"David G. Smith" wrote: > > >No, no, you don't understand. An "extraordinary act of God" in the south > >is when you blow up the engine on your pickup pulling the tractor out of > >the mud. ;-) > > > >George > > > > That reminds me of a story my wife told me about some relatives of hers -- > not real close relatives. They got their truck stuck in the mud. Luckily, > they had a winch on the front of it. They hooked the cable to their bumper > and winched away, and pulled the bumper off. > > They weren't really southerners, they were from Maryland. > > David Smith My wife is from Maryland, she seems to think she's a southerner because her momma is from Richmond, VA. George