Wednesday, June 24, 2009
7 comments:
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Josh Fahrni-Barn Army Dog Catcher said...
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True story, I worked The Dalles Rodeo grounds with my father who runs the show, I was maybe 12 or 13. I had to clear some brush that they'd gathered up with a tractor, by loading it into a truck, and throwing it into this container they'd gotten for garbage. The local barber, who was also the...Uh, Concessions Coordinator? Or something equally important sounding. Harvey the Barber. Had to of been in his seventies. I get into the truck, put it in drive, and head up this hill. I'd been doing it all day but it was the first time he'd ridden with me. I swerve around this water valve in the ground, like you had to do, and he lunges forward, clutching the dashboard, and screamed at the top of his lungs 'Slow down you're gonna spin us out!'
He had this 50's radio guy voice, and everyone on the bottom of the hill, could hear him scream. I'm sure it's one of those nostalgic memories of where 'you had to be there', but it was maybe one of the top ten funniest moments of my entire life.
Ranked behind mowing this guy down who was riding a bike with an 'Obama/Biden' sticker on his helmet. The nerve of the guy, thought the whole sidewalk belonged to him. -
6/24/09, 4:30 AM
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Rodger the Real King of France said...
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Excellent story!
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6/24/09, 9:26 AM
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Anonymous said...
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The Dalles: The only municipality in the country whose name begins with "The"; the county planning commission office has been infiltrated by Portland and Berkeley hippies; and English is fast becoming a second language, especially within the DMV office and Safeway. It does, however, now have a Home Depot and a WalMart Super Center is on the way!
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6/24/09, 11:01 AM
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Rodger the Real King of France said...
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Why did Texans fought so hard to carry a gun?
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6/24/09, 11:07 AM
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Anonymous said...
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RKoF, because we wanted to.
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6/24/09, 11:26 AM
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Josh Fahrni-Barn Army Dog Catcher said...
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Anonymous: I don't live there anymore, but I was talking to my dad on Fathers day about the exact same thing. I mentioned how the whole place was being Californicated, by people who effed up their own states, and wanted a new one to destroy.
Salem is a bastion of liberal thinkers, who've never been East of the mountains, and don't realize the entire rest of the state hates their BS.
And yeah, I'm not a racist in the least bit, but when I went to McDonalds there and had to give my order to someone who didn't speak English, but Spanish, I was pretty fed up with The Dalles.
(Should be named, Fort Dalles, like in the olden days.) -
6/24/09, 2:15 PM
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Anonymous said...
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A city north of Houston is named The Woodlands, so The Dalles is not alone.
My exwife was from The Pits, Oklahoma. -
6/24/09, 4:07 PM
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