chuckv97 - Posted - 02/11/2021:  08:20:33

Tiny’s Pool Hall for a game or two of 8-Ball.



That reminds me

Edited by - chuckv97 on 02/11/2021 08:20:51

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/11/2021:  09:14:42

of the time Tiny was Snookered by a pool table salesman who was a real hustler.



By the time

Edited by - Pick-A-Lick on 02/11/2021 09:15:38

OM45GE - Posted - 02/11/2021:  10:05:14

Tiny realized he’d been taken for a ride, the hustler was already gone.



Tiny had to console himself

Edited by - OM45GE on 02/11/2021 10:05:41

chuckv97 - Posted - 02/11/2021:  10:13:46

on one of Grim Jim’s barstools, sipping Canadian Club whisky.

Jim told him

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/11/2021:  15:45:10

he’d better go easy on the hooch lest he get pinched by the cops on the way home.

Well, he didn’t

OM45GE - Posted - 02/12/2021:  04:25:31

listen and was pulled over by the police about a block from the bar.

The field sobriety test they gave was

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/12/2021:  05:02:12

somewhat unconventional in that Tiny happen to be naked at the time.



After that there was no doubt

Edited by - Pick-A-Lick on 02/12/2021 05:02:47

OM45GE - Posted - 02/12/2021:  05:17:48

that sobriety wasn’t the only thing he was short of.

Now everyone knows why

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/12/2021:  06:08:22

his nickname is Tiny.

After that episode

chuckv97 - Posted - 02/12/2021:  09:14:50

he left for parts unknown.

“No fixed address”

OM45GE - Posted - 02/12/2021:  10:18:55

was how he liked respond when asked where he lived.

In fact, he was staying

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/12/2021:  12:31:20

at the Shady Rest Hotel.

He roomed with

chuckv97 - Posted - 02/12/2021:  15:24:21

Uncle Joe, who asked him for a light every 5 minutes.

One night he’d had enough

OM45GE - Posted - 02/13/2021:  03:13:58

and told Uncle Joe to get his own damned lighter.

Joe was highly offended because

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/13/2021:  07:39:09

he was used Floyd Smoot always accommodating his whims without grumbling.

So Joe took it upon himself

chuckv97 - Posted - 02/13/2021:  08:12:35

to pull rank on Tiny.

“Looky here, you worthless drifter

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/13/2021:  10:36:01

I was a Marine Sergeant and you were just measly know nothing Private”.

Well, after that

OM45GE - Posted - 02/13/2021:  11:51:53

Tiny avoided him at all costs.

He started crossing the street whenever

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/13/2021:  13:18:18

he saw Joe coming because he didn’t want to do push-ups or KP duty.

His lucky day arrived

KyBanjo - Posted - 02/14/2021:  09:54:00

as today was Valentines day and Joe was in a better mood.

Tiny however was

OM45GE - Posted - 02/14/2021:  12:18:56

not taking any chances on Joe’s often mercurial moods.



He ducked down the alley

Edited by - OM45GE on 02/14/2021 12:19:50

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/14/2021:  13:46:31

and into the first available unlocked door.

It was there

chuckv97 - Posted - 02/14/2021:  15:04:30

he met Roger Miller’s ghost.

Every locked door when no one’s around

OM45GE - Posted - 02/15/2021:  02:46:59

frustrate king of the road wannabes.

They have exactly 50 cents

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/15/2021:  14:16:33

to rent a room with no phone, no pool, no pets and they ain’t got no cigarettes.

If they find old stogies

chuckv97 - Posted - 02/15/2021:  14:27:34

that are big around, they light’em up and pretend they’re king for a day.

Then they’ll push a broom for 2 hours

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/15/2021:  17:51:53

and complain that they deserve a raise, health benefits, and a retirement plan.

Fact is

OM45GE - Posted - 02/16/2021:  02:56:32

seemingly a simple concept.

However, when someone says “alternative facts” with a straight face

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/16/2021:  04:49:41

it should be a sure sign they are politically active.

They might

OM45GE - Posted - 02/16/2021:  05:36:55

not realize how truly foolish they sound.

You should treat them

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/16/2021:  06:43:00

with sympathy and humor them.



Then you should

Edited by - Pick-A-Lick on 02/16/2021 06:43:18

chuckv97 - Posted - 02/16/2021:  08:42:56

tie’em to an outhouse door for 2 days.

That might send them into an alternative reality

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/16/2021:  12:30:32

based on the realism of sights, sounds, and odors, found in the typical one hole outhouse environment.

If they continue

OM45GE - Posted - 02/16/2021:  17:17:22

to spout their nonsense there’s not much you can do other than a good whupping.

Even that might not

chuckv97 - Posted - 02/16/2021:  17:25:13

do the trick, seeing as how many of’em are masochists.

No pain, no gain

OM45GE - Posted - 02/17/2021:  02:48:13

goes the old refrain.

Personally, I think pain

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/17/2021:  04:52:32

in moderate doses builds good character and tempers young people for the work place.

On the other hand

OM45GE - Posted - 02/17/2021:  07:19:24

, corporal punishment is not really politically correct any longer.

Spare the rod and spoil the child is

chuckv97 - Posted - 02/17/2021:  07:46:55

an axiom in the dustbin of history.

A rug beater is a good attitude adjuster

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/17/2021:  09:04:21

if used by Rug Rats to beat ratty rugs instead of being used to beat bratty Rug Rats

A better form of punishment 

Edited by - Pick-A-Lick on 02/17/2021 09:05:36

OM45GE - Posted - 02/17/2021:  11:58:26

is waterboarding, which is admittedly not without controversy itself.

Some folks feel

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/17/2021:  12:28:45

that extreme forms of punishment do more damage than good, so nowadays everyone gets off easy. 



When I was a kid

Edited by - Pick-A-Lick on 02/17/2021 12:30:04

chuckv97 - Posted - 02/17/2021:  13:53:06

the neighbourhood I lived in was so tough that all the birds sang bass.

The local undertaker

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/17/2021:  15:18:00

was also a contract assassin.

Profanity

OM45GE - Posted - 02/18/2021:  04:31:32

made up well over 50% of our vocabulary.

At the dinner table

Pick-A-Lick - Posted - 02/18/2021:  05:51:04

the person with the longest arms got the most food and you had to move fast lest you end up with firearms full of fork marks. 



We had to sleep

Edited by - Pick-A-Lick on 02/18/2021 05:52:45

OM45GE - Posted - 02/18/2021:  15:18:21

with one eye open.

You never knew when

chuckv97 - Posted - 02/18/2021:  15:24:20

Rico Rossi and the boys would kick your door down.

Those guys

OM45GE - Posted - 02/18/2021:  15:38:10

were meaner than a rattlesnake.

You never knew when