Throckmorton P. Turdblossom “The Country Boy Advice Column”
by Throckmorton P. Turdblossom on 12/06/12 at 4:32 pm
These folks aren't 'good old boys'....In fact, call any of the men folk a 'boy' and you might get a knuckle sandwich!
Got me a question about “good old boys.”
How old do you have to be to be called a “good old boy?”
Is there a difference between being an “old boy” and a “good old boy?”
Frank Earnest Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Dear Frank,
Actually, that was two questions that are both about the same thing.
If’n you gotta ask what a good old boy is, you probably ain’t one.
Yes, there is a diffence between saying “I was talking to this old boy at the filling station” and “there’s this good old boy down at the filling station.” Being an “old boy” isn’t quite as noble.
I heard someone describe it many years ago when Dandy Don Merideth, Frank Gifford, and Howard Cosell was doing Monday Night Football. They said that Don is a “good old boy,” Frank might become one, and Cosell will never be one.
Some folks that can’t never be good old boys are politicians, used car salesmen, door to door salesmen (basically salesmen in general), community organizers, and child molestors.
Some folks that are almost always good old boys are the retired men who take their time to work with the boy scouts, folks who are willing to pull over and help you push your car when you break down, men who will stop and buy a poppy from a Vet on Veteran’s Day, and folks who stop and put their hand on their heart when the American flag passes by.
Being a good old boy ain’t got nothing to do with race or religion or age. It’s those people who really do what Jesus said and love their neighbor as themselves, even if they don’t believe in Jesus.
Being a good old boy is more a state of mind and heart than a state of residence. Men who are don’t brag about it, but they do recognize and respect the quality in others.
The world needs more good old boys and less political correctness.
TPT
Today’s Observation From Throckmorton P. Turdblossom: Today’s letter comes from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I wonder which one of Jackson’s holes the town was named after and whether Jackson was a man or a woman?
Wortham
Jun 13th, 2012
Geez Bargis,
You’re getting sentimental AND patriotic in your old age. Better cut back on the Geritol. Maybe boost the Red Bull too It’s all good.
Cheers from Cheese Land,
Wortham
Bargis
Jun 13th, 2012
Yes, the red-white-and blue site here..No Miley stuff, but an occasional dig at Mark Lowton via a story that remarkably rings to the point. Feel free to contribute a story if you like, let me know and I’ll set up a author slot for you..BTW your site is a hoot and I wonder why that angle hasn’t been covered before! Plenty of material there!
Captain america
Jun 14th, 2012
….MORE P.M. IN THE A.M.!!!!!!!!,,,,MORE SATIFYING THAN A BM!
I THINK HE INVENTED CHEEZ WHIZZ…..IN HIS WORKSHOP!