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I must have gotton a million calls this holiday weekend about a dead horse on the side of the road on one of our major highways.

It was off the road and not impeeding traffic but people just love to use their cell phone and adore calling 911. A dead horse is not, by the way, an emergency.

We could not do anything about the horse until today because of the holiday.

So, this morning I called the highway dept and told them about the horse. She said, that must be in the same general area as the dead cow. I thought, Cow? What, cow? I checked the mile marker and told her that it was. I said, well, you know them city folk, don't know the difference twixt a horse and a cow.

Well the calls were coming in left and right, all on 911 I might add. But the one that blew my mind was the gentleman that called and said he wanted to report a dead hog on the side of the road. I asked him where and he gave me the mile marker. Having already had my quota of stupid people for the day, I sighed and said, Sir, are you sure that's not a horse? He said, well, now that you mention it, it is a horse. :-5

Of course, of course, a horse.

Having met my quota for the day, I threw him back



Happy Tuesday To You

Thanks for the laugh, 911

Although sometimes

I bet you want to cry :-5

I wouldn't call you 911 for a non-human emergency, either!!



(Thank you for being there when I need you, though!!)



:-6

Know Your Farm Animals





I do, I do. :sneaky: :-6

Nomad wrote: Know Your Farm Animals





I do, I do. :sneaky: :-6


Betcha he means in the biblical sense...

We lived in a high mountain valley in Colorado when I was a kid. Texans used to flood the place during hunting season. The game department set up checkpoints on the roads to monitor the hunters.

The story went around that some Texans stopped at a checkpoint proudly displaying their kill on the hood of their car. The Game Officers looked at the critter on the hood and sent them on their way. One Officer said to the other, " if they were stupid enough to shoot a mule it's only right that they take it home and eat it.":yh_wink

cherandbuster wrote: Thanks for the laugh, 911

Although sometimes

I bet you want to cry :-5


Many days, but mostly the idgits make me laugh and drive extra careful going home.

It's the sad stuff that gets me.

My skin has toughened but not enough when a mother is crying over her dead child.

valerie wrote: Betcha he means in the biblical sense...






Funny, I thought the same thing. :wah:

But I'm glad you said it and not me!

Clint wrote: We lived in a high mountain valley in Colorado when I was a kid. Texans used to flood the place during hunting season. The game department set up checkpoints on the roads to monitor the hunters.

The story went around that some Texans stopped at a checkpoint proudly displaying their kill on the hood of their car. The Game Officers looked at the critter on the hood and sent them on their way. One Officer said to the other, " if they were stupid enough to shoot a mule it's only right that they take it home and eat it.":yh_wink


Now that's a hoot! :yh_rotfl :yh_rotfl