Update on the Amish

The Amish fascinated me back in Pennsylvania but I soon discovered they have competition....... The Menonites!!! One day I pulled in to a farm that was selling fresh fruit & veg and home cooking etc. When I went in to the little shed where the farmer's wife had set up a stall I thought by her costume & looks that she was Amish. So after picking out and paying for what I wanted, I decided to see if I could find out some more about this little fascination of mine.

I asked the lady if this was an Amish farm?? My God!! the woman looked disgusted. No, she pursed her lips and shook her head. She fixed me with a cold eye. 'We're not Amish, we're Menonites!!!. Jaysus, this sounded dangerous. It appeared I had offended her. I asked her what the difference between the two was? She shrugged "There are certain doctrinal differences!!"..... 'O.K.??' ..... "The Amish drive wagons but we drive cars." Sure enough, there was a cadillac and a chevy in the driveway, an S.U.V. round the side. Ahh!! mysterious but....., I think I get it. The Menonites are Amish but with Bling, Bling!! The Amish live quite simple austere lives, but the Menonites are high rollers. Cars, gold chains etc.........Doctrinal differences!. While the Amish till the soil, the Menonites do cribs & pimp my ride. I should have known. The signs on the road that pointed the way to the farm were all bright blinking neon. It was easy to spot Menonite farmers for the next few days. They were the ones with gold teeth and medallions, waving to me and shouting "Yo man, keep it real!!" Apparently MC Hammer is big with the Menonites. Give me the Amish any day.