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Watermelon Thieves

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In the late 1940’s, five adventurous high school boys were joy riding in a fairly new Oldsmobile convertible on US 50 in western Kansas when they spotted a truck loaded with watermelons cruising down the highway. In those days, in a teenagers mind at least, watermelons were grown to be stolen. So, they proceeded towards a Darwin worthy adventure. The driver of the convertible, un-be-noticed by the truck driver, pulled up under the moving truck bed so one of the boys (probably the brightest of the group) could move down the hood of the car and climb onto the melon laden truck. He then proceeded to pick up the coveted treasures and hand them one-by-one to two of his less intelligent buddies who had posted themselves on the hood of the convertible to pass them on back to the fourth (and perhaps a tad brighter) thief who was standing on the front seat where he could place them in the car. Unfortunately, for the honor of winning a Darwin award, the theft was miraculously accomplished with none of the boys falling and without the truck driver hitting the brakes and removing the entire group from the gene pool. My best friend then – and continues to be – can vouch for the truthfulness of our adventure, but he may not be willing to do so in public.

Submitted on 02/06/2011

Submitted by: Roy Summers
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Bruce said:
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This sounds like the sort of thing you'd see in a movie like "Stand By Me". Hope you enjoyed the watermelon, and thanks for the story, Roy!

Candi said:
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Oh my-! The *image* that brings up! Thanks for the story and the laugh!

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