And I can remember back in scouting days. The scoutmaster would always say to us assitants, "I'm bringing some snakebite medicine. Who's bringing the snake?"
>Jimmy: > >I remember when I used to go fishing with the >Arizona Flycasters Club on outings. we were all >deathly afraid of getting bit by rattlesankes so >we made a gallon of "Anti-snake Bite Juice" >A fifth of Southern Comfort, a fifth of Vodka, a >fifth of rye whiskey and if anyone brought >scotch it would go in also. > >Must have worked just fine cause no one ever got bit by a rattler.....LOL > > >---- "Jimmy D. Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I thought a little levity was in order for the day, since all we hear >> and see is how bad things are. Yep, I wrote this, so if you take issue >> with any part of it or don't get even a tiny laugh, just E-mail me. . . >> . . . . Oh never mind. Me, I don't give a damn. >> >> Have a Good Un! >> >> JIMMY D >> >> " In my younger days, some of my buds and I played in a Twi-Light golf >> tournament each Wednesday evening during the summer. Entry fee was $10. >> Cheap enough. At each Tee Box was a garbage can of iced down Lone >> Star Beer. Seemed that the more we drank, the better we played and >> whether or not we won the pot, we didn't care. Most of us got our $10 >> back in the beer we drank. That was the most fun I ever had playing >> golf. I remember putting out on the 18th with onlooker's cars parked in >> the grass and their headlights shining on the green so we could see how >> to putt, those of us who could still stand up. :-P >> >> I'm sure we could work something similar with trout fishing and whiskey. >> ( I chose whiskey instead of beer, since that's our stereotype image - >> pipe smoking, fancy whiskey drinking, tweedy, hoite toite Abercrombie & >> Fitch appearance.) 18 garbage cans of cold whiskey would be a little >> 'over the top', so we could use small buckets filled with miniatures of >> our favorite whiskeys, placing them in the cold water at the edge of >> selected pools, riffles and runs. Total cost would be minimal as would >> the entry fee. It would be understood that we'd each down a bottle of >> our preference at each placement of the whiskey. It'd be great fun and >> we wouldn't give a damn who won or if we caught any trout. This being a >> whiskey drinking contest, fish caught wouldn't count anyway. ;-) >> >> Those still standing at the end would be declared the winner(s) and >> would receive a 'Texas Fifth' of McKendric Mesquite Mellowed whiskey - >> McKendric Longhorn Creek or McKendric Western. Each of us would >> probably need a 'designated caster' after downing dozen or so bottles. >> His job would also entail keeping us from drowning and seeing us home >> safely. >> >> Why would Abercrombie & Fitch types stoop so low as to enter an event >> like this? Why indeed? Most folk of this type boast of how much >> whiskey they can drink and still be standing. I think it's called >> PRIDE. In this case, PRIDE BEFORE THE FALL ! :-P My money would be on >> the bourbon drinkers, since we're not quite as tweedy, and therefore >> tougher than the A&F bunch. >> >> **************** ><((((((((º> ************** >> JIMMY D. MOORE >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> North Zone Fishing Editor - Texas Fish & Game Mag, >> Author - Moon Holler Misfits Fishing & Hunting Club, >> Humorist, Past VP Guadalupe River Trout Unlimited, >> Member TOWA, Retired Scout Exec. BSA. >> ***************** <º))))))))>< ************* >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -- Allan Fish Greenwood, IN [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
