The only cow in a small town in southern Minnesota stopped giving milk.
The farmers did some research and found that they could buy a cow from
Illinois for $200, or one from Iowa for $100. Being frugal, they bought the
cow from Iowa.

The cow was wonderful. It produced lots of milk all the time, and the
people were amazed and very happy. They decided to acquire a bull to
mate with the cow and produce more cows like it. Then they would never have
to worry about the milk supply again.

They bought a bull and put it in the pasture with their beloved cow.
However, whenever the bull came close to the cow, the cow would move away.
No matter what approach the bull tried, the cow would move away from
the bull and he could not succeed in his quest.

The people were very upset and decided to ask a local engineer, who
was very wise, what to do. They told the engineer what was happening.
"Whenever the bull approaches our cow, she moves away. If he approaches
from the back, she moves forward. When he approaches her from the front,
she backs off.
And, when he approaches her from the side, she just walks away to the
other side. "

The engineer thought about this for a minute and asked, "Did you buy
this cow from Iowa? " The people were dumbfounded, since they had never
mentioned where they had gotten the cow.
"You are truly a wise engineer, " they said. "How did you know we got
the cow from Iowa? "

The engineer answered sadly, "My wife is from Iowa. "


Ray Shahan

When you were born, you were crying
and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end,
you're the one who is smiling and everyone
around you is crying.                Unknown

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