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Subject: Re: Scrapper

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Date Posted: 08:00:06 05/23/04 Sun
In reply to: Bill Dance 's message, "Scrapper" on 07:27:03 05/23/04 Sun

>I was in the Natchez area a lot back in the 70's and
>met a telephone man there. I can't remember his name
>but he was short, not too intelligent looking, and was
>always hitting on my wife. He was a feisty little
>fellow and they called him Scrapper.
>Now I hear he's old, retired, and rather feebleminded,
>and can't do much except fish. He likes to fish for
>crappie. Most of his catches are only baitsize so he
>probably won't be on my show. As a matter of fact he
>only fishes with jigs because if he bought minnows he
>would be tempted to ride around Natchez showing them
>off saying he caught them.
>His friends call him Scraper now. One said Scraper
>caught 38 fish the other day and fried them all in one
>skillet. At one time. The other day at Wallace lake
>while putting in he asked some good folks if the had
>any luck and they told him they had not. He told them
>that he had caught 57 the day before and they said,
>"Oh you must be Scraper. After you scraped them, did
>they all fit in one baggie".
>Scraper is probably out fishing as I write this so
>lets all wish him luck. He appears to really need it.
>BD
NO LUCK AGAIN,OLD FOLKS KEEP MUDDING THE WATER

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2 mo	Mudcat Brimpole	08:21:52 05/23/04 Sun
Larry, James, and J. C. -- Polecat Frogapare, 10:01:35 05/29/04 Sat SCUSE ME -- Polecat, 15:55:44 05/29/04 Sat