Sunday Funnies - Helga and Marie

The occasion was an all-day bus tour of Softfoot, Oklahoma. Softfoot blew away in a tornado in 1925 and only this park remains.

Helga loved being rebellious but Marla felt they were taking their civil disobedience too far.

Trevor, (not pictured) was enamored with both of them but after inventing a breakthrough color of nail enamel, became a cloistered monk in the late ‘50’s and never saw the light of day again.

Twelve years later, Helga would change her name to Rainbow Wing and join a peace movement in Sioux City. She learned to weave sandals out of hemp and lived in a commune for many years. She had five children but never married. She is now delivering meals-on-wheels and babysitting the grand children.

Marla, on the other hand, was married four times, twice to the same man, and never with the benefit of divorces. She went missing late in the ‘60’s and two of her husbands found her in a tree with a family of opossums and Michael Jackson’s other glove. She is now painting what she calls “sky-scapes” at a private home for the perpetually intangible.

Helga, Marla and Trevor missed the bus that day and had to walk home. On the way, Trevor lost the box camera and they never saw this picture.

Talking Pictures - Accident on the Polo Field

Velma should have known better than to stand on the polo field. Fortunately for her, Carl's head injury was not serious and will be released from the hospital perhaps next month. He was a little slow anyway. No one will notice. Later, in the darkroom, Philip found that he had gotten nearly his entire shadow in the frame. Oh well, he would try again tomorrow.

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Talking Pictures - Melanie's Headband

It was Melanie’s headband, and she was keeping it. It was given to her on that romantic ride with “Standback” and his motorcycle gang out along the city drainage canal. Melanie’s mother had advised her from childhood to save herself and not fall for the first man that came along; to look around; to play the field; to look deep. Now, at 42 she was very glad she honored her mother’s advice. “Standback” was the perfect match for her. She had thought Eldon Shrough was the perfect match too but he disappeared after only 8 years. And there was Tudie Fence before that and…well that’s another story. Sebert “Standback” Spang, gang leader, was a janitor at a dry cleaning plant by day and by night a watchman for a pet groomer. He barely had time between jobs to change uniforms. There was no rest for the wicked he knew, and boy was he wicked. He had to learn to sleep standing up and he really disliked his uniforms because they covered his BPP* tats. But on Sundays, (and alternate Tuesdays) he and his gang, Pete and Jergen Pheltz, went out along the drainage canal to stir up whatever mischief they could muster. Of course there was never anyone else there and so rolling small stones into the canal was always the worst they could come up with. Once Jergen fell in the canal but was able to get back on the bank without help. No one would have helped him anyway because of the smell. At the end of each frenetic “rave” out on the canal banks the gang vowed to get real motorcycles so they could discontinue renting golf carts every Sunday (and alternate Tuesdays). Melanie met “Standback” at the pet shop one morning just as the night job shift ended. Melanie rattled the door and woke him. That following Sunday (and alternate Tuesday) they rode together along the canal and “Standback” gave her the head band. Of course, it was really a just dog collar unintentionally left at the pet shop by a forgetful St. Bernard. The engraved name “Wrecks” was cleverly hidden with a strip of duct tape. Melanie didn’t care. She was not ever going to take it off. It was hers and she was keeping it. Besides, her hair was caught in the buckle. *Ball Point Pen

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Talking Pictures - Emaline and the Motorcycle

One day, Emaline packed a lunch and just rode away on Eric's bike. Eric had to fix his own lunch. richarderic52 says: When the call came from the Terre Haute police, they told Eric she was stopped for going 58 mph in a 25 zone. Thereafter, he regarded Emaline differently, and took to hiding his keys. Thanks richarderic52. Emaline tried to explain to the Terre Haute Constabulary that she thought the speedometer numbers were in Kilometers but they would have none of it. 58 K is still 36MPH. Eric also learned that hiding her shoes didn’t keep her home. morrisoxford61 says: Lately emmeline has developed a taste for tattoos and drinking beer with shaven headed men. It's only a matter of time before she gets full membership of the bandidoes back patch club. Thanks morrisoxford61. Yes, once you’ve had the thrill of picking bugs out of your teeth, you’re hooked.

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Talking Pictures - Discovery

It was just now that Herb discovered that Terrence was not the guy he though he was. He was not a guy at all.

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Found Friday - Babs makes her plans

Babs looked around. She calculated how long it would take to leap the fence and make it to her car. Delbert Dalkins had a very annoying giggle.

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Talking Pictures - Twilight

No. You didn't see that. These are from the negatives. The negatives are so shiny that I cannot tell for sure which is the emulsion side. So I don't know if they are both correct or both wrong now.

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