LEARNING NEW THINGS

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
When some folks want to learn somethin' they look it up on the internet, others use an encyclopedia, and I reckon those are good ways to find things out. As for me I usually just go down to the Grab Sum Grub and either sit and drink a cup of coffee or a YooHoo and listen. You can learn a lot of things from just sittin' listenin' to the regulars.
Lonzo was pickin' at one of the men who was goin' bald. He just had a fringe of hair around the edge of his head over his ears. Lonzo said, If you want to get rid of that bald spot you need to start rubbing the top of your head with green persimmon juice."
The balding man asked, "Will that cause you to grow hair?"
"Naw," Lonzo smiled, "But it will shrink your scalp and draw the hair on each side of your head up to the middle so they meet."
We all had a good laugh (but I never did take my hat off and I was wondering where I could find some green persimmons).
Lonzo and Maybelle have been doing some remodeling. He decided he was going to have some say so in the decorating and he went to the hardware store to pick out some wall paper.
"What color did you get?" one of the regulars asked.
"They wouldn't sell me none." Lonzo said. "They said that I would have to have a note from my wife for the wallpaper I had picked out."
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin', I wouldn't even dream of makin' decisions on decoratin' at my house. Whatchall been thinkin? Ya'll leave me a comment of send me an email to bo@bolumpkin.com or bolumpkin@gmail.com and let me know.

Another Change

JUST ONE THING

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
I was talking to Old Odis Walker the other day and we were discussin' sports. We were talking about how fast that swimmer was in the Olympics that won all those medals. I said that I reckoned he was the fastest swimmer in the world.
"That ain't so,"Old Odis said. "I know a feller that could swim circles around him. At least he could one time anyway."
I'm always a little skeptical of what Odis says but I figured that I'd go ahead and ask, "Who was that?"
"It was a Cajun feller named Beaudreaux. I know he could swim faster than that Olympic feller because I saw him do it one time."
I didn't have to encourage Old Odis to tell the story because he was lookin' for an opportunity anyway.
"We was at this big party one night at a rich mans house just outside Baton Rouge. We was all gathered around the pool and he was cookin' all kind of Cajun food on the grill and everybody was havin' a great time. I had noticed that no one was in the pool so I looked over in and and saw why. He had two sharks and 3 big alligators in that pool. I stepped back real quick. The host saw me and laughed. He said he would give $50,000 dollars to anyone who would dive in and swim the length of the pool.'
"About that time I heard a splash and looked down and there was Beaudreaux. Them gators and sharks were all right behind him just nippin' at him and tryin' to catch him and he was swimmin' so fast they couldn't get through the wake he was leavin'. When he reached the far end of the pool he just seemed to sail over the edge without stoppin' and finally touched down about ten feet past the edge.'
"The host was plumb shocked and he said, 'Beaudreaux, I reckon I owe you $50,000 dollars.'
Beaudreaux said, 'I don't want it.'
"Well the host said, 'At least take half of that."
"I don't want that either"
"Well, at least let me buy you a new truck."
"Nope," Beaudreaux said, "I just want one thang."
The host said, "What is it you want Beaudreaux."
"I just want the name of the sorry feller who pushed me in that pool"
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin', I wonder if a few sharks and gators would give us some new world records at the Olympics. Whatchall been thinkin'? Leave me a comment or write me an email to bo@bolumpkin.com or bolumpkin@gmail.com.

SPEAKING PART

FOREIGN TV

Might Be

LIFE BEGINS AT 50

Cardiologist Diet

EXTREME CHANGE

GOOD HUSBAND

Other Good Stuff

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
Sometimes we power bloggers just assume that everyone knows how to negotiate their way around our sites. I ain't insinuatin' that ya'll are stupid but if someone don't tell you something you just might not know.
If you move over an look at the right side of the page you can see that the first thing there is Bo Lumpkin Movies. You can click on that and it takes you to the site where I store the finished product of Gatorhead Productions.
Then you will see that my list of blog links has increased. You can click on these links and they will take you to some pretty good stuff.
Most of you are familiar with Rambler. Rambler is a veritable genius with words and he is downright humorous. He is also an extremely nice person and I have grown to like him just as much as if he were a Southerner.
Wisdom For Living is by Ron Scarbro. Ron is a newspaper columnist and writes some powerful political commentary that is filled with conservative ideas and the plain truth about things. If you haven't checked it out, look at it and go through some of his post and I am sure you will enjoy them. He also seems to be a pretty nice fellow even if he did move from the South to the cold country.
JBSTUFF is by Jeremy Burkes, a good friend of mine who is just starting to draw comics. He has only been working on this for about two months and I think he is doing a good job. Check out his stuff and leave him a comment or two and encourage him. We need folks who will produce good clean humor on the internet.
The votes have been pouring in for the Gator Awards. One or two pours in about every day and people are taking my advice and voting early and often. The next category is Comic Monologues.

The nominees are:
Boomer

Bo Lumpkin

Warren the Weather Wolf

Ya'll leave me a comment or send me an email to bo@bolumpkin.com or bolumpkin@gmail.com.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin', ain't this internet stuff a real hoot for some of us old geezers who ain't got much else to do?

More Tests

SUPERIORITY COMPLEX

Black and White

FINE DINING?

BO IN THE WHITEHOUSE?

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
I'm hopin' that no one gets confused when they hear that Bo is on his way to the White House. Just to set the record straight I am not going to be a part of the current administration. I have not been asked and I sure ain't put out no feelers for a job. The Bo that is on his way is the presidents new dog.
I've been hearin' that the president was goin' to get his youngans a dog ever since he got elected. I even heard him say it to his younguns on TV. That sort of brings up some questions in my mind. If it takes him this long to keep a public promise to his own younguns how concerned do you think he is about keeping his campaign promises to those who voted for him.
Most of what I am sayin' is second hand because unlike a lot of people I don't keep up with the new royalty and the goin's on in Camelot II (I hope it don't turn out to be a Camel Lot). I heard that the dog is a gift from Ted Kennedy and it's name is Bo. I am sure that they will probably spell it Beaux or somethin' like that.
I reckon what I've been thinkin' about is that if it took him this long to get the youngan's a dog, and it had to be given to him by Ted Kennedy, how is he going to make the other major decisions he has to make in just four years?
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin', of course he could have eight years to do it but there are some things I don't even want to think about.
THE GATOR AWARD NOMINATIONS BEST VIDEO
WRED KNECK TELEVISION
THE BO KNOCKER
THE BO DRYER
DEWEY, CHEATHAM, AND HOWE
BO AND JOE IN JUSTIN THE MONKEY
You have to click on the Videos at the right of the page if you have not watched the videos. Remember Vote early and often
Just leave a comment or email me at bo@bolumpkin.com or bolumpkin@gmail.com. The votes are pouring in, two poured in yesterday.

Where Is It?

Laid Back

CATCHING UP WITH GATORHEAD

Hi, I'm Bo lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
Life in Gatorhead is simple and kind of relaxed and we don't get a whole lot of excitement, and mostly we like it that way. If anything excitin' does happen we get a lot of mileage out of it.
Ya'll know some of the Gatorhead folks better than others. Maybelle and Lonzo are the parents of Alis, Clymenestra and Boomer. Since Spring has sprung Lonzo is gone a good bit because of the professional fishing tournaments but he happened to be at home one day last week while Maybelle was at work and the kids were in school.
An encyclopedia salesman came by. (I'm figuring anyone trying to sell an encyclopedia in this day and age must be about as desperate as they come for a way to make a living.)
The salesman was really very prepared for every objection that Lonzo had. He told the salesman that they didn't need it because they had the internet and the salesman reminded him that it wasn't just the just the information that was important but it helped the kids remember it if they looked it up.
Finally Lonzo got tired of listening too him and said, "I absolutely do not need an encyclopedia of any kind."
The salesman said, "What if there is something you really would like to know and there is no power and you can't get on the internet?"
"Then," Lonzo said, "I'll just ask my wife. She knows it all. Now you have a good day."
I think the salesman must have called it a day because he left Lonzo's house and drove plumb out of town headed back toward the city.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
It's time for you to start thinkin' about the Gator Awards. I will be listing some of the categories and the nominations for the awards(mostly I do the nominatin and just about everyone will get nominated). There will be several comic categories. You can go ahead and start thinking about the winners.
The first category is Comic Dialogue.
Nominees are:
Kurt and Burt

R.E. and Dee Cline (CPR)

The Girls

Hoss and Sarge
You can vote by either leaving a comment or by sending an email. I probably will not publish the winners until voting is final in all categories. Remember we are almost like democrats in this contest, there are no voting requirements and you can vote early and often.

HAPPY EASTER

Hallelujah, He is Risen!!!

Happy Easter!

EPIDEMIC

A LOT SOONER

AND THE WINNER IS

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
It's been days since the last NCAA basketball game on TV and Dee, that's R.E. Cline's wife, said he was beginning to come out of his trance and notice his surroundings a little and she wanted to know if I would drop by and visit with him for a little while so he wouldn't have withdrawal symptoms. She hoped it would get him through til something else comes on.
I stopped by to see old R.E. and believe it or not he was about as rational as he ever gets. We were talkin' about the lack of good TV programin' and he said that at least to him bad programin' was better than no TV at all. He said one of his pet peeves was all them awards shows where the big shots all get together and give each other trophies. There's Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy to name a few. R.E. said the only one he figured really meant anything was the People's Choice Awards because that was one that the fans voted on.
I reckon he has a point on that. The discussion went on for awhile and R.E. suggested that I give awards to the different characters and I told him that would kind of be like givin' an award to myself if I did that. He said it would be nice to know which of the cartoons folks liked best and which of the characters in the stories were folks favorites and that sort of thing. I think old R.E. might be hopin' to win a Gator (that sounds like a good name for an award) for himself. What I finally thought about was lettin' ya'll think about it for a day or so while I get the categories worked out. When I do I could post them for a few days and then ya'll could email your votes or leave comments on which you liked best.
I don't know how it will all work out but at least I thought about it enough to fill up this page. I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'. Whatchall been thinkin'? Leave me a comment or email me at bo@bolumpkin.com or bolumpkin@gmail.com.

There Is Always Hope

ELECTRONIC AGE

Hi, I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'.
One of the things I've been thinkin' a lot about and I done wrote about it several times is the economy. I keep hearin' that we have a worldwide financial crisis.
All week the President and First Lady have been sashayin' all over Europe, meetin' with the Queen and conferencing with other Presidents, Kings, Dictators and Potentates. Just to put it in simple terms it looks like to me that the world is goin' down the tubes financially and all the world leaders are jet settin' all over the world and Partyin' like rock stars.
Do you reckon ain't none of them or the people they got workin' for them ever heard of teleconferencing. Shoot I got a little old $300 netbook computer that has a web-cam and I could talk to folks face to face all over the world if I just knew how to use it, and I will figure it out. They ought to know of someone in the government who could set up a thing like that and then they wouldn't have to haul 5 or 6 hundred people all over the world and feed 'em and put 'em up in hotels and all.
I don't like to be one to complain but I just think a little common sense should go with the job of leadin' our country. As the old sayin' goes if a man will watch his millions his billions and trillions will take care of themselves. I just want to say to all the world leaders, Hey, ya'll just pick up the phone and reach out and touch each other. If you don't agree instead of walkin' out of a meetin' you can just hang up.
I'm Bo Lumpkin and I've been thinkin'. Whatchall been thinkin'? Leave me a comment or write me an email to bo@bolumpkin.com or bolumpkin@gmail.com.
Notice! I have been sending some of my stuff to different ones by email. If you would like me to take you off my mailin' list just send me an email and tell me to stop it. I shore don't want to bother nobody.

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