05-01-2022, 05:24 PM
(04-25-2022, 02:48 PM)Snarl Wrote:(04-25-2022, 12:39 AM)hounddoghowlie Wrote:(04-24-2022, 11:16 PM)Michigan Swamp Buck Wrote: Even though the article is about
they also had cooter worship.
Wonder how many members had to look that term up.
I've never heard it used outside the state of Florida.
Yeah, I've heard it all over the South, usually referring to the female genitalia, but in some places it is an alternate name for a "terrapin", a box turtle - no play on words intended...
Then in the old TV show "The Dukes of Hazard", there was a character, a mechanic, whose name was "Cooter". I used to get no end of amusement out of that being broadcast on national TV.
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’