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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Welcome To Salisbury, Maryland

On a flight getting ready to depart for Salisbury, Maryland Jack was sitting on the plane when a guy took the seat beside him. The guy was an emotional wreck, pale, hands shaking, moaning in fear. "What's the matter?" Jack asked.

"I've been transferred to Salisbury, there's crazy people there. They've got lots of shootings, gangs, race riots, drugs, poor public schools and the 10th highest crime rate in the country."

Jack replied, "I've lived in Salisbury all my life. It's not as bad as the media says. Find a nice home, install security cameras and alarm system, put bars on the windows and doors, buy your self a nice 9MM glock, go to work, mind your own business, enroll your kids in a nice private school. It's as safe a place as anywhere in the world."

The guy relaxed and stopped shaking and said, "Oh, thank you. I've been worried to death. But if you live there and say it's OK, I'll take your word for it. What do you do for a living?"

"Me?" said Jack. "I'm a tail gunner on a Budweiser truck."


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Now that's funny , but almost true.

Afraid in Salisbury said...

Almost true? Absolutely true is more like it. I work in Salisbury but wouldn't live here if you paid me. I stay in the safety of my rural home, thank you very much!