Yee-hawin' and Beast Flippin' in CoMo

Yee-hawin' and Beast Flippin' in CoMo
Listen here, kids, gather 'round, 'cause Columbia is hostin' another one of them poetry readin' thingers. But this ain't no coffee shop roundtable, no ma'am! It's the 30th Annual Heritage Festival in Nifong Park this Sunday! Expect lots of lassos, boots 'n spurs, flannel shirts... what more could you want from Mid-Missouri on a Sunday afternoon? Especially when 64-year-old John "Jay" Jones gets up to read his allegorical poetry--

"Shorty said, 'No problem
Just drop a hand upon its hip
Slide it up and grab two horns
Then give the beast a flip'"

- The Bull Dogger by John B. Jones, Cowboy Poet Laureate

He's just trying to "reserve the cowboy way of life," he says. Yee-haw.

If you're not into poems, Cowboy Randy Erwin will be yodeling for the crowd. And he knows the secrets to becoming a great yodeler, apparently. "The more wrinkled you are, the better you get."

Ah, a maxim that can be applied to anything. Except driving. And eating with real teeth. Oh, and sex.

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