Bobble: Sacred scripture
Wear out: spank "I'll wear you out for that, youngun!"
Tore up: broken. "My warsher tore up, so I went to the launder mat.
Bobble made me remember a recent trip down south.
In a small Southern town there was a "Nativity Scene" that showed
great skill and talent had gone into creating it. One small feature
bothered me. The three wise men were wearing firemen's helmets.
Totally unable to come up with a reason or explanation, I left.
At a "Quick Stop" on the edge of town, I asked the lady behind
the counter about the helmets. She exploded into a rage, yelling
at me, "You Yankees never do read the Bible!" I assured her that
I did, but simply couldn't recall anything about firemen in the Bible.
She jerked her Bible from behind the counter and ruffled through some
pages, and finally jabbed her finger at a passage. Sticking it in my
face she said "See, it says right here, 'The three wise man came
from afar.'"
fronchard. Hes out in the fronchard.