Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:27:50 -0500 (EST)
From: danceswithcarp <dcombs-AT-bloomington.in.us>
Subject: We've gone Suth'rn



Well, we are now esconced somewhere in Ol' Virginny.  I have spent a lot
of time in Virginia, it is an odd state.  Radar detectors are so illegal
in Virginny that if you get caught with one in a suitcase in your
auto's trunk, you will recieve massive fines.

Virginny has *three-lane* highways.  I have been in somewhere around 35
states and Virginny is the only one where I've seen three-lane roads as a
matter of course.

Virginny is home to the Shenandoah Valley, one of the most laid back
pieces of scenery anywhere on earth.

The Virginny of my youth still had segregation of public facilities.  I
can remember the signs over the dirnking fountains. 

Virginny is the first place I ever saw roadside chain-gangs.  They were
segregated, by law, and they looked just like they do in "Cool Hand Luke," 
on of the greatest anti-authoritarian films ever made. 

Virginny still has roadside chain-gangs.  They are no longer segregated by
law.  Now they just appear segregated because so many men of color are
imprisoned.

Virginny held the capital of the Confederacy, and is the site of a big
hunk of the carnage of the american War Between The States.  A good number
of Indiginous People What Were Here When The White Guys Got Here were
exterminated in Virginny, and the Blue Ridge/Apaalachia mountain culture
once thrived there. 

There are a great many haints that wander Virginia; one must tread these
lands lightly.

Virginny is home to some of Unka Bart's money because he most recently
obeyed the law and did +not+ use his illicit radar detector there.

Virginny is home to Frank Mclean; a terd's terd who dumbed down the 2-list
long before the unmentioned one got here.

Charles Robb, the son-in-law of Lyndon B. Johnson is or was a Senator from
Virginny.  He got in trouble for screwing the help long before Clinton
made it popular.

I only have one question:  How long before we get thrown off of this
state-sponsored server?  The dutch seem a much more tolerant folk than any
I have ever met in Virginny.

I mean can we say "fuck" and make references to sexual use of various
orifices not necessarily designed for such?  How about excretory
functions?  Will Virginny tolerate the posting of the obscenities of the
unmentioned one?

I think we need to start a gambling pool on how long befroe we're
homeless.  I've got five bucks on 11 months.



carp