the talking dog A young cowboy from Wyoming goes off to college. Half way through the semester, he has 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 in Laramie that will teach our dog, Ol' Blue how to talk!"" ""That's amazing,"" his Dad says. ""How do I get Ol' Blue in that program?"" ""Just send him down here with $1,000"" the young cowboy says. ""I'll get him in the course."" So, h…

Ol' Blue A young cowboy from Wyoming goes off to college. Half way through the semester, he has 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 in Laramie that will teach our dog, Ol' Blue how to talk!"" ""That's amazing,"" his Dad says. ""How do I get Ol' Blue in that program?"" ""Just send him down here with $1,000"" the young cowboy says. ""I'll get him in the course."" So, his fath…

A young fellow at the state fair stood watching an old Indian. Above the old Indian was a sign that read, ""$5.00 - If I can't tell you where you're from, I'll pay you $50.00"" The young man watched a cowboy approach the Indian and ask, ""Is the sign right?"" The Indian says, ""yes."" The cowboy hands him a five and says, """"you're on"" The Indian looks the cowboy up and down, noticing some cow dung on his boots and flatly states, ""you're from Wyoming."" The cowboy shakes his head and says, ""…

A few years ago, the Sierra Club and the U.S. Forest Service were presenting an alternative to Wyoming ranchers for controlling the coyote population. It seems that after years of the ranchers using the tried and true methods of shooting and/or trapping the predator, the tree-huggers had a ""more humane"" solution. What they proposed was for the animals to be captured alive, the males castrated and let loose again and the population would be controlled. This was ACTUALLY proposed to the Wyoming …