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I concur too with what is said !!!!!
I concur too with what is said !!!!!
Yes. Mud-puppy has great creative writing skills. I keep thinking he must be related to Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, or John Steinbeck.
http://www.dankowskidetectors.com/discussions/read.php?2,138133
I concur too with what is said !!!!!
Jake and Jim,
by John L Smith
No offense taken...I'm sure what our Brother wrote concerning the Mud-Pup was penned in a fit of a drunken stupor, no harm intended...been there myself, understood and forgiven...
I do like words though, especially ones with letters in them...Especially poetry, if it rhymes of course, and stories ...
I would say, 'Said Hanrahan' by John O'Brien, Australian wandering priest, holds an alluring cadence and timbre...as does Alfred Noyes well known "The Highwayman"....Pat McManus' "The night the bear ate Goombaw" is a must read in anybodies literary portfolio...Also Dr Suess' "Hop On Pop" to stay in alignment with basic sentence structures and compete with the illiterates over on ZeroHedge....keep it simple and sarcastic for the up arrows...ala Ogden Nash: "Trumpy met a bear, the bear was Putin, The poot was Clinton"... See? simples!
There is a guy named (Rusty) John L Smith from Texas...remarkable detectorist and poet ....His "Jake and Jim" put me on my knees...I memorized and recite this one to my nieces and nephews around the Summertime campfire... Just another guy like us...Here it is from memory...might not be completely Author accurate, but you will get the drift. Forgive me Rusty...
Jake and Jim,
by John L Smith
"My Grandpap was a sharecropper, lived on a sharecrop farm. Worked the fields all his life, raised a Family through the strength of his arm...
Most farmers had a team of Mules or Horses to pull the plow. Grandpap had only one of each, but he made due anyhow...
Jake the Horse worked on the right, was getting on in years. A big all purpose 'Jack of All' like those used by Pioneers.
Jim the Mule was younger, worked on the left you see. Providing the strength of this working team, chained to the double tree..
Together they worked, side by side, throughout all of their trying times...Pulling wagons and plows and harrows and such, with Grandpap holding the lines...Never apart did these two work, they ONLY pulled as a team! Jake on the right to make the speed, and Jim to provide the steam!
One day the years caught up with Jake, he was old and sick and weak...Grandpap decided to use Jim the Mule because of his grand physique...
But Jim would not get out of his stall and leave Jake standing there all alone, Grandpap had to whip and cuss to get Jim out on his own..
He led Jim out to the barnyard, and hooked him up to the rake, but when he tried to to make him pull, he stood like he wasnt awake!?
Jim finally moved but wouldnt go straight, though Grandpap pullled hard on the reins!...He couldnt control or make Jim work, so he unhitched the chains...
He led Jim over to the barn and checked him from stem to stern...Then...shaking his head, walked up to the house to tell Grandma what he just learned...This is the reason he told her, why Jim wouldnt leave Jake behind....
They only worked as a team you see...., 'cause Jim the Mule.... was blind...
Wonder what Mud's book cover might look like ? ...
That brought a chuckle ! So if we can combine your art spoof skills, with mud-puppy creative writing skills, You'd have a great commercial success. Like Cheech & Chong.
That brought a chuckle ! So if we can combine your art spoof skills, with mud-puppy creative writing skills, You'd have a great commercial success. Like Cheech & Chong.
I got a giggle out of that too! That dang Gary! I though for sure he woulda included Pennywise the Clown on the cover somehow! Maybe a sewer balloon?
Forward written by Dave Ramsey even!: "Wealth is no respector of effort or a viable measure of intelligence!" "Forget Baby steps, just get a detector!"
"Nowadays, A 'Job' often proves to be a temporary and unprofitable Nuisance" "This is a Big Planet, and it aint indoors" "Adventure awaits if you can simply get out of the house" "Time and Treasure wait for Nobody"...
Book two “The Mental detector” or “The Mad Calder”
Mud-Puppy for President!