> A young cowboy from Texas goes off to college. Halfway through the
> semester, having foolishly squandered all his money... he calls home.
>
> "Dad," he says, "You won't believe what modern education is developing!
> They actually have a program here at A&M that will teach our dog, Ole'
> Blue, how to talk!"
>
> "That's amazing," his Dad says. "How do I get Ole' Blue in that program?"
>
> "Just send him down here with $1,000," the young cowboy says "and I'll
> get him in the course."
>
> So, his father sends the dog and $1,000.
>
> About two-thirds of the way through the semester, the money again runs
> out. The boy calls home.
>
> "So how's Ole' Blue doing son?" his father asks.
>
> "Awesome, Dad, he's talking up a storm," he says, "but you just won't
> believe this -- they've had such good results they have started to teach
> the animals how to read!"
>
> "Read!?" says his father, "No kidding! How do we get Blue in that program?"
>
> "Just send $2,500, I'll get him in the class." The money promptly
> arrives. But our hero has a problem.At the end of the year, his father
> will find out the dog can neither talk,
> nor read.
>
> So he shoots the dog.
>
> When he arrives home at the end of the year, his father is all excited.
> "Where's Ole' Blue? I just can't wait to see him read something and talk!"
>
> "Dad," the boy says, "I have some grim news. Yesterday morning, just
> before we left to drive home, Ole Blue was in the living room, kicked
> back in the recliner, reading the Wall Street Journal, like he usually
> does. Then Ole' Blue turned to me and asked, so, is your daddy still
> messing around with that little redhead who lives down the street?"
>
> The father went white and exclaimed, "I hope you shot that lying dog
> before he talks to your mother!"
>
> "I sure did, Dad!"
>
> "That's my boy!"
>
> The kid went on to law school, and now serves in Washington D.C. as a
> Congressman.
> semester, having foolishly squandered all his money... he calls home.
>
> "Dad," he says, "You won't believe what modern education is developing!
> They actually have a program here at A&M that will teach our dog, Ole'
> Blue, how to talk!"
>
> "That's amazing," his Dad says. "How do I get Ole' Blue in that program?"
>
> "Just send him down here with $1,000," the young cowboy says "and I'll
> get him in the course."
>
> So, his father sends the dog and $1,000.
>
> About two-thirds of the way through the semester, the money again runs
> out. The boy calls home.
>
> "So how's Ole' Blue doing son?" his father asks.
>
> "Awesome, Dad, he's talking up a storm," he says, "but you just won't
> believe this -- they've had such good results they have started to teach
> the animals how to read!"
>
> "Read!?" says his father, "No kidding! How do we get Blue in that program?"
>
> "Just send $2,500, I'll get him in the class." The money promptly
> arrives. But our hero has a problem.At the end of the year, his father
> will find out the dog can neither talk,
> nor read.
>
> So he shoots the dog.
>
> When he arrives home at the end of the year, his father is all excited.
> "Where's Ole' Blue? I just can't wait to see him read something and talk!"
>
> "Dad," the boy says, "I have some grim news. Yesterday morning, just
> before we left to drive home, Ole Blue was in the living room, kicked
> back in the recliner, reading the Wall Street Journal, like he usually
> does. Then Ole' Blue turned to me and asked, so, is your daddy still
> messing around with that little redhead who lives down the street?"
>
> The father went white and exclaimed, "I hope you shot that lying dog
> before he talks to your mother!"
>
> "I sure did, Dad!"
>
> "That's my boy!"
>
> The kid went on to law school, and now serves in Washington D.C. as a
> Congressman.
