A young farm lad from North Iowa goes off to college,
but about 1/3 of the way through the semester, he has
foolishly squandered away all of the money his parents
gave him.
Then he gets an idea. He calls his daddy. 'Dad,' he
says, 'you won't believe the wonders that modern
education is coming up with! Why, they actually have a
program here at Iowa State that will teach our dog Ole
Blue how to talk!'
'That's absolutely amazing,' his father says. 'How do
I get him in that
program?'
'Just send him down here with $1,000' the boy says.
'I'll get him into the course.' So, his father sends
the dog and the $1,000. About 2/3 way through the
semester, the money runs out. The boy calls his father
again.
'So how's Ole Blue doing, son,' his father asks.
'Awesome, Dad, he's talking up a storm,' he says, 'but
you just won't believe this - they've had such good
results with this program that they've implemented a
new one to teach the animals how to READ!'
'READ,' says his father, 'No kidding! What do I have
to do to get him in that program?'
'Just send $2,500, I'll get him in the class.' His
father sends the money.
The boy now has a problem. At the end of the year, his
father will find out that the dog can neither talk,
nor read. So he shoots the dog.
When he gets home at the end of the semester, his
father is all excited. 'Where's Ole Blue? I just can't
wait to see him talk and read something!'
'Dad,' the boy says, 'I have some grim news. Yesterday
morning, just before we left to drive home, Ole Blue
was in the e living room kicked back in the recliner,
reading the Wall Street Journal, like he usually does.
Then he turned to me and asked, 'So, is your daddy
still messing around with that little redhead who
lives in town?'
The father says, 'I hope you SHOT that s.o.b. before
he talks to your Mother!'
'I sure did, Dad!'
'That's my boy!'
The kid went on to be a successful lawyer...