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From Grand Rapids, MI - True Story!
A local man had just bought a new Ford Explorer and, in one of those
male-bonding rituals, decided to do a winter duck hunting expedition
with his buddies. So they loaded the dog, the guns, the decoys, the
beer, etc. into the vehicle and headed out to a nearby lake. It is common practice in Michigan to drive your vehicle
out onto the frozen lake. Furthermore, it is common (if slightly
illegal) to make a hole in the ice for your decoys by using dynamite.
The young man had a stick of dynamite, but it had a short fuse - 20 seconds.
Since it is not a good idea to light the fuse, then drop the dynamite and
run (after all, you could slip & fall on the ice), he decided to throw
it instead.
Sounds like the thing to do. Trouble was, after he tossed the stick of
dynamite, the dog chased after it, picked it up and started to bring it back,
just like he had been taught. The men screamed at the dog to drop the
(lit) dynamite, but to no avail. Finally, in exasperation, one of the men
grabbed his shotgun and fired at the dog. Since the gun was loaded with bird shot, the dog was not so much hurt
as confused, so he
ran and crawled under the vehicle with the dynamite in his mouth.
Needless to say, the new Explorer is at the bottom of the lake, the insurance
company refuses to pay because it was an illegal use of explosives, the
first payment is due at the end of the month, and there are 47 more
payments to follow. |
