Doctor's Advice
After having
their 11th child, a North Georgia Mountain couple decided 11 was
enough, as they could not afford a larger bed. So the husband went to
his veterinarian and told him that he and his cousin didn't want to
have any more children.
The doctor told
him that there was a procedure called a vasectomy that could fix the
problem but that it was expensive. A less costly alternative, said the
doctor, was to go home, get a cherry bomb (fireworks are legal in the
North Georgia Mountains), light it, put it in an empty beer can, then
hold the can up to his ear and count to 10.
The redneck
said to the doctor, "I may not be the smartest man in the world, but I
don't see how putting cherry bomb in a beer can next to my ear is going
to help me."
"Trust me, "
said the doctor.
So the man went
home, lit a cherry bomb and put it in a beer can. He held the can up to
his ear and began to count: "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" ....... At which point
he paused, placed the beer can between his legs, and resumed counting
on his other hand. This procedure also works in Kentucky, Mississippi,
West Virginia, Arkansas, Missouri and parts of Tenn.