October 14, 2001

What in the funny heck is saucerin'?

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We worked a little on our autumn projects today.  The weather was overcast, but not too cold.  I stopped at the entrance to the resort to snap this photograph.

Today's quote about saucerin' is from Curtis White, one of my favorite authors.  My great grandfather, William Taylor, was a saucerin' man.

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Tuck, on the other hand, pours his coffee from the cup into the saucer, hence to his thirsty lips.

Maggie says, "Pa, that's not very polite."

Tuck replies, "Maggie, when a man's been saucerin' for forty years it's too late to make him change his ways."

"What in the funny heck is saucerin', son?  Do you know?  Do you believe this prime-time crapola?  Saucerin'! [sings] I'm a saucerin' man, done a lot of saucerin' . . . hee hee. . ."

Curtis White, from the Bonanza chapter of his novel
"Memories of My Father Watching Television."

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