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If I had a blog called "Snapshots from a Small Town" I would type in tiny little entries like this:
Yesterday at the city council meeting I got up from my chair and got my foot caught on the leg of the table and nearly fell down. A heavyset lady about my mom's age chuckled and said, "You're as bad as me. Look at this bruise I got..." and then pulled her top down and showed me her black and green breast.
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During the summer I rode in the back of a truck for a parade and to make things more interesting I blew bubbles all along the parade route. Now there are people in town who call me "Bubbles" which is a stripper name.
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Every year my town dams up a creek that runs through town next to the kiddie park and stock it with fish. The weekend before July 4th we have our summer festival and a fishing derby for the kids. Two or three nights before the derby the police have to sit by this pool and keep grown redneck men from fishing in it. One year someone didn't adequately aerate the pool and the day of the derby we all sat on the banks with our children and watched fish float to the top, belly up, one at a time. The kids were wading in catching comatose fish and yelling, "I got one!"
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I grew up in this town and am the daughter of an often-known business woman who is well-respected, but not always popular. (People either really like her or really don't like her.) In my town when you meet people they want to know who you are related to. When I tell them who my mom is they say, "Oh yeah, I know your mom..." except I can never tell if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
... Except I don't have a blog like that.
FML...*LOL*
ReplyDeleteActually your small town Blog sounds familiar...ahhh!
I'm posting pics later, I'm at my mom's. I drove through small towns to get here. I have a pic of a store, that's the whole town.It sells red worms which are in a container in the cold case, that holds everything else...ahhh!
weird what's out there in blogosphereland, huh?
ReplyDeletewell, I couldn't get it to load but I saw the title LOL I'll try again in a lil bit. I loved YOUR small town ha ha I guess I'm on the really like your mom side but that's your fault for making her sound so cute :D
ReplyDeleteNow that might become a favorite new site for when I'm feeling sorry for myself.
ReplyDeleteI love small towns. There's one near me that has an Oatmeal Festival every year. I'm thinking we'll go, get some fiber, meet the Oatmeal Queen.
ReplyDeletehmmm...I want to know more about this small town...who's the mayor and what's their 4th of July picnic like? Is this the birth of another Lake Wobegone or just a passing fancy? What else is lurking in that mind of yours?
ReplyDeletei have a dad like your mom.....
ReplyDelete"The kids were wading in catching comatose fish and yelling, "I got one!"'
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahahaha!
@Neen... see you need your own small town blog. Your niche could be "small towns that consist of only one building"!!!
ReplyDelete@Funnyrunner... that's the charm of it.
@Kathy... she IS cute. Sometimes.
@Mama Goose... same here. It made me feel like I'm not the only weirdness magnet in the world.
@Lawyer Mom... my brother is trying to talk me into working on a White Bass Tournament for our town. He says he thinks a beauty pageant to go with it would be cool, to appoint a "Miss White Bass", then later mentions how funny it would be if her "B" got "accidentally" whited out. Is my brother 12? No, he's not. He's older than me by 8 years which makes him nearly ancient.
@Victoria, in honor of you I might have to make this a regular feature "Small Town Snapshot Sunday" or something!
@Artist Victoria... congratulations and also my condolences. :D
@MJ... glad to see you back!
Bubbles. I love it. As far as stripper names go, though, it's not bad.... You've cured me of ever wanting to live in a small town, though. ;o)
ReplyDeletePaige, while I actually LOVE my town, I wouldn't say it's indicative of idyllic small town life. :D While rough around the edges it certainly does give a lot to write about!
ReplyDeleteGreat site -- look at this posting:
ReplyDeleteToday, after taping 5-year-olds do a skit at an improv camp, I used the camera's view-finder to zoom in on a female co-worker's chest. Another female co-worker tapped me on the shoulder to show that the TV was still connected to the camera. Parents, kids, and instructors all witnessed it.
How funny!!! YOu know, life is funny if you just stop and listen!
Too bad you don't have a blog like that. I would be a lot of fun!
ReplyDelete@Shannon, you need to go post that at the web site I mentioned. I'm sure you'd get LOTS of votes on that one!
ReplyDelete@Barry, I guess that would make two votes for "Small Town Snapshot Sunday"!! :) I'll start collecting!