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Wednesday, August 26. 2009

While riding last weekend

While riding the trails over hill and dale last weekend, I encountered this enchanting  young lady (what do you call a mermaid that dwells on land?), lounging on a fallen log over the small stream we ride though, and where we water the horses.


Mrs. B. was riding with me. She always seems to be with me when I encounter such succubi, or nymphs, or odalisques, or sirens, or whatever they are called. These remarkable beings only speak with a voice that sounds like a breeze through the leaves and and the rippling of the streams. Sometimes they make themselves visible. Most times, not.



 h/t, Theo

Posted by The Barrister in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 17:47 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

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I saw one of 'em just last week. Now, I'm not complaining but I think they're mostly to tease poor fools like myself, 'cause ya' know they're pretty fit and they run like the devil. I don't think they sink in the mud as I've never seen one leave a foot print; and they pert near skip over the water. Now all that leaves a fool like me stumbling through the deep mud--they always seem to steer towards the deep mud--and falling into the brambles ripping my clothes and such. Now I don't mind the chase...it gives me something to think about, but there's hell to catch when I get home and the wife sees me all tore up and muddy. Can't wait to get back out into the woods, though...wife can yell all she wants. Hells bells, it's how I caught her and settled her down in wedded bliss and now she wants this old dog to lay down on the porch and soak up sunlight. But I've got to tell ya', this dog was born to hunt.
#1 Jephnol (Link) on 2009-08-26 18:30 (Reply)
I seem to have dropped my pencil, again!!

That's my Forrest Gump impersonation.
#1.1 jappy on 2009-08-26 18:59 (Reply)
According to AOL's front page, where they give sex advice all the time and how a mom discovered some magic potion you need, the advice today was the difference in men and women leading up to sex. Women like foreplay and sex in the backseat of the car in the garage to remind them of how fun it was. Jephnol, you nailed it for men: You dogs are born to hunt. AOL quoted a line in a movie where some guy says: "A woman just has to show up."

arf!
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#1.2 Meta on 2009-08-26 20:55 (Reply)
You know, some people just don't think about termites until it's too late...
#2 KRW on 2009-08-26 21:46 (Reply)
If you are in the area stop by and say hey : I will be doing the audio at The Friends of America Rally On Labor Day, in Logan, West Virginia

Hank Williams, Jr. and John Rich will be performing and Fox News Host Sean Hannity will be speaking at this free event on Monday, September 7th from 10.30 am until 8 pm. Ted Nugent will be the event’s emcee.

http://friendsofamericarally.com/
#3 Chuckw3 on 2009-08-26 21:54 (Reply)
And Barrister ... if those sweet things lie about on tree trunks like that, they end up with a terminal case of "bark scald" [same as beard scald but lots worse.]

Marianne
#4 Marianne Matthews on 2009-08-26 23:10 (Reply)
One word you may want is 'dryad' for 'nymph of the woods' or perhaps 'oread' for 'nymph of rock/mountain'. Or as we like to call 'em 'cowgirls'.
#5 Carl H. on 2009-08-27 15:29 (Reply)

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