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Mark Rutledge: It's hard to look on the bright side through broken sunglasses
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Mark Rutledge: In lieu of flowers, he left us when the leaves were pretty
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Mark Rutledge: Thank God for fish oil and secret barbecue recipes
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Mark Rutledge: Embellished confessions of a rank stranger to Ralph Stanley
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Mark Rutledge: If Jerry Clower wasn't dead, he'd still be the funniest man alive
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She has her mother's eyes, and an ear for daddy's music
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Mark Rutledge: Image of youthful ballplayers enough to make grown man cry
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Painful memories of gym
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A little Christmas in August never made anyone a bad parent
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GPS drawings one strange way to kill an afternoon
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Mark Rutledge: Never swap thunderstorm stories with a lightning rod
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Young softball team excels at game of life, too
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Free time's just another word for nothing left to do
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Mark Rutledge: Count on death, taxes and two trips to the DMV
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Pining again for the little house on the river
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Riding close to Dad 35 years later
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Make all the noise you want kids, this is a local call
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Backyard critters in need of rescue from rescue dog
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Mark Rutledge: Backyard critters in need of rescue from adopted rescue dog
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The smallest natives on Ocracoke Island eat campers for breakfast
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'Hold tight, kid, and lean with me'
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A little more 'Little House on the Prairie,' please
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A little more 'Little House on the Prairie,' please
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Will you still tweet me tomorrow?
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Doing nothing for peanut butter beats working for peanuts
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Two's a crowd on this home-run cloud, baby
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Nothing draws neighbors like tall grass and trampolines
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Sometimes a good dog just has to roll around in something bad
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Old farmers sow their words and wisdom widely
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A spinning pineapple under the sea is a terrible place to be
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Forgetful little apple didn't fall far from the daydreaming tree
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Let's get serious about finding a cure for February
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Her records show the old Caprice Classic was paid for long ago
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A bird in hand is never worth 10 million bugs in the house
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If the economy is so bad, where did all these shoes come from?
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How to have a great dog without the messy responsibility
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It's impossible to build a very large snowman with bare feet
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British count squirrels as economical, gastronomical
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Minivan drivers almost never mistake the smell of sour milk
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Mark Rutledge: Minivan drivers almost never mistake the smell of sour milk
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'Hooking up' could mean bad connection
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Wishing for an instant-camera Christmas
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You know you're smoked when barbecue does not return the love
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When you become angry behind the wheel, ask WWBBJD
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Everybody loves Dean Martin and big-band music sometime
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It's hard to kiss the piano player during a Baptist hymn
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He was always bigger than life, especially from way back here
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Dads: Write letters. Children: Be sure you save those letters
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For a 500-year-old sailor, John McCain is doing pretty good
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Nothing kills a good romance faster than a face full of shingles
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A financial crisis so simple, even a child can understand it
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If I'd known I had $700 billion, that beach house would be mine
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Why college students should buy newspapers instead of textbooks
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When Gomer says hey, smile real big and say 'Hey to Gomer'
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With a bit of interpretation, dad still has a way with words
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Going to Grandma's house is a piece of cake - or 12
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When the idea of having pet fish comes up, just say 'no tanks'
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Maybe what John Edwards needed most was a good barber or two
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The Good-O experience made summertime richer, creamier
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If you're 50, try to make the most of it
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He left nothing unsaid, but it would be nice to hear it again
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Somebody took all the lazy out of our hazy summer days
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The older you get, the more detached your garage becomes
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Cassette tape offers stroll down memory lane
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Granddaddy drove a hybrid that ran on grain and grass
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Spend the stimulus check and let America keep the change