A cowboy headed out to seek his fortune on the frontier of the old West.
He settled on a ranching town near the very edge of civilization. So far away, there weren’t any women to be found for love or money. He was young and full of hormones, and after a month, he started getting randy, so he went to the saloon to ask around.
After a couple of nervous, whispered conversations, it came out that he could use the sheep.
The cowboy wasn’t happy about this, but he was desperate.
He bought a quart of rotgut whiskey to cheer himself up, and he headed out to find the nearest flock and decided that if he was going to do this at all, he would do it right. He spent most of the afternoon picking out the prettiest sheep in the flock.
He shampooed her wool and tied ribbons around her neck.
He even put a little bell on her collar. He was also getting pretty drunk; by evening, he was done cleaning up the sheep and not thinking clearly. The cowboy was so proud of how the sheep looked that he decided to take her to town and show her off at the saloon.
He walked in with the sheep, and the room went quiet. Everybody was staring at the guy.
And not just staring, but recoiling in shock and horror.
The cowboy was ashamed but also drunk enough. “Whassamada, I thought everybody went out to the sheep?”
Finally, one old-timer piped up. “Yeah, boy, but you picked out the sheriff’s girlfriend. “
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