Thought some of my cousins would appreciate a copy of my submission to cousin Greg Wainwright's web-site, under the subject of "You Are Very Wiregrass If......." ---------- > From: HICKOX <hickox@3n.net> > To: gregwain@southeast.net > Subject: You Are Very Wiregrass If...... > Date: Wednesday, January 16, 1980 1:38 PM > > ......Your family has long been involved in the manufacture and distribution > of distilled spirits > ......Your first tractor had four legs and ate hay > - and the wind ALWAYS blew in your face when you were plowing, > - and you came to regard carbon monoxide as an improvement over > other farm > "vehicle" emisions > ..... You know how to select the best corn-cobs from the box in the "Two and > a half-holer" > - and you prefer them to the Sears Roebuck Catalog > ..... You know that the ideal distance of the Out-house from the Dwelling is > 100 yards: > - 100 yards too close in the summer > - 100 yards too far in the winter. > ......Your grand-pa named all his hounds after "the most worthless humans" > he knew > - and they had names like Hoover, Roosevelt, & Truman > - and they slept under the front porch > ......You can remember being paid 25 cents a day for riding the mule that > pulled the > tobacco sled > ......You can stand around and talk for hours, scratch sand-gnats, and never > give > them a thought > ....You've ever had a bath in the syrup boiler > ......You've ever "kick-started" the washing machine > ......You've still got a piece of lye soap and you remember your grandmother > making it > ......Everyone in your family refers to "The Cowhouse" with a sense of > reverence > ....Your father could knock the eye out of a squirrel with an open-sight > .22 at a hundred yards > > and > > ......Your first sexual experience was a disappointment compared to Tobacco > Auction time > > > >