Pahokee, aside from being a fun word to say aloud, is also one of the poorest places in the state. Pahokeeans make approximately 26k /year. There are no major retail stores, no malls, nothing to do.
Except chase wabbits.
Sounds stupid, right? Totally. Except that Pahokee has produced some of the most dominating high school football teams in the country. Pahokee has won the last two state titles. Glades Central has won 6 state titles and has more professional football players in the NFL and the NCAA than any other high school in the universe.
Consider that Rocky chased a chicken in an enclosure to build speed. What a puss-in-boots. The Pahokee boys chase wabbits in huge open fields! Not impressive enough for you? How about the fields are on fire! And the locals shoot at the teenagers!
Ok, so they don't shoot at them. But the fields are on fire... somewhat. They ignite the fields to clear the land for sugarcane farming (ah, the ancillary benefits of big sugar!). The fire forces the hares out of their hare-holes. The Pahokee boys get less than $5 for each bunny. Watch the video, it'll tell you everything.
So, the next time you're bored in work, school, sex, or whatever, and your pudgy fingers are chatting with what you hope is a hot 22 year-old Romanian on your 3k MacBook Pro, remember that the Pahokee boys are chasing tail, cotton tails.
So, does it work? Here's a little list of Pahokee's best wabbit chasers.
Janoris Jenkins, Fred Taylor, Anquan Boldin, Reidel Anthony, Santonio Holmes, Louis Oliver, James Jackson, Jessie Hester, John Rutledge, Tadpole Blackmun, Andre Waters, Rickey Jackson, Jimmy Spencer, and Ray Macdonald.
Stay tuned for the next Pahokee installment:
The "Muck Bowl"
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3 comments:
wow. i'll never complain about there being nothing to do in miami again. that shit sucks!
by the way M. one correction...helmetless hero was Earl Everett...not Ray McDonald.
You're right, but, you know, whatever.
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