[word_warrior_bob]

I know about the mining incident, how many others do who heard the speech.

You don’t have much of a sense of humor do you? My comment had the same relevance to her speech comparing kids getting shot to elephants losing their tusks, it’s open for interpretation. I interpreted the appalachian parable to Cletus’ baby getting rolled over by a boulder in the lean-to they live in.

Art is our interpretation of what’s presented isn’t it? I have a strange sense of humor, so now that you think you know what I’m thinking, tell me what I’m having for dinner tonight.

[Hugh Moran II]

At my age—three-score-and-ten plus—you’d think that any mention of Cletus on the Simpsons would ring a bell, wouldn’t you? Unfortunately, I haven’t watched cartoons since our granddaughter outgrew ‘em.

As for what you’re having for dinner? Lemme look into my slightly cracked magic-mirror and . . . hm-m-m. Veddy, veddy interesting. Is that blackbird baked in a pie . . . or crow?

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[ReignOfError]

I know about the mining incident, how many others do who heard the speech.

I would guess most of the students and all of the faculty. The incident was in the town of Appalachia, about 130 miles from Blacksburg, and I'm sure it was the top story on every local newscast and paper, followed by the investigations, the protests, and the lawsuits.