A FRIDAY FUNNY

When Editor C first invited me to be part of the “Dynasties: The Kincaids” continuity series with ON THE VERGE OF I DO & told me it was going to be about a born-&-bred Southern family living in Charleston, I shared one of my favorite Southern jokes with him, stolen (& paraphrased) from one of my favorite Southern-set television shows, Designing Women:

At a fancy dinner party, a Southern woman a turns to the woman beside her to strike up a conversation & asks, “So where do y’all come from?”

Putting her nose in the air, the other woman answers snottily, “We come from a place where we don’t end our sentences with prepositions.”

“Oh, sorry,” the Southern woman replies.  “So where do y’all come from—bitch?”

And here’s another that makes me chuckle every time I hear it…

A man sat down on an airplane next to a beautiful young woman. They struck up a conversation and he asked, “What kind of men do you like?”

She said, “Well, I like Native American men, with their high cheekbones and golden bronze skin. But I also like Jewish men; they’re so brilliant and successful. And I like good ol’ boys from the South, too, with their long Southern drawls. So what’s your name?”

The man replied, “My name is Geronimo Goldstein, but my friends call me Bubba.”

FREE BOOK FRIDAY

This week’s Southern-set free book is Ain’t She Sweet? by Susan Elizabeth Phillips.

To enter the giveaway for this book, simply leave a comment to today’s post that includes the code FBF—for “Free Book Friday,” of course—to let me know you’re interested in the drawing. (U.S. residents only for the prize, please, but everyone is welcome to chat.)

Winner will be announced during our Happy Sunday post on…well, you know, Sunday.

Winner is responsible for contacting me with her mailing information—i.e. I will not be contacting you—so be sure to check back in or you might not even know you won! :happysad

(If prize isn’t claimed within 14 days, another name may be drawn or item may be tossed back into the goody bag to be re-used for a future giveaway.)

I’ve got about fifteen balls in the air right now, & am so far behind, I think I’m first. So in an effort to buy myself a little time—& cover the fact that I don’t have a single coherent thought in my head at the moment :slamdesk —Mistress Heidi & I are opening up The Dungeon for another stellar Out of the Cage Night!

This is an invitation for you, our Darlings, to chat openly about any darn thing you want. :adevil2

You can talk about your job, your kids, the hubby…your favorite books or movies, or what you’re planning to read or see soon…

And here’s a topic I’ll introduce:  the current television season—both shows that are wrapping up & those that are just starting (or will premiere soon).

Like Missing.  I love, love, LOVE this show. But, sadly, ABC just announced its cancellation. :patrick2   I hate them for that, nearly (but not quite) as much as I still hate Fox for cancelling Firefly. :evilmonkey

Or Once Upon a Time, which has thankfully been renewed.  The season finale, though, was awesome.  So, so good!  I especially love how they ended things almost completely, just in case they didn’t get picked up again…then dropped a nice little bomb that will keep us dangling till next season.

Or House, M.D.  I used to love this show, I really did.  But the last couple seasons just didn’t do it for me.  I even considered giving up on it entirely, but then decided to stick it out until the bitter end.  I don’t know yet how they intend to close the series, but I will say I’m kind of relieved I won’t have to invest any more time in it next year.

Another show I’ve sort of been just going through the motions with is Desperate Housewives.  Didn’t love it, didn’t hate it.  It had some high points & some low (read that: boring) ones.  But I did think the series finale was very well done.  It had me bawling my eyes out within the first five minutes, & then again at the end.  I only wish they’d ended on a high note, at the final poker game, rather than going on to describe what happened to everyone down the road.  That was a bit too heavy-handed, in my opinion, & also kind of depressing.

And finally, I have to mention that I think USA has come up with another original I’m going to love—Common Law.  Did everybody (or anybody?) watch the pilot?  It was so funny! :lolol   But also good when it comes to the mystery/crime drama aspect.  So if you haven’t caught it yet, be sure you do.  I’d put it up there with White Collar or Psych.  (Monk still tops my list, & I’m not sure anything will ever compare.)

Now it’s your turn…  Wanna talk TV or something else?  It’s entirely up to you.

The cage door is open & the mic is on. :devil