August 08, 2007
Bein' a hunnert degrees 'round here, I thought I'd spit out mah chaw and go fer a bike ride. So that's what I done, with all t'other yokels from over yonder. After a few ticks on th' clock, them boys wuz a-squabbling and I's afraid someone's barn is gonna be set on far. An' I wuz a-feelin' like my head's been set on far, it was hot enuf to frah an egg on th' tin roof. Then a wasp got under mah overalls while I's riding and stung mah sholder. I hopped off mah bike, just a hootin' and hollerin'. Th' stinger was pult out but nobody had no tobaccy to use as a salve. I headed on home wit' my tail tucked tween mah legs, cuz it was hurtin' a lot. This morning it felt lahke Cuzzin Bubba done punched me when I stole his corn cob pipe. I ain' doin' no more bi-cyc-le ridin' in this weather, I's gonna git someone to pull me in a wheelbarry insted.
Posted by megabeth at August 8, 2007 02:30 PM
Far be it from me to be a pedant about such things, but I believe the clothing item you speak of is more properly denoted as "overhauls."
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at August 8, 2007 03:28 PM
I just read your archived Southern language post from the Thursday Three and saw a whole bunch of phrases I could have used. Oh, well.
Posted by: megabeth at August 9, 2007 08:17 AM
As I read this entry, I kept hearing banjos in the background.
Posted by: southtrek at August 10, 2007 10:12 AM
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