That’s right, folks. It’s another sleepy dusty Delta day…
Everybody, throw something off a bridge!
This year there are contests and prizes. Well, OK, the prizes are Oak’s Official Great Big Bag o’ Air (bag not included). But the contests include:
- Cotton Chopping
- Hay Baling
- Flower picking
- Flower Tossing
- Frog placement
and the grand finale…
- Bridge jumping
Don’t forget the plowin’ contest!
Yippee! I was going to find and bump one of the old threads just in case nobody started a 2012 one!
I still may locate them and link to them. Later.
I always come for the apple pie.
Now I want some biscuits. Thanks.
Yeah, me too.
'cause biscuits are better than black-eyed peas.
I made a cornbread yesterday, does that count?
No doubt there are other threads touching on the song and the mystery and whatnot. But a Keyword Search on “mcallister” yields this list – and perhaps some of the ones I didn’t copy down are worth looking into:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=158391&highlight=mcallister
Billy Joe McAllister (MacAllister?)
01-23-2003, 01:00 PM
MarianD
Billy Joe McAllister (MacAllister?)
MarianD
01-24-2003 11:42 PM
by John Carter of Mars
19 1,333 Cafe Society
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=374094&highlight=mcallister
You all know what June 3 is, doncha?
06-02-2006, 09:48 AM
anyrose
You all know what June 3 is, doncha?
anyrose
06-02-2006 01:37 PM
by The New and Improved Superman
18 635 Cafe Society
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=422277&highlight=mcallister
Ode to Billie Joe question
05-25-2007, 10:23 AM
curlyshawe4
Ode to Billie Joe question
curlyshawe4
05-25-2007 11:01 AM
by samclem
3 493 General Questions
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=422278&highlight=mcallister
Ode to Billie Joe question
01-28-2007, 09:03 PM
SSG Schwartz
Ode to Billie Joe question
SSG Schwartz
05-26-2007 09:53 AM
by Colibri
43 772 Cafe Society
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=429309&highlight=mcallister
Dates in popular songs
07-18-2007, 08:00 AM
gigi
Dates in popular songs ( 1 2)
gigi
07-19-2007 09:15 AM
by Annie-Xmas
58 1,092 Cafe Society
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=447804&highlight=mcallister
Nothing Ever Comes to No Good Up On Choctaw Ridge (Mysteries in pop music)
12-14-2007, 11:31 AM
Bricker
Nothing Ever Comes to No Good Up On Choctaw Ridge (Mysteries in pop music) ( 1 2 3)
Bricker
01-06-2008 07:48 PM
by Peter Morris
109 4,021 Cafe Society
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=509149&highlight=mcallister
theories on unsolved mysteries of music
03-04-2009, 03:53 PM
johnspartan
theories on unsolved mysteries of music ( 1 2)
johnspartan
04-17-2009 01:23 PM
by tds1273
52 2,201 Cafe Society
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=560469&highlight=mcallister
What’s Up With the Bridges in Popular Culture?
04-21-2010, 11:28 AM
A.Selene
What’s Up With the Bridges in Popular Culture?
A.Selene
04-22-2010 05:26 PM
by Shoeless
22 2,376 Cafe Society
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=565605&highlight=mcallister
It’s Billy Joe McAllister Day…
06-03-2010, 02:19 AM
Oakminster
It’s Billy Joe McAllister Day…
Oakminster
06-04-2010 04:29 PM
by Slow Moving Vehicle
36 1,194 Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=566882&highlight=mcallister
“Ode to Billie Joe” - that nice, young preacher Brother Taylor
06-12-2010, 05:04 PM
Don Draper
“Ode to Billie Joe” - that nice, young preacher Brother Taylor
Don Draper
07-02-2010 10:22 AM
by Little Nemo
49 5,141 Cafe Society
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=573134&highlight=mcallister
Historical events most people only know of because a song was written about them
08-02-2010, 08:35 AM
Annie-Xmas
Historical events most people only know of because a song was written about them ( 1 2 3)
Annie-Xmas
05-09-2011 04:42 AM
by amanset
118 6,961 Cafe Society
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=611054&highlight=mcallister
It’s Billie Joe McCallister Day (2nd Annual thread)
06-03-2011, 01:13 PM
Oakminster
It’s Billie Joe McCallister Day (2nd Annual thread)
Oakminster
06-04-2011 04:11 PM
by Quasimodem
22 766 Mundane Pointless Stuff I Must Share (MPSIMS)
Is second prize a store in Tupelo?
A year has come and gone?
I… I just… You’re dead to me now.
Tonight I’m making black eyed peas. With sliced tomato and purple onion on the side and some salad vinegar and black pepper. Keep yo’ biscuits. 
nice!
Sadly, most of my coworkers looked at me blankly this morning when I brought it up.
Bet they know all about Paris Hilton, though, right? Or your Kardashian of choice?
Fie and Pox! I *do not have *a Kardashian of choice.
ETA: Some of them are just young.
It is also exactly three months from the third of September. A day I’ll always remember…
Religious services are available for those wishing to attend. Bro. Taylor will give the sermon.
Had I known I could have thrown something into the Tallahatchie. As it was though my grandaughter and I just skipped rocks in the Yocona.