 
> rocket science that even I have trouble figuring it out, especially 
> in the absence of good sipping whiskey.
> 
> At least the Indiana denizen didn't attempt to confuse the issue 
> further by trying to understand the difference between a pig rub and 
> pig paint. The concept of using the paint from start to finish could 
> have been inflammatory for those focused on only the anatomy of the 
> pig, rather than the process of the pig-pickin.
> 
> Now, I'm very worried that Gary revealed his family's paint recipe, 
> especially as that it does not include cumin. This shows that not 
> only did Gary's mama not teach him right, but that he would tell 
> others about their family secret. Then again, he did admit to being 
> from eastern Carolina, one of the few places worse than NOVA or Indiana.
> 
> We must be charitable toward those less fortunate than Western Carolinians.
> 
> OrangeBug 
> 
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