Heh...heh... That trench over thar! That's the SPIRIT Winston! You have to join in my madness then you might see some REAL action. In fact, I reckon we might see something pretty soon. In the meantime I'm just gonna take a little detour... When I come back I'm gonna talk about a hangin'. Is that OK with everyone? Oh, it ain't a real hangin'. Not yet anyways, pardners. Gary George Armstrong Simpson

-------------- In the meantime I'm just gonna take a little detour... -------------- A little detour? Jeesh! Hope you don't get stuck over thar! Hangin' huh? I like hangins'. . .

Hey Winston, pardner, Hop off that thar horse an' mosey on over here pardner. I got a little hangin' story ta tell coz, pardner, ya said: ================== Hangin' huh? I like hangins'. . . ================== Ya see, Winnie, pardner, many moons ago I was ridin' inta town on ma trusty steed, "Whisky," an' I see all tha town folk a-standin' an' a-watchin' somethin'. So I gets off ma hoss an' I walks over ta this feller an' I says: "Howdy pardner, what goes on over that thar yonder? He takes tha straw outa his mouth an' he says... "We's gonna have us a hangin', stranger." "A hangin'?" I asks. He says: "Yair. A real live hangin'." "Anyone I know?" I says. He says: "It's Brown Paper Dan." "Brown Paper Dan?" I asks. Ya see, I ain't never heard of no Brown Paper Dan, so I asks: "Who's Brown Paper Dan?" He spit on the ground and says: "Brown Paper Dan! Ha! Brown Paper Dan wears a brown paper stetson an' a brown paper vest, a brown paper shirt, brown paper dungarees an' brown paper boots with brown paper spurs." I look at him real quizzical-like an' I says: "Sounds ta me like a pretty inoffensive dude. What else?" He says: "Brown Paper Dan rides a brown paper hoss with a brown paper saddle an' he has a brown paper bridle. Dang!Everthin' 'bout him's made-a brown paper." I says: "Ain't never heard of him. But ya'all gonna hang him?" "Yup. We's gonna hang Brown Paper Dan." So I says, naturally: "What was his crime?" And he says "... TO BE CONTINUED... Gary Simpson

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THAT was very interesting Wnisotn. I didn't know that, so you have enlightened me and for that I thank you! I have learned something! Now, do you want to know why Brown Paper Dan was being hung? Huh? Wanna know his crime? Gray Smiposn