[Grovenet] A Wise Hosstyle Reply

[Alan Domenghini]

An ole prospector walks his tired ole mule into a western town one day.
He'd been out in the desert for about six months without a drop of
whiskey. 

He walked up to the first saloon he came to and tied his old mule to the
hitch rail. As he stood there brushing some of the dust from his face
and clothes, a young 
gunslinger walked out of the saloon with a gun in one hand and a bottle
of whiskey in the other. 

The young gunslinger looked at the ole man and laughed, saying, 'Hey ole
man, have you ever danced?' The ole man looked up at the gunslinger and
said, 'No, 
I never did dance. I just never wanted to.' A crowd had gathered by then
and the gunslinger said, 'Well, you ole fool, you're gonna' dance now,'
and started shooting at the ole man's feet. 

The ole prospector was hopping around and everybody was laughing. When
the gunslinger fired his last bullet, he holstered his gun and turned
around to go back into the saloon. 

The ole man reached up on the mule, drew his shotgun, and pulled both
hammers back making a double clicking 
sound.  The gunslinger heard the sound and everything got quiet. The
crowd watched as the gunslinger slowly turned around looking down both
barrels of the shotgun. 

The ole man asked, 'Did you ever kiss a mule's ass?' The gunslinger
swallowed hard and said, 'No. But I've always wanted to.' 

The lessons from this story are: 
1. Don't waste ammunition. 
2. Don't mess with ole people.