At Aunt Eunice's funeral, Boomer met her Great Uncle Anmer for the first time. Below is part of the conversation that followed:
Boomer: Uncle Anmer, I hear they used to call you "The Animal" 'cause you were so wild. Is that true?
Amner: I reckon, and they used to call me a lot worse, too!
Boomer: I met your daughter today.
Anmer: Who? Joy?
Boomer: No, Rose. She is really nice.
Anmer: Let me tell you one on her. I was at old man so-and so's funeral back about 3 years ago, and she comes up to me. She says, "Do you know who I am?" And I said, "Why yeah, you're Bruce Fletcher's girl." And she got real serious like and said, "No, I ain't. I'm your girl." [Anmer cackles] Now, that was a new one on me!
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