Neil, I collected baseball and football cards. Never liked the Jets or the
gum. The gum was hard and brittle and had a bad taste, but my sister loved
it.
I always gave it to her. At Easter, my sister would get a basket of assorted
Easter candies, I'd get a basket with a whole box of baseball cards. I always
wanted to stay home from church so I could open them all, but that never flew.
Dewey, You are great for jogging our memories. I have heard most of the sayings
you listed and would like to add a couple more I used to hear.
He's ugly as a mud fence.
He couldn't spell cat if you spotted him the c and the a.
He's so skinny, the only curve in his body is his adam's apple.
He's a few bricks shy of a load.
One I always remember from my grandmother. This was a lady who was a faithful
and devoted member of the Church of the Brethren who never went inside a movie
theater or uttered the word beer. In her refridgerator she would sometimes
have
"root drink". My grandmother never said a cross word or got mad at anyone. If
we spilled a glass of milk or a bowl of sugar on the floor, she would always
say
in a kind and loving tone, "That just frets me so I don't know what to do".
That's one I'll always remember.
I heard a lady author on John Boy and Billy a couple of years ago who had
written a book about talking southern. She said in the south you can say
anything you want about someone and as long as you ended it with "bless his/her
heart", it was okay. She said thing likes, "She's such a tramp, bless her
heart", just don't sound mean. I guess there are always different ways of
looking at things. They would say things on TAGS that with the accents and the
context just didn't sound bad. Things like Barney's line about the quail or
the
lady who'se ankles were too skinny to hold up all that heft just don't sound
mean or hurtful. You gotta love the south.
Harry in Salem, VA
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