[derllak]

Yeah but what would Andy do if Opie found a wad? After all, he's a sheriff!

[Rastus]

The answer is in post 46, though I don't remember that episode.

[hummingbird]

Yeah but what would Andy do if Opie found a wad? After all, he's a sheriff!

Sheriff Taylor would do whatever is right and then he would sit and have a chat with Opie whiles Aunt Bea casually dusts in the background and that night, Aunt Bea would make Opie's favorite pie for dessert.

Or, Andy and Opie would go fishing and have a "casual" chat (an embedded morality tale!) and Andy would tell Aunt Bea that they didn't catch any fish but had a good time talkin' anyway and she would still make Opie's favorite pie for dessert.

Barney would drop in and tell Andy he did a good job "with the boy" and, noticing the pie, would ask Aunt Bea if she wouldn't mind him having a slice of that "mighty fine looking pie" and she would say, "of course, Barney, would you like it a la mode" and Barney would say, "no, thanks, I'll just take it with some vanilla ice cream on top...if its no trouble." And, maybe a cup of coffee to wash it all down.

And, Andy would go out on the porch and play his harmonica and think how good life is in Mayberry.


(I get my Laz's confused....but I think at least one of you would like to comment on how Sheriff Taylor would handle such a problem...heh, heh....)