Hillbilly banjo band heckles marathon runners

Don’t ever change, Internet. Otherwise how else would we be able to enjoy the simple pleasures in life, like this hillbilly banjo band hilariously heckling marathon runners?

From a local Fox News affiliate in Franklin, TN:

Marathon runners in Leiper’s Fork were greeted with an unexpected surprise along their route in Franklin Half Marathon a few weeks ago.Runners usually expect to see friends and family as they run, but it’s not often that they see a hillbilly band parked along the side of the path to heckle them.

Serenading runners with “Dueling Banjos”, the hillbilly band set up on the back of a truck, under the cover of a patio umbrella. Hollering things like, “where ya going?” “where y’all running from?” “what’s your hurry?” and “slow down young man!” one gentleman beat a trash can lid on the side of a water trough and another bare-chested, overall-clad man danced a jig and chased runners around. Yet another man, who was lounging atop a five gallon paint drum in cut off cammo pants, joined his overalled companion in dancing a jig while brandishing an ax.

It’s a perfect slice of internet heaven:

Why? Because life is too short not to enjoy a good hillbilly heckling.

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