One day a rich fellow was out driving his brand new bright red Ferrari. While cruising out in the Arkansas hills, he came to an intersection with a narrow gravel road. There he spotted a young goofy-looking hillbilly boy pedaling his bicycle. The hillbilly was barefooted, wearing patched-up denim overalls and a straw hat. The rich fellow chuckled to himself and thought, "I'll show this dude..."
Thereupon he stomped the gas pedal, throwing gravel in the hillbilly's face, and sped off down the road. The rich man was greatly satisfied with himself for being so cool.
A few seconds later, however, the rich man looked in his rearview mirror and saw what appeared to be a bicycle in the distance gaining on him. Sure enough, it got closer and closer and he could see it was, in fact, the hillbilly pedaling like the wind. Before the man even realized what was happening, the hillbilly and his bike blasted by the Ferrari and sped ahead out of site. Now, the man knew this couldn't possibly be happening, because he was traveling almost 80 mph.
So he pushed the pedal a little further down and the Ferrari lurched ahead to 120 mph. Very quickly he was able to see the bicycle again and rapidly began gaining on the bicycle. In a matter of seconds he blew by the hillbilly again. He watched the hillbilly disappear in his mirror with a satisfying smirk on his face.
But seconds later, to his horror, he once again saw the hillbilly reappear in his rearview mirror, gaining on him rapidly. The bicycle flashed past him and on into the distance. Now the rich man was getting a little upset, and he floored it this time. The car jumped up to 180 mph and the hillbilly quickly came back into view. The Ferrari blasted past the bicycle one more time.
Seconds later, when the man saw the bicycle approaching from the rear again, he just couldn't believe it. This is just unbelievable, thought the rich man. I have got to see how this guy is able to pedal so fast...
So he hollered at the hillbilly to slow down and stop. After they both were able to slow down and come to a stop, the rich man stepped out of his car and approached the hillbilly, who was clearly stressed and out of breath. "Hey, how in the world do you peddle that fast?" said the rich man.
Replied the hillbilly, "Oooh, boy, am I glad you stopped! My suspenders were hooked on your bumper!" |
