My dear Untrained Voice and my other Friends in Mayberry, Me and the girls at the Dime Store are going to let in you in on a little clue at the Wiley party. Barney's "joke" about the dogs was because the girls were ugly. Yeah, it was cruel, and I don't think too true because I saw some cuties, but to each his own. (Remember, Andy had asked him if he saw anybody he wanted to dance with and Barney told Andy there was nothing but dogs at the party; Andy kind of scolded him, but Barney persisted and then came up with his line, "... if you threw a quail in here, all the girls would point.") Let's face it; Barney ain't exactly the world's most compassionate man until Andy himself points out another's need, then Barney can come through in times of trouble. Now, I just always assumed Mrs. Wiley was a widow or else Mr. Wiley did not enjoy these parties and kept himself busy elsewhere whenever she gave one of her socials. Maybe he was over at the lodge or in the bedroom watching that doctor show on TV and eating a pan of cashew fudge, you know, just doing whatever Mr. Wiley wanted to do. They loved each other, but he just wasn't as into socials as much as she was, she being from Back Bay Boston and all. Personally, I have always wondered that Mrs. Wiley did seem awfully fond of our Mr. Schwump. But let's not read too much into that. She has always done her Christian best to make shy people feel right at home. And, let's face it. When it comes to shy, none have wrote that book better than our Mr. Schwump. Laura Lee Hoobs, Dime Store Clerk and Gold Truck Watcher and Mr. Schwump's friend, too "How do you do, Mrs. Wiley." Now, one more time... ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
