JamesSavik

I've eaten some really groovy mushrooms, but not lately. Never have I ever put anything in chili that didn't belong there.

Neither have I. Never have I ever put a whoopee cushion under the preacher's seat cushion in church (that anyone knows of).

Life jacket

@Krista Full Metal Jacket is a major cult classic in a certain community, and Gunny Hartman is really how they are. If you've read The Company, the character Gunny Anders is based on Hartman. Marines are some of the most stick-togeather-est people you'll ever meet. It's not uncommon for the officers and noncoms to cluster together after active duty. He actually taught the main character a lot of the same things the recruits got, and TS has employed him to teach semper-fu (Marine Martial Arts) to the kids he collects.

Talk to your cat about Nip before somebody else does.

The difference in this case is elevation. Lupine, Bluebonnet and Larkspur all belong to the family Fabaceae and are related to peas and beans. They can't handle hot, humid low-land conditions.

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Some of the mignonettes available in the United States are really quite stunning. Texas Bluebonnets, Lupines and Larkspur are the most well known and when well established, can cover hills and mountainsides. Unfortunately, none of them grow well in the deep south. Texas Bluebonnets will start blooming soon in March, and many people drive hundreds of miles to see them.

I'm not sure why, but when I tried to embed this video, it came with a snip of code that never did work right. I replaced the YouTube video with different version of the same song, and it worked just fine. So, I fixed it, but the how's and why's are vague.

Does the cousin you didn't know was a cousin count? Might need a judge's ruling for this one. There might be a good story in it. Never have I ever knowingly had sex with a family member.

Me either, but it does remind me of a great redneck joke. Since I'm a redneck, I can tell it without being accused of being redneckphobic. It's a little naughty. Never have I ever had sex on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. [but it's on my bucket list].

In my latest story, I embedded a video at the end that just won't work right for me. It comes out looking like this: Am I doing something wrong? I usually don't have a problem with this. Behind Green Eyes I did have some fun creating an AI image/avatar of my 13-year-old self. It is a lot cuter than I was, and needed an extra forty pounds, but I couldn't seem to make the AI understand.

Humans aren't the only species that prank each other. Cats are famous for it.

Me either. A good hot dog is high art, but Just swallowing them is gross. Never have I ever tried to paint a self-portrait.

I want to point out a couple of things about this story people might have missed. In 1975, attitudes were very different. Sodomy laws were still on the books. They were rarely enforced, but when a deputy (aka cop) reads them to a thirteen-year-old who doesn't really know what they're talking about, it scares the hell out of them. Many considered gay people to be criminals and pointed at lawbooks to prove their point. That's why overturning sodomy laws was such a big deal. No redneck cop can frighten children with them because they don't exist anymore. Another point is that not all the adults were villains. Oh, Rainer and Gaddis were. Karma got them. Rainer died of literal ass cancer. Gaddis was arrested for harassing and assaulting a gay black man in the early eighties and did prison time for it. They were on my shit list and I had plans for them, but karma got them first. Sheriff Daniels, as most Sheriff's, was aware of the politics, but he wasn't openly hostile. Ward and Turner were actually helpful. Lastly, anyone who would be in a position to counsel children would do well to remember the principle of Primum non nocere or DO NO HARM.

@chris191070 I go through a 1st person view of this incident in a story called Broken. I wrote it like 20 years ago when I started writing. It's not very good as I was just starting to write. It's here, but you have to page through my stories to find it.

1) @long1joThat's enough, isn't it? 2) @sopocles You missed the part between Coach Ward and the Sheriff. A couple of religious nuts, a scoutmaster and a deputy, thought some of the boys were having sex and gleefully threw them out of the scouts and warned all the parents, so their kids wouldn't catch the ghey. 3) @weinerdog The kid was me. I was there for the whole shit show. I tried to show the shit show from an outside, looking in perspective. 4) @jcdii Yeah, uhhh, consider this a therapy piece.

Wo-hoo! Never have I ever given a massage without a happy ending.

1975 - Central Mississippi The phone on the district psychologist's desk rang. Kevin Hardin had been given a heads-up, and he was dreading it. Someone had fucked up badly, and now it was his problem. He steeled himself and answered. “Hardin.” “This is Coach Sal Ward, over at Oak Hill. I’m glad I caught you, sir. I’ve got a big problem with one of my seventh graders.” “They told me about the kid you want to talk about. His file is on my desk, and it looks good.” “That was

A coach with a very troubled student in crisis calls in the district psychologist for help.

Pranks can be awful, mean-spirited, cruel, or they can be hilarious. It all depends on the intelligence and creativity of the prankster, and how well they know the prank-ee. Some pranksters can be very artistic about what they do, Here's an example of a prank among a group of friends you may have met in Boyfriends for Christmas. It's a little dirty, so I'm going to put it in a spoiler.