Eatin' Habits

CARTOON CRISIS

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
Ole R.E. Cline, our couch potato reporter read my article "Learnin' To Read" lamenting the demise of real "Comic Books". He says they ain't all that todays younuns are missin'.
COUCH POTATO REPORT- CARTOON CRISIS
I can remember when Saturday mornings and every afternoon TV was geared to children. There were cartoons, real cartoons, not this Pokemon and Digimon garbage. What's up with all the people having pointed chins and ears. Haven't their artist ever seen normal people.
Network television is almost completely devoid of real cartoons. Theirs are all dragons or characters that look like they were made for Public Broadcasting.
What happened to "Bugs Bunny", "Tom and Jerry", "Popeye" and all the other good stuff. I know you can find some of this on the Cartoon Network sandwiched between the twenty four hour marathons of "Scooby Doo", but why should parents have to buy cable or a satellite for their children to get to watch decent cartoons.
This is America People, we are supposed to own the airwaves. Just because cartoons can be seen on expensive cable and satellite stations does not mean that the major Networks don't have an obligation to provide decent cartoons for the rest of us.
I miss "Yogi Bear" and especially "Boo Boo." I may be a couch potato without cable but that doesn't mean I should be discriminated against. I would sit down and write a letter to the FCC and complain about the situation but that might make me miss the next infomercial on my favorite network.
I'm R.E. Cline with the Couch Potato Report.

Since I haven't been able to post much the last week I am adding a comic today too. Check out the one below.

Thank ya'll so much for the comics and the feed back. When I get a chance I want to share some of the feedback with ya'll so keep checking.

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Sirens and Excitement

LEARNIN' TO READ

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
I hear people talkin' all time about younguns not being able to read. Not only are they not able to read when they are in grammar school (I don't think they call it grammar school anymore because they don't teach that much grammar) but they can't read when they graduate from High School.
I've always said that not reading is just as bad as not being able to read. I have always loved to read and I can trace my love of readin' all the way back to when I was a youngun. I loved comic books. My uncle worked for a 5 and 10 cent store,(they ain't none of them around no more). They were sort of like dollar stores are today, they were filled withe a big assortment of cheap stuff.
They sold comic books in the 5 and 10 cent store and when they would bring in the new issues they would tear the covers off the old ones and throw them away. My uncle would get the old ones and put them in a box and bring them to me. I would love to see him coming with a box of comics. I would read them all, even the ones I didn't particularly like. Back then there were the 10 cent comics which were your regular price and the 25 cent comics which were thick and were special issues.
Most adults felt like you were wastin' your time readin' them ole comic books. Maybe so but I learned a lot of words and most of all I learned to love readin'.
When I was a youngun they had comic books in all the 5 and 20 cent stores, some grocery stores, and in all the drugstores. You could find them almost anywhere. I was in the bookstore yesterday and I went lookin' to see if I could find some comic books. I found 'em.I was sorta shocked and it shore saddened me.
They had books they called comic books, they was all fancy bound and the cheapest one I saw was about $14.99. (As spoiled as younguns are today they still can't afford that). Most of them were of characters that looked like little foreigners like you see on Saturday mornin cartoons. Some looked like heavy metal lookin' characters and I didn't see a talkin' dog or duck among 'em.
What happened to Donald Duck, Sad Sack, and Combat? Where are the cheap little books on cheap paper that younguns can afford and that they enjoy? They seem to be gone and I don't know where or why.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'. No wonder younguns can't read. No one is publishin' anything that they want to read or that they can afford. Whatchall think?
Ya'll send me an e-mail to bo@bolumpkin.com or just click on the comments below. If ya'll run up on any comics or as we used to call them funny books how about letting me know.

Ya'll check out my comic strip below. I posted twice today because I have a new character for the comics.

Sarge Retired

LEARNIN'

DID YA'LL NOTICE?

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
I've been thinkin' about how gas prices went up to nearly $4 a gallon. They are back down around $1.50 a gallon now. Don't get me wrong, I ain't complainin' about them goin' down. I was just wonderin' why all that stuff that went up because gas was so high is still up even thought gas prices have come down.
I understood that they would need to raise the prices in restaurants and in grocery stores because of high gas prices. I even understood why the gas company that delivers my propane added a $4 charge for delivering my propane(even though I am on a monthly route).
The thing I don't understand is why things are not going back down. I realize that the news media keeps telling us the economy is bad but if that is the case why are prices still as high as they were when the economy was good.
I reckon some things are just too complicated for a pore old ignorant country boy like me to understand. One thing I do understand though is that until they quit charging me to stop at my house and sell me propane I'm goin' to be usin' my electric heaters and if that gets too high I've got a lot of trees that could be turned into firewood. You don't have to have a degree in economics to fight back if you are hard headed enough.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin', I reckon we have a little something to say about the economy by how we spend our money.
Ya'll leave me a comment or send me an email to bo@bolumpkin.com

CPR -THE COUCH POTATO REPORT

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
I ain't the only one whose been thinkin'. Today I want to share some comments from R.E. Cline. He is thinkin' about administerin' a little CPR- Couch Potato Report on a semi-regular basis. If he decides to do that I will put a link on my site so you can just click on it to go there. So here is a sample,

The Couch Potato Report

We are living in an amazing time especially as far as television and other news media go. We just had a president elected mostly by the media. We are in the midst of a financial crises, created mostly by the media and the problem is even their entertainment programing stinks.
I used to enjoy sit-coms. Sit-com stands for situation comedy. The problem is now that there is a whole lot more situation than there is comedy. There is not one of them on TV now that is fit for a family to sit down and watch together. Most of the so called drama shows are not much better. It seems that they take the worst of what is in the news and dramatize to make their programs. I am beginning to wonder if the writers ever settled their strike. I couldn't tell the difference when they were on strike and when they came back.
We have all always complained about commercials but I think they are scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas. If you want to entice someone to buy your product you should at least make sure they know what you are selling. Sometimes I really don't know what is being advertised and when I do the commercials really don't make me want to go out and spend my money.
I think they really ought to get creative on some of these insurance commercials. The same company uses a green lizard in one commercial and a cave man in another. I think it would be really funny to put them both in one commercial except if he were really a caveman they would probably come on the set and find the caveman roasting the lizard on a stick.
What's with the King on the Burger King commercials. Would you really trust him around your children? I'm still trying to figure out what the deal is with the two goobers at Sonic. They must be appealing to someone, they have been selling chili dogs and tater tots for several years now.
I'm R.E. Cline, your professional Couch Potato and this is my report.

TUCKERED OUT

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
I reckon that's about all I've been doin' is thinkin' and I've had me a pretty bad spell of writer's block. Actually I ain't had time to do the research that I should have been doin'. Things get hectic around this time of year, what with all the ball games, the family gatherin's, the programs at church, visitin' them what has the miserables and all and sometimes I feel like the man who got on his horse and rode off in all directions. Sometimes I get all tuckered out just tryin' to keep up with what's goin' on.
The bad thing about it is that I've got all sorts of gadgets that are supposed to make keeping up easier. I bought me one of them electronic personal information managers but I can't figure out how to get anything from it onto my computer. I have to type it in there and then I have to copy it to my computer so I don't use it anymore. I bought me one of them ipod's so I could show people my pictures and movies and it didn't work right either so I took it back and got another one. I hope it works but I reckon it ain't goin' to help me do much writin' or drawin'. I bought me a digital voice recorder so I could just talk into it when I get an idea and since I bought it I haven't had an idea.
I am about to run out of places to carry things when I go anywhere.I usually carry my laptop, my camera, my cell phone, my ipod, and the digital recorder. I have so many cases I look like a bell hop.
I guess some folks are worse than I am, especially about cell phones. I know a fellow who doesn't have a car, he doesn't have any furniture but he just bought a new cell phone and pays about $70.00 a month for his service.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin' if ya'll know of any new gadget out there that will make my life easier don't let me know. I'm so busy now with all these gadgets I ain't got time to learn how to use it.
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Honest Mistakes

Whoppers

BOOMER THE MIGHTY HUNTER

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'. In just about every country and every culture there is a rite of passage into growing up. I reckon around here it is when you kill your first deer.
Boomer came by the other day with his huntin' clothes on and he still had blood on them and I knew by that shy smile he had on his face he had killed a deer. He didn't want to just come right out and announce it even though he was about to bust so I let him off the hook.
"Boomer," I said, "What is that all over your clothes? Did you spill something on yourself?"
"No sir," he smiled, "Me and my daddy just got through cleaning a deer."
"Did your daddy kill one today?" I asked, knowin' the answer.
"No sir," he smiled, "I killed it. It was a little five point but daddy said it was a real good first deer."
I went on over him and made a fuss and it really tickled him and it did me too just to see him so happy. He went through every detail from the time they left the house to the time they got through cleaning it. I knew then that he was a real hunter. The real joy of huntin' ain't in the killin', it's in the sharin', it's in the experience of a daddy and a son spendin' time together and doin' somethin' special. Most of all it's in the tellin'. He'll be tellin' that story for the rest of his life. If I had a little more time I'd tell you about my first one, even though I don't hunt much anymore except with a camera, I still remember all the stories, and when I get around a bunch of other men I still tell 'em.
To be honest with you, my first deer was illegal and the game wardens took him. They took my deer but they can't ever take away the story. Boomer now has a story. I hope he has many more to come but this one will always be special.
Before Boomer left I asked him if his brother Arlis had killed a deer. Boomer just shook his head, "I think Arlis is too lazy to hunt. About the only way he would kill one is if it come in the house and got between him and the TV."
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin', I am afraid I've got more in common with Arlis than Boomer these days when it comes to huntin'. About the only way I'm likely to get another one is in self-defense.
Whatchall been thinkin'? I'd sure like to know and I bet there are a lot of folks who read this that would like to know too. Leave me a comment, or you can send me an email to bo@bolumpkin.com and tell me about the exciting things goin' on in your life.

Taller Than That

Hi yall, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'. When deer huntin' season opens it sure does liven up the conversation down at the Grab Sum Grub. Everybody wants to talk about deer huntin'. I even like to talk about it myself, I don't hunt much now. I ain't near as mad at 'em as I used to be I reckon.
Huntin' has changed considerable since I was a young man. We enjoyed it back then but what we really enjoyed most was havin' deer meat on the table. I know the proper name for deer meat is venison but I didn't know it then. Back then it was just deer meat and I still think of it that way.
Somewhere along the way folks quit huntin' deer for the meat and started huntin' for horns. Them horns don't even make good soup but some folks are just right proud of them. They brag about how wide a spread they were and how long the main beam was and all that. They even have professional folks that will measure them and give them a certain number of points.
Me and Old Odis was sittin' and listening to a bunch of them talk about these trophy racks they was collectin' and having mounted and hanging on their walls in their mobile homes. Old Odis lives in an old converted bus down by the river and I reckon he has killed more game and caught more fish than anyone I know but he still does it for the meat. One of them was talking about killing an 8 point with a twenty inch spread. He knew Odis probably had killed more deer than everyone else in the room but he also knew Odis wasn't a trophy hunter. "Odis," he said, "I'll bet you never killed a deer over twenty inches have you?"
Old Odis just got up and turned to go, "Yep, I killed lots of 'em."
The guy knew Old Odis was prone to stretch the truth and he said, "You mean you have killed a deer over twenty inches."
Old Odis just shrugged, "Shoot yeah, I've killed a lot of does taller than that," and Odis walked out the door without seeing how the other's reacted.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin', this is one time Old Odis was probably tellin' the truth. Odis still hunts for food and I reckon it don't make much more sense to rate a deer on the size of it's horns than it does to rate a man on his hat size.
Whatchall think about it? Leave me a comment or maybe you even have a good deer story you want to share with everyone. Either leave a comment or send me an email to bo@bolumpkin.com

Good Melon

Hi ya'll, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.

Ain't it amazin how much louder temptation knocks than opportunity. I reckon just about everybody gets tempted sooner or later and a whole lot of the time our resistance depends a whole lot on whose lookin'.

I was down at the Grab Sum Grub early one mornin' last week when Bro. Ben Shorter, pastor of the Gatorhead Baptist Church, stopped by the round table and sat with all us coffee drinkers. He hadn't been in all week and someone asked him where he'd been.

"I went down to the Hilton in Jackson for the week. We had a Bible conference there. One of the bellhops told me that he didn't particularly like these Baptist meetings. He said "All these Baptist preachers get here with the Ten Commandments in one hand and a hundred dollar bill in the other and they try to leave without breaking either one of them."

One of the men spoke up and said, "I don't reckon outside the preachin' and singin' there is much excitement that goes on at one of them conferences is there?"

Bro. Ben just smiled, "Well we didn't have too much excitement at ours other than in the services but that same bellhop told me about the last conference another denomination had there. He said that they had a group of salesmen there for a convention at the same time and both groups had a banquet scheduled on the same night. The Hotel had prepared angel food cake for the preachers for dessert and they had prepared spiked watermelon for the salesmen. Someone in the kitchen got the two banquets mixed up and sent the cake to the salesmen and the spiked watermelon to the preachers."

"I'll bet that really got some folks riled up," I said.

"The bellhop said it really didn't seem to upset anyone. He said the salesmen liked the cake well enough and a good many of the preachers were seen putting those watermelon seeds in their pockets."
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin', Whatchall been thinkin'. Leave me a comment or send me an email to bo@bolumpkin.com. I'd shore like to share some of them thoughts with my other readers.(Both of 'em)

SOUND IDEAS

Model Citizens

Getting Attention

THINGS HAVE BEEN HECTIC

FEEDBACK
Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'. I'm always lookin' for ways to improve my output on this site. Feedback is important so I want ya'll to help me out. Be sure and send me some good stuff. I know something funny is bound to be happening to some of you or your kin. It is a whole lot easier to tell something on someone else than it is on yourself.
One of the improvements I'd like to make is to have some reader input. If ya'll know of a funny story that really happened to someone you can email it to me and I'll use it. You might just want to send me an email with some suggestions or just an opinion. If you have a really funny picture you want to share I might like to publish that. (Make it sort of original like one you or a friend took. All those that get forwarded to everyone have already been seen.)
I know this ain't Americas Funniest Home videos but if you have a funny one you have made send it and I might can use it. The purpose of this Website is to have fun and entertain.
I would like to get as many visitors to this page as possible so be sure and tell your friends about it or email it to them. I will be putting part of this on the site on a regular basis but I will try to add a comic or something new when I do. (People don't usually go into the archives to read something like this so I need to do it regular to remind everyone.)
Thank ya'll for readin' and especially thank ya'll for the comments. They are what makes it all worth the effort.

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Things have been hectic this weekend so I just decided to run this again.

Sh left this comment I want all of you to see
Don't tell me you people have no comment. I have spent time with most of you and you always comment and have opinions.

Executive Decision

What Are You Looking For

LIVE PUPPIES

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.

I heard on the news the other day about some folks with a litter of puppies and they were broadcasting video over the internet with a live-cam. The news people were amazed that over 8 million people had tuned in to watch the puppies.
I have to say I was a might surprised at this myself. Ya'll know me and know that I am always trying to find ways to reach a bigger audience and them puppies sure did get me to thinkin'.
Don't be surprised if you see me try some new things. I might just put me a video feed from a pig pen on the internet. There are probably a lot of folks who would like to visit the Hog-Cam and watch a bunch of little piglets as they wallered in the mud and feedin' time might just remind them of their last family reunion.
I might even try a camera in the garden next spring for those who don't want quiet that much excitement. They could tune in to the Tomater-Cam and watch the plants grow and bloom and eventually put on tomaters. I could finish up with a great finally of me slicing a tomater and eatin' a tomater sandwich.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin', I reckon some of us will do whatever it takes to attract an audience. It would be a whole lot easier if all of you would just get yer friends to visit me at this site.
Leave me a comment or send me an e-mail to bo@bolumpkin.com.

The Cost of Government

Tuition

Changes

Comments

Hey, Ya'll need to check out the comments at the bottom of each comic strip and some of the writin's. Sh has left some good comments( some of 'em are better than the comic strips).

Leave a comment of your own. Help make this a more fun place for everyone
Thanks for the comments.

Changing With Age

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin.
It is amazin' how much we change over the years. What we want out of life, what we do for entertainment, all changes as we get older.
I was talkin' to an old friend the other day. In his younger days he spent most of his time either huntin' or fishin'. I think the only reason he worked was to support his huntin' and fishin'. I asked him the other day if he was getting ready to go deer huntin'.He answered, "Naw, I don't hunt much. I guess I jest ain't mad at them deer no more."
I then asked him if he had been doing much fishin', "Naw," he answered, "I pretty much always been to sorry fer much work but now I done got too sorry to hunt and fish."
I would have felt kind of sorry for him if what he said hadn't hit me so close to home.
I've heard folks say that when we get older it's time to slow down but I ain't so sure about that. We stay pretty busy with our grandchildren and then there is visiting the sick and attending funerals.
It takes a lot longer to do most stuff so that takes up more time. In old age we've accumulated more junk to keep up and more stuff to sort through before decidin' not to throw anything away.
As we get older we do go to bed a lot earlier though. We don't do that so we can get more rest. We do that so that we can get up an hour or so before daylight so we don't miss anything the next day.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin', things certainly do change but gettin' old ain't really so bad when you consider the alternative. I do like to be amongst my friends but I don't won't them to be peerin' in and sayin' "Don't old Bo look natural?"

Criticism

Keep It Secret

Work Ethics

Better and Faster

READER REPLY TO HELP US UNDERSTAND

"david you need to set the mouse trap" david we have a mouse. you need to set the trap. david me or the mouse is going to go today.so

far i'm still here.

as the mother and mother-in-law of young ladies, i felt the need to share that men are incapable of taking a hint, won't listen to nagging or complaining or explaining. The only way to get results is to tell the whole story with a oneliner...This ^&*# has to go. I need $??? this week. I need you to put air in my tire. Paint the carnish this week the appraiser is coming Tuesday.

LETTER FROM READER

I'm not real sure what you would do about that goat problem....but I've been thinking about getting me a goat to eat my grass. I Laughed with my daughter in law because they bought a horse to eat theirs one time...It didn't take them long to long to figure out the results of that was way worse than grass!!!

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HELP US UNDERSTAND

Hi, Im Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
I've been thinkin' about this communication problem that men and women seem to have. As a matter of fact I've been thinkin' about it for thirty something years. Men have come to the conclusion that we will never know what women are thinkin' and it scares us enough that we ain't sure that we really want to know. We realize that most of us are really insensitive and the truth is most of us just can't help that. We can't guess what it is that you want, you have to spell it out and it is best if you spell it out real slow. These ain't even our biggest problems in communication.
It's bad enough that we ain't intuitive enough to know what you are thinkin' and ain't sensitive enough to know what you want but I have a confession to make. Half the time we don't even know what your are sayin'.
Please don't get me wrong we love ya'll a bunch and we do want to please you (most of the time) and all we really want is for you to be happy and we'll do our best to make you happy if you will just help us. Here are some ways you can help.
When you want us to do something ask us. Don't make a statement about what you want done. If you want us to take out the garbage don't say, "That garbage is beginning to stink." That don't require us to respond because we might not be able to smell it or we might smell it but it don't bother us as much as gettin' up to take it out. If you say, "Would you take the garbage out?"(Saying please ain't mandatory but it is nice), then we will respond usually by taking out the garbage.
This works also with other statements that should be phrased as questions.
"The grass in the backyard is so high I'm afraid of snakes." "My car is almost out of gas and I have to go to work tomorrow." "That tire on my car is still low." "We don't have any milk or bread." "The kids won't go to bed." "The goat got in the garden and wet on the turnip greens." "You didn't shave today."
I reckon I could give more examples but you get the idea. Now just to help us out and help us understand what you are trying to say, go back and read these and see if you can think of a way to put these into the form of a request so we will know what you want.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'. If you would send me an email or a comment on these I might have enough stuff to write for a week.
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Like Family

FISHING

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
I reckon a man is gettin' old when the things he used to enjoy doing tire him out so much that he has to rest up from relaxin'. I took off last week a couple of days and went fishin'.Actually it was more like a couple of days of meditatin'. I did catch fish though, I caught one each day.
I saw one man at the bait shop and asked him if he was goin' fishin'. "Naw," he replied, "It was bad enough a few years back when I got too sorry to work but I've done got too sorry to hunt and fish now." Not only did I not think bad of him, I felt that I had kind of found a kindred spirit.
The one good thing about the fishin' trip was that I let my fishin' buddy have the fish and I didn't have to clean 'em. We didn't catch many fish but we had a pretty good time just visitin' and catchin' up on things. He said he had been real busy lately and it seemed like everything in the world had been comin' up and keepin' him runnin' day and night. He said, "I'll be glad when things get back to normal."
I thought a lot about things gettin' back to normal. I am not sure it is good for things to get back to normal because lately for me normal has been hectic.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'. I kind of wish things would just get back to being calm. That might not be normal but it sure would be nice.
Thank ya'll for readin' and especially thank ya'll for the comments. They are what makes it all worth the effort.

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I CONFESS- IT'S PART MY FAULT

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.

This economic mess has got everybody all stirred up. I reckon there is reason to be stirred up. The bad part about it is all them politicians say they can fix it, usually by spendin' more money. Another thing is they all want to blame it on the other party. To the best of my recollection we've had a president from one party and a congress from the other party for the last several years. Seems to me there is plenty of blame to be accepted as well as throwed around.
People quit spendin' money, mainly I think, 'cause gas went up and we are all so spoiled we just kept on drivin' and buyin' gas and so we didn't have money to buy other stuff. When we quit buyin' stuff people didn't need to make stuff and when people don't make stuff factories close and people lose their job. When people don't have jobs they can't buy stuff, even gasoline, and they stay home and even when gas goes back down they can't afford to buy it. I could keep rantin' and ravin' but you get the picture. It is a vicious cycle and we are headed downhill ridin' with no brakes.
I know you have started thinkin' too. I know you are askin' "How in the world could this be partly Bo's fault?"
I'll tell you how. When I go in and buy something I don't even stop sometimes to see who made it until I get home and start to assemble it. (You can't buy nothin' already put together anymore) It is evident to me then when I go through most of the instruction book and can't find a word I can understand because it is in a foreign language. I usually figure out then that I've got to turn the book over and start from the other side. It is supposedly written in English but usually not by anyone who understands English. I still can't figure out how to assemble whatever it is and then I see that it is made in a foreign country. I remember when we used to have all sorts of little factories and plants that made stuff. Now I see a bunch of excess cargo containers around because we just import stuff. I am as guilty as anyone so I ain't pointing my finger at nobody.
I do know that usin' credit cards to pay monthly bills ain't a good idea. I do know that I was smart enough to buy me a home that I could afford to make payments on even if times got hard. I will defend myself a little though. None of that stock market mess was my fault. I invest most of my money in commodities, utilities and the Health care industry. By that I mean by the time I buy groceries, pay the light bill, and take care of medical bills there ain't much left.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'. I'm going to go out and try to do my best to help this financial mess though.I am going down to the Grab Sum Grub and get me a Yoohoo and a Moon Pie, they are both good American Products.

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FOOTBALL SEASON

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
Football in the South is serious business. I like football and my wife says that I watch too much football on weekends. I really don't understand what she means by too much. I promise I don't watch over 10 hours on Saturday and about 8 hours on Sunday. That ain't no more than 5 or six games a week. I would probably watch more but we ain't got cable.
My wife asks me silly questions about football like, "Are you going to watch football tonight." The answer is always the same, "Only if there is a game on." She will ask, "Who is playing?" If I don't know who happens to be scheduled to play on TV she will say "If you don't know who is playing, how do you know you want to watch it." There is a very simple answer, "I want to watch it because it is football."
I only played football in junior high. I was very small for my age and the coaches used me for a tackle dummy so the big boys wouldn't get hurt. People ask me what position I used to play. I used to play tailback. I know I was a tailback because when I would ask the coach to put me in the game he would yell, "Get your tail back on the bench, Lumpkin."
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin', I wonder if I could convince my wife that gettin' cable would stimulate the economy and possibly save this nation from economic ruin.

A GOOD SCARE

BACK TO BASICS

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.

I have kind of fallen behind on sharin' my thoughts and opinions, which might suit some of you just fine. I've been workin' on several projects at one time and have kind of been like the man that jumped on the horse and rode off in all directions.

I'm going to continue with the comics but I think I need to add more writin'. I am hoping to enhance the comics with more characters and more backgrounds and settings. I hope to improve the comic strips with some sound effects and even some voices from time to time. I hope to get back to making some movies soon.

One of the improvements I'd like to make is to have some reader input. If ya'll know of a funny story that really happened to someone you can email it to me and I'll use it. You might just want to send me an email with some suggestions or just an opinion. If you have a really funny picture you want to share I might like to publish that. (Make it sort of original like one you or a friend took. All those that get forwarded to everyone have already been seen.)

I know this ain't Americas Funniest Home videos but if you have a funny one you have made send it and I might can use it. The purpose of this Website is to have fun and entertain.

I would like to get as many visitors to this page as possible so be sure and tell your friends about it or email it to them. I will be putting part of this on the site on a regular basis but I will try to add a comic or something new when I do. (People don't usually go into the archives to read something like this so I need to do it regular to remind everyone.)

Thank ya'll for readin' and especially thank ya'll for the comments. They are what makes it all worth the effort.

(Special Note: I will be away both Tuesday and Wednesday and will not post anything. I started to tell you I'm going to be out doing research but the truth is I am going fishin' for a couple of days. I hope it will turn into research and I'll get a thought or two to share with you while I'm on the lake)

To watch my videos just go to BO LUMPKIN MOVIES (it's right above my picture) and click.

You can email me at bo@bolumpkin.com or bolumpkin@gmail.com or you can just leave a comment by clicking on comments below.

BO KNOWS

Hey ya'll, I'm still thinkin' and I want ya'll to be sure to leave a comment and check out my videos. I hope to have some new ones soon but I know a bunch of you ain't watched the old ones yet so give them a look. I sure would like to get some good emails sharing your experiences that maybe I could share with the readers. Be sure to keep it clean and don't be too awful mean to nobody. I just want you to help me make this a better place to visit. Be sure and leave a comment.
Bo.

MAKING LAWS

FUTURE PRODUCTION

The Ones Who Make Things Run

T. Joiner
It's not the man that makes words rhyme,or has a part in a play,It's never a sports superstar or actor who saves the day.
It's the average American worker who gets the hard jobs done,

If we should honor anyone,it's the ones who make things run.

It's not the face of some rich girl that we see on TV,

It's not the foreign royalty that means a thing to me.

It's the average American worker who gets the hard jobs done,

If we should honor anyone,it's the ones who make things run.

It's the ones who keep my lights on,and the ones who grow my food,

It's the ones who make the stuff I use that makes my life so good.

It's the average American worker who gets the hard jobs done,

If we should honor anyone,it's the ones who make things run.

If they are going to have a TV show and give out nice awards,

There should be a category for cleaning houses and cutting yards.

It's the average American worker who gets the hard jobs done,

If we should honor anyone,it's the ones who make things run.

Better and Faster

Little Interest

What Happened

Good Man Down

EMOTIONS

WHO IS THAT?

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
Some people's character sure does get better when they pass away. I asked Bro. Ben Shorter, pastor of Gatorhead Baptist Church, how he handled it when he had to preach the funeral of some ornery old cuss who died. Bro. Ben said he usually didn't say much one way or the other about the departed and would just preach a short sermon.
He went on to say that he knew some of his preacher friends who would kind of put a haze on reality on occasion. He said he wasn't actually present but heard about one funeral of such a person.
Bro. Ben said, "The preacher went on and on about what a fine person the deceased was, making statements like, He was a good faithful husband. He was a good daddy. He was a hard worker and good provider for his family. His neighbors were lucky to have a man like him in the community because he was always willing to help out those in need or those who were less fortunate."
Bro. Ben said that the man's widow reached over and nudged her son and said, "Boy, go up there and see who's in that casket. We must be in the wrong service because I know that ain't your daddy that preacher is talking about."
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin', when I depart this world for the next one I hope someone can say a few good things about me without having to be too creative. I reckon about the best thing that could be said about a man would be, "He did the best he knew how to do."

DEBATES

SAY WHAT YOU THINK

Comic Strips

I noticed that not many people have viewed my comic strip videos. Just click on Bo Lumpkin Movies in the right hand corner of this page and it will take you to them.

Ya'll ain't been leavin' comments either. I like to know when someone is readin' this.

More Often

WHAT YOU ARE WORTH

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
Boomer dropped by to see me the other day. I always enjoy Boomer's visits. I see the rest of his family occasionally but I usually ask Boomer how they are doing because I really enjoy hearing about them from his perspective, especially his brother Arlis who spends a lot of time either laying on the couch or on his bed.
"I saw your brother Arlis the other day and he's getting to be a big old boy," I said.
"Yes sir, I reckon he's almost six feet long by now," he answered seriously.
"Has he said anything about what he's going to do when he gets out of school?" I asked him.
"I'm not sure. I was askin' him about it the other day and it has kind of got me worried a little," he answered, "He told me he reckoned he'd get a job if he could find one that would pay him what he's worth."
"That don't sound so bad I said. Sounds like that might be the thing he should do if he ain't goin' to college." I said.
"Uncle Bo, If he gets a job payin' him what he's worth, he ain't never goin' to be able to make a livin' for himself."
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin', if a lot folks got paid what they are worth they would be starvin' to death.

NEW COMIC STRIP VIDEO

There is now a new comic strip video. Just click on the Bo Lumpkin Movies in blue at the top.

Ya'll be sure and email me sometime and leave me some comments. I like to know there is someone out there.

A LITTLE CLEANING UP

Pot Problem

INCOMPATABILITY

STOP OR SLOW DOWN

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
Sometimes we think little things don't really make a difference. Especially little things like speed limits and stop signs. That is unless you are one of Sheriff Rupert P. Rhondo's deputies. He is one of those men who are firm but fair. His cheif deputy, Dudley Dinkins is definitely a stickler for the laws and the rules of the road.
I hear a lot of things told on Dudley, the folks around here naturally call him Deputy Do Right, but I think some folks will stretch the truth a little. They say he stopped his own momma and gave her a ticket for speeding. That means he ain't near as scared of his momma as I was.
One of the best stories they told on him was about a car with out of state license that slowed down and rolled through a stop sign without coming to a complete stop. Dudley happened to be coming down the road and saw the whole thing. He pulled the man over and started writing him a ticket.
"What are you writing me a ticket for?" the driver asked
Dudley was real polite and said, "You didn't come to a complete stop at that stop sign."
The out of state driver said, "You are just a hick deputy, what difference does it make if I came to a complete stop. I slowed down didn't I."
They said old Dudley just smiled, snatched him out of the car and started hitting with his night stick. Still smiling he said, "Now do you want me to stop, or just slow down?"
I reckon if there is any truth to that story that the driver learned that there is a big difference between stopping and slowing down.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
Hey, Ya'll leave me a comment or send me an e-mail. If you want to watch my movies you can just click on the Movie Button in the upper right hand corner of the page. I hope to have some new movies and comic strips up and going soon.

ACT LIKE THEIR PARENTS

KEEP ON DRIVING

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
Burt and Kurt were sittin' under the shade tree the other day when Old Odis went drivin' by with his window down and waved at them. As you know Old Odis can really stretch the truth. We mostly don't come right out and accuse him of lying though, that is except for Kurt and Burt. Every time they see him they kind of pick at him about being the biggest liar in the state.
When Old Odis drove by Kurt hollered at him and said, "He Odis, stop for awhile and tell us a lie."
Odis slowed down almost to a stop and said, "I ain't got time right now. Some feller from out of town was getting one of them hairstyles at Perty Primper and Bernice caught his hair on fire with the blow dryer and throwed water on him to put it out and the hair dryer was in his lap and it electrocuted him." He then drove off toward the Perty Primper as fast as his old truck would go.
Kurt and Burt both jumped up and ran the half mile to the Perty Primper and busted through the door. By the time they got there Old Odis was sittin' in the chair and Bernice was startin' to trim his hair. Burt and Kurt were both puffin' and blowin' and when they finally caught their breath they asked, "Whut in the world did you tell us that for?"
Old Odis was settin' there grinnin' like a possum eatin green persimmons, "Ya,ll asked me to stop and tell you a lie and I was in a hurry so I figured I'd jist tell you one and keep on drivin."
Burt and Kurt kind of pouted around for a day or too but they finally got to where they could laugh about it. They might as well have, everyone else in town was cause Bernice had a ball tellin' it to everyone she saw.

Bigots

REDNECK SCIENTISTS

Hi, Im Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
The last few days I have been hearin news reports about some experiment a bunch of scientists are thinkin' of doin'. It seems that the scientific community (now that's a scary neighborhood) is about evenly split on this experiment that these folks are about to do.
Not bein' a scientist, I'll try to explain what I understand they are tryin' to do. Some how they are trying to start some kind of reaction way down in the center of the earth to determine how the world came to be. I reckon it would be a whole lot easier and cheaper if they would just read the first few chapters of the Bible. Without goin' into the details about what they are plannin' on doin' I do know that they say that what they are going to do is perfectly harmless to the Earth.
The other group that opposes this experiment says that what the scientists are doing is going to cause a chain reaction. Their feeling is that deep within the earth a big black whole will start and it will grow until the Earth disintegrates and nothing will be left.
What I been thinkin' is that if there is a even the slightest possiblity that the skeptics are right wouldn't it make sense to just not do the experiment.
Jeff Foxworthy , the most famous of celebrity rednecks, has said that the last words of many rednecks has been, "Hey, ya'll watch this." After those words they do something stupid and wind up among the dearly departed.
I've been thinkin', I'll bet just before the experiment that could cause the world to disappear them scientists will probably all holler, "Hey, Ya'll watch this."
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.

NOW THAT'S EXCITEMENT

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
I guess even in a small community you can have your share of excitement. Sometimes it's brought on by a windy spinner like Old Odis and sometimes it just happens. When it happens and a real sharp youngun' describes it to you it seems so much more excitin' than if you see it yourself.
Boomer stopped by the other day and he was excited about something that happened in school. He was so excited that it took him a little while to calm down enough for me to understand it. It had something to do with the teacher leaving and them have a substitute. When he finally calmed down I got the details.
"Our regular teacher was at the blackboard after the roll call. Today was the day for show and tell, which we don't do til after lunch and she was just up there writin' some problems on the board."
"Wade, he's in my class, brought his pet mouse in a shoe box for show and tell. The teacher had her back turned so Wade opened the box to show it to Kenny. When he opened it the mouse jumped out and ran toward the front of the class. All the girls started screaming and I reckon that must have cared George, that's the mouse's name, and he took off running toward the blackboard. Just about the time the teacher turned around that little mouse ran up her pants leg and she started dancing and screamin' just like the girls were."
"I reckon that was pretty scary for her," I said when he finally paused long enough to take a breath.
"She must be pretty strong too," Boomer said.
"Why is that?," I asked.
"That little bitty woman must be strong. She squeezed pretty near a quart of water out of that little old mouse."
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin', If I was Wade I'd try to make sure that no one knew he was the one that brought the mouse.

FRIENDSHIP

HARD TO FIND

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.

Boomer came by the other day. He said He's likin' the third grade pretty much but they have a lot of homework.
"My brain gets plumb tired from all that knowledge at school and when I get home it's just hard to keep it up." he said. "If they keep makin' me learn stuff all day and then at home I'm going to know a whole lot more than I want to."
You know, there are some things I have learned a whole lot more about than I wanted to know.
I asked him about his family and he gave me a pretty good run down on them all but the most interesting thing was about his brother Arlis. "Arlis is looking for a girlfriend and he said she has got to be pretty before she can be his girlfriend." he paused, "Thats probably going to be a problem."
I asked him, "Why is that? There are a lot of pretty girls around here."
"I know that," Arlis said, "But where is he going to find one that is pretty enough to suit him and dumb enough to like him?"
I reckon Arlis don't need to fret too much. I've known a lot of other men that found one like that.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.

Small Talk

Right Questions

Braggin' Parents

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
One of the things I've been thinkin' about lately is how proud parents are of their youngun's, especially when they do good. Parent's of bright children are strong believers in heredity. The ones with less brilliant offspring want to blame the environment they live in.
Have you ever noticed all them bumper stickers that say, "My Child is an Honor Student at _______School." You don't ever see one that says, "If my child had missed one more question in high school he wouldn't have graduated?" I have never seen one that said, "My Son Was Paroled Early For Good Behavior".
One good thing is that kids do sometime change and straighten up when they get older. I always tell everyone that when I was a youngun I was the type of boy my mama didn't want me to play with. (THERE IS A WHOLE LOT OF TRUTH TO THAT). People do change, some for the better, some for the worse.
I remember when I was in school the big strong athletes that used to pick on the smart kids that weren't so big. The ideal was if you were big and strong and had pretty good sense too, but that was rare. I've wonder a lot if those big old boys remember picking on the brainy kids, especially since they are probably working for them. You can bet the brainy kids remember the big old boys who picked on them.
I reckon parents will be braggin' on their younguns as long a folks keep havin' younguns. Boomer is a right smart boy and his mama Maybelle say's, "Well, Boomer must have got his daddy's brains."
That seemed kind of strange since Lonzo gets wet a lot because he don't know to git in out of the rain so I asked her why she thought that.
"Because I still have mine." she said.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin', it don't matter if our younguns are honor students or not, they need us to love 'em and be proud of 'em just the same.
Send me a note: bo@bolumpkin.com or leave a comment.
It's easier to go to the movie section now. You just click on BO LUMPKIN MOVIES in the upper right hand corner of this page. I need some feedback on the new cartoon format.