1974— “The Rumble in the Jungle”: Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in the 8th round in Kinshasa, Zaire; regains world heavyweight boxing title with famous “rope-a-dope” tactic.
On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence.
One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts.
“One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me,” said one boy. Several dropped and rolled down toward the fence.
Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle. As he passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard, “One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me ….”
He just knew what it was. He jumped back on his bike and rode off. Just around the bend, he met an old man with a cane, hobbling along.
“Come here quick,” said the boy, “You won’t believe what I heard! Satan and the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls!”
The man said, “Beat it, kid, can’t you see it’s hard for me to walk.” When the boy insisted though, the man hobbled slowly to the cemetery.
Standing by the fence they heard, “One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me.”
The old man whispered, “Boy, you’ve been tellin’ me the truth. Let’s see if we can see the Lord…?”
Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet were still unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of the Lord.
At last, they heard, “One for you, one for me. That’s all. Now let’s go get those nuts by the fence and we’ll be done….”
They say the old man had the lead for a good half-mile before the kid on the bike passed him!
Ironically, those are the best places to have a very noisy venue. Dead people can’t hear and, even if they do, they’re in their “eternal rest”. Statistically speaking, a sleepless night will not be a meaningful interruption overall. And churches… first, they have different schedules most of the time. Second, be honest, who pays attention to what’s being said during mass? :D It may disturb some naps, though…
Pickled Pete 1 day ago
On this day in history, Oct 30:
1974— “The Rumble in the Jungle”: Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in the 8th round in Kinshasa, Zaire; regains world heavyweight boxing title with famous “rope-a-dope” tactic.
Pickled Pete 1 day ago
On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence.
One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts.
“One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me,” said one boy. Several dropped and rolled down toward the fence.
Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle. As he passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard, “One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me ….”
He just knew what it was. He jumped back on his bike and rode off. Just around the bend, he met an old man with a cane, hobbling along.
“Come here quick,” said the boy, “You won’t believe what I heard! Satan and the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls!”
The man said, “Beat it, kid, can’t you see it’s hard for me to walk.” When the boy insisted though, the man hobbled slowly to the cemetery.
Standing by the fence they heard, “One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me.”
The old man whispered, “Boy, you’ve been tellin’ me the truth. Let’s see if we can see the Lord…?”
Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet were still unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of the Lord.
At last, they heard, “One for you, one for me. That’s all. Now let’s go get those nuts by the fence and we’ll be done….”
They say the old man had the lead for a good half-mile before the kid on the bike passed him!
OldsVistaCruiser 1 day ago
Doesn’t the waterphone resemble the World Series trophy?
comixbomix 1 day ago
Then how are you supposed to do The Monster Mash???
Freebyrd1 1 day ago
Or the Transylvania twist!
A Common 'tator 1 day ago
Waterphone and theremin duet on Youtube…
Copy and paste the line below… into the html field…
youtube.Com/watch?v=DoSjbxUkeoM
James Wolfenstein 1 day ago
Ironically, those are the best places to have a very noisy venue. Dead people can’t hear and, even if they do, they’re in their “eternal rest”. Statistically speaking, a sleepless night will not be a meaningful interruption overall. And churches… first, they have different schedules most of the time. Second, be honest, who pays attention to what’s being said during mass? :D It may disturb some naps, though…
markhughw 1 day ago
I wonder if any churches in SC have dances on occasion.
Huckleberry Hiroshima 1 day ago
“Vampire bats must be caught with a vampire glove.” ~ Yogi Berra, don’t cross on a red unless you like squash
FassEddie 1 day ago
A quarter mile is just close enough on a Saturday night.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 1 day ago
I thought vampire inspiration came from an old ruler known as “Vlad The Impaler”
kaycstamper 1 day ago
Look up, interesting!
billwog about 23 hours ago
Porphyria – Ripley, liar, liar pants on fire. Google it.
LAFITZGERALD about 23 hours ago
Thank you for this vampire fact – it was quite interesting!!
Thorby about 18 hours ago
So SC “juke joints” have to be a quarter-mile away, huh?
Gordette about 13 hours ago
“Cats”, “Boots” -??? Why are these words coming out of the dance hall?