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wbmutbb-digest Wednesday, April 19 2000 Volume 02 : Number 122
Topics in this issue:
in or out/on or off?
Barney's right
"on and off"
Where's it at?
Bert Millers Merchandise mistake
Pea in whistle--what's that all about
Re: Safety Jingles
Re: Getting Into A Car Or Onto A Bus
Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #121
Mayberry Rap
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 07:32:25 CST
From: "jim and sheila henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: in or out/on or off?
|People are asking about why do we say we are getting in or out of a car but
say we are getting on or off a bus? Why do we park our cars in driveways and
drive our cars on parkways? hey, from branson.
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:27:39 -0600
From: "Gary Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Barney's right
Hi,
I have not been reading my digest because of my illness, but I am now
caught up to September before you all went to Mayberry days ( I have a long
way to go yet, but I want to read them in order so I get the questioins
before the answers). I did want to mention something you were all talking
about back then, so if you already said this, please excuse me, I still have
a lot to catch up on.
You all were talking about times when Barney was right and not wrong.
Well, no one has mentioned the Mr. McBeevey episode. Barney says to Andy
that Mr. McBeevey must be real because Opie has a name, etc., etc. Of
course after he takes Opie's description down on paper he changes his mind,
but he got it right the first time, unusual for Barney.
I had to mention that.
Pam Wilson
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:24:14 EDT
From: "TBWAY ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: "on and off"
if the on and off question messes with your mind then this one will probably
make your head expolde!!!!
we do we drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway?
thanks to George Carlin for that little tid-bit.
Tim Broadway
"A winks the same as a nod to a blind mule"
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 13:05:21 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Where's it at?
I never received the digest #120, can someone that received it please forward
it to me. I appreciate it.
Mike
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 13:22:13 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Bert Millers Merchandise mistake
There was a mistake in the pricing on the Don Knotts autographed photos that
are for sale on The Mayberry Times web site, but it has been corrected. They
were listed as $50 & $60 when it should have read $40 & $50. By the way, I
do not get these for free and Don's price was 3 times higher than usual.
"IT'S INFLATIONARY!"
You can check them out here.
<A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/in/MayberryTimes/indexBertMiller.html";>http:
//www.angelfire.com/in/MayberryTimes/indexBertMiller.html</A>
Mike
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:49:29 CDT
From: "DEBORAH DUBOSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pea in whistle--what's that all about
Dear Mayberry friends, I have a question that's been prayin' on my mind (no
jokes) for years. Here it is:
You know the episode where Barney reads that unfortunate poem written
about him on the wall of the bank, and it so upsets him he starts throwing
things off, and resigning?
Well, when he gets to his whistle, he tells Andy, "One whistle. I've
replaced the pea in it, but I ain't gonna charge you for it."
What in the Sam hill is that all about?
How do you replace a pea in a whistle? And even if you could, wouldn't it
be cheaper, and easier, just to buy a new whistle? And, how much would a pea
cost anyway? We know our beloved Barney is, well,
cheap, but really? How would you take the old pea out and get a new pea in?
I think these unanswerable questions led up to my aneurysm.
At least that was the opinion of some guy I heard on TV recently. He
said people get these questions in their minds that just won't go away
and after awhile, their brain just explodes. Seems reasonable.
So, people, this is an SMB (save my brain). I don't need any more leaks, if
you know what I mean.
And, by the way, Mr. Schwump (Lydia can't spell) and me ain't one drop
kin, and Miss Lydia is denied computer privileges for a long, long time.
Laura Lee Hobbs, sitting out by HWY 123 S Ozark, just waiting on that
gold truck, and pondering on life's deepest, darkest secrets
"There once was a deputy named Fife,
Who carried a gun and a knife.
But the gun was all dusty,
And the knife was all rusty,
'Cause he never caught a crook in his life."
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 18:18:48 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Krentz)
Subject: Re: Safety Jingles
>I remember this safety feature also - but back in the 50's (yes =
Virginia, we=20
>had schools back then AND automobiles). There was a motto to help us =
dumb=20
>kids remember - "Curb side - safe side, Street side - suicide". Just=20
>thought I pass on that sage wisdom.
>Linda - the Goober who hardly ever jaywalks.=20
Not trying to be an interloper here, but didn't you have a rhyme
about safety on country roads, also. How'd it go? "Walk on the
left after dark, or you'll wind up playing the harp..?" (snifff)
Alright everybody, let's give her the big freeze
Bighead in Dee-Troit (O'Malley says HEY!)
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:11:24 EDT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Getting Into A Car Or Onto A Bus
<< I think the difference between getting in a car and getting on a bus is the
fact that you can walk on to or off the bus. Therefore leading to the
getting on or off part. Whereas with a car you can pretty much just kinda
slide into them. Except for maybe minivans and vans and even then if you do
any walkn in them it will be a real scrunched over kinda shuffle at best. >>
Hey To All!
It seems I am having a problem in getting all my issues, they keep skipping
on me. Would Paul have posed this question in issue #120? Well I have had a
big ole time reading everyone's response on getting in out cars and onto
buses!
I think you get "into" a car because it is more to the ground and is well,
"compact" compared to a bus. In a car you just get in and scoot over with
just enough room for the feet and knees...unless one would be long legged. I
think you get "onto" a bus because most buses are BIG compared to a car, one
has to climb steps to get onto the vehicle...pick a seat from the vast number
of seats...actually walk down the aisle to the chose seat in the sea of
seats. Then when you look out the window, you can see how much more up in
the air that the normal traveler! The bus stops and you have to journey back
down that aisle, climb back down those steps to reach the ground again! Park
a car next to the bus and look how BIG it is. The car looks like an ant or
ladybug next to it!
Hence, I definately think you merely get into the ant...ah, car... and onto
the bus which is BIG.
As for the scrunchie walk into the Minivan or Van, well for us short people
(being 4ft 11) there isn't any scrunchies for me. Just one hop up and one
scoot over to the seat. Even tho I don't do scrunchies in the Minivan and
the hop is bigger for us shorties, I still consider it getting "into" the
Minivan or even the Explorer type vehicles.
Well so much for my thoughts on getting into a car or onto a bus....thanks
for my morning chuckle and starting my day off with a smile!
Hmm...there weren't any takers Sunday for Aunt Bee's pickles...Guess I will
just keep an eye on em!
Sandi
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 09:26:02 -0500
From: Ron G Burtz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wbmutbb-digest V2 #121
Greetings All You Lovely Mayberrians!
First of all, I want to say thanks for all the many replies I received
to my plea for snack ideas for my Mayberry Bible Study. I was
overwhelmed at the number of you who replied personally as well as in the
digest. Thanks again. We did it Sunday evening and ended up serving
Cokes and IBC sodas in glass bottles, iced down with salt added to the
ice to make it colder, and popcorn and Mr. Cookie Bars (a la the "Dogs,
Dogs, Dogs" episode), which were just yer basic chocolate chip cookie
bars. People seemed pleased with the fare, and one person asked where we
got the soda pop. I said, "Walmart".
The study was a great success too. About 25 people showed up--adults and
children, and the discussion after the video went on for more than an
hour. We watched "Man In a Hurry" and got into a pretty heady discussion
about how far our nation has come from the ideal presented by Mayberry,
and whether there's any hope of ever getting back. Folks seemed to enjoy
this so much that I think we'll maybe continue it on Sunday evenings in
the summer. I realized afterwards that with this episode the most
appropriate food would have been Aunt Bea's Fried Chicken ("There are two
chicken legs in there...and it's better than what you'll get on the
road") and homemade ice cream.
I'm hoping to do Mayberry Bible Studies for my high school camp this
June, however I need to find several episodes that I don't have on tape.
They are:
Opie's Charity
A Date for Gomer
Barney Fife Realtor
and
Mr. McBeevee
If any of you could help me find these I would be most appreciative.
Finally, there was some discussion here about soda pop in bottles after
my first posting, and several of you mentioned the IBC sodas, which I am
familiar with since I sell them out of an old Coke machine I maintain at
a Dance Studio uptown. However, I seem to remember that the bottles in
the show were very short and fat, almost like those old beer bottles.
Does anybody else remember them that way in the show? And does anybody
remember actually buying pop like that? Maybe it was a southern thing,
like Nehi?!?
Thanks again everybody, and best o' luck to you and yers.
Ron "Gomer" Burtz
Virden IL
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Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 08:22:36 -0600
From: "Gary Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mayberry Rap
Hi everyone,
I just have to tell everyone about a CD. We had a revival at our church
a week ago and a group called the Penny Loafers sang. The last night they
sang the Mayberry Rap. It was very cute! I loved it. Of course anything
to do with Mayberry I love. Just thought that some of you mught want to
know where to get this Cd. It also has other fun songs on it. They call
this CD their "fun" CD - not really Christian songs, jut fun songs, mostly
50's songs. The name of it is "Loafin".
Just contact the good people at:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have a question for you all. I've been doing a whole lot of laying
around and watching tv (it's the chemotherapy). I've noticed something
about a song in two different shows. In the first show that the Darlings
appear--when they are playing the song in the hotel that they keep quitting
and Brisco ends up playing his jug - if you listen carefully to the song
before they stop playing, it is "Doug's Tune". They call it "Slimmy River
Bottom". Then in the episode "Brisco Declairs for Aunt Bee" they call it
(rightfully) "Doug's Tune". Someone please compare these two episodes and
see if I'm right.
Pam Wilson
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