Re: MtMan-List: Trapper Joke

["Jerry H. Wheeler" <itwhee@mcn.org>]

mister this kind of trash does not belong on this list.        iron tongue

RR1LA@aol.com wrote:

> 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