Right after I got out of college a friend of mine was living in the Church Hill area of Richmond. The duplex he lived in was in the nicer part of that area but some of the other parts were a little rough. A little down on the heels.
He told me about one hot summer day going to the local grocery store and seeing an incredibly large woman in a house dress patrolling the aisles with her children. Suddenly a ham fell out of her dress and as she stood over the ham like she’d just given birth to it, she said, “Who put that ham there?”
I have laughed about that story for over 15 years. I now wonder if it was true. It’s still funny even if the story has been turned into a kicking new song: