Anecdotes

Note: there is a difference between antidote and anecdote. If a rattler bites you, do not read funny stories out of Reader's Digest to try to feel better.

• Today in traffic I saw a truck that was at least three vintages of Rustoleum. This guy had obviously repainted it on his own in patches. Which would be fine, if he had not written "For a good time call" and his phone number on the tailgate. This man saw a problem and went to solve it in the most straightforward manner he could think of: give everyone his number. He used the tools at hand admirably. He was displaying redneck ingenuity. At some point, you might act similarly to this man and not notice.
  
  For example, Myspace or blogging.
  
  
• Many rednecks do not own nail clippers. Instead, we save the money and use the tools at hand: wire cutters.
  
  
• Dog bowls are really nothing special. That said, a hubcap is not a dog bowl. However, if you have used your hubcap as a dog bowl, wash it before you put it back on your vehicle. Also, wash it again before you take it back off and put food in it-- road dirt is bad for your hounds.
  
  If you use hubcaps as dog bowls with any frequency, do not be like my neighbor and let your dog enter other neighbors' yards. I admire your ingenuity but am tired of putting the hubcaps back on the Olds every morning covered in dog drool.
  
  
• It is perfectly acceptable to fix your own backpack. It is also perfectly acceptable to do it with equipment you bought at the Home Depot.