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HILLBILLY BOOKS

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The sole purpose of these Farmer Tice books is for laughs. There are no other objectives. You won't find anything PC in them. The stories evolve out of a slightly warped sense of subtile humor that's akin to Mad Magazine, National Lampoon, The Simpsons, and Billy Whiskers. There are no hidden agendas or lessons to be learned. They're just very fun books to read—even for adults. FT was born on Friday the 13th. The year is uncertain, because nobody bothered to write it down. He lives with his wife, Agnes (aka "Honeybunch") on a rickety old farm in a town called Hokum. If all farmers were like FT, everybody would starve. His wife isn't any better. How the two of them ever got married is explained in one of the chapters. Hint: they both were looking for matrimony at the bottom of the barrel. FT's first name is Jacob, but everybody calls him Jinx, a nickname coined by Mother Tice, who claimed he was a bad-luck baby. His nephew is named Wessell, but everybody calls him "The Weasel". It's the perfect name for a scheming, tricky teenager like him. Farmer Tune is the town chiseler who's always taking advantage of FT however he can. Bum Park is way out on the east side of town and is one of FT's favorite hangouts. The park was actually named after one of Hokum's most distinguished founders, Horatio Alger Bum II, but that was a long time ago. In recent years, it's become a sort of sanctuary not only for the homeless, but for lazy farmers seeking sanctuary from their daily chores. FT is there so much, some people think Bum Park was named after a bum like him. Who exactly is Farmer Tice? Some say he's a mixture of Snuffy Smith and W.C. Fields. Others think he's more akin to Homer Simpson and Rodney Dangerfield. Personally speaking, I don't think FT is like anyone you're ever likely to find in any comic strip. He's a mold-breaking entity of his own. The stories are short & sweet and bring us into a world of hillbilly locals and yokels unlike anybody you'll ever meet.