A New Perspective
Hey Y'all
Hope everyone had a great weekend.
I usually have Chris Rea playing in the background as I work but yesterday my wife had her old westerns playing in the background all day. I guess that is what prompted this story. There are some lessons that can be drawn from this tale , but mostly it is for fun.
An old prospector was working the claim he had staked out on the side of the mountain. He had been working his site for two maybe three months. It was difficult to keep track of time for him, He was working so hard chasing his dream of a small ranch on the river where he could retire that time just seemed to slipped away.
He decided one day it was time to take a break. He had been working his backside off with little to show for it. But he knew deep down if he kept working he would get that ranch. The prospector packed his old mule and headed off to the only saloon in the nearest town.
Well the prospector reached the saloon got off his old dusty mule and tied him to the hitching post. He beat the dust off his clothes wiped his face and went into the saloon and ordered a beer.
He was about to take a drink of his beer when a fella at the bar hollered at him. The old prospector turned and saw another claim owner and he knew his site was paying off well. He was dressed well and looked as if he hadn't worked in a month. He had a fancy pistol strapped on his hip and an almost empty bottle of whiskey on the bar in front of him. He thought he knew it all and could do as he pleased.
"Do you like to dance old man?" he asked the prospector.
"No I never found the need been to busy working my site" the prospector replied.
"Well it is about time you learned" said the arrogant site owner and proceeded to pull out his pistol shooting at the old prospectors feet until the old man fell out into the street.
There was a crowd at the front of the saloon laughing and carrying on as the prospector got up. As he dusted himself off and headed to his old mule the crowd went back in the bar still laughing and having a good time at the prospector's expense.
The laughter and carrying on quit in an instant when the old man clicked back both hammers of his 10 gauge shotgun. There as a dead silence as the know it all site owner turned to look down both barrels of that gun.
The color drained from his face and you could hear him gulp.
"Well young fella have you ever kissed the backside of a mule?" the old man asked
"No sir but i sure would like to!" the smart a** replied
That shot gun sure gave the the big head a new perspective.
I had a couple of thoughts as I wrote this. I can think of a few morals to this story.
Do you have any thoughts you might like to share?
Have a great week!
Until next time,
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Ha, you really like to tell stories right? funny thing is that the story stays in my head with the question how could it end? I am optimistic so, with the 10gauge shotgun aimed at him, that arrogant man got up and walked very slowly to the old mule who was quietly standing outside. The crowd at the bar was silent and following him with their eyes. Nobody spoke. Somehow they knew the old man meant business and wouln't hesitate to shoot. The mule was getting a little restless as he sensed that someone was approaching, other than his boss. He was a friendly mule but had been treated badly before, and left on the side of the road where the old man had found him, took the mule with him and fed him well. The arrogant man was not worried about kissing the mules ass. Let's get it over with, he thought, meanwhile thinking about a way to get his revenge. He stood behind the mule and bended his knees and bowed his head to kiss the mule. The mule had almost forgotten a bad memory but not quite. He moved his head to the ground and with all the force he had he kicked the arrogant man who fell on the ground screaming and yelling. The crowd who had been watching burst into laughing. The old man was the hero of the rest of the evening. The arrogant man left. The moral?
What an incredible ending Marion. I wish I would have thought of that. Thanks for your time and the awesome ending.
I'm going to bite into this Tim. You are a good shot and have a shooter's eye. No other inspector out there has matched me so well on researching answers to questions. I'm going to stay clear of your level of range!
Shoot Michael we make a good team one of us will find an answer. Thanks for your stopping by!
Yes. I'm on ITunes! Actually can I ask you a big favor? To rank higher in ITunes, I need comments there. And 5 stars rating. Would you be kind enough to go and do it for me? It would be awesome
I think he pretty much nailed it Greg. Hope all is going well. You are kicking but with your posts I enjoy them very much.
Thanks for posting the picture of me with my six shooter out! I thought I had lost that picture. And thanks for doing the photoshop to take off the additional 25 lbs!!
I had to use yours Steve there weren't enough filters to use my own. Thanks for stopping by! Good to hear from you . Been cutting grass lately?
Just headed out the door to mow, now back on Google to find out why my brake light is on, and the brake is in fact NOT on. Going to be one of those days.
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Don't pick on someone with two left feet unless you want two black eyes being kicked by a mule
That is funny Pauline thanks for reading. I hope all is going well for you.