I got this e-mail this morning and thought it was pretty funny. (I did add a couple and tweak a few of them a bit.)
1. You've seen the guy in the curly wig and tutu at Wal Mart. ***
2. You don't even notice that smell half the time.
3. It might say Brownsville on the map, but you know it's really Bawcomville.
4. At least once a month, you and your friends go to eat at "that new place."
5. You know why people go to Richwood on Sunday nights.
6. You know who Judy Waggon-head is.
7. You've ever stopped eating lunch to watch "Holidays with Victor".
8. You've been to the Hob Nob.
9. You know that once you cross the river, you are in a different world.
10. You know that the h0okers work the corners on DeSiard Street.
11. You think going out to watch drunk rednecks sing karaoke is having a good
time.
12. You look in your toilet bowl and, because of the water color, honestly
can't tell if you have flushed it. (West Monroe!)
13. Two words: What's Cookin'?
14. Watching the old DeSiard Street Bridge and railroad bridge turn for a
river barge is a thrill.*
15. Getting to the restaurants before noon on Sunday is called "Beat the
Baptists" or getting to the restaurants before the "Pentecostal Parade" hits.
16. You still catch yourself humming that silly "Howard Griffin Land O' Toys"
jingle at Christmastime. (Before my time, I guess.)
17. You're never more than 2 miles away from a Chili Verde.
18. You refer to Graphic Packaging as "Riverwood or whatever it's called now".
19. You know who "The Troll" is.
20. You know who The Elvis Impersonator's mom is.
***First time I saw that guy was back when I walked on the track up at Glenwood. He came to the track, not in a tutu, but in an ill-fitting little black dress, a wig and high heels. He walked a couple of laps and left. Freaked me out.
*Is this referring to the Endom Bridge? I don't think the railroad bridge turns, does it?
I know the Elvis impersonator, but I don't know his mom. Or maybe I do and she would never admit it.
And I didn't know hookers worked DeSiard. If you've ever driven down Louisville at 2 a.m. you'd think they work the Burger King parking lot.
By the way, the man in a tutu has a name. It's Glen, but he goes by Glenda.
Funny stuff. The railroad bridge does rotate like the endom bridge, but watch out for lea joyner on a rainy day. The steel grate in the middle can get awful slippery. One thing we can all love about Monroe is how all the redlights blink starting at 11p.m.
Posted by: Robbie at May 23, 2006 09:39 AMAt least Monroe waits until 11, man in Ruston, some of the lights are blinking at nine o'clock. The rest go off at 10, except for that one that is always on and is never green.
Posted by: Andrew at May 23, 2006 01:57 PMElvis impersonator's mom in Judy C. Martin, of Judy C. Martin fame.
I don't know about the Burgur King, but NEVER (do you hear me? NEVER) drive on Texas Ave in the wee hours of the night.
Glenda? ROFL.
The railroad bridge does turn? You mean there's a local thrill I've been missing out on all this time?
Posted by: Christin at May 23, 2006 02:08 PMI also think there must be a law stating that if you can actually see the barge moving, then it's going too fast.
Posted by: Robbie at May 23, 2006 02:22 PMHoward Griffin Land of Toys,
Loads of fun for girls and boys.
Bring your kids and look around.
The biggest toy store in the town!
Amy would know the jingle. Have any of you ever been in the old Howard Griffin building? It's kinda creepy now.
Posted by: emily at May 23, 2006 05:26 PMGlen or Glenda? That adds a whole Ed Wood aspect to that guy that I hadn't picked up on. Also, didn't they used to sell four wheelers and fishing gear right there in the biggest toy store in the town?
Posted by: Patrick at May 26, 2006 10:00 AM