Fun_People Archive
2 Apr
Good Times Back home


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From: Peter Langston <psl>
Date: Sun,  2 Apr 100 23:49:21 -0700
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    A brand new graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism got a job
with the best paper in Little Rock, Arkansas.  His first assignment was to
write a human interest story, so he went to an old farm way back in the
hills, and interviewed the farmer.
    The young man asked, "Has anything ever happened around here that made
you happy?" The farmer thought for a minute and said, "Yep!  One time one
of my neighbor's sheep got lost.  We formed a big posse and went looking for  
it and found it.  We all screwed it and took it back home."
    "I can't print that!" the young man exclaimed.  "Can you think of
anything else that happened that made you or a lot of other people happy?"
After another moment, the farmer said, "Yeah, one time my neighbor's
cow got lost.  We formed a big posse and went looking for her and found her.  
 Then we all screwed her and took her back home."
    "I can't print that!" the young man exclaimed.  "Can you think of
anything that happened around here that made you happy and didn't involve
farm animals?" After another moment, the farmer said, "Yeah, one time my
neighbor's daughter, a good looking girl, got lost.  We formed a big posse
that time and found her.  After we all screwed her, we took her back home."
    Again, the young man said "Oh man!  I can't print that either.  Okay.  Has
anything ever happened around here that made you sad?" The old farmer
dropped his head as if he were ashamed and after a few seconds looked up
timidly at the young man and said, "Well, one time I got lost..."


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