Weather: Chance of Thunderstorms today.
Come to the UP and beat the heat. After today we are headed for mid to high 60’s for a few days. Just what we needed a nice cool down. Dry weather has also kept our mosquito population down.
An old farmer stopped by the local mechanics shop to have
his truck fixed. They couldn’t do it while he waited, so he said
he didn’t live far and would just walk home. On the way
home he stopped at the hardware Store and bought a bucket and a gallon of paint. He
then stopped by the feed store and picked up a couple of chickens and a goose.
However, struggling outside the
store he now had a problem – how to carry his
entire
purchases home. While he
was scratching his head he was approached by a
little old
lady who told him
she was lost.
She asked,
‘Can you tell me how to get to 1603 Mockingbird
Lane ?’
The farmer
said, ‘Well, as a matter of fact, my farm is
very close
to that house. I would walk you there but I
can’t
carry this lot.’
The old lady
suggested, ‘Why don’t you put the can of paint
in
the bucket. Carry the bucket in one hand, put a
chicken under each arm and carry the goose in your other
hand?’
‘Why thank you very much,’ he said and proceeded to
walk the old girl home.
On the way he says ‘Let’s take my short cut and go down
this alley.
We’ll be there in no time.’
The little old lady looked him over cautiously then said,
‘I am a
lonely widow without a husband to defend me. How do I
know
that when we get in the alley you won’t hold me up
against the wall, pull
up my skirt, and have your way with me?’
The farmer said, ‘Holy smokes lady! I’m carrying a bucket,
a
gallon of paint, two chickens, and a goose. How in
the
world could I possibly hold you up against the wall and do
that?’
The old lady replied, ‘Set the goose down, cover him with
the
bucket, put the paint on top of the bucket, and I’ll hold
the chickens.’
