BS: Not entirely from whole cloth

Subject: BS: Not entirely from whole cloth
From: Mickey191
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 12:23 PM

The bare bones of the story is the 4X4 blew up in the manner described. I've taken the liberty.....
Would you like to embellish something you've read or heard? Or perhaps just change an ending. Here goes:

These two brothers went ice fishing in their brand new Chevy blazer. It was yellow, a $28,000 dream come true. They had there wonderful golden retriever, Elvis, with them.   They pulled up to the edge of the lake and had a thermos of coffee & were excited about the great day of fishing ahead. The ice on the lake was very thick, so they'd taken a stick of dynamite with them to help make a hole. They walked, with Elvis by their side,
about a hundred feet, Billy Bob lit the dynamite fuse And threw it toward the center of the lake. Elvis, seeing this, took off a fast as he could to retrieve the "Thing" his master had thrown. John Henry, having taken his rifle with him, fired a shot at the dog to scare him into retreating. The dog now had the dynamite stick with long fuse in his mouth, and when John Henry shot at him his confusion led him to seek shelter. He made a mad dash and slid under the brand new Blazer. The two brothers, by now so confused at the turn of events started calling Elvis,Elvis, Come here boy.
Elvis, being the obediant dog that he was,dropped the dynamite stick under the 4 X 4 and came runing to the brothers who were standing in amazement & praying out loud, "oh, please Lord"------At that moment the dynamite was ignited and their beautiful Yellow chevy 4 x 4, with genuine Corinthian leather seats, and all electric extras, and their collection of Hank Williams & Tammy Wynette CDS & their lil ole sleepy, snoring Grandma ( who loved to be with "her" boys) went sky high over the lake shore. Pieces of yellow & Corinthian leather & gingham plaid were spread all over the Great Smokie Mountains.

The insurance Co. would not cover the loss, claiming that such monumental stupidity should not be rewarded. So Dear friends the boys were on the hook for $248.00 each & every month for the next 4 years. That night the dog ran away to the city. Wanted no more country life, he's content with the little old lady who took him in. When she drops her knitting wool he does not retrieve it. He's made a vow to himself-no, nay, never will I EVER retrieve anything again.

And then there was the funeral. They found granny's hearing aid--that was all
that was left of the poor old soul. That,
and a few gingham slivers of cloth. They put the remnants in coffee can & burried it under the front porch.

The trial starts next week, Murder in the first. It seems ole granny had an insurance policy which benefited "her" boys. Not a lot of money, but enough to have made two country boys mighty happy. That's what people are thinking.

So Billy Bob & John Henry are in the Cherokee County jail. No one comes to see them, everybody thinks these two country boys planned this whole thing.

All they wanted was a few trout for
Sunday dinner.    Life's a bitch.

Subject: RE: BS: Not entirely from whole cloth
From: Mickey191
Date: 17 Nov 03 - 11:48 PM

I'm sooo disappointed, thought a few people would try some creative writing. Perhaps I was not clear enough- a story appeared mentioning only: the 2 men, the new Blazer,the nameless dog & the stick of dynamite and the explosion. The embellishments are mine. Doesn't anyone want to play?

Subject: RE: BS: Not entirely from whole cloth
From: Amos
Date: 18 Nov 03 - 12:24 AM

You got it wrapped up, there, Micky!

A

Subject: RE: BS: Not entirely from whole cloth
From: Hrothgar
Date: 18 Nov 03 - 04:02 AM

Henry Lawson wrote his story about "The Loaded Dog" a hundred years ago. You're late.

:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Not entirely from whole cloth
From: Mickey191
Date: 18 Nov 03 - 10:09 AM

Too bad the hillbillies didn't read it.They'd have left the dog home. Was Lawson's story a fictionalized account of a true happening?

Subject: RE: BS: Not entirely from whole cloth
From: Bob Bolton
Date: 18 Nov 03 - 09:40 PM

G'day Mickey,

There seems to have been a similar story in the Katoomba (Blue Mts, west of Sydney, Australia) about 6 months before Henry Lawson's The Loaded Dog appeared ... so it's likely Henry read the story ... and embellished it.

The original story, as well as Henry yarn, told of a couple of blokes who hadn't found any gold using their last blasting powder to make a charge to stun a few fish for dinner. The faithful hound retrieves the charge ... and they retreat.

In the Lawson story they reach the local pub, closely followed by the dog ... who gets mugged by the local pack of mongrels ... who inspect their loot under the pub ... BOOM! - several less local mongrels ... and the pub is looking somewhat askew!

Regards,

Bob Bolton

Subject: RE: BS: Not entirely from whole cloth
From: Mickey191
Date: 18 Nov 03 - 11:38 PM

Thanks Bob. Perhaps there are no really new stories-
but if you've not heard it before--it's new to you.