BUBBA

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Chief Engineer
BUBBA HAD LONG HEARD STORIES OF AN AMAZING FAMILY TRADITION. IT SEEMS HIS FATHER, GRANDFATHER, AND GREAT GRANDFATHER WERE ALL ABLE TO WALK ON WATER ON THEIR 21ST BIRTHDAY. ON THAT SPECIAL DAY, EACH WALKED ACROSS THE LAKE TO THE BAR ON THE OTHER SIDE FOR THEIR FIRST LEGAL DRINK, SO WHEN BUBBA´S 21ST
BIRTHDAY ARRIVED HE AND HIS PAL JIM-BOB TOOK A BOAT OUT TO THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE.
BUBBA STEPPED OUT OF THE BOAT TO WALK ON THE LAKE - AND SANK AT ONCE. HE NEARLY DROWNED AND JIM-BOB HAD TO DIVE IN TO SAVE HIM. FURIOUS AND CONFUSED BUBBA WENT TO SEE HIS GRANNIE WHO KNEW ALL ABOUT THESE GOINGS ON. GRANDMA, HE SAID, HOW COME I CAN´T WALK ACROSS THE LAKE ON MY 21ST BIRTHDAY LIKE MY PAPPY,
HIS FATHER AND HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM? HIS GRANNIE LOOKED INTO HIS TROUBLED EYES AND TOLD HIM "BUBBA, YOUR FATHER, GRANDADDY AND GREAT GRANDADDY WERE ALL BORN IN JANUARY WHEN THE LAKE IS FROZEN - YOU WERE BORN IN JULY!
 
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