Confessions Of A Country Bumpkin

Perhaps the best way to define a word is to use synonyms. A “Country Bumpkin” is a yokel, a rube, a clodhopper, a plowboy, a hayseed, and a hick. (My thanks to “Roget’s Thesaurus.”) Older readers might also recognize “What a maroon!”— Bugs Bunny.Some readers may recall in earlier columns my humorous attempts with “I was so poor….” (Quick reminders: “I was 14 befor...