Ole Blue

[nohlsson1 19]

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...