When Wesley ran over his wife with the farm tractor it was hilarious. Not that it wasn’t a tragedy, but Wesley couldn’t help but see the irony in the situation. He was sure Cassandra would have seen the funny side as well. If she was still alive.
He had just taken the tractor out of the shed, apparently to feed out some hay to the cows. Cassandra was hanging out the washing on the line at the back of the house. She was hanging out the ham bag at the time. The ham bag was a cotton bag to put the leg of ham inside to keep it moist. They had just finished their Christmas ham, so the bag was in need of a heavy rinse. And at that precise moment of her hanging out the ham bag, WHAM! Wesley ran over her with the tractor. There was blood all over the place, including on the ham bag! On the ham bag! It had just been rinsed of bits of meat, and look at it now! It was hilarious.
Wesley drove the tractor back into the shed and went off to the pub to get totally drunk. Cassandra would no longer be leaving him for Farmer Judd next door.
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Cassandra had Wesley’s sense of humour as well! Despite what happened to her she would have found it funny too.
Match made in Hell. At least Farmer Judd won’t be there – for now.
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Yes, I’d say that Farmer Judd had every reason to be relieved!
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That his lover was made mince meat! Haha. OK.
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The mice meat went well with squash.
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🎵 Judd’s plans are dead. Poor Judd’s plans are dead… 🎶
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I never gavea thought to Naomi Judd… perhaps I should change the name….?
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I think she means the song from the musical, Oklahoma, “Poor Jud is dead…”
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Ah! Oklahoma where the wind comes sweeping down the plain.
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I was aiming for an “Oklahoma” reference….
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As soon as Oklahoma was pointed out I saw the Judd reference! Where the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye.
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It would be a real shame if he accidentally ran his tractor into Judd’s house, wouldn’t it?
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That was possibly on his list!
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I was wondering if the story could be narrated from the ham bag’s perspective.
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That is an excellent idea. So often these minor characters get overlooked. Conversely, sometimes a minor character, e.g. Heathcliff, takes on a more prominent role.
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Thankfully the ham had been finished. I getting run over with a tractor before finishing my ham.
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Death by tractor is often a terrible waste of ham. Also a waste of pork chops.
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If there’s one thing I hate it’s a waste of pork.
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Now that was the best start of a story ever: When Wesley ran over his wife with the farm tractor it was hilarious.
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I thought of that starter when I was going for a walk and thought “That’s an opening Max would like!”
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You were correct sir! Hit that proverbial nail on the head starting out…
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Not sure why the ham bag is important – I must have missed it! But as it was empty, it was a poor way to pummel the meat!
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The ham bag has about as much significance in the story as Shakespeare’s Bear in “A Winter’s Tale”! It ended up there because I was simply washing one at the time and it snuck itself into the story!
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Well, that explains it! I’ll have to remember the story if I ever have a ham bag to wash!.
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A ham bag is very good – it’s just a cotton bag that you wet/dampen, put the ham inside, and put it in the fridge. The secret lies in not letting everyone eat all the ham else there’s nothing to put in the bag!
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Awesome! Please check out my story, you may like it! Will follow
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There doesn’t appear to be a link on your blog to become a follower. I liked the clean look of both the site and the bedroom etchings.
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Thanks for letting me know. I’m new here so I’m not sure exactly how to set everything up like that. Any pointers would be awesome!
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I don’t know why it doesn’t show – I thought it would appear automatically. I shall poke around your blog again!
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Well I really appreciate the help! I’m also trying to distinguish between post and page. Not sure what the difference is to be honest.
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I’ll try to be brief – since this is the comments! If you’ve any questions (although I’m not an expert) you can email me at bbgoodman@hotmail.com
The difference between post and page is about the only important thing in blogging! Have only a few pages, e.g. My Etchings, About Me, My Thoughts, etc. Then you categorize each POSTING under the appropriate PAGE. Some start making every thought they ever had into a page and before long it’s going to look like my son’s bedroom, and you’ll have to press the delete button and start again.
Everything else on the blogging scene you can learn from your mistakes! Hope this sheds light!
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Oh I’m sorry! Thank you I absolutely understand. Big help!! I will navigate the app to better learn how it works!
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I actually thought I was on your blog and not mine – so I was trying not to clutter your blog up. I’m not afraid of cluttering my blog up – people have gone on and on about everything and nothing for years!
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lol I don’t mind dialogue!
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