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Good joke for a Saturday night

Posted by johnpe1 10 years, 6 months ago to Humor
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An old woman walked up and tied her old mule to the hitching post.
As she stood there, brushing some of the dust from her face
and her clothes, a young gunslinger stepped out of the saloon
with a gun in one hand and a bottle of whiskey in the other.
The gunslinger looked at the old woman and laughed, saying
"Hey, old woman, have you ever danced?"

The old woman looked up at the gunslinger and said,
"No ... I never did dance ... never really wanted to."

A crowd had gathered as the gunslinger grinned and said,
"Well, you old bag, you're gonna dance now," as he started
shooting at the old woman's feet.

The old woman, a prospector -- not wanting to get her feet
blown off -- started hopping around. . Everyone was laughing
when his last bullet had been fired, and when the young gunslinger,
still laughing, holstered his gun and turned around to go
back into the saloon.

The old woman turned to her pack mule, pulled out
a double-barreled shotgun, and cocked both hammers.
The loud clicks carried clearly through the desert air,
and the crowd stopped laughing immediately.

The gunslinger heard the clicks, too, and he turned around
very slowly. . The silence was almost deafening.
The crowd watched as the young gunman stared at the
old woman and the large gaping holes of the twin shotgun barrels.

The barrels of the shotgun never wavered in the old woman's
hands as she quietly said, "Son, have you ever kissed a mule's ass?"

The gunslinger swallowed hard and said, "No, ma'am .......
But I have always wanted to."

There are 5 lessons here for all of us:::

1 - Never be arrogant.
2 - Don't waste ammunition.
3 - Whiskey makes you think you're smarter than you are.
4 - Always make sure you know who has the power.
5 - Don't mess with old people; they didn't get old by being stupid.

I re-typed it for you, because it was all capitals. -- j
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  • Posted by 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    that was my intention -- the oath says the constitution,
    and I think that it means the people gathered under its umbrella. -- j
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  • Posted by 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I did 2 graduate degrees while working full time and doing
    usaf reserve duty, including an intense course called
    "air command and staff" which is supposed to take years.
    I did it in 6 weeks. . made LC and retired in 98. . whew!

    1959 english ford anglia -- 36 horsepower engine,
    3 speed stick and 60 miles per hour downhill with a tailwind.

    I bought a '71 harley fx instead of the bmw 900, and sold it for
    four times the purchase price 42 years later. . fun now with
    an '07 harley ultra classic named sue. -- j
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years, 6 months ago
    Birds The Word by the Trashmen.

    I got a standing ovation once for promising not to sing. I was not the quintessential All American Boy - song by the Fendermen
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    When I retired in '88 I learned I had thee months to use my Vietnam Era GI Bill. Hard to do four years in three months. Somehow they forgot to tell us about that little caveat. I was dumb enough then think once earned the hard way I didn't have to do it over again. Paid for it myself. I already had three years done on my own so it was two years to go which took four for the degrees. I followed Frank Zappas advice and it worked in two directions. Where? I attended a lot of Democrat functions. Odds for success were better by far. Back on track I read and read a lot of books both past and present tense.

    I'm not saying which school(s) but they had a program for just that sort of 'crack' and cut the tuition. They asked us not too and I think somebody with major bucks was funding it privately or had some influence. The books I used in the library for the most part. No kindle back then. The rest I used a credit card. I was in an off campus program and used any of three local colleges or universities when needed.

    Nice thing about taking four years mostly at night I could pick and choose professors. No I didn't pick the Ayn Rand types etc. I picked the exact opposite Some pigs are more predictable than other pigs.

    I looked for the one's that had a readily available set of tests and a hot point list. Long as could regurgitate what the Teaching Assistant said etc. etc. grades were no problem. I had a notebook so no matte where we were in the session IF I was asked a question I could answer it. Love those students who went before. Honor system? No. If there was the students system was better than the professors honor.

    The second degree took a much greater effort. Well worth it. Especially defending against a group that really knew their stuff. Lessons from Revolutionary and Counter-Revolutionary Governments of Latin America As Applied To The Probability of External Terrorism in the USA. I was off by five or so years. Some of them didn't like my prediction of our government using the cycle of repression but passed me anyway... after all I had boots on the ground and they had ivy walls.

    1933 Ford Roadster with as flat head, 1957 Chevy, 1961 Chevy, 1971 MGB GT some I'd rather forget and a 1969 twin opposed 900 cc Beemer.

    Now I have athletic style shoes from Shoes For Crews and a Montague bicycle! Gratuitous plug for great products. Next a new dingy.
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    After that song, I'm not too surprised... --grins--

    Actually that's kind of cute. Probably a keeper for the collection of recollections.
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Used to watch Pogo. one of them would sing that every once in a while but not the whole thing. As for the Rivingtons I really cannot sing and stay on any known key. I did play bass. The rest of the band didn't want to rip their throats out so I got to do the papa ooh mows.
    The lead girl singer did the high octave parts
    i can also do a fairly good Los Strait Jackets version of Wild Thing. Loco Que Patina En Su Coco... but if I get a sore throat country and western is a snap!

    Not much future in show business....
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    best i can do is a half whistle have humming sort of raspy breathing. I do a lot of mindless tunes when working on something or the other. Occasionally some words seep through.

    "What song is that? Jingle Bells, Shotgun Shells mow them..."

    This one from Pogo has lasted a life time.

    Deck us all with Boston Charlie,
    Walla Walla, Wash., an' Kalamazoo!
    Nora's freezin' on the trolley,
    Swaller dollar cauliflower alley-garoo!

    Don't we know archaic barrel
    Lullaby Lilla Boy, Louisville Lou?
    Trolley Molly don't love Harold,
    Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo!

    Bark us all bow-wows of folly,
    Polly wolly cracker 'n' too-da-loo!
    Donkey Bonny brays a carol,
    Antelope Cantaloupe, 'lope with you!

    Hunky Dory's pop is lolly,
    Gaggin' on the wagon, Willy, folly go through!
    Chollie's collie barks at Barrow,
    Harum scarum five alarm bung-a-loo!

    Dunk us all in bowls of barley,
    Hinky dinky dink an' polly voo!
    Chilly Filly's name is Chollie,
    Chollie Filly's jolly chilly view halloo!

    Bark us all bow-wows of folly,
    Double-bubble, toyland trouble! Woof, woof, woof!
    Tizzy seas on melon collie!
    Dibble-dabble, scribble-scrabble! Goof, goof, goof!

    After a verse or two of that people beg me to go back to Papa Oooh Mow Mow.

    So I shall - straight away.
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  • Posted by 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I used to whistle a lot, and did it that way -- with perfect pitch,
    the only problems were range and repertoire, once I learned the
    "bump" to go instantly between two notes. . then came the
    "wolf whistle" which the dentist ruined. . oh well;;; it was
    a short trip for my very conservative parents. -- j
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    It was the first song I learned on a harmonica back in my single-digit age era... along with Dixie, Off We Go, and America the Beautiful. Probably drove my folks nuts!!!
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  • Posted by $ Maree 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes that's the one.
    Only, he had a banjo on his knee, not our Susanne!
    Hey Susanne - love your style.
    I. will stick to dry spaggy moss. (Its usually found in swamps but when we get dry summers, well then ).
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  • Posted by JCLanier 10 years, 6 months ago
    Johnpe1: Loved it! I have sent it out to many.
    All enjoyed it. Thanks for the laugh!
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  • Posted by 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    how fast were you going, and did it have cruise? -- j

    p.s. my '07 has cruise control....... I've never used it!
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  • Posted by 10 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I traded a '71 super beetle convertible for a '67 porsche 911
    which is in the stages of being returned to service.......
    and I am way beyond 30!!! -- j
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