GOOD NEIGHBOR?

It's 4:49, very chilly,Saturday, dark and Junior and Patrick are asleep on a couch downstairs.

Junior has more or less recovered his memory after the concussion he endured Wednesday night. We went yesterday afternoon to look at a residential property for sale near his college. The neighbor asked us if we were the new owners, then when we replied in the negative, told us it had sold three weeks ago, would close any day. So, I said I guess we're wasting our time then. We talked about the property a bit then he said a strange thing: "If you want to look inside, the back door's open." Do you want your neighbor telling strangers, that he KNOWS don't own the place, how to get in? What a moron!! But maybe not moron. I told Junior, you know not to trust ANYBODY: If he had gone inside, what's to stop this jerk from calling the cops, denying he ever talked to Junior and having him arrested? Some people are like that, I know you don't believe it, but it's true.

Back in the sixties, in rural Deval county (Jax) Wes had a five acre spread that he built a shack on, married his big-ass titty girlfriend and had a baby. His dog had the habit of going across the street and grabbing one of his neighbor's chickens and bringing it back to Wes's front yard to eat. Wes's front yard was littered with feathers and chicken bones. One day his neighbof told him "I catch your dog over here grabbing my chickens, I'm gonna shoot him."

Wes replied, "Go ahead. He's not eating your chicken, he's eating mine. He goes round back and gets them and brings them out here ( A lie). But If one of your cows ever gets out and comes over in my yard, I'm gonna shoot HIM." Wes never heard about the the chickens again. He and his neighbor were up front with each other, and they knew where each other stood.

Of course they both knew that the Farmer would be in his full rights to shoot a loose dog that was in his henhouse, and that Wes couldn't legally shoot a cow under any circumstances, or at least his neighbor did...but still, why start a feud over a chicken or two--what's a cheicken between neighbors?

But listen to this: Out back of Wes's place was an small old uncleared Cyprus swamp. On the other side of the swamp was another farmer who Wes talked with about the wild cows that lived there. Wes said that they were spookier than deer. The farmer told Wes that they had gotten loose years ago and were no good to him cause he couldn't catch them, and if Wes could get close enough to one to get a shot, go ahead and shoot him. Evil Liar Guy!!

It's a good thing some of Wes's other neighbors put this city boy straight. This guy WANTED Wes to shoot one of his wild steers, then it WOULD be of use to him, cause he'd called the Sheriff on Wes, and sue him for the Value of the Beef on the Hoof, and most likely Wes would go to the County Lockup....

DON'T TRUST ANYBODY!!!!

So it goes....


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