They'd both been pissed at having to work the late routes on Halloween. They'd made prior plans to drive up to Dallas for the annual Halloween block party. Picked out costumes even.
Well, EuEarl had.
Though KC was more than willing to go, he'd had his fill of wearing weird clothes & makeup, after those final years as a rodeo clown, so he was adamant about "... Not wastin' no money nor time on sum dam' fool get up, nor nuthin' !"
As a compromise, EuEarl had agreed to go dressed as a cowboy.
"Then you can be Audie Murphy & I'll be Randolph Scott, with a mustache !", he'd said.
But , as luck would have it, the butane shipment had been delayed several days thanks to the embargo -" Fuckin' OPEC !"- and each driving team was now playing catchup with customer demand throughout the RTex Butane territory. So, there wouldn't be time, once they'd finally made it back home, to dress AND drive all the way to Dallas before the block party'd be over. " Shoot !"
Despite his earlier grumbling, KC had been as enthused about their first Halloween Party together as EuEarl had been. And they both felt a bit cheated.
It was during their next to last delivery, out at the Hanly place that they'd gotten the idea.
"Not right t'do this on company time."
"Nope. Still, ol' man Hanly ain't home."
"And I got Q-Bubba's Polaroid still, in my knapsack !"
"Plus, Hanly's tank takes, at least, a good 15 minutes pumpin' !". The two exchanged conspiratorial smirks, then lept into action !
And thus was born The Legend of the Headless RTex Butane Men of Mudflap County !
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