Lies,
Damned Lies, Statistics and T-Splost
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Augusta, GA
By Al Gray
Augusta, GA
By Al Gray
When
Mark Twain described the 3 kinds of lies it was about the art of
deception. We find about those too late.
Back
in 1990 or so, I was returning to Evans one Friday afternoon after a
week on my job down in Effingham County. The evening before I had
gone fishing on the lower Savannah River and caught a tremendous
number of Bluegills, which were on ice in the back of my truck.
Driving
up Millhaven Road approaching Girard, there was a beaver pond on the
right close to a high tension power line. As I got closer, I saw the
head and shoulders of a man fishing in the pond. Having a busy
weekend ahead made for a sudden plan to give away my fish.
I
pulled off the road, shut off the engine, and rolled down the window.
I said “ Hey...you having any luck?” He said “Not much, I only
catched this lil ole brim", as he held up a stringer with a fish about
the size of 3 fingers. "I don't believe there are many fish in this
hole” and I asked him “would you like a mess of about 35 fish?” He
said “ Sho' would, I wuz about to give it up, its so hot out heah”
He told me his name was Alonzo and asked if I could give him a ride
back to "J-rod”
After
we got to his house and transferred the fish from my cooler to his,
he insisted on giving me a few $dollars for the fish and the ride.
Just before I pulled away I asked Alonzo, “Where are you gonna tell
your buddies you caught these fish?” He laughed and said “Ah'm
gonna tell 'em I catched them in dat beavah pond!
I
forgot about the whole exchange over the weekend, until late Sunday
afternoon on the trip back, Just south of J-Rod there were a bunch of
cars parked on the shoulder. They were alongside that beaver pond,
and there was a whole row of folks fishing.
Never
believe a politician or a fisherman. They will have you fishing in an
empty pond catching only snags and mosquito bites.***
A.G.
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