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the fat girl
conservativecave ^ | October 4, 2009 | franksolich

Posted on 10/04/2009 2:27:37 PM PDT by franksolich

I always thought the most unattractive thing about her was her freckles, which I associated with the malignancies affecting my younger brother, but most others in my high school class saw that she was fat, something I myself did not overlook, but minimized because of the freckles seemed a greater affliction.

I never knew the fat girl very well, if at all. The fat girl was from the south side of town, Old Families and Old Money, with its own grade school, while I was from the north side of the town, New Families and New Money, and a nouveau "progressive" elementary school.

And then when both sides of the Sandhills town of circa 3,000 were united in junior high school, I was in grades 7A and 8A, while she was in grades 7C and 8C. There were three classes of 7th- and 8th-graders (including 7B and 8B), where one was placed based upon ostensible intelligence. But in retrospect, perhaps the fat girl was not, really, stupid.

And then through all four years of high school, I do not recall that I ever had a class that included the fat girl. She always remained an ambiguous blur, and while I was a callow, shallow lad who could be rude and insolent much of the time, I never saw anything in her that excited my interest.

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To: franksolich

HMMM , strange story with a strange ending. Thought provoking to me though. I can somewhat relate to the author. While not growing up rich or even in an affluent family, and actually being po’ white trash, I was fairly popular within my economic and social class. I well remember the “fat girls”, nerdy geeks,and other social outcasts and after I ran across some of them later in life, many still fat,ugly,or nerdy, while some outgrew their awkwardness, I always think, “ Man, I sure hope I was not too unkind to them back in the day”. I don’t recall being exceptionally cruel to anyone, mainly I just ignored those people


41 posted on 10/04/2009 4:55:59 PM PDT by WP Lonestar (No matter where you go, there you are)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

immature and condescending twaddle


42 posted on 10/04/2009 5:46:55 PM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Chocolate is good for the brain)
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To: franksolich

Why not just post a thread that says “please click on conservativecave.com”? It might save you some time and some embarrassment.


43 posted on 10/04/2009 7:39:55 PM PDT by ApeStyle
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To: ApeStyle

Oh my.

Actually, I’ve posted a lot here.

The deal was, yesterday was a cold and rainy Sunday in the Sandhills of Nebraska, and excepting for the random by chance automobile speeding down the highway a few miles north of here, the closest human being in my vicinity at the time was 21 miles away.

Surrounded by trees, alongside a river, all sorts of flora and fauna, and not being a nature fanatic—and for obvious reasons not inclined towards radio or television—all the books in the house read—the cats romping and playing atop the William Rivers Pitt circa two blocks away from the house—and again, it being a cold and rainy day.....

.....well, I can think of a lot worse things to do, than just sitting around remembering something.

Admittedly, the story’s a lemon, I laid an egg, but that happens. One learns, and moves on.

Again, I can think of a lot worse things to do, than just sitting around remembering something.


44 posted on 10/05/2009 5:45:31 AM PDT by franksolich (Scourge of the Primitives, in service to humanity)
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To: franksolich

Well, *I* enjoyed it. It’s a slice of real life, nothing wrong with that. Life is strange, I LIKE that! LOL! I grew up with a girl who ended up being a notorious bank robber. Life is just strange.


45 posted on 10/05/2009 6:13:55 AM PDT by Marie Antoinette (Proud Clinton-hater since 1998.)
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To: franksolich

Not sure what you are used to. I think people here are more interested in bottom lines and poignant points.

I feel sorry for the fat girl, though. Imagine, blaming Ronald Reagan.


46 posted on 10/05/2009 6:38:49 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: franksolich; Slings and Arrows

WTF Ping


47 posted on 10/05/2009 7:35:08 AM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: franksolich

Was this a true story?


48 posted on 10/05/2009 7:41:51 AM PDT by bvw
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To: Grizzled Bear; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
The Non-Sequitur Club: We don't make sense, but the rock is spiced purple.


49 posted on 10/05/2009 11:34:36 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("When France chides you for appeasement, you know you're scraping bottom." --Charles Krauthammer)
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To: Bryanw92

50 posted on 10/05/2009 11:51:18 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (There is no truth in the Pravda Media.)
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To: franksolich

Tough crowd today, isn’t it?


51 posted on 10/05/2009 1:31:36 PM PDT by GOP_Raider (You can now check out GOP_Raider on Twitter at twitter.com/RaiderUte)
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To: GOP_Raider

Of course, but that’s real life too.

I think it ended up being a lousy story because of an incomplete or ambiguous ending, but because it’s non-fiction, it reflects real life, which rarely has neat, all-loose-ends-tied-up endings. To this day, I do not know what happened to the fat girl (here, the ending took place in the mid-1980s). She wreaked a great deal of havoc in that grocery store, and so possibly she was put away for a very long time.

I admit it is a lousy story, but given the number of stories I’ve posted here, I’m never sure. Some of the stuff I myself thought was pretty good, the audience yawned; other stuff I thought was lousy, the audience applauded.

It’s a learning process.

And while I’m sorry it ended up a lousy story, I’m not sorry I posted it. freerepublic, after all, offers one an opportunity (for which we’re all grateful) to toss ideas, observations, experiences, out for critical approval or disapproval.


52 posted on 10/05/2009 1:44:34 PM PDT by franksolich (Scourge of the Primitives, in service to humanity)
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To: Red_Devil 232
Yep weird and I have no idea why it was written.

Put it in the garden!

It will either grow amazing tomatoes, or kill every weed in sight.

Or, more likely, vice-versa. *<];-^)

53 posted on 10/05/2009 5:29:23 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (If God didn't want a One Worlder hanging from every tree, He wouldn't have created rope)
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To: JoeProBono

OMG! THe “death” was a cover story; Teddy had a sex-change!


54 posted on 10/05/2009 5:30:24 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (If God didn't want a One Worlder hanging from every tree, He wouldn't have created rope)
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To: franksolich
But I do take criticism seriously, so as to keep going in the right direction.

Instead of taking criticism, you should have taken her out of pity.

"I had a sister, Sally, who was...".

55 posted on 10/05/2009 5:40:21 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (If God didn't want a One Worlder hanging from every tree, He wouldn't have created rope)
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To: JoeProBono

Hey where did you find that photo of Meghan McCain?


56 posted on 10/05/2009 6:24:15 PM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: franksolich

If any FReepers have been through Del Tackett’s “The Truth Project”, remember the lesson of “The Foo”.


57 posted on 10/05/2009 7:10:41 PM PDT by tang-soo (Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks - Read Daniel Chapter 9)
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To: franksolich

Hey Frank. This is Ptarmigan at CC. Like it.


58 posted on 10/05/2009 10:14:30 PM PDT by Ptarmigan (God Hates Bunnies. God Loves Ptarmigans)
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