Earnie and Gus went to the South Florida fair. They came across a small crowd gathered around a stall and went over to take a look. "What's going on?" Gus asked Brad who was in the crowd. "We're watching to see if some idiot can ride that bronco machine," he said nodding towards a fearsome looking machine. "Nobody has managed to stay on for the full three minutes yet, and there's a prize of $100 for anybody who can.

"I can do that," Earnie said confidently.

"You can't," said Gus. "You'll get yourself killed if you try and ride that thing."

"Watch this," said Earnie and climbed aboard the bronco machine.

The machine thrashed wildly, up and down, from side to side, around in circles but still a grim-faced Earnie clung to its back. After two minutes the machine was bucking almost vertically and spinning until Earnie was a blur. But when the three minutes were up Ed was still on the machine's back acknowledging the cheers and cries from the small crowd. He dismounted, collected his winnings and rejoined Gus.

"Where in hell did you learn to ride a bucking bronco like that?" Gus wondered.

"Remember several months ago," Earnie said. "When your wife had whooping cough...?"