Bubba had long heard the stories of an amazing family tradition. It
seems
> > that his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had all been able to
> > walk on water on their 21st birthday. On that special day, they'd each
> > walked across the lake to the bar on the far side for their first legal
> > drink.
> > So when Bubba's 21st birthday came a round, he and his pal Jim Bob took
a
> > boat out to the middle of the lake, Bubba stepped out of the boat ....
> > and nearly drowned!
> > Jim Bob just barely managed to pull him to safety.
> > Furious and confused, Bubba went to see his grandmother.
> > 'Grandma,' he asked, 'it's my 21st birthday,
> > so why can't I walk 'cross the lake like
> > my pappy, his father, and his father before him?'
> > Granny looked deeply into Bubba's troubled eyes and said,
> > 'Because your father, your grandfather and your great grandfather
> > were born in January, when the lake is frozen,
> > and you were born in July, you dumbass'.
:tonguecrazy
seems
> > that his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had all been able to
> > walk on water on their 21st birthday. On that special day, they'd each
> > walked across the lake to the bar on the far side for their first legal
> > drink.
> > So when Bubba's 21st birthday came a round, he and his pal Jim Bob took
a
> > boat out to the middle of the lake, Bubba stepped out of the boat ....
> > and nearly drowned!
> > Jim Bob just barely managed to pull him to safety.
> > Furious and confused, Bubba went to see his grandmother.
> > 'Grandma,' he asked, 'it's my 21st birthday,
> > so why can't I walk 'cross the lake like
> > my pappy, his father, and his father before him?'
> > Granny looked deeply into Bubba's troubled eyes and said,
> > 'Because your father, your grandfather and your great grandfather
> > were born in January, when the lake is frozen,
> > and you were born in July, you dumbass'.
:tonguecrazy
