On Sadie Hawkins Day in Dogpatch, maids, shibettes, spinsters, were given the right to chase unmarried males.
http://www.lil-abner.com/dogpatch.html In an era well before "political correctness" entered the vocabulary, Dogpatch exceeded every stereotype of Appalachia.
The hillbillies in Li'l Abner's town were poorer than poor.
The houses were hopelessly ramshackle.
Most Dogpatchers were dumber than dumb.
The remainder were scoundrels and thieves.
Most of the men were too lazy to work, yet Dogpatch women were desperate enough to chase them.
One preferred to live with hogs.
Those who farmed their "tarnip" crop watched turnip termites descend every year, locust-like, to devour the crop. Zeev Hed :o) Hi Ze'ev, this is a fun post you will agree i hope.
In the midst of the Great Depression, lowly Dogpatch allowed the most hard-up Americans to laugh at yokels worse off than they were. In Al Capp’s own words Dogpatch was “an average stone-age community” nestled in a bleak valley, between two cheap and uninteresting hills, somewhere.
To old friends, the denizens of Dogpatch will be old friends. To strangers, however, they will probably be...
Li'l Abner Daisy Mae Mammy Yokum Pappy Yokum Fearless Fosdick Kickapoo Joy Juice Joe Btfsplk: World's most loving friend and worst jinx who always travels with a dark cloud over his head. Tiny Yokum Honest Abe Yokum Evil Eye Fleegle: His quadruple whammy can melt a battleship. Marryin' Sam: The preacher who specializes in $2 weddings. General Bullmoose: epitome of a ruthless capitalist. Earthquake McGoon:as "the world's dirtiest wrassler." Stupefyin' Jones: was so gorgeous that men who saw her... Jubilation T. Cornpone Senator Phogbound: a corrupt, conspiratorial blowhard
Shmoo - think a never ending Krispy Kreem Donute (or) The Shmoo first appeared in the strip in August 1948. According to Shmoo legend, the lovable creature laid eggs, gave milk and died of sheer esctasy when looked at with hunger. The Shmoo loved to be eaten and tasted like any food desired. Anything that delighted people delighted a Shmoo. Fry a Shmoo and it came out chicken. Broil it and it came out steak. Shmoo eyes made terrific suspender buttons. The hide of the Shmoo if cut thin made fine leather and if cut thick made the best lumber. Shmoo whiskers made splendid toothpicks. The Shmoo satisfied all the world's wants. You could never run out of Shmoon (plural of Shmoo) because they multiplied at such an incredible rate. The Shmoo believed that the only way to happiness was to bring happiness to others. Li'l Abner discovered Shmoos when he ventured into forbidden...
___________________________________________________ Si's Doug AK gotmilk & skunk cabbage, no Zurnip or Krispy Kreme
Thank you, Troy, very much. That had to be a lot of work, but, for me, it was a lot of fun. I wonder if that might be categorized as the shibboleth of humor?
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