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Talcire's avatar

When I see Derby, I pronounce it Darby, in my head.

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Phil D's avatar

I think I can appreciate what these stories mean in relation to my own life. But, I always have trouble trying to tie them as a metaphor to current events. Like your food fight story, it took me back to my youth in school where assholes rode the wave of popularity, and I just kept my head down and pursued what success I fought gain from the backwards-assed school (rural Kentucky, curriculum about 50 years behind the times). I couldn’t tell my sophomore English teacher what the lyrics to Bridge Over Troubled Waters meant - to me, it was just a pretty song. I think I’ve just been mailing it in for the past 50 years. Maybe it’s not too late to finally get it. Thanks for your writing and videos. Oh, and I’ll add that the biggest dumbass asshole jock in my class is now a Kentucky state senator.

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