chuckv97 - Posted - 10/11/2021:  11:59:15

Judge Hangum declared a mistrial and invited everyone to meet him at Grim Jim’s Barre & Grille.

Unfortunately Jim had a grudge

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/11/2021:  16:56:24

with the Judge.

It happened

OM45GE - Posted - 10/12/2021:  03:16:49

to be something from many years ago.

It seems that Jim

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/12/2021:  07:46:13

and the judge were at once, both in a local bluegrass band.



At that time

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chuckv97 - Posted - 10/12/2021:  08:52:01

the Judge played banjo , planting only his pinkie finger.



Jim sternly admonished him

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Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/12/2021:  11:08:05

, insisting on a two finger plant to which the Judge complied, but indicated his contempt of the situation by engaging his “social finger” (which was NOT planted) in a visual salute to Jim.

This was the start

OM45GE - Posted - 10/12/2021:  16:28:21

of several decades of animosity.

It go so bad

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/14/2021:  03:57:12

that at one point both parties were banned from BHO participation.

Eventually

OM45GE - Posted - 10/14/2021:  09:31:09

they decided to take their disagreement out back for some fisticuffs.

It was too late for

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/14/2021:  10:05:01

most revelers to witness the fight, seeing as it was 2am.

Haymakers were thrown

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/14/2021:  16:09:02

and painfully received until exhaustion turned to boredom.

In the end

OM45GE - Posted - 10/14/2021:  18:09:47

they decided to settle their differences over a few drafts beers at the local pub.



Nobody knows exactly how

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chuckv97 - Posted - 10/14/2021:  20:31:37

they ended up at Dora’s Rooming House.

Dora’s “girls”

OM45GE - Posted - 10/15/2021:  02:17:51

were quite adept at kissing boo boos and making them better.

The two pugilists had a lot

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/15/2021:  06:14:38

in common and soon became fast friends.

Eventually

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/15/2021:  09:37:17

they ran off to California together.

They bought a tandem bicycle

OM45GE - Posted - 10/15/2021:  10:31:34

and pedaled their asses all across the state.

They were widely known

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/16/2021:  17:09:48

as “Jim and the Judge Traveling 2 Man Band” wherever they went.

On Thanksgiving Day

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/16/2021:  17:18:41

they dressed up as pumpkins and entered the Parade at Needles, CA.

But an unexpected flat tire

OM45GE - Posted - 10/16/2021:  17:52:49

prevented them from marching in the parade.

Their disappointment was

BobZilla - Posted - 10/16/2021:  18:31:53

the lack of free tacos.
Sometimes I just feel like

OM45GE - Posted - 10/17/2021:  02:42:02

a natural woman.



Other times I

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chuckv97 - Posted - 10/17/2021:  05:57:39

it’s just natural to be gone.

I don’t remember the ‘70’s

OM45GE - Posted - 10/17/2021:  08:25:57

which I believe proves that I was there.

On the other hand, I don’t

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/17/2021:  09:18:22

really remember not remembering.

I will

OM45GE - Posted - 10/17/2021:  17:24:22

look through my old photographs if I can remember where I put them.

They may provide

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/17/2021:  17:30:25

clues as to why certain younger folks keep calling me Daddy.

Free love

OM45GE - Posted - 10/18/2021:  03:30:20

is a myth propagated my people who’ve never been in love.

My ex-wives

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/18/2021:  10:30:32

have all of my money.

I’m so broke

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/18/2021:  11:04:25

I can’t pay attention. (drum roll)

My fridge is empty

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/18/2021:  11:28:17

because I can’t even afford free samples.

I’m so poor

OM45GE - Posted - 10/18/2021:  17:56:47

I can’t afford to spend the night.

It’s mighty strange, without any doubt

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/19/2021:  08:36:30

or debt I’d be rich.

If I had Johnny’s cash and Charlie’s pride

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/19/2021:  10:28:53

Greatest hits albums my record collection would be complete.

As it is

OM45GE - Posted - 10/20/2021:  03:56:11

I couldn’t listed to every album if I lived to 100.

My wife thinks

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/20/2021:  06:37:38

I have too many guitars and banjos.

Compared

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/20/2021:  07:40:50

to her shoe collection, which clogs up 3 closets, my paltry 27 instruments is nothing.

She mostly wears old sneakers

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/20/2021:  08:10:53

so I can’t hear when she’s sneaking up on me.

Last time

OM45GE - Posted - 10/20/2021:  17:08:42

she tried that was a total failure.

For one thing, she forgot that I

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/21/2021:  12:57:43

can hear a safety pin come undone in a crowded outhouse.

Another

KyBanjo - Posted - 10/21/2021:  15:57:41

thing is that I stay in touch with all my ex wives as you never know when you may need one.

You should

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/21/2021:  16:14:51

never burn bridges behind you.

My last life’s journey bridge

OM45GE - Posted - 10/21/2021:  16:57:10

was used by bungee jumpers.

They liked

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/22/2021:  07:23:39

glazed, Old Fashioned donuts with morning coffee.

Occasionally

chuckv97 - Posted - 10/22/2021:  07:48:53

a stale apple fritter riles up their culinary sensibilities.

Never question a hole in a

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 10/22/2021:  08:07:05

-n outhouse door.

There’s a reason

OM45GE - Posted - 10/22/2021:  10:05:37

why it wasn’t covered years ago.

If you’ve ever sat

KyBanjo - Posted - 10/22/2021:  10:56:26

on a splintered board you would know for sure.

Modern outhouses have

AGACNP - Posted - 10/22/2021:  13:17:50

an advantage in that they are built with Trex or some other modern equivalent.

This is much different from chicken coops, in that they