liberaltrucker
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Fri Dec-03-10 09:52 PM
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With due respect to Johnny Cash, a question about "Folsum Prison Blues" |
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The protagonist "shot a man on Reno (Nevada), just to watch him die". Yet he's doing his time in California. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folsum_prison:wtf:
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Fri Dec-03-10 10:05 PM
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1. EASILY explained! The protagonist had a long... |
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. . . ...multi-faceted career and he just happened to get away with the one in Reno. . . . I've alway assumed that line was lifted from an old Western movie. . . .
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Fri Dec-03-10 10:12 PM
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2. As good an explanation as any I can think of |
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Fri Dec-03-10 10:51 PM
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7. Might have come from Jimmie Rodgers’ line “I’m gonna shoot poor Thelma/Just to see her jump and fall |
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Fri Dec-03-10 10:24 PM
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3. Some states rent out "space" in their prisons and jails. |
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I have a friend that was convicted in Indiana but is serving his time in Tennessee because Indiana rented the "space".
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Fri Dec-03-10 10:35 PM
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4. I think it happened here. |
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http://california.hometownlocator.com/ca/lassen/reno-junction.cfmIf he would have went further west he could have shot that guy in the Buttes.
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Fri Dec-03-10 10:54 PM
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8. "he could have shot that guy in the Buttes." |
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Edited on Fri Dec-03-10 10:55 PM by Kaleva
I shot a man in the buttes
Just to watch him wear a colostomy bag
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Fri Dec-03-10 10:36 PM
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5. Because He's Been Everywhere, Man... |
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And a Wanted Man. From San Quentin.
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Fri Dec-03-10 11:16 PM
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9. I forgot about that vid. Thanks! |
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:yourock:
I suppose I'm also a wanted man... .
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By my ex. But since she lacks the long arm of the law....not a chance.
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Fri Dec-03-10 10:44 PM
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6. He got moved closer to family? /nt |
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