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nCarpenters take on an oil company using practical jokes. Based on interviews with the authors grandfather.n n nn nPRANKS. OIL. PROTEST. JOKES BETWEEN NEWLYWEDS.n n nn nAND ONE HILARIOUS SIEGE OF A MAJOR CORPORATION.n n nn nRemmy grows up with Beth in Bellhammer, Illinois as oil and coal companies rob the land of everything that made it paradise. Under his Grandad, he learns how to properly prank his neighbors, friends, and foes. Beth tries to fix Remmy by taking him to church. Under his Daddy, Remmy starts the Bell Hammer Construction Company, which depends on contracts from Texarco Oil. And Beth argues with him about how to build a better business. Together, Remmy and Beth start to build a great neighborhood of merry men carpenters: a paradise of smores, porch furniture, newborn babies, and summer trips to Branson where their boys pop the tops of off the neighborhoods two hundred soda bottles. Their witty banter builds a kind of castle among a growing nostalgia.n n nn nThen one of Jim Johnstones faulty Texarco oil derricks falls down on their house and poisons their neighborhoods well.n n nn nPoisoned wells escalate to torched dog houses. Torched dog houses escalate to stolen carpentry tools and cancelled contracts. Cancelled contracts escalate to eminent domain. Sick of the attacks from Texaco Oil on his neighborhood, Remmy assembles his merry men: n n nn nWe need the worlds greatest prank. One grand glorious jest thatll bloody the nose of that tyrant. Besides, pranks and jokes dont got no consequences, right?n
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