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The writings contained within Street Talk do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher or editor. Street Talk America is not the author of many of the jokes contained herein and claims no copyright privileges to those that we didn’t author unless noted. The jokes contained herein are not known to be copyrighted and are believed to be part of the public domain. Every effort is made not to use copyrighted material without the author’s consent. To report an improper use of a copyrighted joke please contact Crossroads Publishing, LLC., and we will take the appropriate steps. Street Talk America September 2015 /3 saw playing time. You could always pick them out because they had the cleanest uniforms. When some young freshman or sophomore would go By: Tim Patton out on the field I would call out not just his numPastor, Shiloh Baptist Church ber or last name. I would call out his stats, class Having grown up in the South, specifically, status, full name, and number. When my youth in Alabama, there is little doubt that I enjoy minister asked me why I did it for them and not watching football. I confess to not being a big the older kids, I replied, “That kid may never get to pro football watcher but I really enjoy college play again this year except for these last two minutes. ball, especially SEC. I didn’t take the opportunity to play organized football as a kid, so I must also con- His momma needs to hear his name get called.” My fess that I am a complete novice to positions and plays. favorite memory was the night I was looking over the roster for the visiting team and came across a freshman I know the basics of the game but I do not recognize lineman who was 5’6” and weighed 295 lbs!! I called specific plays as they are being executed nor can I out to the other guys in the booth, “Hey, you’ve got to tell you the right strategy for each play. Forgive me, hear this kid’s stats!” As soon as I read them out, the but I am content in my semi-ignorance. I confess that clock-keeper said, “The game’s about to start. Felbecause I was completely shocked when I got asked las, we need to pray.” We had never done that before, to be the on-field announcer for our local high school but when a preacher says “Let’s pray”, no one really football team while I was serving a church in questions it. We all bowed our heads and he began, Alabama. I asked my friend who had approached me “Lord, we thank you for the chance to be here tonight if he was sure about his choice of asking me and he assured me he was. After all, I would have a spotter to and watch these boys play. And Lord, we all just want help me with players, numbers, yardage gained or lost to thank you right now that we don’t have to feed that and the clock-keeper was also a fellow pastor who had boy!” I asked my friend why he came to me, a nominal a keen eye for the game. So, I agreed. football fan, to be the on-field announcer. I loved his I had a ball (yes, pun intended)! Turns out the spotter reply. He told me he always got a preacher when he was my youth minister! He had been asked the same could because they were not afraid of microphones and time I had. So, we had three Baptist preachers in the were good public speakers. He also wanted preachers press box calling football. It sounds like the start of a because he needed men who would not treat the game bad joke. We got paid in free concessions. Confidenlike a religion and promote our team while being ugly tially, I think that is why they asked us. What Baptist preacher would turn down free food? My favorite time to the visiting team. He needed men who could do an excellent job and also be men of grace so that the was when the timing official assigned to us that night school’s reputation in the district would be secured. was also a bi-vocational Baptist pastor. We had the He reminded me that our Lord taught us, “let your holiest press box in the south. light shine before others, so that they may see your One of the things I loved to do was calling out good works and give glory to your Father who is in substitutions. When our team was ahead, our coach Heaven”…even when calling football! would put in some of the younger players who rarely FOOTBALL, FUN, & FAITH 1976 Shiloh Lane • Chipley, FL South of I-10, Just off of 277 www.shilohbaptist.net Sunday Morning Wednesday Night 9:00 Connection Cafe (Coffee on Us!)* 6:00 Mid-Week Worship* 9:15 Small Group Bible Study* Surround Sound Student Ministry 10:30 Worship Service** Kid’s on Mission *Nursery provided for new born to PK4 **Nursery & Children’s Church (up to 3rd grade) 4/ September 2015 Street Talk America Trespassers Three men were going on a hunting trip one day. They came to a high fence and saw a sign that said, “No Trespassing. All violators will be shot!” They ignored the sign’s warning and climbed the fence anyway. After they were over the fence (it was dark now), they saw a car’s headlights speeding toward them. They remembered the sign’s warning and scrambled up separate trees. The driver, who was a farmer, said, “I know I saw someone climb one of these trees.” He went to the first tree and yelled, “Who’s up there?” The first man was very silent and the farmer moved to the next tree. Again he yelled, “Who’s up there?” The second man knew that the farmer would take a closer look this time, so he said, “Whooo Whooo [like an owl].” The farmer then went to the last tree thinking he could have made a mistake and did not see anyone. The farmer looked up in the next tree and said, “Who’s up there?” The third man then said confidently, “Mooooooooooooooo.” Slice Joe, a notoriously bad golfer, hits his ball off the first tee and watches as it slices to the right and disappears through an open window. Figuring that’s the end of it, he gets another ball out of his bag and plays on. On the eighth hole, a police officer walks up to Joe on the course and says, “Did you hit a golf ball through a window back there?” Joe says, “Yes I did.” “Well,” says the police officer, “it knocked a lamp over, scaring the dog, which raced out of the house onto the highway. A driver rammed into a brick wall to avoid the dog, sending three people to hospital. And it’s all because you sliced the ball.” “Oh my goodness,” says Joe, “is there anything I can do?” “Yes there is,” the cop says. “Try keeping your head down and close up your stance a bit.” Tatum’s Hardware & Supply, Inc. Mother A couple had a fight after which the wife started packing her belongings. Her husband asked her, “Where are you packing to go?” She answered, “I’m going to my mother.” After a while, the man started packing too.She asked, “What are you doing, where are you going?” He answered, “I’m going to my mother.” She asked, “What happens to the 6 children then?” Her husband answered, “You’re going to your mother, I’m going to my mother, and the children will also have to go to their mother!” Contini Family Medicine 850-547-9991 3269 Hwy 90 E • Bonifay, FL Now accepting new patients! Dr. Kyle V. Contini Dr. Rebekah E. Contini Lumber & Building Supplies • Feed Ag Sprayers & Other Farm Equipment Fencing & Posts • Cast Iron Cookers & Much More! Medical Services include but not limited to... Preventive Health Lab Collection Chronic disease Medical Weight Loss Women’s Health Sports Medicine Pediatrics Sports Physicals DOT Physicals Minor Injuries Skin Procedures Acute Care If we don’t have it, we will help you find it! 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Who in their right mind would have a seat like this at the Super Bowl and not use it? The man replies, “Well, actually the seat belongs to me. I was supposed to come with my wife, but she passed away. This is the first Super Bowl we haven’t been together since we got married in 1967.” “Well, that’s really sad,” says Bob, “but still, couldn’t you find someone to take the seat? A relative or a close friend?” “No,” the man replies, “they’re all at the funeral.” A year ago, Hans Vonk conducted the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in a production of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. During the final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth, there is a large pause in the Orchestration where only the chorus sings. Four bass players, feeling they could use this break to get out and stretch their legs, slipped off backstage and proceeded to go outside to smoke a cigarette and take a little nip from a bottle one of them was carrying. Well, they lost track of time and became quite inebriated. Finally one of them says, “Say! We should really be getting back in... It’s almost time to play our part.” “Don’t worry,” confided one of the other bassists with a wink. “I’ve fixed it so that we have a longer pause... I tied together the last parts of the conductor’s score before our part begins!” All the bass players had a good chuckle and took a few more swigs and headed in. Once they popped back on stage, they saw that conductor Vonk was absolutely furious. After all, it was the bottom of the Ninth, the basses were loaded, and the score was tied. FOR ALL YOUR FISHING NEEDS! 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Elaine and I had been working at Vacation Bible School with several age groups every day, sharing what it means to be a missionary. We had drug out all our curios and souvenirs from Africa, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico, and used them as visuals to share the work we did in each of these countries. I loved every minute of it, and I think the kids enjoyed it as Elaine and I explained ‘the call of God.’ But as we completed our last class a little before four o’clock, I really had to reach down deep to find enough strength for the last five minutes. The class was for 4th graders, and for some reason they had been extraordinarily attentive as I shared with them about “the protective band of angels that surrounds those who love the Lord.” I don’t know why I said it, but my closing words were “but God sends that band of angels only for those who have given their hearts to Him.” Whew! I said to myself. “It’s over. We made it. Now we can go home and get some rest. C’mon, Elaine; let’s get out of here.” That’s when I saw the kid. He had been sitting on the carpet with the group listening to the stories. He had gotten up and gone over to his group leader and was talking quietly with her. Not knowing what was going on, I froze in place and waited. Then the group leader said, “Brother Charlie, ____ has a question for you.” I thought, ‘Oh, no, he wants me to tell him some more stories about the mission field.’ Instead, I said, “Co’mere.” He came over, and almost whispering in my ear, he said, “What do I have to do to become a child of God?” I asked, “You’re not a Christian?” He said, “No sir, I’m not, but I would like to be.” Come to find out he lived in the northern states, but had been shipped to Crestview for a visit with his mother, and just by accident, someone had invited him to attend VBS. I said, “Do you know how to pray?” He said, “No sir, can you help me?” I felt so ashamed for having focused on ‘gettin’ out of there’ because I was tired. Instead, I led him in the sinner’s prayer, and before the first line was finished, the entire group had bowed their heads toward the carpet and was praying the prayer along with him. It broke me completely up. All I could say was, “Dear Lord, forgive me for being in too big a hurry.” How many have I missed through the years? I will try harder! Serving the Panhandle since 1988 STAR FIRE EXTINGUISHER INC. Sean Collins Owner 850-526-1002 [email protected] 4206 Kelson Ave. Marianna, FL 32446 Mr. Curtis’ Classics A good friend and faithful reader, Mr. John Curtis, sent us an email requesting we print pictures of antique automobiles and let folks guess the year, make and model. We thought that was a swell idea! So, here goes, do you know what this beauty is? Turn to page 31 and learn more about her. 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Crumble bacon and sprinkle bacon and cheese on top. Bake @ 350º for 30 minutes or until chicken is done. By His hands we are fed, thank you Lord for daily bread. Chocolate Cookie Chews Recipe from April Patterson ½ cup crisco 1 ½ cups sugar 2 tsp vanilla 2 eggs 6 tbs cocoa powder 2 cups flour ½ tsp salt 1/3 cup milk 1 cup powdered sugar Cream shortening, sugar and vanilla. Beat in salt, eggs and chocolate. Add milk and flour alternately and mix well. Chill 2-3 hours. Roll into 1 inch balls and roll into powdered sugar. Bake on greased cookie sheet in 350º oven for 8-10 minutes. Homemade Mocha Frappuccino Also known as “April Patterson’s Vacation Bible School Hooch” 1 freshly brewed pot of strong coffee 6 leg quarters ½ gallon milk ½ cup soy sauce 1 cup chocolate syrup 1 small can tomato paste 1 ½ cups sugar 2 tsp garlic When coffee is finished brewing add sugar and stir 1/2 cup brown sugar – packed Place chicken in crock-pot. Mix remaining ingredi- until dissolved. Add coffee and chocolate to milk ents in bowl and then pour over chicken. Cook in in milk jug and shake well. Chill and shake well before serving. slow-cooker on high for 4 hours or until done. Soy Garlic Chicken Three Chicks Cleaning Residential & Commercial (850)768-0022 (850)956-2408 Carrie Brown, Owner [email protected] 1216 Hwy 179 Bonifay, Fl 32425 8/ September 2015 Street Talk America Holmes Creek Artist & Fleas Community Market 3035 Main Street Vernon, FL. at Holmes Creek Pizza & Pasta Co. Bring your stuff to sell or trade! Spaces for rent! Call Holmes Creek Pizza & Pasta Co. for more info (850) 535-1555 Fresh from the Farm to your Freezer! Reserve your produce early for September 19th! 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The guy slams the tea again, gives her the empty glass, and says, “Hurry up and get me another and bring my supper, it’s gonna start ANY minute!” The wife, getting upset, goes to make her husband a plate and pours him another glass of tea. She stomps back to the living room, gives it to her husband and says, “You know, all you ever do around here is come home from work, sit in front of the TV and bark orders at me....” The guy, hearing his wife complaining, takes a bite of his supper, sighs, and says, “YEP, IT’S STARTED!” What’s Different with Merv Merv was in a terrible accident at work. He fell through a floor tile and ripped off both of his ears. Since he was permanently disfigured, he settled with the company for a rather large sum of money and went on his way. One day, Merv decided to invest his money in a small, but growing telecom business called Plexus Communications. After weeks of negotiations, he bought the company outright. But, after signing on the dotted line, he realized that he knew nothing about running such a business and quickly set out to hire someone who could do that for him. The next day he had set up three interviews. The first guy was great. He knew everything he needed to and was very inter- Burke Bro’s Air Conditioning & Appliance Service, Inc. Appliance Repair Sales-Service Installation 850-535-4622 Family Owned Robert E. Burke *Insured* ST. LIC. #RA0060822 esting. At the end of the interview, Merv asked him, “Do you notice anything different about me?” And the gentleman answered, “Why yes, I couldn’t help but notice you have no ears.” Merv got very angry and threw him out. The second interview was with a woman, and she was even better than the first guy. He asked her the same question, “Do you notice anything different about me?” and she replied, “Well, you have no ears.” Merv again was upset and tossed her out. The third and last interview was the best of all three. It was with a very young man who was fresh out of college. He was smart. He was handsome. And he seemed to be a better businessman than the first two put together. Merv was anxious, but went ahead and asked the young man the same question, “Do you notice anything different about me?” And to his surprise, the young man answered: “Yes. You wear contact lenses.” Merv was shocked, and said, “What an incredibly observant young man. How in the world did you know that?” The young man fell off his chair laughing hysterically and replied, “Well, it’s pretty hard to wear glasses with no ears!” Isn’t it strange how drivers who go slower than you are idiots and those that go faster are maniacs? Dog Dayz Spa 1430 Brickyard Rd. • Chipley • Over 9 Years Experience • Call For Appointment • Walk-Ins Accepted With Time Available Grooming & Boarding For Cats & Dogs Angie Oge, Groomer Partnering with Barrk Rescue, Inc. Animals Available For Adoption! Hours: Mon. Tues. 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After a block or so, a drunk comes staggering out of a bar and bumps into the man knocking him down on his back and smashing the clock to bits. He then jumps up and starts cussing the drunk out and saying “Look what you did to my beautiful clock, you idiot.” The drunk then replies, “Gee buddy, I’m really sorry why don’t you wear a wristwatch like everyone else?” No Gators Here While sports fishing off the Florida coast, a tourist capsized his boat. He could swim, but his fear of alligators kept him clinging to the overturned craft. Spotting an old beachcomber standing on the shore, the tourist shouted, “Are there any gators around here?” “Naw,” the man hollered back, “they ain’t been around for years!” Feeling safe, the tourist started swimming leisurely toward the shore. About halfway there he asked the guy, “How’d you get rid of the gators?” “We didn’t do nothing,’” the beachcomber said. “Wow,” said the tourist. The beachcomber added, “The sharks got ‘em.” A man called the Family Inn and asked how much they charged for a room. The clerk told him that the rates depended on room size and number of people. “Do you take children?” the man asked. “No, sir” replied the clerk. “Only cash and credit cards.” ber 26th - October 31st s: 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM ys: 12 Noon - 8:00 PM HAMMACK FARMS HAMMACK FARMS Opening Day H A M M A C K F A R 2015 September 26th! MS 2015 2015 vailable for school and church groups! Hay Maze ~ Pumpkin Patch 96.9 The Legend will be here ~ Tractor Train ~ Hay Ride opening day from 1pm-4pm. OPENING DAY - SEPTEMBER 26TH! Open September 26th - October 31st pe Slide ~ Playground O P October ING D - 8p.m. AY - SEFridays: September 26thE-N 31st Sunflower Field PTEM4p.m. BER 2 6 T H ! 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Utilize internet resources- sign up for interactive, my daughter in Pre-K but I quit my job to stay home online learning. when she was born. I want to enjoy her last year 3. DIY preschool: before Kindergarten. Am I depriving her? • The internet (and library) is full of fun ways to learn Preschooler Mom at home in creative, inexpensive ways. Set up games with colored blocks, make homemade gift cards and let your child cut it out for you, or play with alphabet Dear Mom: flash cards. That is a question that can easily be debated either • Set up art stations. Allow your child to color, paint, way. While it is true that schools now expect children play with play dough, puzzles, etc. to begin Kindergarten with a certain amount of skills • When you read aloud to your child, let your finger and knowledge, that does not make it necessary. follow along with the words so that she can learn the Years back there was no Kindergarten, much less process of reading from left to right. Pre-K! But still people graduated from high school, If you are concerned about social skills developbecame gainfully employed, pursued higher education ment, there are alternative ways to meet that need as and graduated from colleges. But of course, the cliwell- join a play group in your community, or organize mate in education has morphed and changed over the your own with other likeminded stay at home moms. years. Allow your child to take part in Vacation Bible School Personally, I am an advocate for letting kids be kids. or Sunday School to get accustomed to the class room There is plenty of time for them to learn to read, cut setting and to learn how to share. with scissors and write neatly. But convincing arSee the world as your laboratory or classroom. If guments have been made about achieving a level of you are intentional in locating learning activities, opreadiness before school. If you are concerned your portunities will abound. Check out museums for kid child is getting behind, and you believe keeping them camps. Visit art or musical offerings in your community. “Where you go to meet your friends.” Many students thrive in the Pre-K environment. As the parent, you know what is best for your child. EnServing Vernon Since 1994 sure your child knows she is loved, feels safe and offer an enriched environment with plenty of exploration Dear Sherri, Somsri’s Buffet Friday Night 20 PC. CHICKEN MEAL DEAL Buffet $9.99 4 - 16 oz. Sides Catfish Fillets & BBQ Ribs 8 Dinner Rolls Sat.& Sun. Breakfast Gallon of Tea $39.99 Bar w/Free Coffee Tues. & Wed. 11a.m.-2p.m. Thurs. & Fri. 11a.m.-2p.m. & 4:30p.m.-8p.m. Sat. 8a.m.-2p.m. 850-535-6425 Sun. 8a.m.-5 p.m. Hwy 79 • Vernon, FL 14/ September 2015 Street Talk America A Bible study for women Hosted by Sherri Evans September 15th, 6p.m. @ Milk and Honey Frozen Yogurt 4767 Hwy 90 Marianna, FL For more info, join us on facebook! “Immersion A Bible Study for Women” opportunity. Children are natural learners- do what you can to capitalize on her interest. At home preschool activities can be just as beneficial as formal, classroom settings. Both are excellent ways to prepare your child for future education. If she falls behind once school starts, be sure to communicate with her teacher and add extra practice at home or with a tutor. Pre-K is a bit too early to begin to worry about ACT’s, SAT’s or her entire educational career. Support and encourage learning every chance you get. But don’t forget your child is already learning important life skills by watching you: hygiene skills, how to be kind and considerate, sharing, work ethic and love of learning. Pray about your choice. Talk to other moms and families in your area. Visit some pre-K’s. Then trust your instincts! Sherry Evans is a wife and a mother of three boys. She is an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God and an Associate Pastor at a local church. 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He has mastered their frightful tongue, something akin to mole speak, and speaks with them regularly. I am certain he reports my every move. Due to his current placement in the metal room his safety is assured. But I can wait, it is only a matter of time... Day 752 - My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the occasional piece of furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another houseplant. Day 761 - Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded; must try this at the top of the stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair...must try this on their bed. Day 762 - Slept all day so that I could annoy my captors with sleep deprivation, incessant pleas for food at all hours of the night. Day 767 - Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body in an attempt to make them aware of what I am capable of, and to try to strike fear into their hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what Inheritance a good little cat I was...Hmmm. Not working according to plan. “Is there anything wrong?” asked the waiter of the Day 768 - I am finally aware of how sadistic they are. young, well-dressed customer who sat staring grimly For no good reason I was chosen for the water torinto his drink. “Two months ago my grandfather died and left me one- hundred thousand dollars,” said the man. “That doesn’t sound like anything to be upset 1007 N. Waukesha St. • Bonifay 850-547-1958 about,” said the waiter. “It should happen to me.” “Yeah,” said the sour young man, “but last month an B.S.M. Gumbo uncle on my father’s side passed away. 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I sure enjoy these days when time is of no importance and I have all day to do a lot of nothing. Early this morning the sun came up and found the wife, Lilla Jane and I fishing. We can leave the house and be in the boat fishing within five minutes because we have five ponds in front of our house. Today we wanted a mess of bass so we were casting with Zebco 33. Did you know that Zebco made a 44? Well, back in 1957 they stopped making them, but I have two or three. I use two of them for spare parts to keep the one I fish with workable. The Zebco 44 has a trigger, not a push button like its sister the 33 and it’s the only reel made by Zebco that you don’t turn upside down to cast. If any of you people have an old 44 not being used I would love to have it. If you give me the reel, I will in turn, take you on a fishing trip. I had caught one or two yearling bass when my line started moving and I set the hook and the show began. The fish came up out of the water, some three or four feet and dove back under water. The drag on the 44 was being tested but I knew what it could stand, because I once landed a fat sow bass over 10 lbs. Lilla was scrambling for the dip net and was nervous as a you know what in a church. The next leap, the bass did a tail walk and again tried to throw the hook but it was set real good and his only way off was to break my line. After making his last dive, I began to bring him to the boat and Lilla captured it using the dip net. The bass was a good 5 ½ or 6 lb. lunker that had a lot of fight in him. Now for the story of a lifetime and it’s Lilla’s time in the spot light. Over near some thick grass was something chasing some small bream and making some kind of fuss. Sculling the boat easy, not to scare him off, I placed Lilla in casting distance. Her first cast went into the grass but the weedless hook didn’t hang up and she managed to get it in to the water. The big bass either missed or was chasing a bream, but it knocked water everywhere and Lilla became more nervous than two of those ladies in church. She reeled the worm back in and made her second cast. I wasn’t fishing, I was watching the show and it got real exciting. Lilla let the worm sink to the bottom and when the bass hit the worm, it took all Lilla could do to hang on. The fish started moving away and I cautioned her to keep the fish away from the grass. The bass surfaced but didn’t come out of the water and it was a monster of a fish. I didn’t know what it was going to do and Lilla(most was yelling cases)for me to do some- Hard Lime Rock w/base $385 - 100ft. 850-319-8833 DRIVEWAYS 22/ September 2015 Street Talk America Grading • Landclearing thing. All I could do was hold the dip net and watch as the fish sank and made a run straight for the boat. Lilla was talking out of her head and reeling like a crazy woman as the fish passed under the boat and out the other side. When the bass snapped the line and went on its merry way, all I could do was hold the net and try to keep from laughing. No, I wasn’t glad that she lost the big one, but the expression on her face... Her mouth was open and her chin was down. She looked like someone had just licked the last red from her candy stick. She just sat there looking at me and her broken line, not saying a word. I knew to use my words wisely because she was still in shock. Sculling back to the landing, I broke the silence saying that when a bass runs to the boat there’s not much you can do to turn it. Lilla asked what I thought the fish weighed. I told her that if my bass weighed six pounds then hers was twice as big, and I left it at that. Now you know why I’m cooking on the wood stove, it’s to cheer her up and a good meal will work wonders. I wanted to quote from the Good Book, The Lord giveth and taketh away.. but I knew I better not. 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Even in Biblical times, men wouldn’t ask for directions. • If he asks what sort of books you’re interested in, tell him checkbooks. • Remember a sense of humor does not mean that you tell him jokes; it means that you laugh at his. Two More A Southerner was forced to take a day off from work to appear for a minor traffic summons. He grew increasingly restless as he waited hour after endless hour for his case to be heard. When his name was called late in the afternoon, he stood before the judge, only to hear that court would be adjourned for the rest of the afternoon and he would have to return the next day. “What for?!?!?” he snapped at the judge. His Honor, equally irked by a tedious day and sharp query, roared out loud, “Twenty dollars contempt of court! That’s why!” Then, noticing the man checking his wallet, the judge relented: “That’s all right. You don’t have to pay now.” The young man replied, “I know. 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At work, we talk about how watermelon just doesn’t seem to be as good as it used to be and how thin skinned a lot of these politically correct, seedless, personal sized watermelons seem to be. Honestly, I think it’s true that watermelons used to be better. Maybe we all used to be better when our skins were a lot thicker, our insides were a lot sweeter and full of seeds. There is nothing wrong with spitting watermelon seeds; in fact, I think that it is very medicinal. Being home in Alabama, I realized that it was National Watermelon Day or something similar, perhaps it was “Thin-skinned, Seedless, Not Very Sweet Watermelon Day.” That’s not a good thing to say is it? There is no doubt in my mind that there are just as many (probably a whole lot more) great watermelons as there used to be. And yes, these watermelons are big and sweet and full of seeds. Sounds like a Southern person to me. Can I still say that? Of course I can… BEN SAUNDERS, DMD PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY • Pediatric Dental Specialist • Children, Adolescents, Keeping & Teens Kids • Orthodontics Smiling • In-Office Sedation • Hospital Dentistry • Special Needs Patients (850) 526- SPIT (7748) 4711 Highway 90 East • Marianna, FL (Between Burger King & Big Lots) It’s just that sometimes folks have this opinion of folks in the South that isn’t correct. They come here or more often an “expert” tells them how people in the South are and how Southerners think. More than likely, these people have eaten too many of these thinskinned seedless watermelons. It’s not really a “Bless your heart” type of situation. I view it as more of a “Get off my porch and out of my yard” situation. If you’ve ever eaten a real watermelon sitting at a concrete roadside table, church picnic or even while sitting on your back steps half-naked, you know what I mean. While home in Alabama, I went through some pictures my Mama had saved. She was good at saving things, as a matter of fact, I think Mama tried to save everything. I loved her, love her still and miss her terribly. In going through some of her things, three things hit me hard. The first was a book titled “100 === To See Before You Die.” I didn’t have the heart Places to open it and check the places off I knew she got to go08-14-2015 before she died, but I will tell you this, she bought a lot postcards. Hi of Kelley…. START USE AS YOU CAN The second was a little angel made of rocks that I’m … Ya Doin’ Great! T-Bob sure one of my brothers had given her. It simply said, “I’ll always be with you.” I’m of the thick-skinned watermelon variety, perfect for making watermelon rind pickles, but every time I think of that phrase – it gets me. The other thing was one of those pictures. It was of little boy sitting on his back porch, really just a stoop, Buying HEARING AIDS … Don’t Buy A Mistake Call ALPHA Audiology AUDIOLOGICAL Testing Matters Private Discount ● ● 588-5460 Quality of Life ● Hearing Aids TriCare ● Medicare with Signed Referral SMILE: Save, Shop, Eat Live, LOVE PCB! FREE Consultation: We Offer MORE Options Hrs: M-Th 8-5, Fr 8-12 ● God is Great! 203 North Hwy 79 ● 588-5460 Dr. Anne Marie Taylor, Au.D, CCC-A 26/ September 2015 Street Talk America Street Talk America = wearing a diaper, eating a piece of watermelon about as big as he was. You could tell I was about as happy as a two-year old could be. Fifty years later, I felt the need to sit on that little concrete stoop and see if I could get a little of that magic back. I can’t say that I was as happy as I was then, because you really don’t know how happy you were (except by the sticky watermelon covered face). About this time, an old friend drove up in his truck. This fellow was a friend of my Daddy’s and still calls me on the phone to check on me. He’s in his 70’s. When he heard I was “back home,” he said, “I’m coming to see you.” He did. We talked watermelons and life. His premise is that people who are not from the South are just jealous that they can’t live the simple life and have the patience to eat watermelons with seeds. In other words, “They just wish they were us.” It may sound a little arrogant, but there might be a little truth to it. He told me a beautiful story about his mother and how she got to spend the last ten years of her life living with him and his wife. He said it was not a burden, describing it as wonderful and a “blessing.” However, the thing that got me was this… He said, “We were sitting and talking and cutting up.” I didn’t know where he was going with this story. He said his mother (at 90), still with her wits and her “wit,” told him in === the middle of the laughing and silliness, “You come on over here, I’m going to whop you.” She was being funny. But he did. He walked over to her. She gasped and it was her last breath. His mother’s last words to him were, “…I’m going to whop you.” I laughed until I cried. If you understand that, chances are you have no problem with seeds in your watermelon. If you do not, “Bless your heart and stay out of my yard.” Find more stories at www.cranksmytractor.com Cranks My Tractor stories are published in Street Talk America with the writer’s permission and in hopes of making you smile. Mitch’s Collision 850.600.7006 M Quality Collision Repair Automotive Refinishing 1335 Brickyard Rd. Chipley, FL Mitch Gainer, Owner [email protected] G&P COUNTRY MEATS 3284 Main St. Vernon, FL. • (850)535-0080 Open Monday-Saturday Mix & Match PICK 5’S for a GREAT DEAL! 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You can still get the flu even after the flu ing to do my best. It was late in the game and I knew shot. I have...twice. But, I also was protected against we needed to get close to the end-zone, if not score multiple if not hundreds of known contacts with the on the next play. After the hike of the ball, I caught a flu and did not get sick or pass sickness to my friends short lateral pass and began a twisting, running, stiff arming display rivaling Bo Jackson’s Heisman perfor- and family. There are flu shots and a nasal immunizamances. As the dust settled and the whistle blew, I had tion called flu-mist available. So who exactly should not only scored the touchdown, but realized our recess get the flu immunization? The CDC recommends, this day in fourth grade was over. Like it or not, we are “Everyone 6 months of age and older should get a flu vaccine every season.” This recommendation has been in the South, and Friday nights in September means in place since February 24, 2010 when CDC’s Advihumidity, boiled peanuts, cheering from the crowd, sory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) the Band playing the alma mater and the start of high voted for “universal” flu vaccination in the United school football. States to expand protection against the flu to more Friday nights do not just happen. The blood, sweat people. Vaccination to prevent influenza is particularly and tears of spring two-a-days, summer workouts important for people who are at high risk of serious and weekly preparation playout with “clear eyes, complications from influenza. Talk to your healthcare full hearts, can’t lose” Friday night football games. provider about which one is right for you. This is why I am excited to see my good friend and Cheer on your hometown team and support the high classmate Kevin Womble at the helm here in Holmes schools, just remember to wash your hands before you County. I openly support him as well as all of those chow down on those boiled peanuts. Go Big Blue! that are dedicated to the hard work it takes to pull off Friday Nights. I might yell loudest for my Alma Mater, but that extends to my surrounding friends and A man gets this real fast sports car family in our multi-county community. and he is flying down the road at about If you want to stay healthy and enjoy those Friday 80 mph. After a couple miles a cop pulls nights, you’ve got to do all you can to prevent getting out on to the road and turns on his siren. sick. Hand washing is still one of the easiest and best The man pulls over and waits for the ways to prevent the spread of disease. As I mentioned officer to give him a ticket. The officer last month, singing a chorus to a favorite song while comes up to his car and says “I have been using a scrubbing motion with soap is effective in rewaiting for you all day”. The man says moving germs. Flu shots are another recommendation “Well I got here as fast I could.” to prevent the spread of influenza. I feel that I need to Health Talk Come grow with us. Call today to schedule an appointment! (850)547-4440 Patrick Hawkins, MD Michael Kennedy, ARNP Family Medicine 28/ September 2015 Street Talk America Meg Taylor, ARNP Women’s Health Worst Library Book A blonde stormed up to the front desk of the library and with a screaming voice said, “I have a complaint!” “How can I help you?” said the librarian looking up at her. “I borrowed a book last week and it was horrible!” Puzzled by her complaint, the librarian asked “What was wrong with it?” “It had way too many characters and there was no plot!” said the blonde. The librarian nodded and said, “Ahhh. 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Pearl is her name and she is a 1953 Lincoln Capri owned by yours truly. We bought her from my husband’s grandfather, Alfred Ward. There were only 23,640 Capri’s assembled in 1953 and were priced around $3,500 new. She’s moody, some days she cranks and some days she doesn’t. Pearl measures 216.6 inches from front to back. No wonder she’s moody! She’s a big girl! ~Kelley Ward, Publisher, Street Talk America Do you have a classic car or truck that you’d like to share with Mr. Curtis and the Street Talk readers? Send us a picture and any info you’d like included about your car. STA P.O. Box 170 Vernon, FL 32462 or email [email protected] Prom & Formal ~ Infant Sessions Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behaviour. Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. 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I’ve heard it said, can’t remember where I read it, so it’s not my quote, “you can’t unsay words.” Good grief--how true that is! I’ve had my feelings hurt, I’ve gotten mad, been sad, with a full conversation, all in my head. And as long as it stays there until I’ve listened fully to what God has to say on the matter, I’m okay. But the instant I let words fly out of my lips without so much as a “test run” with the LORD, I’m in big trouble. Generally people get hurt. The hearer as well as the speaker. (Remember “do unto others as you would have them do unto you?”) I have said things I’ve had to go back and apologize for. I’ve said “I’m sorry,” more times than Carter’s got liver pills. But that’s okay. The instant we think we don’t need to say I’m sorry, or that it shouldn’t be us saying the I’m sorry, then we are in a bad way. Spiritually speaking, as well as emotionally and futuristically speaking. (I think I made up another word!) Tonight, as one grandson has played a game, I have Gail’s Traveling Angels Trusted In-Home Care for Seniors of All Ages! 25 Years Experience • Excellent References 7 Days a Week/24 Hours a Day Commitment to Quality Care Compassionate, Skilled Caregivers “The cornerstone of our commitment is compassion combined with a full range of treatment services and so much more.” Personal Care • Transportation • Errands Light Housekeeping • Companionship • Meal Preparation Emotional & Spiritual Support Gail Hall - Manager Home (850)482-5424 • Cell (850)264-1793 Carol Hagin, Cell 850-557-0085 Lic# 233044 said several times to him,watch your mouth. Meaning, he has used a silly word that has one meaning to him (he got from his friends), but it has another meaning in the dictionary. As hurtful things have flown through social media, and from conversations of people, I have to remind myself, watch your mouth. I need to keep my opinion to myself. And an opinion cannot be based on one side of any story. The seeds you sow in words will root out and spoil good words sown in the past. Rash and sudden decisions based on immediate feelings will often do more harm in the long run. I remembered a “rash” decision I made about 20 something years ago, that I made out of hurt feelings. Not taking time to rationalize, or see another person’s view point--only mine. It was solely from my perspective that I based my decision--and even claimed to have prayed about it. Well, funny thing was, I did pray. I “told God” what He already knew. However, I didn’t wait to see what He had to say. Instead, I did what soothed my hurt feelings. I have learned along this almost 54 year journey, that God wastes nothing. Not even poor decisions, or big mistakes. He uses every single thing on our journey. Teaching, training, molding and making us into what He purposed for our lives. Sometimes, like Moses, it is a wandering in a desert. For some of us, even as long as 20-something years. We assume (incorrectly) that surely “this” must have needed to take place in order to get me to this point in life. Are you kidding me? He is GOD after all. He can change our address in a breath. Just ask Philip (Acts 8:39-40). This life on Earth is temporary. We are spiritual beings having an Earthly experience--and what we do here, affects our eternal. Make it count. (I am speaking to myself as well.) Don’t let words that need to be said, go unsaid. Words like, “I love you.” “I’m sorry.” If you are a parent especially listen to my voice of experience. Always end the night with your child in “I love you.” It doesn’t matter how hurt or angry you may be with them, love them. And get their side of the story, don’t just believe what you were told. YES, I know they may lie, but listen to the WHOLE story first. NOT just one side. These little guys that have been here this summer have been fun. I’ve listened to two sides to many verbal tussles. When I wanted to holler at one for being hurtful to the other, waiting paid off. Oh, how I do love these little guys. I love being a mom, and love even more being a grandmother. It does keep me on my toes. Maybe they learned something this week. Maybe they learned to watch their mouth. Not looking in a mirror, but guarding what they say, making sure good things come from their heart and lips. Teaching kids to guard their heart, their mouths and minds is more important now than ever before. They experience far more of the world by the age of 10 than I had experienced at 15. While we are teaching, we should also be remembering it for ourselves... Watch our mouth. © 2015 Angie Knight- The Knightly News. All rights reserved. T&B Hidden Treasures Antique Mall & Collectibles 850-373-8281 or 850-768-0272 1215 Jackson Ave. Hwy 90 Chipley, FL Visit for a treasure hunt to remember! 12,500 sq. ft. of Antiques & Collectibles! Before, During & After... 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No guy has ever said “Bro, she was ugly...but that purse... • If anyone is interested I’ll be signing books today at Barnes & Noble from 6:00 pm until I get escorted out by security. • Sweetie, if your gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty • I’ve never watched a clown apply makeup but I imagine the process is similar to that of a Kardashian. • I’m thankful for many things, but mostly that there were no camera phones when I was in high school.. • DID YOU KNOW: If every person on the planet lined up along the Earth’s equator, most of them would drown. • Saying “I’m offended” is basically telling the world you can’t control your own emotions so everyone else should do it for you. • Car alarms should sound like two chicks in a fight. I’d look out the window for that. 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Scott’s personal troubles give parents tend to dismiss the impact upon kids because, an excellent springboard to discuss the relationship after all, it’s only action. This trend has given rise to a between choices and consequences. This story of a plethora of digitally-enhanced movie fury that numb superhero who starts out as a criminal has a strong and desensitize the mind. Parents who are concerned element of redemption. In fact, Dr. Pym tells Scott that about this rising trend in films are naturally apprehenhe believes “every man deserves a shot at redempsive about the new offering to the Marvel Universe, tion,” and that their actions aren’t about “saving our Ant-man. Delightfully, smaller is better. Even though Ant-man delivers a dose of superhero violence, thank- world, but about saving theirs.” However, there are negative elements in the film, such as foul language fully, Marvel tones it down in this flick. and the tendency to justify criminal actions. Ant-man Due to a number of foolish decisions, Scott Lang offers the viewer a superhero that is a little less noble found life after prison to be somewhat of a struggle. Even with all his efforts to redeem his life and walk the than others. However, his rough character also seems straight and narrow, Scott still seemed to get caught up to be more at home in the real world. Scott provides an in criminal pursuits. However, greed is not his motive, example of fatherly love in contrast to absentee fathers that plague our day. Parents are cautioned that such but Scott is ceding to his ex-wife’s demands in hopes adult, real-world themes are present in this film and it to get mild visitation rights to his beloved daughter, Cassie. He uses his skills to break into the residence of is not appropriate for small children. However, bear in mind that many children today are dealing with the Dr. Hank Pym and steals an old motorcycle suit from issues of blended families already. his safe. 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