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Washing Town Folks

Washing Town Folks

Last week we had a visit from some kid who said he works for one of those agencies in Washing Town. We could tell right off he…

Fools

Fools

P.T. Barnum once said, “You can fool some of the people all of the time and you can fool all of the people some of the time…

City Slickers

City Slickers

The Stump County Chronicles are a satire about an imaginary county located in rural Virginia. Stump County, population 999, is filled with imaginary people who are struggling…

Balance of Power

Balance of Power

As every fifth grade graduate here in Stump County knows, this great country, the U S of A, was founded with a constitution and a “balance of…

Dadgum cold…

Dadgum cold…

We just heard on the radio that some guy named Artic Vortex is raising Cain all over the country. Whoever he is, here in Stump County it…

An Introduction to Stump County

Stump County Virginia is an imaginary county filled with imaginary people, 999 of them. We are about 100 years behind the rest of the country and sometimes…

Di-vorce Might be the Answer After All

Di-vorce Might be the Answer After All

Great jumpin’ catfish, it looks like old Stump County is gettin’ ready to have the first divorce in the history of Stump County. Now, as you know,…

Stealing From Everybody

Stealing From Everybody

What in tarnation has happened to the folks in the good old US of A? Here in Stump County we still believe in hard work, fair dealing…

Lesson from the Big Shots

Lesson from the Big Shots

Here in imaginary Stump County we’ve taken a lesson from the big shots in Rich City and Washingtown. Stump County needed some more money to put gravel…

A “life and death sitchyation”

A “life and death sitchyation”

Roscoe Sneezelweed had a pretty crappy weekend here in Stump County. Miz Roscoe was washing dishes last week and she gave her wedding ring to Roscoe and…