After having their eleventh child, an Arkansas couple decided that 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 did not want to
have any more children. The vet told him that there was a procedure called a vasectomy that could fix the problem but that it was expensive. A less costly alternative was to go home, get a cherry bomb (fireworks are legal in Arkansas) light it, put it in a beer can and then hold it up to his ear and count to ten.
The husband said, "I may not be the smartest guy 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 vet.
So the husband went home, lit a cherry bomb and put it in a beer can. He held it up to his ear and began to count: One, Two, Three, Four, Five--at which point he paused, placed the beer can between his legs so he could resume counting with his other hand.
This procedure also works in Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, West Virginia and in parts of North Carolina and Georgia.
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