The common sense displayed by farmers and ranchers never ceases to
amaze me.
While suturing a laceration on the hand of an 80-year-old grizzled
Texas rancher (whose hand had caught in a gate while working cattle),
a doctor and the old man were talking about George Bush's possibility
of being re-elected to the White House.
The old Texan said, "Well, ya know, Bush's one of them 'post
turtles'".
Not knowing what the old man meant, the doctor asked him what a post
turtle was.
The old man said, "Well, when you're driving down a country road and
you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a
post turtle."
The old man saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued
to explain, "You know he didn't get there by himself, he doesn't
belong there, he can't get anything done while he's up there, and you
just want to help the poor dumb bastard get down 'afore he hurts
hisself."
