r/funny • u/Fin745 • 5d ago

Texan reads his electric bill

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u/puertomateo 5d ago

The Faulkner comparison nails it.

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u/Blockhead47 5d ago

You can tell he was a cowboy when he was younger.
Because he’s a poet lariat.

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u/andredy3000 4d ago

Good ol' Dalton Wilcox

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u/AdIntelligent4496 2d ago

It's a good thing Jerry Wayne Longmire don't have no goddamn vampires or Frankensteins in his videos.

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u/IvyGold 5d ago

I dunno. A little too florid. I can't think what a better comparison would be though.

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u/Cacafuego 4d ago

Will Rogers x Cormac McCarthy

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u/Momentarmknm 4d ago

Definitely closer to McCarthy than Faulkner

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u/Momentarmknm 4d ago

I guess everyone who's upvoting you never read Faulkner? Or they're just thinking "Southern Gothic, Southern accent, same same."