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MISSISSIPPI: "Bull, d'you think these badges'll do any good if somebody starts shootin' at us?"

BULL: "Give 'em a good mark t' aim at."

Quoted from the film El Dorado
with John Wayne, Robert Mitchum,
James Caan (Mississippi), and Arthur Hunnicutt (Bull).
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Great film, and Bull's delivery was just hilarious.
Q: What did Sir Lancelot wear during his stay in the hospital?
A: A knightgown. *Laugh*
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Groan smiley
Yes, this is a groaner. Thanks for the laugh.
SOCIAL WORKER: "Your wife informs me that your family is being removed from the Food Stamps Program. Are you concerned about that?"

MAN: "Naw, the darn things tasted like paper anyway."
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Yes. It's an old joke. *Wink*
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Weren't they green and you had to lick them and keep them in a book? *Rolling*
         I was just reading about a man who thought he was an Ellery Queen mystery novel. He was fortunate to meet and marry a librarian who loved to read, but after nearly twenty years of marriage, she divorced him. It wasn't because he sat on a shelf and turned yellow, but after twenty years he just didn't have a surprise ending anymore.
"The greatest patriots fight not only for freedom and not only for peace, but for both as one."

--- Shawn C. Bailey ---
"Are you kidding? Halloween is my middle name! Gar Halloween Field. oh well"

--- Garfield in Garfield's Halloween ---
"Women and me are like water and fire, wet and flammable."
--- Ryan Harrison in the film Wrongfully Accused ---

(I think I might have had this line in my mind when I named my weblog. *Wink*)
         A little free time is allowing us to experience the horror of modern television and fortunately (I think) the extreme pleasure of watching documentaries. Between the horror of modern telly and the fascination of documentaries, I'm getting story ideas faster than I could possibly make notes for!
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         Things are going ok for a change. I even have temporary use of this laptop! Many thanks to our friend! It's Windows11 and has no DVD drive, but I'll make do. (I am trying to figure out why it wants me to shut it down about every hour or two.) I think I might even manage to scrounge a mouse tomorrow! These touchpads are great for those who like them and are able to use them, but they're a thorn in my side. Still, I don't complain about free food or look too closely into gift horse mouths.
         Bottom line is, now I can get back to the things I love --- writing and creative imagery!
         Reading back, I think this would have been more appropriate in my blog, but ah well, I've already typed it. Now, I might type some emails I need to send. Oh, one more thing. If you get an email addressed from me to The StoryMistress, there's a simple explanation. I've not found a way to upload pics from phone to WdC. I don't know a way to get pics into Newsfeed without having the pic in my port and adding the item id# to my Newsfeed. So, I'm sharing a pic of my writing workspace with my friends via email. I'm sending to six or seven in each email --- and hoping I don't miss anyone. I tend to be a secretive sort, and I take everyone else's privacy seriously too. So, the only name which should be visible to everyone is the addressee. The rest are BCC. The next email will probably be addressed to another of my friends (an addressee is always required) so that The Story Mistress doesn't get tired of seeing my writing area.


         Goodnight, my friends.
Last night, I got a few programs onto the borrowed laptop. They're programs I used for years, but they've changed so radically they look like something from the 21st century!!  ('N' just what in Dickens' thunderation is an app?? I think I'm ready to install a few more, using MMiS [Mechanical Manual installation Service]. *Toilet*)
"Humility is easily remembered, but not so easily learned."

--- Shawn C. Bailey ---

         At present, I'm learning as well as remembering. --- PNG- 📓 *Blush* ---
I can't help wondering what Clarence would tell me about my life --- or Clarice either, for that matter. She's a deer, is Clarice.

I know it doesn't sound like much, but one day it will be among my most famous quotes.
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Oh dear deer! *Wink*
"Of all the women in all the world, she had to walk into mine."

--- Leslie Nielsen as Leslie Nielsen as Ryan Harrison in Wrongfully Accused ---
         Many of my friends, both in this community and in others, are facing personal challenges and decisions that will change their lives and the lives of others. I can do no better than stand with my friends or fall with my friends. In either case, I am in good company.

(You can quote me on that.)
         Words and their origins hold a special fascination for me. Krista's Newsfeed post about driving a bulldozer piled up some word questions for me.
         For instance, where did the word bulldozer originate and why? (I don't know, but I'll offer my idea shortly.)

Without getting into Latin, Greek, and early Indo-European languages, I invite you to...

Tell us a word and its general origin, and indicate whether you know this to be the origin (from your prior research) or this is your own theory.

         I'm mainly interested in words like bulldozer which seem to have other meanings. "Bull" (a ruminant mammal) + "dozer" (one who sleeps) = "bulldozer" (a machine used to move dirt and other materials). *Think* Q: How did we turn a "somnambulant bovine" into an "earth-moving machine?" My theory is forthcoming. *Smile*
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The scene in my head is this.

         Two people are taking a break at a worksite long ago.
JOSE (to Philipe): "What's that new-fangled machine that person's using to clear the undergrowth?"
PHILIPE: "I just call it a 'bulldozer' because it resembles a bull a little and because since it arrived the bulls no longer have to work. They just doze in the field all day."

         That's my theory. I could look it up, but the theory is probably more amusing than the reality. *Wink* *Laugh*
To put it another way, "How did we turn a sleeping bovine into a Caterpillar? Will the Caterpillar eventually go into a garage and later emerge as a Cessna? *Think* *Rolling*
PNG- 📓 Author Icon - Thank you, Krista! I love learning and I absoSmurfly can't resist a good joke! *Smile*
         Writers are usually our own pickiest critics.
         Writers in this community are usually each other's most staunch supporters and most helpful sounding boards.
         I feel privileged to be part of this community and honoured to call everyone I meet here my friend.
Overheard conversation:

First Person: "I'm a native American."

Second Person: "That's cool! What tribe?"

First Person: "NoNo. I'm a native --- American. I was born here."

*Thinker*
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I think it lost something in the telling.
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