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Here's more on why Arkansas is everyone's favorite state.  This is from
the Arkansas Democrat Gazette: "Two local men were seriously injured when
their pickup truck left the road and hit a tree near Cotton Plant on State
Highway 38 early Monday morning..."
 "Thurston Poole, 33, of Des Arc, and Billy Ray Willis, 38, of Little Rock
are listed in serious condition at Baptist Medical Center.  The accident
occurred as the two men were returning to Des Arc after a frog-gigging
trip. [Note to city slickers: frog-gigging, or frog-sticking, is how,
armed with a small pitchfork, you catch frogs from the bayou bank.  Frog
legs make a tasty supper
  "On an overcast Sunday night, Poole's pickup truck headlights
malfunctioned.  The two men concluded that the headlight fuse on the older
model truck had burned out.  As a replacement fuse was not available,
Wallis noticed that .22 caliber bullet from his pistol fit perfectly into
the fuse box next to the steering wheel column.  Upon inserting the
bullet, the headlights again began to operate and the two men proceeded on
esatbound toward the White River Bridge.
  "After traveling approximately 20 miles and just before the river, the
bullet apparently overheated, discharged, and struck Poole in the right
testicle.  The vehicle swerved sharply to the right, exiting the pavement
and striking the tree.  Poole suffered only minor cuts and abrasions from
the accident, but will require surgery to repair the = other wound.
Wallis sustained a broken clavicle and was treated and released.
  "'Thank God we weren't on that bridge when Thurston shot his nuts off or
we might have been dead,' said Wallis.
  "'I've been a trooper for 10 years in this part of the world,' said
Deputy Snyder, 'but this is a first for me.  I can't believe that those
two would admit how the accident happened.'
  "Upon being notified of the wreck, Lavinia, Poole's wife asked how many
frogs the boys caught, and did anyone think to get them from the truck."