Proud Snuff Consumer

Every now and then you run across something out of the ordinary: this is an example. In this picture there are 10 rows (one row you can't see) of Skoal can lids which are nailed to the 2x4's that support the roof over the enclosed back porch on this double wide trailer in Oklahoma. If you do the math, that's about 810 can's of Skoal that gave up their life to enhance the beauty and overall atmosphere of this back porch. Nothing out of the ordinary about that--providing you're from the greater Newburg, Missouri Metropolitan area. A lot of the folks from outside of New Burg, however, might find this scene a little odd. In truth, the only thing about it that I find odd is, all this Skoal was chewed (chawed, snuffed, smelt or whatever the correct terminology is for sucking on a mouthful of Skoal) by a lady-or perhaps a more appropriate gender specific pronoun in this case would be female. Now-now...don't go all silly on me for inferring that an Ol' gal who spends a good deal of her time chawin' around on snuff, isn't a lady. I'm sure there are a lot of ladies who chew snuff....while they're busy at work overhauling train engines.  

Note: I'm quite confident I may have gotten myself in some hot water over this post with the union folks who represent locomotive diesel mechanics: I'll keep you posted....