Tom Irregardless and Me

‘As my old pappy used to say…’ Bret Maverick began, but Pappy had had it:

‘I never used to say any of those things! You’ve been misquoting me all your life!’

‘Well, you said so many dumb things it was hard to keep track!’

As we near the end of our book, we can take comfort that we have not done that. We have said no dumb things. Every word has been pure gold, save for occasional bits of hogwash that can be chalked up to human imperfection.

If we have poked some fun at Tom Irregardless, Oscar Ox...