The Dancing Prospector

An old prospector walks his tired old mule into
a western town one day He'd been out in the desert
for about six months without a drop of whiskey. He
walked up to the first saloon he came to and tied
his old mule to the hitch rail. As he stood there
brushing some of the dust from his face and clothes,
a young gunslinger walked out of the saloon with a
gun in one hand and a bottle of whiskey in the
other. The young gunslinger looked at the old man
and laughed, saying, "Hey old man, have you ever
danced?" The old man looked up at the gunslinger and
said, "No I never did dance. I just never wanted
to." A crowd had gathered by then and the gunslinger
said, "Well, you old fool, you're gonna' dance now,"
and started shooting at the old man’s feet. The old
prospector was hopping a round and everybody was
laughing. When the gunslinger fired his last bullet,
he holstered his gun and turned around to go back
into the saloon.

The old man reached up on the mule, drew his
shotgun, and pulled both hammers back, making a double
clicking sound. The gunslinger heard the sound and
everything got quiet. The crowd watched as the
gunslinger slowly turned around looking down both
barrels of the shotgun. The old man asked, "Did you
ever kiss a mule square on the butt?" The gunslinger
swallowed hard and said, "No. But I've always wanted
to."


The lessons from this story are:
Don't waste ammunition & don’t mess with old guys.