Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Rock Thieves


Years ago when Lord Kadizzle worked at the coal mine he remembers someone calling him on the mine radio. The urgent call said someone was stealing rocks on the west end of the mine. The story seemed to ridiculous to be true. However, there was some guy with a wheelbarrow removing rocks. Now this the equivalent of someone steeling weeds out of you lawn. Rocks are not considered a good thing in North Dakota. Farmers go to great lengths to get rid of them, so a rock thief would be a precious commodity.

Now, all of a sudden the market for rocks has matured. The Commander hired some nit wit to landscape the yard. The nit wit had one of his helpers haul a truck load of rock from 150 miles away. Now this is like shipping snow to Eskimos. Everywhere there are piles of field stones farmers have been fighting for years. Rocks are now being sold. This is the equivalent of selling bottled water. Americans would pay for air if you told them it was flavored.

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