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Arkansas Vasectomy


After having their 11th child, a Arkansan mountain couple decided 11 was enough, as they could not afford a larger bed. So the husband went to his veterinarian and told him that he and his cousin didn't want to have any more children.

The doctor told him that there was a procedure called a vasectomy that could fix the problem but that it was expensive. A less costly alternative, said the vet, was to go home, get a cherry bomb, (fireworks are legal in the Tennessee hills), light it, put it in an empty beer can, then hold the can up to your ear and count to 10.

The redneck said to the doctor, "I may not be the smartest man in the world, but I don't see how putting a cherry bomb in a beer can next to my ear is going to help me."

"Trust me, " said the veterinarian.

So the man went home, lit a cherry bomb and put it in a beer can. The held the can up to his ear and began to count:

"1"

"2"

"3"

"4"

"5"

At which point he paused, placed the beer can between his legs, and resumed counting on his other hand.

(This procedure also works in Mississippi, and West Virginia)

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