Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Pecans in the Cemetery

I know I've been A.W.O.L. as of late. No excuses...just life and a new venture of which I'll tell you guys about sometime soon. I'll be back to let you know what I did this past weekend and some other little random tidbits. But for now..........enjoy Pecans in the Cemetery! Ooooooooooooooo!!!


On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old, pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence.

One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing them. "One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me," said one boy. Several dropped and rolled down toward the fence.

Along came another boy riding along the road on his bicycle. As he passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery. He slowed down to investigate. Sure enough, he heard, "One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me..." He just knew what it was.

He jumped back on his bike and rode off. Just around the bend he met an old man with a cane, hobbling along. "Come here quick,' said the boy, 'you won't believe what I heard! Satan and The Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls!" The man said, "Beat it kid, can't you see it's hard for me to walk."

When the boy insisted though, the man hobbled slowly to the cemetery. Standing by the fence they heard, "One for you, one for me. One for you, one for me." The old man whispered, "Boy, you've been telling me the truth." Let's see if we can see the Lord...?"

Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet were still unable to see anything. The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of the Lord.

At last they heard, "One for you, one for me. That's all of them. Now let's go get those nuts by the fence and we'll be done...?"

They say the old man had the lead for a good half-mile before the kid on the bike passed him.


12 comments:

  1. Beautiful picture and a good story!
    Although a cemetery is not a funny place, it nevertheless generates quite a few funny tales.

    Looking forward to your next posts.

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  2. LMAF!!! That was so hilarious. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Love it...thanks for the really good laugh!

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  4. DUTA - I'm glad you enjoyed it. You have some great cemetery stories too and photos.

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  5. Angie - Your welcome! You know my sister and I have the best funeral home and cemetery stories...lol.

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  6. Pondside - A laugh a day keeps the doctor away!

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  7. Thanks for the laugh! I cannot wait to hear what you have been up to lately.

    I hope you have a fabulous weekend!

    ~ Tracy

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  8. Alicia, this made my day! I laughed out loud with this funny story. Hope all is going well with you. It's a busy life we all lead, so don't feel guilty for not blogging. I have been so busy, I haven't been visiting much at all, either. :-) Sue

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  9. Lol! Adorable! I hope whatever you're doing is fun! Enjoy yourself and keep laughing!

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  10. Ms. Bake-It - Glad you enjoyed the laugh! It's pretty good for cemetery humor :-)

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  11. Sue - Well I'm glad you stopped by! You know it's bloggy buddies like you that stop by faithfully and comment that make blogging worthwhile :-)

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  12. Climb2Nowhere - Oh what I'm up to now is LOADS of fun!!! *wink, wink* ;-)

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