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Post by patrick on Oct 11, 2015 9:32:54 GMT -5
I was thinking about this as I hiked around Lake Bernard Frank on Friday. I stopped to rest on a hill and noticed a tree native to the area called a Pignut Hickory.
It occurred to me you should have a character named Pignut Hickory in the sequel. There could even be a backstory where he gets teased mercilessly as a child by "Horsecock" Miller, the son of the colony's first book binder.
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Post by kenlarsson on Oct 11, 2015 10:26:21 GMT -5
Amazons, just a thought......................................
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Post by Doug on Oct 11, 2015 10:33:21 GMT -5
When you sell the movie rights I want to be the old Indian.
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Post by Chesapeake on Oct 11, 2015 11:57:25 GMT -5
Wouldn't you guys be surprised to find any of this showing up in the next one? Pignut Hickory, huh?
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Post by drlj on Oct 11, 2015 12:26:39 GMT -5
Wouldn't you guys be surprised to find any of this showing up in the next one? Pignut Hickory, huh? Just remember, my totally original story idea about the small town sheriff deserves some form of compensation if used. Lunch, at least.
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Post by Dub on Oct 11, 2015 12:51:19 GMT -5
Amazons, just a thought...................................... Definitely in the film version.
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Post by Doug on Oct 11, 2015 12:58:56 GMT -5
Amazons, just a thought...................................... Definitely in the film version. They hang out with the old Indian. Played by Doug.
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Post by Village Idiot on Oct 11, 2015 13:45:51 GMT -5
The peddler at the beginning of the book. Maybe a donkey should be pulling his cart, and it could be wearing a straw hat with ear holes.
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Post by Marshall on Oct 11, 2015 15:08:25 GMT -5
I just love how Amazons are always depicted as scantily clad warriors taking on all these guys in heavy armour. Like a true Amazon would care what any man would think of their fashion.
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Post by Doug on Oct 11, 2015 15:11:51 GMT -5
I just love how Amazons are always depicted as scantily clad warriors taking on all these guys in heavy armour. Like a true Amazon would care what any man would think of their fashion. You don't understand. Guys are distracted then the sword chops off their head.
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Post by millring on Oct 11, 2015 15:29:56 GMT -5
I just love how Amazons are always depicted as scantily clad warriors taking on all these guys in heavy armour. Like a true Amazon would care what any man would think of their fashion. History is like that. You can't argue with scholarship. Ask Letson.
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Post by Chesapeake on Oct 12, 2015 10:23:56 GMT -5
Here is a thought. Instead if Constable, let's go with sheriff. We set the sheriff, a wise and folkie kind of guy in a small town in the south. Not the far south but say, maybe, one of the Carolinas. We add a bit of comedy to it, but keep the idea of the story as giving life lessons. Honesty, respect, appreciation of nature. That kind www.surryarts.org/mayberrydays/mdshows.htmlof stuff. Make the sheriff a bachelor. No. Wait, let's make him a widower with a small child to raise. Maybe have an aunt living there helping to raise the boy. Keep the town charming but add in a host of mildly wacky residents. A town drunk, maybe. A shop keeper. A well meaning but slightly out of control assistant. Make him a deputy sheriff. Wow. This is all just coming to me so fast. I am going to go write this down. This is going to be big! I just shared this with a fellow native Tarheel who recently got back to DC from Mayberry Days in Mount Airy. Of course I had to explain to him the whole setup and read several other gems. He's still rolling around on the floor.
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Post by AlanC on Oct 12, 2015 13:27:59 GMT -5
I see trouble ahead for our young constable. When he gets home to faithful wife and resumes traditional husband-wife relations, he might be a little disappointed that he doesn't pass out like he did with his mysterious lover. How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm when they have tasted the ecstasy of forbidden fruit? He might start looking for excuses start tomcattin around leaving his nubile young wife all hot, bothered, and bored back on the plantation.
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Post by Village Idiot on Oct 12, 2015 13:58:06 GMT -5
I just love how Amazons are always depicted as scantily clad warriors taking on all these guys in heavy armour. Like a true Amazon would care what any man would think of their fashion. It's my understanding that the Amazons cut off their left breasts to prevent them from getting caught in their bowstrings.
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Post by millring on Oct 12, 2015 14:01:09 GMT -5
I just love how Amazons are always depicted as scantily clad warriors taking on all these guys in heavy armour. Like a true Amazon would care what any man would think of their fashion. It's my understanding that the Amazons cut off their left breasts to prevent them from getting caught in their bowstrings. Hmm. And I always heard that they were so tough they could pull back the bowstring using only their right nipple.
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Post by Russell Letson on Oct 12, 2015 15:48:13 GMT -5
You can't argue with scholarship. Are you using the same internet I am?
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Post by millring on Oct 12, 2015 15:50:28 GMT -5
You can't argue with scholarship. Are you using the same internet I am? Does yours have pictures of Amazons?
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Post by Village Idiot on Oct 12, 2015 21:34:24 GMT -5
You know what's really cool? If you google up "A Constable's Tale Donald Smith", Chesapeake's book is the very first thing that pops up!
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Post by Chesapeake on Oct 12, 2015 22:18:46 GMT -5
<low whistle>
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Post by aquaduct on Oct 13, 2015 19:22:35 GMT -5
Apparently if you added an automotive engineer who programs a defeat device you'll get a movie deal.
Think about it. I'll consult. For a fee of course.
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