Just Mustard: Stronger

Friday, October 26, 2012

Stronger

Bubba is a man of few words. He and Miss Jene are both powerful forces....kind of a rock meeting a hard place. Jene is known for her power for healing. Butch is known for speaking his mind.
One day Bubba had a whopper of a headache. Jene just wanted to try to make him feel better with her healing touch. Suddenly Jene's head started bleeding. Butch just looked at her and said, "My shit is stronger than your shit."

'Nuf said.

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Teena LurleneOctober 26, 2012 at 2:27 PM
Oh Lord...I will never...ever...forget that! I just burst out laughing remembering him glance up at me with one eye (cause it's all he could open because of the headache) and sayin'...bleedin. I'm thinking...what? Bleedin' oh....bleedin' me bleedin' dang! we never even figured out where it came from...stopped as fast as it started...but at least in some strange way it shudda made a believer out of him! Love a man of few words...that means "More for me" Thank you Bubba!!!
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Friday, October 26, 2012

Stronger

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