Bubba on John Barleycorn

When my pappy caught me with his stash of Playboys, I told him the truth...I was readin' the articles. So today I can truthfully tell all y'all that I just love to read the Quad-Cities Daily for all them fine articles Steve and Sheri Wiggins write and Mary Carton too. The mug shots have absolutely nothin' to do with me visitin' the site everday. Course, I do look at 'em while I'm there, and that got me to thinkin'.

There was one young man there, not much older than my Bubba III, who was charged with bein' a minor in possession of alcohol, ol' John Barleycorn as my pappy used to say. Actually most of 'em there were in the hoosegow because of drinkin', but this one young fella really stood out. If he coulda just waited two days and a few hours, he woulda been legal. Instead, for his 21st birthday he got his picture splashed all over the Shoals and all the way down to Dog Ear. I just gotta ask if it was worth it?

Seems most of the alcohol arrests are in Shurfield. Last time I looked they even got 'em one of them Eyetalian movie stars. So my advice to everone is not to drink, but if you hafta drink, don't drive in Shurfield.

Bubba Leroy Smuckpucker II
Dog Ear, Alabama

Editor's note: We currently have two submissions for Bubba's new profile picture. We'll wait until November 1st to select the one we feel best represents our correspondent from Dog Ear; send your entries to shoalanda.speaks@gmail.com.

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Update on Lance Martin attack: Link

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Lance's family has contacted both us and Pen-N-Sword concerning the hunt for Lance's attackers. They have been particularly disappointed in lack of coverage by the TimesDaily. We have no way of knowing how the TD prioritizes its daily news articles, but we do know much news never reaches its pages. The days of a single news source are over. We can assure readers that we, Pen-N-Sword, and the Quad-Cities Daily are happy to receive your input and news articles. In return we ask that you publicize us as much as possible. Many thanks.

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Shoalanda

Some Prank, Some Grammar, Some People

Some Prank: An October 15th posting on Craig's List has offered a young man for sale for $1,200.00. Obviously this is a prank since anyone who has ever had any contact with boys of this age know their worth rarely approaches $12.00--unless you need lessons in video games.

According to a local woman on Facebook, "This was Kids fooling around and it was accidently posted.I know this child well and his Mother is Very, Very upset att this posting. This child is very loved and taken care of!"

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Some Grammar: The TimesDaily has an interesting poll today, or should we say one of the answers is very telling.

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Some People: Apparently Demetrius Hampton and David Hill are still wanted for a serious physical assault that took place in Leighton on Monday afternoon. Pen-N-Sword has the story:

Lance Martin Assaulted in Leighton

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Shoalanda