@Bookmark61 and I spent a couple of days in a part of Arkansas where they got the idea for boondocks. We were there to clean my mother's house which is a whole other post unto itself. We thought we'd save ourselves the 50 mile drive back to civilization each night, so the first night we got a motel in the town where my mother's house is located. It was just a Mom & Pop type of motel, old and cheap but clean. The problem was the mattress. It was old and cheap and really, really uncomfortable.
There was not much more to chose from in the way of restaurants than there'd been in the way of motels in that town, but we searched until we found a Mexican restaurant because Brett wanted nachos and a beer. We ordered, but there was no beer. We were in a dry county. And the food was kind of bland which makes it all the more weird that it gave me heartburn, but that's another story.
The next night we'd had a hard day working at Mom's house and I'd stepped in a hole and wrenched my back, knee and neck so we drove 30 miles to find another motel. This one had pillow top mattresses; comfortable pillow top mattresses. We drove around town until we found a steak house. Brett thought a steak and a beer sounded just right after the day we'd had. Except there was no beer. We were in another dry county.
That brings us to yesterday. We had the worst job in all of the house - cleaning the kitchen. I have horror stories about the kitchen, but for now I will only say that it took us six solid hours of nonstop work to get it presentable. Hot work, with face masks and latex gloves to make it even hotter. We finally finished, loaded the van and headed back toward civilization and on the way, we passed this church in the middle of the dry county boondocks.
Remember, countless soldiers have died defending your right to bear arms in a house of worship. But apparently not enough have died to defend your right to have a beer with your steak.
Which of these rights is more important to you: The right to carry concealed weapons in church? Or the right to order beer with your nachos?
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