A young cowboy walks into a seedy cafe in Western
Oklahoma . He sits at the counter and notices an old cowboy with his arms
folded staring blankly at a full bowl of chili. After fifteen minutes of
just sitting there staring at it, the young cowboy bravely asks the old
cowpoke, 'If you ain't gonna eat that, mind if I do?'
The older cowboy slowly turns his head toward the young
wrangler and in his best Okie manner says, 'Nah, go ahead.'
Eagerly, the young cowboy reaches over and slides the
bowl over to his place and starts spooning it in with delight. He gets
nearly down to the bottom and notices a dead mouse in the chili. The
sight was shocking and he immediately barfs up the chili into the
bowl.
The old cowboy quietly says, 'Yep, that's as far as I got, too'.