The Bumpuses were so low down on the evolutionary totem pole that they weren't even included in Darwin's famous family tree. They had inbred and ingrown and finally emerged from the Kentucky hills like some remnant of Attila the Hung's barbarian horde. Flick said that they had webbed feet and only three toes. It might have been true.
In all my years of New York cab riding I have yet to find the colorful, philosophical cabdriver that keeps popping up on the late movies. - Jean Shepherd
In all my years of New York cab riding I have yet to find the colorful, philosophical cabdriver that keeps popping up on the late movies.
- Jean Shepherd
Being a White Sox fan meant measuring victory in terms of defeat. A 6-5 defeat was a good day. A big rally was Wally Moses doubling down the right- f… - Jean Shepherd
Being a White Sox fan meant measuring victory in terms of defeat. A 6-5 defeat was a good day. A big rally was Wally Moses doubling down the right- f…
The reality of what we really are is often times found in the small snips, way down at the bottom of things. - Jean Shepherd
The reality of what we really are is often times found in the small snips, way down at the bottom of things.
Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man. - Jean Shepherd
Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man.
I've met them down in the Cost and Accounting Department, clean-shaven and in white collars. They can't see a damn thing ridiculous about themselves.… - Jean Shepherd
I've met them down in the Cost and Accounting Department, clean-shaven and in white collars. They can't see a damn thing ridiculous about themselves.…
The Bumpuses were so low down on the evolutionary totem pole that they weren't even included in Darwin's famous family tree. They had inbred and ingr… - Jean Shepherd
The Bumpuses were so low down on the evolutionary totem pole that they weren't even included in Darwin's famous family tree. They had inbred and ingr…
There are fewer things more thrilling in life than lumpy letters. That rattle. - Jean Shepherd
There are fewer things more thrilling in life than lumpy letters. That rattle.
A man today never feels so alive as when he is hurtling from one point to another on the azimuth. - Jean Shepherd
A man today never feels so alive as when he is hurtling from one point to another on the azimuth.
Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only defense. - Jean Shepherd
Randy lay there like a slug. It was his only defense.
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