THOUGHTS FROM BULLY: There are Stupid things in the world?

After 5 years of publishing this Bully article I wonder where the next inspiration will come from and everyday life provides it without fail.

It befuddles me everytime as to how much human fodder there is out there to exploit.

This month the news media broke the news the day before the 4th of July. The very popular pinic favorite, watermelon, is also a soothing pleasant enhancement to a relationship with the same effect as Viagra. The only catch is that you don’t need to eat the red juicy part. A person needing this personal lift needs to eat the rhine. Now I love watermelon and I didn’t need any encouragement to enjoy the flavor of the fruit but now I am going to be like Popeye and jump on the rhine like Popeye loves spinach.

I can see me eating a melon like a squirrel eats a hickory nut. I’ll eat it from the outside in.

Can you imagine couples asking questions like, Did you chill the melon? No. I left it out on the porch to keep it HOT!!!!!

Now what do we do about thumping the melon to determine the melon’s ripeness.

Are ripe, hollow sounding melons the best or should we grab the stiffest, greenest rhined melons available. The greener the rhine, the better the time, I say. I don’t know what to think about the research but if it works I’ll be planting melons like I plant tomatoes. I don’t necessarily need these melon rhines but why look a gift horse in the mouth.

This past month I had the opportunity to take a bass fishing trip with one of my best compadres. Since he doesn’t like for me to mention his name I am going to call him Mar.

Now Mar is not much of a fisherman but he can be a lot of fun, sometimes. I remember one time I went fishing with him and he was so obstinant that I’d wanted to jump in the water, swim to the bank and drive my own car home. If I’d only taken my keys!!!

It’s really sad to look at his fishing poles. They are black. They look like they have been dipped in tar. I believe he got them in a garage sale or found them and strengthened them by dipping them in tar. Either way I feel sorry for him.

On this particular fishing trip the subject of fishing license came up. I had just purchased my license because as all Louisiana fishermen know fishing license expire on June 30th and need to be renewed after June 30th.

Mar said, I purchased my license in October of last year. I ain’t buying another until my year is up. Inspection stickers last 1 year, bowling dues 1 year, most everything that a person needs to purchase as a liscense for last for last 1 year. As I spoke to him and pointed out that the law was the law and a new license was needed as of July 1st.

He asked the profound question, Why? Who decided that July 1st was the beginning of FISHING SEASON.

A resident fishing liscense cost $9.50 for 365 days of fishing in Louisiana unless you purchase it after July 1st. He then said, All of the 49 states of America follow a common sense approach that a license purchased for 1 year, lasts 1 year. Only in Louisiana you can buy a yearly license that cost $9.50 for 365 days and also cost $9.50 for 1 day if you want to go fishing on June 30th, the day before July 1st.

There is no FISHING SEASON and unless the Wild Life and Fisheries CANT read simple numbers indentifying when 12 months is up. I believe he’s right.

I love this state but quite frankly we must be stupidest state in the union. I guarantee the Wild Life and Fisheries has computers tracking your hunting license, which corresponed to seasons or your criminal record. Can’t their computers count 12 months. doubt it. It would require someone to have a brain and to actually use it. Common sense requires that we look at today’s system. Seems a little hinky. I bet someone is getting paid!!!!!!!!