Political flotsam and jetsam with commentary on same.
I shot a man in Sanford.Just to watch him die.
Kid. Folsom is too good for him.
"Folsom is too good for him."...and that's what I never understood from the original. If shoot a man in Reno, why was he doing time in a California state prison?
Rockie: I guess because it sounds better than saying "I shot a man in Mendocino..."
DPT: Yeah, you want the meter to sound right. Plus, Reno qualifies as being part of the wild west in many people's imagination.RtD: Sometimes you have to be a little forgiving about geographic details.
Kid.
ReplyDeleteFolsom is too good for him.
"Folsom is too good for him."
ReplyDelete...and that's what I never understood from the original. If shoot a man in Reno, why was he doing time in a California state prison?
Rockie: I guess because it sounds better than saying "I shot a man in Mendocino..."
ReplyDeleteDPT: Yeah, you want the meter to sound right. Plus, Reno qualifies as being part of the wild west in many people's imagination.
ReplyDeleteRtD: Sometimes you have to be a little forgiving about geographic details.