The book progresses
Posted by Bobby Haworth on December 1, 2021, 2:49 am
Yes, I'm trying now to write a bit every day and I am making progress. At the moment I'm working on a chapter called "Bob Shane's Jokes." No way I could ever remember them all, but I do have board tapes of tons of shows. So my research for this chapter has sent me on a laughing spree. And this is one he didn't tell very often and I'd forgotten it, but I'm still laughing as I write it here. Two soldiers at an army base are out in a field and they find a dead animal. One says it’s a mule, the other says it’s a donkey. The colonel comes by and says, “You’re both wrong…it’s an ass. Now get some shovels and bury it..” So they’re digging away and a nurse drives up and says, “Hi fellas, you diggin’ a fox hole.” And they say, “...No..."
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