Shirlette (middle row , third from left) had anticipated the usual shower, but once again, it had turned into a downpour, flooding everything. The Channel 11 weather man had promised light showers, but, as usual, he was wrong. She wondered if the Truth In Advertising laws might apply; she made a note on her iPhone to email her congressman about it. . . . . David, Sf.G.
While fishing one day, Bubba got a text from his wife that said, “You have to make a choice; give up your fishing and beer, or I’m leaving.” He texted back, “I’m sure gonna miss you! Who’s gonna clean the fish and wash down the boat if you go?” . . . . David, Sf.G.
As Jimmy and Cyndie (front) swam by, Hank (back) said to Kenny (also back), “She’s kinda cute, ain’t she?” “But look at the size of the beak on her!” “Pay no attention to that old coot,” said Jimmy, “He’s just been drinking to much of that swamp water, and he’s uncouth to begin with”. . . . . David, Sf.G.
While listening to Rush Limbaugh on AM radio one day, Keith heard an ad for colored contact lenses that claimed they could change your life. He wondered if he got blue contacts if he would sing like Frank Sinatra, “Old Blue Eyes”, his musical hero . . . . David, Sf.G.
Almost every night, Bob Jim and Suzie came down to the dock on the bayou to watch the sunset and enjoy the calm before the storm which was the ten o’clock news. The two needed a little calm before hearing about tornadoes, fires, Benghazi, the IRS scandal, reporters’ phones tapped, North Korea firing missiles, arsenic found in chickens and who knew what else? . . . . . David, Sf.G.
As the sun sank slowly in the west, Jimmy asked his father how dark it would get with no moon out. “Darker than Washington politics,” was all his father said.. . . . David, Sf.G.