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From: "Jess Wilson" <>
Subject: [KYCLAY-L] Re: [ESTILLKY-L] Re: ESTILLKY-D Digest V99 #134
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 07:37:51 -0400


Joan, That is a pun. I always remind people that a pun is the
lowest form of humor. I am no good at thinking of puns. That may
be why they are not my favorite source for a laugh.
In all my writing I have employed a pun only once: In
describing a scene of a family who had just pulled their pet
dog out of a barrel of their sorghum, an esential food store for
the coming winter, . The father is shaking his fist at the sky
saying, "Why does Fate treat me this way?" The mother is
whinging her hands, saying, "What will we have to sweeten our
corn bread and what how will your Pappy sweeten his coffee?"
Meanwhile, the children are gathered around the dog, Old
Bone. They are fearful of touching the dog, however doing so,
and wiping their hands on their clothes. IT WAS QUITE A STICKY
SCENE.
So, there it is, the one sin I have committed in all my
writing and you would rather know what happened to the family.
Did they starve to death that winter?
Then the oldest boy said, "Old Bone didn't dirty them
sorghums. Those that touched him is still on him and those that
didn't are still in the barrel. So,they buried Old Bone behind
the barn and ate the soughum that winter. I'll bet you didn't
know that sorghum was plural
JESS WILSON
POSSUM TROT ROAD
MANCHESTER KY40962.

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> Subject: [ESTILLKY-L] Re: ESTILLKY-D Digest V99 #134
> Date: Saturday, June 05, 1999 11:48 AM
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> Jess, do you have any Potts tied in with your Piggs? I have
some Potts
> people in with my Pattons. Then you would have a Pott to put
your Pigg in -
> ha, ha.
>
> Joan
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