However entertaining a tale, I suspect that to be an urban myth. On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 3:05 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Ahh the "good old days" > > -Curt > > On Thursday, June 7, 2018, 2:55:07 PM EDT, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > When I was young and living in WI, I was told two stories that I'll never > forget. > > One of my grade school teachers, a WI native, who had been a medic / > ambulance driver in the Korean war, was touring around the country at one > point (I think in late 50's or early 60's) in an old decrepit Ford coupe. > Not a big guy but very muscular, when he wasn't teaching he was farming and > logging. He stopped in some small town in the south, either asking for > directions or had some car trouble or something. Tried to talk to some guy > on the street for help, the response was something along the lines of "Boy, > you aren't from around here, are you? You best just keep on moving, we > don't need your type around here!". Some type of threat followed, so he > "kept on moving". > > Different guy also from WI, was alone in some big southern town, visiting > or looking for work or something, found himself in the wrong neighborhood > and was getting the stink-eye from the locals. He tried to be a tough guy > and stand his ground, pretty soon a group of black men was chasing him down > the street and he was running for his life. Just when he thought he'd > outrun the bad guys, he came upon a group of white guys, so he runs up to > them to ask for help and they promptly started beating him up. He's saying > "wait wait, I'm one of you!" to which one replied "No, you're not from > around here, you're NOT one of us". > > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
