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Just like anyone else getting a shot, the arms of condemned prisoners are swabbed with alcohol prior to lethal injection in order to keep the area sterile.

…don’ make much sense, do it? Iffen they gonna kill em anyhow, why bother ta keep em from infections? Like the infection gonna set in by the time t’ shot do. Y’know, no sense inna lotta thangs what be happenin these here days. Take them there appetite suppressant thangs they keeps on advertisin. Why bother? Jes git yerself outa bed, head t’ th’ barn er t’ field an git a hard days work, eat all ya want, an ya ain’t gonna be fat nohow. Seems ta me folks is tunin ta pills these here days ta combat t’ effects a LAZY more’n anythin else.

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During a 1992 state dinner, President George H. W. Bush, ill with the flu, lost his lunch in the lap of the Japanese prime minister. Oddly enough, Bush’s faux pas coined a slang word, bushusuru, which translates as “to do the Bush thing,” meaning “to vomit.”

…ya askin me, an ya is, he oughter be throwin up on a lot more a them ferrin folks what wants us ta fix all they problems, but ain’t never willin ta help us none. Iffen they was ta act that way here inna hills, they’d have ta raise they own barns, that be shore nuff. Had us a city feller tried ta move out here oncet. I recollect he were allus tellin folks bout them there Movado watches his company were sellin. Good nuff watches, but he were never wantin ta help folks out wi’ all t’ workin. Come a big blow an he we outa a roof, he were wantin ta pay folks fer helpin. Folks jes didden take kindly ta they good neighborness havin a price stuck on it. He moved on outa here t’ next year.

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Colonel Sanders’ finger-lickin’ formula is locked away in a bank vault in Louisville, Ky. In fact, the KFC people are so serious about keeping the ingredients under wraps that two separate companies are used to blend the spices, so neither possesses the complete recipe.

…well now, ain’t that a fit. It ain’t like it’s even home cooked er nothin. I woulden be givin away m’ gramma’s cider recipes, but chicken be jes chicken. That there stuff, had some oncet, an it weren’t even hardly done. I kin make better wi’ m’ eyes clesed. But I be guessin them city folks got too much ta do ta bother wi’ a homecooked meal, so they be likin it well enuff. Jes goes ta show what ya lose when ya lives inna city.

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Unable to prevent the use of the word “spam” to represent unwanted email messages, the Hormel company now uses all-capital letters in referencing its canned pork product.

…dunno why they be wantin ta stop it anyhow. I read somewheres oncet that even bad publicity be good punlicity iffen it keep folks talkin bout what ya be sellin. I be guessin that’s why all them pollitickin folks got they signs up all over. Down t’ valley, cain’t walk two feet wi’out seein a politics sign. Folks even got em in they winders. T’ rich ones got em in they carports. Ya cain’t git away from it. I be bettin t’ spam folks done made a lot more money now that folks be usin they name ever day.

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Matt Majikas holds a Guinness Book record for playing miniature golf for 24 hours straight. During that time, he traversed more than 35 miles of faux grass and completed 3,035 holes.

…hmph. What a waste a time. He coulda been doin somethin useful. Kids t’day be like that, though. Cousin Macie’s boys be allus after new stuff fer they computers. I hear any more whinin fer a memory upgrade, I won’t be a goin back no time soon. Iffen I lazed around so much as that there golfin feller, I’d be needin ME a memory upgrade, along wi’ a thinkin upgrade too. Don make no sense, folks fritterin away they lives chasin a tiny ball round a plastic field. Oughgter plow it up an raise cattle, that’s what.

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When I started blogging, I was very firm that, at my age, I was way too old to be taught new tricks, and I was NOT going to be making any attempts at making any videos. Then my daughter got a chance to do a video describing the freshwater pearls from PearlParadise.com. The pearl strand they sent her was absolutely fabulous. Then, later, when I got the chance to do the same thing, I jumped at it. Afterwards, I came to my senses and panicked. Video? ME? Ah, well. I gave it a try. Below you will find my very first video attempt. Please be kind!

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After Doyle killed off the popular Sherlock Holmes in the mid 1890’s, over 20,000 readers of The Strand (the magazine the stories were published in) cancelled their subscriptions. Later, a reluctant Doyle brought the character back to life for a series of further adventures.

…that there makes me recollect a feller I knowed oncet. Got tired a his life an called in dead one mornin. Really. Played like he were dead an took a new name fer awhile. Name was t’ one onna watch he done stole somewheres, Movado. Were t’ stealin what made him change his name. Cops were looking fer him wi’ his real one. They did find him later on, or so I be recollectin. My memory ain’t so good, mebbe not.

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Picky linguists will tell you that the feminine version of “dude” is “dudine,” not “dudette.”

…ain’t never heard a THAT afore now, that’s fer sure. An I don’ think I am gonna be findin any folks round here what b’lieves it iffen I tell em, neither. Not even Maisy, an she be t’ most gullible pwoman I be knowin. She allus be up here tryin ta tell me stuff, like las time, wi’ her brand new set a easy green bean recipes. What ya need a recipe for? Jes cook em is all, wi’ salt an mebbe a bit a bacon fat. No recipe involed. She done found a thang where ya mix em wi’ some soup er nother. Taint right.

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A cricket’s ears aren’t located on its head, but just above the knee on its front legs.

…do tell. I allus thought there were somethin funny bout them thangs. Y’ kin use em as fish bait, but othern that, they be jes a blame pain inna… well, never mind. Y’know, Cousin Mable brung her boys up here last summer an sent em out ta play, an I thought we was havin a whole swarm a them thangs, from t’ sound of it… them boys done brought up they rc helicopters toys, an t’ racket were jes like it. T’ thangs they done come up wi’ fer kids these days. Hmph.

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Legendary American entertainer Bob Hope was born in England with the name Leslie Townes Hope. His family picked up and moved to Cleveland when he was two.

…I never knowed he weren’t American. I usta sit an watch him at t’ drive in down inna valley when I were a girl. Couldn’t really hear much ta see iffen he had a ferrin accent though… t’ theater seating weren’t much back then, mostly hay bales an sech, cause we was inna back of t’ pickup, an t’ speakers were up front, so’s we didden hear much. Were lotsa fun, though.

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