Verna Tells Her Side of the Story

[Gita]

"The po-lice kept my taser," complained Verna, as Charlene and Stump Shiner sat in straight-backed silence on the drive home.

Stump craned his neck around to see Verna, narrowly missing Bootsy Sykes who was tearing past him on an ambulance chase.

"Verna, you ever considered puttin' somethin' in Burris' beer, like that woo-woo man pill?" Stump said, pulling down on an imaginary train whistle cord.

Verna sighed, "No Stump, it ain't the engine -- the pistons keep pumping fine -- it's that tired old engineer at the throttle that's drivin' me clear to crazy!"

"Verna, what in the name of Billy Ray Cyrus did you think would happen when you unloaded all that electricity into Burris?" Charlene yelled, losing all composure.

"Hell, Charlene, I figured he'd get a jolt and wake up real perky and then, you know..."

[Gita]

Paul, I disagree. Charlene has a beauty shop and Stump works at the Tool and Die plant in town. She plays bridge with a ladies' group, and while he is unsophisticated by your standards, he's far from a piney-woods Pete.

[Paul de Denus]

these folk are real 'pecker-woods' should I say!

[shauna mcclure]

Having always wanted to do this myself, you have provided me with a most excellent vicarious thrill! That is why reading is so much fun --- especially this lil ol' gem...

[Bill Floyd]

Funny snapshot of a somewhat disturbing situation. I envy you guys who can pulls this off...

[Edward V. Strand]

Very nice writing. You managed to deliver many clear cut images in the brief space of this format. I think I'm going to have fun here.

[jkdavies]

I'm with T & Ann on the billy Ray thing ;)
thanks for making me smile before work!

[Joe Gensle]

You sho'nuff got yo South on, Miss Gita :)

[Ann Mintz]

I am continually awed by Gita's ability to paint vivid pictures with very few word-- to write with economy, but with perfect detail. "Pulling down an imaginary train whistle cord." And, my God, "In the name of Billy Ray Cyrus." It's just perfect.

[Mike Handley]

Tastes like fried green tomaters to me ... success, in other words ... I'm just sayin

[Sissy Anderson]

Crap, this is so funny and enjoyable. Just love the characters you've created, although they are a little wacky, there is still so much realism to it, enough to keep this meaningful. I so needed to read this.