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April 20, 2026 at 9:35 AM

I Spell M…A…N

Andrew Troutman
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To be a hero in Hollywood, you have to be ripped… six-pack abs and all that. Shave your chest, skip a few audits at the Scientology Celebrity Center to get in shape for the filming.

The catering will be swell. You might have a temporary fling with your co-star, and you’ll make enough money to get yourself another spacious palace you’ll never have time to live in, with an estranged wife and disinterested (except in transitioning) kids.

The acting is the easy part. The hard part is doing the stunts.

To be a hero in the real world means taking action, even when you’re a 60-year-old bald guy who looks like the most go along to get along gent in Garvin County. Enter Pauls Valley (Oklahoma) High School Principal Kirk Moore. You wouldn’t assume he’s a guy who could spring into action, but what he did proves he is a brave and heroic action figure. He came on like a tornado when his students needed him, and he brought the hammer down.

How many lives did he save?

We can hope the Toy and Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley has commissioned a Kirk Moore action figure. He took action. A natural man. A full-grown man.

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    JustmeinAZ@JustmeinAZ·25w

    Maybe they should have blasted Muddy instead of Nickelback at the prom.

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    Andrew Troutman@Dotorimuk·25w
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    JustmeinAZ (View Comment):

    Maybe they should have blasted Muddy instead of Nickelback at the prom.

    That's a good rule of thumb.

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    Subcomandante America@TheReticulator·25w

    Muddy Waters was also a long-time and very successful football coach at Hillsdale College. He later was coach at Michigan State University for a couple of years, but didn't have a very good record there.

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    Andrew Troutman@Dotorimuk·25w
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    Subcomandante America (View Comment):

    Muddy Waters was also a long-time and very successful football coach at Hillsdale College. He later was coach at Michigan State University for a couple of years, but didn’t have a very good record there.

    But that Muddy, although he might have been a natural-grown man, was NOT a hoochie-coochie man. Let the record show.

    I yield the remainder of my time.

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    Percival@Percival·25w
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    Subcomandante America (View Comment):

    Muddy Waters was also a long-time and very successful football coach at Hillsdale College. He later was coach at Michigan State University for a couple of years, but didn’t have a very good record there.

    Andrew Troutman (View Comment):

    But that Muddy, although he might have been a natural-grown man, was NOT a hoochie-coochie man. Let the record show.

    I yield the remainder of my time.

    You'd never say such a thing if you had ever been with Muddy on a trip to Kansas City.

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