DQ back in Hooterville; What's next -- Allsup's?

Hooterville Falls has finally hit the big time.
Now we are right up there on the map with Archer City, Holliday, Henrietta and Saint Jo.

Yes, my friends, Dairy Queen has returned to our town.
No longer do you have to drive 20 or 25 miles to a town 50 times smaller than us just to get a dip cone or a Blizzard.

But having been a Hootervillan all my life, I suggest that if you get to the point that you can't live without a Belt Buster, you go ahead and drive to Archer or Holliday or Henrietta.
It will probably be quicker than to wait in one of those long lines that always happen when some new eating place opens here.

We probably have the worst Jack in the Box on the planet, but it took a month or two or long lines before we really knew it.

Back 30 years ago, it seemed like there was a Dairy Queen on every corner of our town.
But they disappeared quicker than Bobby Johnson.

I can remember 10 former Dairy Queen locations here.
The first was the walk-up DQ in the 1900 block of 9th Street.
That little DQ at one time had the best burger in town.
And some of today's best burger joins -- Scott's, Gene's, Pat's and Ronnie's -- had roots in that first DQ.
The building is now vacated.

Next came what we used to call the Red Barn Dairy Queen on Jacksboro Highway. It is now Callahan Autoplex. The roof is no longer red.

Other former Dairy Queens in Wichita Falls are now:
Sunrise and Shine Omelet Grill on Jacksboro Highway.
A little family Mexican restaurant just south off Southwest Parkway on Fairway.
Texas Donuts --13th and Holliday.
Don Jose Mexican Restaurant -- 10th and Kemp.
What used to be Taco Mayo (and before that The Quarter Place) on Kemp.
2009 Maurine Street -- just across the street from Long John Silver's.
The was also one across from the mall -- in the vicinity of Georgann's Craft Mall -- but the building has been torn down.
And there was one in the City View area of the Old Iowa Park Road.

Why they all closed down I don't know.

But there are more than 5,900 Dairy Queens in this world -- in 22 countries.
More than 600 or those are here in Texas
Finally, Wichita Falls is once again a part of DQ Country.

What's next -- an Allsup's?

Posted by Nick Gholson at 8:09 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tiger's Girls -- 9 could make a baseball team

I conducted a poll of my Facebook female friends last week, asking who had not had sex with Tiger Woods.
Only one answered with a definite "NO."

To the other 100 or so women who either stuttered or didn't answer, I say "Come out of the closet."
Everyone else is.

Early this morning I read a blog saying that an Orlando waitress had admitted doing it with Tiger (or Cheetah as some are now calling him).
She went into great detail, saying how "very well endowed" he was and how he liked doing it in parking lots, garages and showers.

But as soon as I had read that, the New York Daily News said porn star Holly Sampson had confessed to having sex with Tiger, bringing the total to seven.
What happened to No. 6?

Then the National Post reports eight women have come forward.
US magazine is now say "at least nine." have done it with Cheetah.
Now they could have their own baseball team.

And just think only a week or so ago, we actually believed this guy spent all his spare time on the practice range.
Tiger may not every break Wilt Chamberlain's record of 20,000, but it seems he is certainly trying.

So far none of these bimbos were smart enough to secrety video sex with Tiger -- the perfect Christmas stocking stuffer.
But every woman who has ever spread her legs for this guy is now hiring lawyers and book publishers.
What's next -- a shemale, a sheep, a Catholic priest?

Stay tuned.
This story is not going away anytime soon.

Posted by Nick Gholson at 8:18 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

'Merry Christmas:' At least one Jew, one Christian can agree

Ben Stein is an interesting guy with an opinion on everything.
Sometimes I agree with him.
Sometimes I don't.
Here is one of those times that I do.

"My confession:

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees... I don't feel threatened.. I don't feel discriminated against.. That's what they are, Christmas trees.

It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a creche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.

I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.

Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to. "

In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her 'How could God let something like this happen?' (regarding Hurricane Katrina)..... Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response.. She said, 'I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?'

In light of recent events... terrorists attack, school shootings, etc... I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

Then Dr.. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave, because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about.. And we said okay..

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.

Are you laughing yet?

Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.

Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.

Pass it on if you think it has merit...

If not, then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.

My Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully,

Ben Stein

Posted by Nick Gholson at 2:25 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)