February 8, 1960

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 8, 1960, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issued an Order-In-Council, whereby she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor and that her descendants would take the name “Mountbatten-Windsor”. When Jim Bob Wheeler of Scottsboro, Alabama heard about this he immediately issued his own Order-In-Council at the Scottsboro Elk Club. He stated that henceforth he’d be known as James Robert Wheeler and his progeny would take the name of Wheeler-Badassicus. His friends just looked at him and said, “Nope. We’re still going to call you Booger.”

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About Joel Byers

Born in North Georgia and educated at some very fine public institutions. Real education started after graduating from college and then getting married and raising two boys. Has the ability to see the funny and absurd in most things and will always remark on it, even if it means getting the stink-eye from his victims.
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