Re: MtMan-List: Trapper Joke

[RR1LA@aol.com]

IT WAS GETTING A LITTLE TOO SERIOUS, SO I THOUGHT I'D THROW THIS IN:

Two mountain trappers came into town after spending months in the wilderness.
After the owner of the trading post paid them for the furs, they asked the
obvious question.  "Oh no," said the storekeeper, "ain't no females within a
thousand miles, 
but I tell you what we do around here."  He reached under the counter and
pulled out two specially made boards and handed them to the trappers.  Each of
the padded boards had a fur lined hole in it with a soft leather bag on the
other side.  "We've got a carpenter around here who builds these things. And
believe me, they'll do the trick until you guys find the real thing.  Just
keep the fur clean and keep that bag full of warm bear grease and you'll do
just fine."   The two men paid for their boards and went back to the frontier.
Months later, one of the trappers came back for supplies.  "Where's your
friend?" asked the old storekeeper.   "Oh, him?" replied the trapper, "I had
to shoot him.  You see, I came back to the camp a little early one night and
caught that S.O.B. with my board."           YHS, Shootz Himsefl