Thank you, Deb Fuller, for such a lovely piece on Southern life. You
     and the author Bailey White should write a book together.

     To add to your clever comment about sandwiches and picnics, I always
     liked the saying heard from Molly Ivins, "Well, he's not the brightest
     porch light on the block."

     Linda Nakamura
     Museum of Ophthalmology
     San Francisco
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Subject: Re: Hush Puppy
Author:  [log in to unmask] (Robert T. Handy) at INTERNET
Date:    8/28/98 2:26 PM


Love it!  I know some people like that.  Their lineage is generally not too
pure.  Good deal of that in this county.  I don't think I have met many
people lately who aren't cousins to the County Judge.  He kinda acts that
way too.


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From:   Deb Fuller[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Friday, August 28, 1998 2:04 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: Hush Puppy

At 12:50 PM 8/28/98 -0400, you wrote:

>Hey, y'all - As a transplanted Yankee, bless my heart, I must jump in and
>say that one of the most felicitous expressions I have come across is "She
>was two hush puppies shy of a seafood plate," spoken of one who wasn't
>quite all there.  And of course the ubiquitous "Bless his / her heart,"
>said of someone who, for one reason or other, is "just a mess."

That's too funny.  My favorite one up until that one was, "She's just a few
sandwiches short of a picnic."

Deb

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