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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
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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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