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Show WHAT'S AN AMERICAN? W.F. Bill Whitton Idaho Farm Bureau An American is a man who . . . Yells at the government to balance the budget and then takes the last dime he has to make a down payment on a car. Whips the enem'y nation and then gives them the shirt off his back. Yells for speed laws that will stop fast driving and then won't buy a car unless it will make 100 milesah hour. Gripes about the high prices pri-ces of things he has to buy, but gripes of the low prices of things he has to sell. Knows the lineups of all the pro football teams, but doesn't know the second verse ver-se of the 'StarSpangled Banner'. Ban-ner'. Gets mad at his wife for not running their home with the efficiency of a hotel, and gets mad at the hotel if it's not operated like home. Will spend half the day looking for vitamin pills to make him live longer and then drives 90 miles an hour on slick pavement to make up for the time he lost. Will fall out with his wife over the poor cooking and then go on a fishing trip and swallow half fried DO- tatoes, burnt fish and gritty grit-ty creek water coffee made in a rusty gallon can and think it's good. Will work hard on the farm so he can move into town where He can make money so he can move back to the farm. In the offlc he talk about football, baseball and fishing, fish-ing, but when he is out at the game on on the creek bank, he talks about business. busi-ness. Is the only fellow in the world that will pay $1.50 to park his car while he eats an 85? sandwich. Likes to cuss the government, govern-ment, but gets fighting mad when a foreigner does it. Has the services of more experts on marriage than any other country in the world ...and more divorces. But he's still a pretty nice fellow. Calling a person a 'Real American' is the best compliment you canpayhim. |