Messages From The Heartland

[Scott6373]

Okay, I know that Alex is David's English boyfriend, right?  But who is Cody?

His puppy dog

[Kelda]

Gawd David - you're having no luck this weather..

Gary - you had dirty thoughts in your mind - 

[David In Indy]

New York got rid of Punk tonight. I can't believe it. Tailor Made told Sister Patterson that somebody saw Buddah on Hell Date. I watch Hell Date all the time on BET, and I've never seen Buddah on there before.

I don't get it.

[David In Indy]

His puppy dog

Aww  I love puppies.  Thanks for the info, Scott.  

Cody IS my puppy! My great big puppy! He's my  (almost) 4 year old giant puppy!

He's my big baby and I WUUUV him!!!

If you ever come to Indiana Gary you can meet Cody in person! But he may drown you in great big wet kisses all over your face! He's a very sweet and gentle dog. He loves everyone he meets.

[David In Indy]

Cody sounds adorable, David.  I love affectionate dogs.  It would be very nice to meet your Cody.  

Gary

P.S.  I'm assuming Alex would not give me big wet kisses all over my face.     Oh well, you can't have everything.

Alex shouldn't give you big wet kisses Gary. No. He better not do it unless he wants a thump upside his head from me! But he can give you a few big bearhugs if you want him too. In fact, I'd hug you too! We both will.

[David In Indy]

Wow!  Bear hugs from two very nice men  -- I don't know Alex, but if he's with you, he must be nice -- and wet, sloppy kisses from Cody.  You make it hard for me to resist making reservations right now.

Do you know that I live right outside of Yosemite?  If you and Alex were to come out here, I could show you two the park. 

Gary

Alex is a sweetheart. He really is. And he has an accent like Hugh Grant!!

God, our alarm clock is f*cking up on us. The part of the screen that has the seconds on it is showing something like L1 and L2. What the hell does THAT mean? lol  I've never seen it do that before. It doesn't really matter anyway, because Cody will wake us up when he wants to go out to pee, which by my calculations should be in about 2 hours. We gotta get our asses in bed!

Nighty night everyone!

[Kelda]

I like th hossiers - catchy songs!

[David In Indy]

Ey up chuck!  Have you heard of the British Band, The Hoosiers?  Isn't that what you call folks from Indiana?  Here they are in action....

Yes, people call us Hoosiers. We refer to ourselves as Hoosiers too.

I have never heard of this band before Susie. I will ask Alex if he's ever heard of them when he gets back home.

How do they pronounce "Hoosiers"? Over here, we say WHOO-jhurs. I'm wondering if you say the word the same way we do over here, or if it has a different pronunciation.

[David In Indy]

Hmmmmmm!  I think we pronounce it more like HOO-ZEE-URS! ... They're very good ... not that well known yet!

Susie 

HOO-ZEE-URS?? 

That's not how we say it here! 

We say HOO-jhur or HOO-zhur. Something like that. Only two syllables though. 

[David In Indy]

What is a Hoosier?  I mean aside from a person from Indiana.

Gary

Over in Missouri they will tell you Hoosier means a dirty, lazy and mean hillbilly. haha. Missorians don't like folks from Indiana very much I guess. Nobody really knows how the word started. Most people agree it probably comes from the men working for Samuel Hoosier, the man who built many of the levees down in Southern Indiana along the Ohio River. They were called Hoosier's Men, or Hoosiers. And since most of them lived in Indiana the word stuck and nowdays everyone in Indiana is called a Hoosier.

Some people will tell you it comes from the pioneers. According to legend, when someone knocked on a cabin door, the Indiana settler would ask "who's here?" and later it corrupted down to Hoosier. And some people say it comes from the brawling and fighting many Indiana frontiersmen engaged in during the early years of the state. They were called "hushers" because they could "hush" their opponent with their fist.

Personally I think the word probably comes from Samuel Hoosier.