Tag: southern humor
member name: Ed Williams
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November 22, 2008 06:31 AM EST --
Last week I published an article here on Gather.com about the joys of growing bald, and I happened to mention at the end of it that I would soon be serenading y'all with an article about . . .
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December 06, 2008 06:30 AM EST --
You slip up and mention out loud to a friend that you got pinged six times today!
You begin wondering just which of the avatars are real pictures, and which ones were taken a long time ago.
You . . .
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January 31, 2009 05:48 AM EST --
Is that subtle or what?
With the answer being kinda obvious, let's sally right forth into today's discussion. I can remember way, way back, had to be around 1963 or so, watching TV one Saturday . . .
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September 01, 2009 07:32 PM EDT --
In a move to achieve those ever important suck-up points with my publisher, I now offer the following two blatantly capitalist, profit-motivated, and brownie point cultivating missives….. . . .
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December 13, 2008 07:04 AM EST --
My boss was talking to me the other day, and in the course of our conversation he mentioned that he had just talked to an old friend who lived in Cackle Corner, Georgia. Naturally, I figured I was getting . . .
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December 17, 2008 06:12 AM EST --
Most of you who've ever read my writings know that I'm a son of the South. A proud son of the South. I enjoy living here, I enjoy writing here, I enjoy raising a little hell every now and . . .
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May 16, 2009 06:31 AM EDT --
( in no particular order)
1 . Newspapers -
Don't get me wrong, I think there will always be the reporting of news and newspapers, but I think their current mode of delivery - the "paper" . . .
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June 19, 2009 05:54 AM EDT --
I have a gripping tale of suspense for y'all today!
First, would y'all be amazed to know that I haven't even been here at Gather for the past week? It's true! A group of North Korean Communist sympathizers . . .
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October 03, 2009 06:35 AM EDT --
The following is all real stuff…..
We actually had a guy in Juliette years ago who couldn’t tell whether or not his lawnmower was running. To alleviate his concern, he stuck one . . .
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October 17, 2009 06:31 AM EDT --
I’d be the first one to admit to that I don’t have a clue as to why I’m currently receiving the amount of views and comments that I am. It amazes me that over the past four or five weeks . . .
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November 23, 2009 08:29 AM EST --
Sometimes I think we really need to re-examine our logic...
A few weeks ago I was riding into downtown Macon with my good friend, Charlie Deaton. We’d been working together all morning at his . . .
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November 28, 2009 06:37 AM EST --
In no particular order of Christmas season suck-age…..
Fruitcakes! I hate fruitcakes! Heavy, fruit chunk-laden bricks of bread-y sludge that will stop you up and slow you down faster . . .
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November 29, 2009 07:40 AM EST --
And I’m serious – I am!
Don’t blame me for the idea, either. I actually got it from Gather and from Tom Gerace, our esteemed owner/founder. As background, I’ve noticed over the . . .
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December 27, 2008 05:43 AM EST --
You know, I never thought I'd be writing an article like this. That being said, have y'all ever found yourselves in a situation as a writer where you've seen enough and read enough of something . . .
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February 07, 2009 06:48 AM EST --
Here at Gather, it seems that one of the most commonly seen/read laments involves members who receive poor ratings on their writings, videos, pictures, or whatever. Many times it's obvious that someone's . . .
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March 11, 2009 06:41 PM EDT --
Sometimes I really wonder about kids today. I was pulling some bread, mayo, and ham out of the refrigerator this past Saturday evening in order to fix myself a ham sandwich. I wasn't ravenously hungry . . .
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March 17, 2009 06:39 PM EDT --
Remember last week when I wrote that article about mayonnaise sandwiches? Remember I said that if I got some comments from fellow Gatherers telling me they'd actually eaten mayonnaise sandwiches that . . .
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April 14, 2009 06:49 PM EDT --
I know ya'll are gonna think I'm pulling your legs, but I swear on a stack of BTO CDs that I received the following email just a couple of days ago....
Ed,
I just wanted to drop you a . . .
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May 02, 2009 06:41 AM EDT --
(PLEASE DON'T READ THE FOLLOWING - WE HAVE EMBARRASSINGLY TOO MANY VIEWS AND COMMENTS AS IT IS! IT WENT TO NUMBER ONE MOST VIEWED ON GATHER 5/2/09 - CUT THAT STUFF OUT!)
Sometimes . . .
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July 18, 2009 06:33 AM EDT --
Damn the luck!
Well, let me go ahead and take that back. Much as I’d like to ascribe all this to luck or chance, the truth is that I did something yesterday morning I shouldn’t have done, . . .
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