dialectal "from the home" /of the home

[Jonathan Lighter]

Thank you, Marsha.  I've known that story for half my life but never had a chance to tell it till now.  It's a good'un.

JL
arsha Alley <marshaalley at MSN.COM> wrote:
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Poster: Marsha Alley
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I'm sorry...I just have to tell Jonathan he made me LOL for real this =
dreary rainy morn. Thank you!

Reminds me of a bar fight I got myself stuck in the middle of in Austin =
in '96. Two women fighting over a cowboy. Lordy, I thought I'd never =
get out in one piece - knives, broken beer bottles, handfuls of hair! =
And the band played on, of course, just louder than before! :-)

Marsha

----- Original Message -----=20
From: Jonathan Lighter=20

The Chief says, "What in blazes is this? I call the Texas Rangers to =
put down a riot and all they send is ONE little ol' Ranger?"

The Ranger shifts his chaw from one side to the other, squirts a brown =
stream o' juice, an' he says, "Hell, they's only ONE little ol' riot, =
ain't they?"


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