As I was driving back from Indiana to California last spring I saw a
sign on a farmers fence in Kansas that read " Keep Out ---- Protected
by 12 Ga" At first it didn't hit me, the sign meant of course 12 gauge
as in shotgun.... !! LOL I immediately flashed back on......... " The watermelons are good..... just hav-ta watch out fer the gunpowder and rock salt... " In Tennessee circa the late 70's I was in Bledsoe Creek boat launch on Old Hickory Lake near Gallatin TN and an older guy in "Bibs" (bib overhauls) was fishing with a cane pole from the shore. He had a fish stringer tied to a large rock with a heavy burlap bag in the water. As I was standing there watching he caught a fair size fish and took it off the hook and pulled the burlap bag from the water. He then opened the bag, took out a watermelon and put in the fish. Wishing to strike up a conversation I asked if he planned to cook the fish to go with watermelon. As he put the bag with his catch back in the water he replied "Nah.... I got the watermelon here for my lunch and fish are only good for cat food. Wishing to continue the conversation I asked " So how are the watermelons this year?" He replied "The watermelons are good.... just hav-ta watch out fer the gunpowder and rock salt..." I read on I'net about using rock salt as a non-lethal weapon and came across the below: "a"-"salt"-"weapon" not to be confused with (assault weapon) :-) |
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