We just got a call from the Fort Wayne Police Athletic League seeking funds. It’s 7:30 p.m. on a Sunday, the day after Christmas.<\/p>\n
I might be inclined to donate money to the PAL, but if you show up uninvited at my place on a Sunday night, in person or on the phone, you’re not welcome and believe me, you’re going to get the door closed in your face or the phone hung up.
\n
\nOur houses are protected by the good Lord and a gun
\nAnd you might meet ’em both if you show up here not welcome son
\nOur necks are burnt, our roads are dirt and our trucks ain’t clean
\nThe dogs run loose, we smoke, we chew and fry everything
\nOut here, way out here
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\n – Josh Thompson<\/b>
\n<\/i><\/p>\n
I neither smoke nor chew, but other than that I couldn’t have said it better.<\/p>\n
P.S. I wouldn’t really shut the door in anyone’s face. We occasionally get Jehovah’s Witnesses out here and I’m very polite to them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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