Crude Oilfield Stories, This Ain't No Bull!

"Hello, hope your Kelly is high! My name is Mondo Arenivas, and I have been working in the oilfields a lot of years, seen good times and bad. I have been fortunate to stay working: hard work and dedication have made that possible. You will find many roughnecks that tell exaggerated stories - the more they talk, the deeper the wells (stories) get. In fact, there is not much difference between a fairytale and an oilfield story, except that a fairytale starts "Once Upon A Time" and an oilfield story starts "This Ain't No Bull". All you have to do is get a roughneck started on a rumor and everybody adds a little to it; before long it becomes a full-fledged oilfield story. I will tell some of these stories in the book, roughneck that I am, I may have to add a little to them." - Mondo