A farmer had five female pigs and, as times were tough, he had
determined to take them to the county fair and sell them.
While at the fair he met another farmer who owned five male pigs. After
talking a bit, they decided to mate the pigs and split everything 50/50.
Now the farmers lived sixty miles away from one another, so they each
agreed to drive thirty miles and find a field in which to mate their
pigs.
The first morning, the farmer with the female pigs got up at 5 a.m.,
loaded the pigs into the family station wagon (which was the only
vehicle they had) and drove the thirty miles.
While the pigs were mating, he asked the other farmer, "How will I know
if they are pregnant?"
The other farmer replied, "If they're in the grass grazing in the
morning, then they're pregnant, but if they're rolling in the mud, then
they're not."
The next morning they were rolling in the mud, so he hosed them off,
called the other farmer, loaded them again into the family station wagon
and proceeded to try again.
The following morning, in the mud again! And the next morning, MUD
again!
This continued all week until the farmer was so tired that he couldn't
get
out of bed.
He called to his wife, "Honey, please look outside and tell me if the
pigs are in the mud or in the field grazing."
The wife looked out the window and then yelled back, "Neither, they're
in the station wagon and one of them is honking the horn."
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