Tootsie: Something of a 'llama about town'

Well the local news is at it again, this time trying to convince readers that a llama just happened to wander into a bible reading marathon. Granted, a llama visit may seem like a gift from god, and a visit during a bible reading may indeed portend the second coming, but this article has more sass than substance and begins to tread in "sounds fishy" territory.

"Kemper Meadows stood on the steps of the Bleckley County Courthouse and read aloud from the Old Testament in her King James Bible.

She was somewhere in the first chapter of the Book of Joshua late Saturday afternoon.
And that’s when a llama named Tootsie showed up."

The article continues with so many choice quotes that somewhere in Alabama even Tootsie is humming along in approbation.

"Kemper should not have been too surprised to get a visit from Tootsie, who is somewhat of a 'llama about town' and a regular participant in parades and other festivities.

Tootsie doesn’t profess to be either Baptist or Methodist. She is strictly a nondenominational animal.

She could, however, be the Dalai Llama."

It's nice to see that the "llama about town" wasn't too busy to show up for the bible marathon, which lasts a whole 5,000 minutes every May in Cochran. Right on the courthouse steps! That's legal apparently!

"There are probably those who wonder how it is allowed to happen. After all, some courthouses don’t allow display of the 10 Commandments.

Yet, in downtown Cochran, folks fly the Christian flag and read scripture from the courthouse porch for more than 5,000 minutes every May.

Last year, a Cochran man who works at Robins Air Force Base told one of his co-workers about his plans to read the Bible on the courthouse steps.

'You can’t do that. It’s against the law,' the co-worker said.
Said the man: 'Not in Cochran, it isn’t.'"

Well there you have it. Folks are straight up flying that Christian flag high above Cochran and all the blessed llamas wandering around it.

My favorite part of the article shows the spirit and creativity in small-town America, where things are legal just because you say they are.  "The Dairy Queen at the edge of town has a sign announcing that the marathon runs through May 51. (An employee used the numbers 5 and 1 to make 6, so you have to do the imaginative addition yourself.)"

Read more: http://www.macon.com/2010/05/05/1117504/even-a-llama-shows-up-for-deuteronomy.html#ixzz0nj285PiB