A little joke to hopefully lighten the mood a bit:
A farmer hitches up his mule to the wagon and heads into town to pick up
his mail order bride. He meets his new bride at the train station, helps
her into the wagon and they head back to the farm.
On the way back the mule becomes balky and eventually quits moving. The
farmer encourages the mule to move, but it stubbornly remains put,. He
yells and slaps the mule but it still won't move. Finally he walks
around to the front of the mule, stares him in the eyes and says "That's
one!" The mule begins to move on down the road as the farmer hops into
the wagon. His new bride eyes him with respect for his mule handling
ability.
After a bit the mule stops dead in the road again. The routine is
repeated ending with the farmer saying "That's two!" Once again the mule
moves on down the road.
After another mile or so, and still a number of miles from the farm the
mule stops again. The farmer pleads, yells and harasses the mule to no
avail. The mule remains put. This time the farmer walks to the back of
the wagon pulls out a rifle, walks forward and shoots the mule dead.
At this point his new bride goes nuts. "What have you done?" she shouts.
"How will we get the wagon home now? Where will we get the money for
another mule?" As she pauses to continue her harangue he looks her in
the eye and says "That's one."
Jim Couch
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Jim Couch
Tacoma, WA USA
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