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Dear Smiley: I recently stopped at Walgreens to pick up a prescription. I eased my car into a tight spot and, with difficulty, extricated myself from the vehicle.

"I enjoy your articles about accents and speaking 'Southern,'" says Tim Smith, of Denham Springs, “so I must tell you one more. Many years ago, my wife and I hosted a foreign exchange student …

"Spending my teenage years living in 'downtown Zachary,'" says Charlie Stroud, "I had to venture to the outskirts of town to get to the fishing holes.

In discussing snakes as pets, we've also dealt with some of the unfortunate things that can happen to the reptiles. Here's one from Cyndi, of Lafayette:

Dear Smiley: When my twin brother and I shared an office on the Vermilion River, we both bought pellet rifles to take care of trash floating by.

"On the topic of losing things in plain sight," says Jackie Carnes, "there was a story many years ago written by a home-schooling mom to The Home School Court Report, a publication of Home Sch…

"When I lived in the Gulf Oil camp in Cutoff in the early '80s," says Peter Dassey, of Kenner, "I shared a house with another engineer.

A tale of an adventure in philately, from Collin B. Hamer Jr., a retired librarian at the New Orleans Public Library.

"Your recent 'loading dock dummy' story reminded me of a similar prank I pulled on my college-age daughter," says T.W., of Ïã¸ÛÁùºÍ¿ª½±ÀúÊ·¼Ç¼.

I don't have a category for Worst Ride Ever, but if I did it would include this story by Nancy Van Den Akker, of New Orleans:Â