Today, in Rudy, Arkansas, was the sixth annual Polar Bear club swim in Frog Bayou.
Purely a silly occasion, no official club dues or anything like that. The only meetings of the club are on New Years day on the creek bank.
But just before we took the plunge, Bill Long, the organizer of the event took a moment to thank everyone who showed up. He is an arborist in the area, and in fact gave out a free tree planting as a prize to the group which brought the most swimmers to the event.
Then, in front of about 200 people and newspaper reporters and TV cameras he paused for dramatic effect, and raised his right hand in the air, forefinger pointed at the sky, thumb cocked back like a hammer in the classical "hand as gun" pose.
Then he said, "And before we get in the water, I would just like to say this in honor of Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and all those other policiticians who want to take away our Second Amendment Rights...........BLAM!"
When he hollered "BLAM," several of us gave our best hillbilly whoops and Rebel yells and dove into the 40 degree creek.
Yee-haw..........
I wonder if next year we might make it the first annual Polar Bear target shoot and then swim?
hillbilly
Purely a silly occasion, no official club dues or anything like that. The only meetings of the club are on New Years day on the creek bank.
But just before we took the plunge, Bill Long, the organizer of the event took a moment to thank everyone who showed up. He is an arborist in the area, and in fact gave out a free tree planting as a prize to the group which brought the most swimmers to the event.
Then, in front of about 200 people and newspaper reporters and TV cameras he paused for dramatic effect, and raised his right hand in the air, forefinger pointed at the sky, thumb cocked back like a hammer in the classical "hand as gun" pose.
Then he said, "And before we get in the water, I would just like to say this in honor of Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and all those other policiticians who want to take away our Second Amendment Rights...........BLAM!"
When he hollered "BLAM," several of us gave our best hillbilly whoops and Rebel yells and dove into the 40 degree creek.
Yee-haw..........
I wonder if next year we might make it the first annual Polar Bear target shoot and then swim?
hillbilly