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Mike70
07-Nov-2009, 04:05 AM
and told never to come back. this is for our dear SC native, clang.

back when i was 20 (in 1990), 2 of my close friends and i were on an extended road trip through the southeast. we were wandering all over VA, TN, NC, SC and GA on the back roads.

we found ourselves in oconee state park outside of wallhalla. one of my friends, who wasn't so skilled at camping and the outdoors as my other friend and i, accidentally (and i do mean accidentally) started a forest fire in a state park - a relatively big one at that. :stunned::stunned:

he got arrested and my other friend and i just got torn to pieces by the state cops. it wasn't pretty. i called my extended family network in the south and my uncle (via my parents, who had basically raised this friend of mine who got busted) came to the rescue. he bailed my friend out, got him a lawyer and somehow got the charges dropped against him.

welp, as we were leaving, the south carolina state trooper we'd been dealing with said and i do quote from memory, " you 3 idiots get the fuck out of south carolina. don't ever come back and if ever see the 3 of you again, i'll arrest y'all as a public nuisance."

needless to say, i've never been so happy in all my life to see the words "welcome to georgia." :lol:

like i said, i overstate the whole "banned from SC" but at the time i took that cops word as the gospel truth, man.

MoonSylver
07-Nov-2009, 04:11 AM
one of my friends, who wasn't so skilled at camping and the outdoors as my other friend and i, accidentally (and i do mean accidentally) started a forest fire in a state park - a relatively big one at that. :stunned::stunned:

And what were you doing to accidentally start a fire...?:rockbrow:

http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/joint.jpg

:lol:;):p:cool:

Mike70
07-Nov-2009, 04:12 AM
And what were you doing to accidentally start a fire...?:rockbrow:

http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/joint.jpg

:lol:;):p:cool:

i'm not really that predictable am i? :lol:

but in this case, it wasn't that. let's just say dude tried to get a campfire started (while my other friend and i were off swimming in the lake) and it went awry, very awry.

AcesandEights
07-Nov-2009, 06:36 AM
back when i was 20...2 of my close friends and I...found ourselves in oconee state park outside of wallhalla...and i started a forest fire in a state park...


And that's how I'll remember that story :D

slickwilly13
07-Nov-2009, 12:45 PM
Do you think anyone will recognize you if you go back? Its been almost 20 yrs. :lol:

clanglee
28-Nov-2009, 01:41 AM
Do you think anyone will recognize you if you go back? Its been almost 20 yrs. :lol:

We have long memories down here in heartland of the Confederacy. . . . .Boy, you lucky you got out at'all.
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http://www.revtomfrost.com/blog/Hershell%20Gordon%20Lewis%20&%20The%20Amazing%20Pink%20Holes%20-%20The%20South's%20Gonna%20Rise%20Again.mp3

DjfunkmasterG
28-Nov-2009, 02:02 AM
I think you're safe to go back. All the moon shine has made everyone forget. :D

Wooley
28-Nov-2009, 09:12 AM
Did your friend's fire making equipment include a five gallon jerry can of gasoline and a road flare? :D