Bubba had long
> heard the stories of an amazing
> family
>
> tradition. It
>
>
> seems that his father,
> grandfather and
> great-grandfather
>
> had all been able to
>
>
> walk on water on their
> 21st birthday. On that special
> day,
>
> they'd each
>
>
> walked across the
> lake to the bar on the far side
> for
>
> their first legal
> drink.
>
>
>
> So when Bubba's 21st
> birthday came around, he and
> his
>
> pal Jim Bob took a
>
>
> boat out to the middle of
> the lake, Bubba stepped out
> of
>
> the boat .... And
>
>
> nearly drowned! Jim Bob
> just barely managed to pull him
> to
>
> safety.
>
>
>
> Furious and confused,
> Bubba went to see his grandmother.
>
> 'Grandma,' he
>
>
> asked, 'it's my
> 21st birthday, so why can't I
>
> walk 'cross the
> lake like my
>
> pappy, his father, and his
> father before him?'
>
>
>
> Granny looked deeply into
> Bubba's troubled eyes and
>
> said, 'Because your
>
>
> father, your grandfather
> and your great grandfather
> were
>
> born in January,
>
>
> when the lake is frozen,
> and you were born in July, you
>
>
> dumbass.'