1928 - Alderson High School - 1968

 

Pure Pleasure, Total Joy
Rick Hughes 09

ABSOLUTE ECSTASY, INCREDIBLE PLEASURE, UNBELIEVABLE FUN, UNIMAGINABLE FEELING, COMPLETE FILAMENT, THAT DESCRIBES WHAT I RECEIVED FROM A YOUTHFUL HABIT OF CHEWING TOBACCO AND RUBBING SNUFF. WHAT INTENSE PLEASURE WHAT PENETRATING FUN, WHAT INDESCRIBABLE JOY. I CHEWED CONTINUOUSLY, IN THE MOVIES, WHEN PUTTING UP HAY, WHEN I COULD GET AWAY WITH IT AT SCHOOL, ALWAYS AROUND MY HOUSE ,AND SITTING DOWN ON THE CORNER AT THE SNACK SHACK. I NEVER CONSIDERED IT DANGEROUS, UNHEALTHY, DIRTY, I NEVER NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT QUITTING. AS AN ADULT I CONTINUED TO RUB SNUFF. MY BOYS ALL RUB SNUFF THEY GOT IT FROM ME ,WE USE TO ALL RUB WHEN WE GOT TOGETHER, JUST FOR THE RECORD THEY ARE BIG STRONG HEALTHY MEN ,WHO DON'T DRINK ,NOW, DON'T SMOKE, AND FROM MY POINT VERY PRODUCTIVE AMERICANS, SORRY I DIGRESSED. I CHEWED UNTIL I WAS 61 FINALLY A WONDERFUL ,VERY FRANK FRIEND ,I AM PARAPHRASING, TOLD ME I WAS NUTS AND HE WANTED TO KEEP KICKING MY KNEES EVERY LABOR DAY AND TOLD ME WHAT A CHEWING TOBACCO CANCER LOOKED LIKE , HEY IT TOOK 17 DAYS BUT I QUIT. I AM SORRY ABOUT THE BOYS THAT I EVER DID IT, NOW I DON'T CHEW AND I AM SO GLAD, I WANT TO LIVE AND LIVE AND LIVE BUT IT WAS SHEER PLEASURE. ITS ENDED..