Pecans In The Cemetery

Posted by Emily Tanksley
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Dec 8, 2007
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A friend sent this to me and it is just too CUTE to not share with you guys! Hope you enjoy as much as I did!

PECANS IN THE CEMETERY

On the outskirts of a small town, there was a big, old pecan tree just inside the cemetery fence.  One day, two boys filled up a bucketful of nuts and sat down by the tree, out of sight, and began dividing the nuts.

"One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me," said one boy.  Several dropped and rolled down toward the fence.

Another boy came riding along the road on his bicycle.  As he passed, he thought he heard voices from inside the cemetery.  He slowed down to investigate.  Sure enough, he heard, "One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me."

He just knew what it was.  He jumped back on his bike and rode off.  Just around the bend he met an old man with a cane, hobbling along.

"Come here quick," said the boy, "you won't believe what I heard!  Satan and the Lord are down at the cemetery dividing up the souls."

The man said, "Beat it kid, can't you see it's hard for me to walk."  When the boy insisted though, the man hobbled slowly to the cemetery.

Standing by the fence they heard, "One for you, one for me, one for you, one for me."

The old man whispered, "Boy, you've been tellin' me the truth.  Let’s see if we can see the Lord."

Shaking with fear, they peered through the fence, yet were still unable to see anything.  The old man and the boy gripped the wrought iron bars of the fence tighter and tighter as they tried to get a glimpse of the Lord.

At last they heard, "One for you, one for me.  That's all.  Now let’s go get those nuts by the fence and we'll be done."

They say the old man made it back to town a full 5 minutes ahead of the kid on the bike.

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Bj aka Bill Brown
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@moashasanda there is no point in posting in Romanian as we do not understand it.

I can see that this is a spam ad but luckily the end was cut off so you wasted your time anyway.
I have already deleted one of your spam ad comments from another thread. Spammers are NOT wanted in this site and if that is all you are going to do then LEAVE before you are booted out.

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Alexandra Neagu
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Meditatie pentru vindecare universala: pentru dureri de cap, depresii si afectiuni ale ficatului
Pentru a te pregati in vederea exercitiilor care urmeaza, aseaza-te confortabil, cu coloana vertebrala dreapta. Aseaza-te la sol in postura lotusului sau jumatate-lotus sau cu picioarele incrucisate in mod natural. La fel de bine, poti sta asezat pe un scaun. Important este sa stai confortabil si sa ai coloana vertebrala dreapta. Nu te sprijini de spatarul scaunului. Orienteaza-ti varful limbii in s

Jun 24, 2010 Like it
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Emily Tanksley
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Glad you liked it and the kids too! I come back and reread it ever so often... gets a smile out of me every time!

Jan 18, 2008 Like it
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Jennifer Oliver
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Thats such a cute story, I shared it with my kids and they loved it, Thanks again

Jan 17, 2008 Like it
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Paula Gaon
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Hilarious!

Love it.
Paula/BoomSpress

Dec 9, 2007 Like it
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Jeff Greene
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Online Marketing Specialist/Consultant

Good one, Emily! :) Love jokes and humour? Just let know and I'll PM you tons of 'em! Thanks for the Laffs!

Dec 8, 2007 Like it
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Cheryl Baumgartner
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Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance

How funny. That is really a good one. Thanks Emily.

Dec 8, 2007 Like it
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Emily Tanksley
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Glad you guys liked it to...

I do love making home made pecan pies for the holidays.. I will be listening while picking up pecans...LOL

Dec 8, 2007 Like it
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Jennifer Underwood
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OMG....LOL!!!!! That is so funny!!!!!! Thank you Emily!!!

Dec 8, 2007 Like it
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Lisa G.
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That's really cute.
I grew up in Georgia where there are plenty of pecans..I want say nuts.someone might take that the wrong way..lol... We had 3 peacans trees in our backyard growing up.

I'll give my Dad a call tommorrow, they all still live in Georgia.
I'm sure they will get a kick out of the joke.

Dec 8, 2007 Like it
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Lynn I.
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Earning Online Since 1999

Emily,

I agree with you about that. I read it to my family and they enjoyed it as well :)

Thanks again, Lynn

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Emily Tanksley
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I thought it was really cute... I also read it to my family and they liked it!

Don't find to many of these nowadays that is not dirty...

Dec 8, 2007 Like it
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Lynn I.
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Earning Online Since 1999

Emily,

Thank you for sharing this. I am going to read it to my family :)

Lynn

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