Thursday, January 07, 2010

Country Life

A Montana rancher got in his pickup and drove to a neighboring ranch and knocked at the door. A young boy, about 9, opened the door "Is your Dad home?" the rancher asked.

"No sir, he isn't," the boy replied. "He went into town."

"Well," said the rancher, "Is your Mother here?"

"No sir, she's not here either. She went into town with Dad."

"How about your brother, Howard? Is he here?"

"No sir, He went with Mom and Dad."

The rancher stood there for a few minutes, shifting from one foot to the other and mumbling to himself.

"Is there anything I can do for you?" the boy asked politely. "I know where all the tools are, if you want to borrow one. Or maybe I could take a message for Dad."

"Well," said the rancher uncomfortably, "I really wanted to talk to your Dad. It's about your brother Howard getting my daughter, Suzie, pregnant.."'

The boy considered for a moment. "You would have to talk to Pa about that," he finally conceded. "If it helps you any, I know that Pa charges $500 for the bull and $50 for the hog, but I really don't know how much he gets for Howard."

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love this one!

Robin said...

I charge about $5 myself.

Anonymous said...

why does it have to be a montana rancher? aren't you from florida? couldn't have been a floridian rancher?

Chaon said...

Could of been a Florida rancher, but that's not the way it was when I copied and pasted from some website.

Robin said...

Admit it, you laughed.

Chaon said...

I did laugh, but come not come up with a worthy riposte.