![]() ![]() More than 1,000 loaves of bread were given to fans leaving the game. Yes, it was "Redneck Weekend" at the ballpark.Ironically, Merle Haggard was singing "Okie From Muskogee," a block away from the ballpark at the historic Rialto Theatre. He is an old-timey strong man, a slab of Redneck, White and Blue Americana.McGranahan is billed as "The World's Strongest Redneck". McGranahan is 6' tall and weighs 343 pounds. He also breaks 30 pound cinder blocks over his head with a sledgehammer. Steve McGranahan is a real firecracker.But he's not the type of dude you might invite to your Fourth of July barbecue.He can bend a frying pan with his bare hands. "These can come out just as easy as they went in." I really just thought this would be a funny thing to do," he said. "I've talked to my neighbors and worked things out. I've been here since I was 7 years old," he said.ĭavis said he doesn't intend to keep the cars up permanently. "I respect that they're here and spent a lot on their homes, but on the other hand, give me a little bit, too. The area has grown recently with new residents who desire a country atmosphere but don't want the smells and noises of farm life, Davis said. ![]() He said it's important that new residents moving into the area realize that Hooper remains a farming community. ![]() He said the cars were planted out of humor rather than spite. Neighbors declined to comment to the Standard-Examiner of Ogden.ĭavis said after the neighbors declined his offer, he used a backhoe to dig three large holes on the edge of his property, then took three cars that had competed in demolition derbies and planted them nose-first into the ground. He said his neighbors declined the offer, saying it would block their view. "The people who bought the homes say, 'Well, we love looking into your yard and seeing the horses and the cattle, but we don't like the flies, and we don't like the mosquitoes,' and when I cut my field to bale it, they say, 'We don't like the dust in the air,' " Davis said.ĭavis said he offered to pay half the cost of a fence between his property and the others and to build it. "This is my redneck Stonehenge."ĭavis came up with the idea after neighbors who recently moved into homes next to his hayfield complained about his farm. "This is just a fun way for me to say, 'Hey boys, I'm still here,'" said Rhett Davis. SCSI - What you call your week-old underwear.Ī farmer has erected a fence in his backyard made of three old cars sticking up in the air to send a message to new neighbors that he can do whatever he wants on his farm. SUPERCONDUCTOR - Amtrak's Employee of the year. SERIAL PORT - A red wine you drink with breakfast. SCREEN - Helps keep the skeeters off the porch. ONLINE - Where to stay when taking the sobriety test. NETWORK - Scoop'n up a big fish before it breaks the line. MOUSE PAD - Where Mickey and Minnie live. MODEM - What ya did when the grass and weeds got too tall. ![]() MEGAHERTZ - How your head feels after 17 beers. KEYBOARD - Where you hang the keys to the John Deere. INTERNET - Where cafeteria workers put their hair. HARDCOPY - Picture looked at when selecting tattoos. HACKER - Uncle Leroy after 32 years of smoking. BACKUP - What you do when you run across a skunk in the woods.īAR CODE - Them's the fight'n rules down at the local tavern.īUG - The reason you give for calling in sick.īYTE - What your pit bull dun to cusin Jethro.ĬACHE - Needed when you run out of food stamps.ĬHIP - Pasture muffins that you try not to step in.ĬRASH - When you go to Junior's party uninvited.ĭIGITAL - The art of counting on your fingers. ![]()
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