Can’t believe you remember that Thanksgiving letter. That has to be a classic. It would be sooo fitting to have grandma show up at Marney’s with this crtitter in tow.
Pa’s out back with his compound bow trying to catch another critter so they can prepare two regulation-sized casserole dishes of stuffing (neither being filled to the top, of course). Unfortunately it won’t be sans meat since they need to make good use of the critters, ’cause that’s good eatin’!
the brilliance of this picture is in the details–if you can tear your eyes away from the horror of gram’ma and her trophy possum/cat/’coon you will be able to notice some of the other horror–the gun cabinet in the back that seems to double as a curio cabinet and gram’ma’s spiffy ensemble (is that a one piece sleeveless plaid jumpsuit with a cinched waist and did she pair that with a well-worn pair of capezzio dance shoes?)… oh my.
Look at the reflection in the glass on the cabinet. There is a TODDLER playing outside next to a swingset. That is classic. The devil is definitely in the details here.
And after much examination, I do believe it is a cat.
Um…*puts head in hand*….geez guys…where ARE all of you from? That’s a POSSUM! Holy crap…and I thought us folks from LOUISIANA were supposed to be undereducated and ignorant…wow.
Maybe you should Google it. That is NOT a possum. I have possums on my property fairly regularly, and that is not one of them. I think the groundhog folks are correct. Take another look at that tail…short and fuzzy, not long, skinny and naked like a possum. Rest assured that your assumptions about folks from Louisiana still stand unchallenged.
No they aren’t, but woodchucks are very destructive and do not fit in well with farms or gardens. Wait until you have to shoot a horse that steps in a chuck hole and breaks its leg. I would rather take out the chuck before that happens again.
My grandma used to go out in her back yard, grab a chicken by its neck, wring it, slap it down on a tree stump and chop its head off. I’ve seen many a “chicken running around with its head cut off.” Later the chicken would be dinner for me and my cousins. So this doesn’t shock me at all. Go granny!
my grandmother tied the chickens to the clothes line and went through chopping heads and let the drain and flop on the line till they drained out. funny how i never ate chicken that night for supper. saw her do it many times…YYYUUUKKK
I saw Sat. Night Special Watchman and laughed my ass off for several minutes. THEN I scrolled down to Granny. My husband had to come out and see why I was laughing so hard I was crying. What I really love is the pride on her face!!! She is truly awesome.
Love the pic! She reminds me of a delightful lady I know who lives not far away. Looks like a groundhog to me too; a pretty big one.
Amazing how people get all upset over a gun anywhere near a kid. Guns are part of ordinary life for many families, including my own. Children are consistently taught to respect them, and they’re kept out of reach. As I see it, among the worst problems one can have with guns is that of needing one and NOT having it.
As for the “poor” animal, quite aside from the hazard it poses to horses it was probably wrecking Granny’s garden, upon which she has most likely depended for food for most of her life.
She’d never have shot the critter merely for spite. Nor is it likey she regards it a trophy. She’s smiling because now her garden is safe and she’ll have groundhog stew. And because she’s still a crack shot
This is MY GRANDMA!!! OMG, I was just looking through this website and saw this picture of my grandma Julia! She just killed a raccoon and picked it up with her bare hands; nothing unusual since she lives on a farm. That’s not a gun cabinet behind her, though. It’s the laundry room. Oh, How I love you, grandma.
It definitely is a groundhog. It also looks like it has been dead awhile, as it is stiff. It’s too dark to be a possum. It has long front teeth and no real tail to speak of. It is a groundhog.
It’s not awkward at all. That’s city people talking.
This woman looks EXACTLY like my grandmother and is a fitting depiction! I’m having a hard time believing it’s not her. I wonder who this woman is because it looks as if my “Granny” has a twin somewhere.
1. I seriously need an ID on the gun. I’d guess it’s a .22RF lever action, based on the skinny barrel and the pitiful excuse for a front sights. BB guns and pellet guns usually have elaborate affairs for a front sight. Center fire rifles would be bigger and better taken care of.
2. What the heck is that animal? Too big to be rodent and it doesn’t have the rings or fuzzy tail like a racoom. ‘Coons have tousled looking gray fur.
1. it’s a shotgun. it’s an old ithaca model 66 ’super single’. it’s a single shot shotgun that opens when you pull the lever down. i don’t know why they made them that way, but they did. (i know someone will doubt this… go do a google image search for ‘ithaca m66′.)
2. groundhog. trust me, i live an hour from punxsutawney. that is definitely one of phil’s relatives.
i dunno–granny in that unsightly get up with the little beast by the tail? (or leg, or whatever…) thats pretty awkward any way you slice it–backyard, kitchen or at a sunday go to meetin… just plain awkward.
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I’m just glad she has gloves on. . . Ew.
Muzzle Awareness, Hooah!
Sorry, reflex. Got some more deprogramming to do.
but why did she bring it into the house?
So she can clean it…fix it up…put it in a regulation-size casserole dish (with a lid) and take it to Marney’s (oh, and it will be properly heated).
Can’t believe you remember that Thanksgiving letter. That has to be a classic. It would be sooo fitting to have grandma show up at Marney’s with this crtitter in tow.
Yea but I’m sure grandma would forget the serving spoon
Pa’s out back with his compound bow trying to catch another critter so they can prepare two regulation-sized casserole dishes of stuffing (neither being filled to the top, of course). Unfortunately it won’t be sans meat since they need to make good use of the critters, ’cause that’s good eatin’!
Haha! I love the Marney reference. That letter still cracks me up to this day. Well done, love it.
nice thanksgiving letter ref lol
What is that critter she’s holding? It’s awkward that I can’t tell what the hell it is.
i think it was the henderson’s cat.
the brilliance of this picture is in the details–if you can tear your eyes away from the horror of gram’ma and her trophy possum/cat/’coon you will be able to notice some of the other horror–the gun cabinet in the back that seems to double as a curio cabinet and gram’ma’s spiffy ensemble (is that a one piece sleeveless plaid jumpsuit with a cinched waist and did she pair that with a well-worn pair of capezzio dance shoes?)… oh my.
Look at the reflection in the glass on the cabinet. There is a TODDLER playing outside next to a swingset. That is classic. The devil is definitely in the details here.
And after much examination, I do believe it is a cat.
“Capezio”, Brian?
Call me, girrrl!
Woodchuck.
Also known as a groundhog or a whistle pig
Um…*puts head in hand*….geez guys…where ARE all of you from? That’s a POSSUM! Holy crap…and I thought us folks from LOUISIANA were supposed to be undereducated and ignorant…wow.
Seriously, though. It’s a possum. Google it.
Maybe you should Google it. That is NOT a possum. I have possums on my property fairly regularly, and that is not one of them. I think the groundhog folks are correct. Take another look at that tail…short and fuzzy, not long, skinny and naked like a possum. Rest assured that your assumptions about folks from Louisiana still stand unchallenged.
Woodchuck
Brilliant!
what the HELL IS THAT
I think the critter is a ground hog. I thought possum at first but it doesn’t have the long tail.
Granny bring home the vittles and it’s not roadkill tonight! YEEHAW!!
OMG, this picture is hysterically funny!
Poor animal
It’s a varmint.
I think this is horrible. Dead animals are not funny.
Aww, lighten up Aggi. She’s not really gone to eat it. She just killed it for it’s pelt.
HEE!
Considering it was probably eating her garden and destroying her yard, no reason why shouldn’t cook it up and eat it.
Hilarious!
Granny says, “I’m at the top of this here food chain. Take that you wascally vahmit.”
No they aren’t, but woodchucks are very destructive and do not fit in well with farms or gardens. Wait until you have to shoot a horse that steps in a chuck hole and breaks its leg. I would rather take out the chuck before that happens again.
no, but they’re DAMN tasty!
… and to have a really ‘fresh’ meal on the table.
That is sooooo not a possum…its looks like an oversized gopher. I actually think it might be a ground hog.
WHOA Grams. Put that shotgun down. HAHA.
Yeah put your lever action shotgun down… o.O
In case you missed the sarcasm, that’s not a shotgun.
I LOVE the title of this one for the picture.
Perfect. Hahah.
Whats for dinner Gama? I hope that’s not why you invited us over!
Um… Isn’t it a raccoon?
“Pa, we eat tonight!”
Goin’ to the Methodist Potluck – bringin’ her favorite covered dish.
Homeowner shall always tile the floor for the blood letting and visceration.
W.Va. Buiding Code
My grandma used to go out in her back yard, grab a chicken by its neck, wring it, slap it down on a tree stump and chop its head off. I’ve seen many a “chicken running around with its head cut off.” Later the chicken would be dinner for me and my cousins. So this doesn’t shock me at all. Go granny!
my grandmother tied the chickens to the clothes line and went through chopping heads and let the drain and flop on the line till they drained out. funny how i never ate chicken that night for supper. saw her do it many times…YYYUUUKKK
Now there is a woman worth marrying! They don’t make enough good gals like her anymore.
Street Cred, Grams!
Props, Gramma. Nothing else says “rural” street cred, quite so succinctly.
“Now they ain’t endangered no more”
Gran knows how to solve an environmental argument
that looks like a wombat. Why would anyone kill one of thoses?
Is grams holding a shotgun or a bb gun?
Looks like a lever action .410, that’s a workin’ critter killer!
It is a woodchuck/groundhog.
They destroy gardens, make big tunnels that can seriously harm livestock, etc.
And they are tasty.
Sooo…
How much wood was that woodchuck chucking before Gramma got aholt of him? (Laughed til I cried over this one, BTW!)
I saw Sat. Night Special Watchman and laughed my ass off for several minutes. THEN I scrolled down to Granny. My husband had to come out and see why I was laughing so hard I was crying. What I really love is the pride on her face!!! She is truly awesome.
So fake. Look at her right hand, the tail isn’t even in her hand ! And the “gun” was prabably a broom
W-W-WHAT????
And JT, doesn’t look like a fake. She is not holding it by the tail but by one of the legs. The tail is behind the hand.
I think it’s a possum, the head’s too pointy to be a cat and the body too bullet-shaped(pardon the pun).
definately a wombat.
Any granny that can handle a lever action at night and bring her kill into a home isn’t a granny I would mess with.
Best. Pic. Ever.
I need this blown up poster-size. A killing (excuse the pun) could be made with the posters. Especially in Texas where I live.
damn right, look at those triceps
That’s the last time that varmit gets in my garden!
Love the pic! She reminds me of a delightful lady I know who lives not far away. Looks like a groundhog to me too; a pretty big one.
Amazing how people get all upset over a gun anywhere near a kid. Guns are part of ordinary life for many families, including my own. Children are consistently taught to respect them, and they’re kept out of reach. As I see it, among the worst problems one can have with guns is that of needing one and NOT having it.
As for the “poor” animal, quite aside from the hazard it poses to horses it was probably wrecking Granny’s garden, upon which she has most likely depended for food for most of her life.
She’d never have shot the critter merely for spite. Nor is it likey she regards it a trophy. She’s smiling because now her garden is safe and she’ll have groundhog stew. And because she’s still a crack shot
it’s a wombat. i live in australia and i’ve seen heaps
This is MY GRANDMA!!! OMG, I was just looking through this website and saw this picture of my grandma Julia! She just killed a raccoon and picked it up with her bare hands; nothing unusual since she lives on a farm. That’s not a gun cabinet behind her, though. It’s the laundry room. Oh, How I love you, grandma.
It definitely is a groundhog. It also looks like it has been dead awhile, as it is stiff. It’s too dark to be a possum. It has long front teeth and no real tail to speak of. It is a groundhog.
It’s not awkward at all. That’s city people talking.
r u KIDDING..LOL…iTS a RACCOON
“Cause I’m a Woman…W O M A N”
“I told that durn kitty-kat to quit meowin’ when Jeopardy is on!”
DINNER IS READY YA’LL. NW THATS WHAT U CALL FAST-FOOD/
This woman looks EXACTLY like my grandmother and is a fitting depiction! I’m having a hard time believing it’s not her. I wonder who this woman is because it looks as if my “Granny” has a twin somewhere.
3 Questions ..
1. I seriously need an ID on the gun. I’d guess it’s a .22RF lever action, based on the skinny barrel and the pitiful excuse for a front sights. BB guns and pellet guns usually have elaborate affairs for a front sight. Center fire rifles would be bigger and better taken care of.
2. What the heck is that animal? Too big to be rodent and it doesn’t have the rings or fuzzy tail like a racoom. ‘Coons have tousled looking gray fur.
3. WHY IS SHE BRINGING IT INTO THE KITCHEN???
I meant ‘possums have tousled-looking gray fur.
1. it’s a shotgun. it’s an old ithaca model 66 ’super single’. it’s a single shot shotgun that opens when you pull the lever down. i don’t know why they made them that way, but they did. (i know someone will doubt this… go do a google image search for ‘ithaca m66′.)
2. groundhog. trust me, i live an hour from punxsutawney. that is definitely one of phil’s relatives.
3. they’re delicious.
Don’t tell her how dry the potroast was last night…
How many woodchucks would a grandma shoot if a…
Wait that’s terrible. It doesn’t rhyme at all.
i do, however, find this picture quite funny and did not see it coming as i scrolled down. more of a wt* than awkward, though.
If it was in the back yard it would not be awkward. In the kitchen – AWKWARD!
i dunno–granny in that unsightly get up with the little beast by the tail? (or leg, or whatever…) thats pretty awkward any way you slice it–backyard, kitchen or at a sunday go to meetin… just plain awkward.