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Rumor Has it
Otis Used to be Married
Ayuh! That’s true. I heard one
time a long time ago that Otis used to be married. I’ve told you
before about the old man, well into his 70s, getting married for
the first time and when asked why he waited so long to tie the
knot he answered, “This way, if I get a bad one I don’t have to
live with her too long.”
Otis didn’t take that advice.
As a matter of fact he was relatively young when he got married
- or so the rumor goes. It is also a rumor that Otis used to
drive a car. No one is sure whether or not he actually had a
license but here’s how the story goes and maybe the story
explains why Otis isn’t married today and why he doesn’t drive
either.
Otis was driving down the East
Andover road one day and he was going considerably above the
speed limit. He looked in his mirror and saw one of Maine’s
Finest State Troopers gaining on him. At first Otis figured he
could outrun the trooper and he got his car going about 95 miles
an hour - that’s pretty fast considering he was driving a 1951
Chevrolet.
Finally, Otis knew he couldn’t
outrun him so he pulled over. The trooper approached the car and
said to Otis, “I’m on my way home. My shift is over in about 5
minutes and I really don’t want to write you out a ticket. I’ll
tell you what. You give me an excuse that I’ve never heard
before in my 15 years as a State Policeman, and I’ll let you go
without a ticket.”
You know Otis never skipped a
beat. He looked right at the officer and exclaimed in a thick
Maine accent, “Ayuh, 3 days ago my wife ran off with a State
Troopah and when I saw you comin’ up behind me, I thought you
was bringin’ her back!”
With that, the trooper let Otis
go.
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