Wednesday, January 12, 2005

What The Heck Would You Do In A Situation Like That?

So on Sunday I was approaching the town of Pontotoc, probably about 5 or so miles from city limits.

I topped a hill and saw two dudes walking on the side of the road, and they were wearing hats. So naturally I was going to honk as I passed and make fun of them for being cowboys. At the moment I got behind them, they both turned to look at my car, and I saw they were actually Amish.

So now I'm posed this question: Do I stop, and ask them if they need a ride?

Naturally, the first thing that entered my head was the joke from "For Richer or Poorer" and ask if their horse had broken down. I knew this was in poor taste so next I wondered if they would be insulted b/c I asked them to ride in an automobile.

And next, I considered the issue of Rumspringa, and whether or not all Amish communities practiced that. B/c if so, they have definitely ridden in a car before. (Oh oh, the Sunday night my mom and I came back from H-town we stopped at Mc.Donalds in Eupora and there was an Amish family in there eating, and they drove away in a mini-van. [albeit an older model van], so I didnt' know what the deal was here.)

Should I have stopped? I think it would've been neat to have Amish in my backseat. It was actually spotlessly clean back there.

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