Lizard Tales: The Wit and Wisdom of Ron Shirley

by Ron Shirley

The star of TruTV's hit show, Lizard Lick Towing, shares stories of life as a small-town repo man, as well as the "Ron-isms" and "Ron-osophy" he is known for.Crazier than a sack of rabid weasels?Country as cornflakes?Gooder than grits?You bet he is! Week after week, millions of viewers tune in to Lizard Lick Towing to watch Ron Shirley outsmart the fist-swinging, gun-toting folks whose vehicles he’s been hired to repossess. Staring danger in the face, Ron disarms them not with his size or his strength but with his wit—and especially with his trademark funny sayings that have come to be known as “Ronisms.”    In Lizard Tales, Ron takes readers on a side-splitting trip through his wacky, colorful life. Growing up and raising heck in the Carolina countryside—where sushi is still called “bait”—young Ronnie was known to gig frogs, mooch moonshine from his pops, hunt, and cruise the strip in Myrtle Beach. He continues to get himself into hilarious scrapes and jams as an adult by tarring a roof during a lightning storm, inviting an angry deer onto his cousin’s brand-new boat, drinking (and fist-fighting) with a priest, matching wits with his wife, Amy, and running repo with his sidekicks at the towing company. So kick back, help yourself to some ’shine (if you got it), let Ron tell you some stories, and prepare yourself to get licked!

234 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ron Shirley, larger than life character and speaker of more Ron-isms than I think is humanly possible. I would have liked more stories from his repo business as I guess they are just as crazy as his growing up was. This book is short, and could have been longer without it taking anything away from the enjoyment.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Only got about 1/2 way through it so after 6 months of not reading it decided to put it away and try again someday :)

[Nickole Sterling · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great memoir about Ron Shirley

[Vic Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loving all the sayings and all the stuff he had done