Bubba had long heard the stories of an amazing family tradition. It
seems that his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had all been
able to walk on water on their 21st birthday. On that special day,
they'd each walked across the lake to the bar on the far side for their
first legal drink.
So when Bubba's 21st birthday came a round, he and his pal, Billy Jon Buck
took a boat out to the middle of the lake, Bubba stepped out of the boat ....
and nearly drowned! Billy Jon Buckl just barely managed to pull him to safety.
Furious and confused, Bubba went to see his grandmother. 'Grandma,' he
asked, 'it's my 21st birthday, so why can't I walk 'cross the lake like
my pappy, his father, and his father before him?'
Granny looked deeply into Bubba's troubled eyes and said, 'Because, your
father, your grandfather and your great grandfather were all born in
January, when the lake is frozen, and you were born in July, you dumbass'.
seems that his father, grandfather and great-grandfather had all been
able to walk on water on their 21st birthday. On that special day,
they'd each walked across the lake to the bar on the far side for their
first legal drink.
So when Bubba's 21st birthday came a round, he and his pal, Billy Jon Buck
took a boat out to the middle of the lake, Bubba stepped out of the boat ....
and nearly drowned! Billy Jon Buckl just barely managed to pull him to safety.
Furious and confused, Bubba went to see his grandmother. 'Grandma,' he
asked, 'it's my 21st birthday, so why can't I walk 'cross the lake like
my pappy, his father, and his father before him?'
Granny looked deeply into Bubba's troubled eyes and said, 'Because, your
father, your grandfather and your great grandfather were all born in
January, when the lake is frozen, and you were born in July, you dumbass'.
