Introduction
My 10/17/2021 article – “SATURDAY,
10/16/2021: USPS EMAIL - DAD IS GETTING JUNK MAIL HERE TODAY!”
(published 10/17/2021) – had mentioned that I would write more
about the “brunch” that Mrs. Appalachian Irishman and I had with
a good friend (JC), the day before, at a nearby Cracker Barrel
restaurant.
Since my Georgia Bulldogs have an open
date, on a college football Saturday, I will write more about our
10/16/2021 “brunch.” This is the first article of my trifecta.
The Brunch Conversation
The last time that my good friend and
we had visited in person was on 1/20/2020, Monday, Martin Luther King
Jr. Day. The “global pandemic” (a redundancy that I've heard
folks on TV state) was in its infancy. Corony Myopia Psychosis hadn't
started yet.
On 10/16/2021, my
friend was already waiting inside the restaurant. He had arrived
earlier. We arrived at 9:59 AM, a minute early.
I wore my Georgia
football T-shirt that I'd worn for Rogersville Heritage Days. See my
ROGERSVILLE
HERITAGE DAYS, SUNDAY, 10/10/2021,
article. Mrs. Appalachian Irishman wore a PINK
Tennessee Vols (or “Vowels,” as I call them) T-shirt! I know the
colors of the TN
“Vowels!”
PINK
is NOT included! We were a husband and wife divided, by SEC college
football!
Before entering, I enjoyed a humorous conversation with a couple, who
were decked out in their TN “Vowel” attire. Once inside, having
met JC and before we were seated, another man and I engaged in “Vowel
Nation” verses “Dawg Nation” humor.
I'm sorry, “Vowel” athletic supporters. I don't have that many
more decades left – to wait in hope that the “Vowels” will
become a good college football team again. Saturdays are more
enjoyable as a “Dawg” follower! (I don't use “fan.” “Fan”
is short for fanatic. A fanatic is someone who is extremely or overly
enthusiastic about an interest or activity.) I just like “them
Dawgs!” I would rather see the “Vowels” win than lose, unless
they are playing my Dawgs!
The art of
entertaining, pithy, humorous, serious, and deep conversation is
almost lost – except for those who retain or learn the ability.
Those who are intelligent, well-informed, well-educated, and of
gifted personality understand what I mean. Of course, the dumbing
down of America has been going on a few decades. My Irish gift of gab
(or blarney) has always enjoyed a good conversation – well, since I
overcame my shy stage finally, as a junior in high school.
The weather
outside was warm, cloudy, and rainy. The conversational weather
inside was warm and bright! “Brunch” lasted about two hours.
Folks began to arrive for dinner (or lunch, as the Yankees call it).
We
may have dropped a fork or two on a plate, but we never dropped the
conversation! The three of us conversed on a variety of topics, with
intellectual humor and sarcasm, such as on: “poly-tics” (i.e.,
many blood suckers), the transition of the USA into the USSA (on
1/6/2021), education in socialist schools (Mrs. Appalachian's topic
of vivid vocality), economics, history, meteorology, sports,
theology, and our “lives, such as they are.”
My friend and we
hope that another year or so doesn't go by, until we meet in person
again. My friend sends his email commentaries on various topics to
several, including me. We exchange emails at times. We do keep in
touch.
I have to wind down this first of my
trifecta, on SEC football. The following are from the documents that
I had created at the start of the season, updated weekly.
2021
GA Bulldog Football Schedule
(GEORGIA
was
#5 preseason AP & Coaches)
09/04/21
Sat. Clemson (#3 AP, #2
coaches) W 10 - 3!
Charlotte, NC
7:30P. Georgia became #2 AP/Coaches!
09/11/21
Sat. 3:30P Home UAB W
56 - 7
09/18/21 Sat. 7P Home South
Carolina W 40 -13
09/25/21 Sat. 12P
Away Vanderbilt W
62 - 0
10/02/21 Sat. 12P Home Arkansas
(#8) W 37 - 0
10/09/21 Sat. 3:30P Away Auburn (#18) W 34 - 10
NOTE:
unranked TX A&M beat was #1 Alabama
41 - 38, SO GEORGIA
BULLDOGS ranked
#1 on 10/10/2021!
10/16/21 Sat. 3:30P Home Kentucky
(#11) W 30 - 13
10/23/21 Sat. OPEN DATE
(same date TN “Vowels” were stopped by AL Elephants)*
* Note: I
had written this on 10/16/21, by my prophetic certitude!
2021
TN “Vowels”
Football Schedule – if you are interested
Coach
carousel is Josh Heupel (“He Fell”) now, for a while, as long as
he lasts.
09/02/21 Thu. home Bowling Green W 38 - 6
09/11/21 Sat. home Pittsburgh L 34 - 41
09/18/21 Sat. home Tennessee Tech W 56 - 0
09/25/21 Sat. away Florida (11) L
14 - 38
10/02/21 Sat. away Missouri W 62 - 24
10/09/21 Sat. home South Carolina W
45 - 20
10/16/21 Sat. home Ole Miss
(13) L 26 - 31 (7:30P)
10/23/21
Sat. away Alabama (5)
The three of us had to have “brunch,”
on 10/16/21. I had to get back home, to watch my Dawgs (#1 in the
nation) beat the Kentucky “Wild Kitties” (#11 in the nation).
That was fun to watch! I watched some of the TN “Vowel” game
against Ole Miss. I regret how my TN “Vowel” friends felt. I had
hoped, in passing interest, that the “Vowels” could win. Some
“fans” tarnished the reputation of the University of Tennessee,
by tossing various items onto the field, near the end of the game. I
had been watching Star Trek, original series, at the time, so I
missed that childish drama.
My Georgia Dawgs took Saturday off. I
will regret to learn, by how many points the Alabama “Elephants”
stomped the TN “Vowels.” I may watch some of the game.
10/24/2021 update:
the final score, last evening, was TN “Vowels” 24, Alabama
“Elephants” 52. I updated my 2021 TN “Vowels” Football
Schedule document. Football is played in four quarters – not one
quarter, unfortunately for the TN “Vowels.” The “Vowels” won
the first quarter, 14 to 7. The “Vowels” lost, by an exact double
stomp. (I use the definition of “stomp” that my friend, JC,
created: a stomp is a loss by 14 points. So, a double-stomp is a loss
by 28 points – such as TN 24, AL 52.
Conclusion
On 10/23/2021, I wondered when Mrs.
Appalachian Irishman would get home. It was 4:42 PM, as I typed this
sentence. Oh, wait! I heard the car!
I'll move on the the second of my
trifecta. Y'all take it easy out there!