


February 09, 2009
Amateur Hour
By Kim Hiss

I've spent the past few posts (Gear Giveaway aside) railing against celebrity activism and male chauvinist writers posing as hunters. So I thought I'd take a different tack and start this week off with a little comedy.
I'm no joke-teller, but I'm still going to subject you to a yarn told by a Catholic priest at a parish in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains. I used to go to this church as a kid. This particular priest ended each mass with a joke featuring two recurring characters: Pat (the drunken Irishman) and Father Murphy (the straight man constantly saving Pat from himself). The one I remember best goes a little something like this. (Disclaimer: This isn't necessarily a good joke and it has nothing to do with hunting, it's just the only joke I know so go easy on me!):
One day, there was huge fire in the center of town, threatening to consume blocks of life and property. The townspeople were frantic, scrambling for water and rescuing possessions from the buildings nearest the flames. At the sound of an approaching engine, the exhausted citizens looked up to see a truck -- driven by Pat with Father Murphy at his side -- racing out of the hills above the town and barreling fearlessly into the heart of the blaze. With Pat and Father Murphy fighting the flames from the other side, the fire was soon under control, and by day's end, the town was saved. Pat and Father Murphy were instant heroes, and the adoring townspeople wondered in hushed tones: "How could two men so bravely race into the fire without even a moment's hesitation?" When the mayor later held a ceremony to present Pat and Father Murphy with a cash reward and key to the town, he patted Pat on the back and asked: "Well gentlemen, what are you going to do with the money?" Pat shrugged and without thinking said, "Fix the brakes on that truck."
Lucky for you, reader Laura Benjamin recently sent this much more occasion-appropriate joke. Stop me if you've heard this one:
A hunter and his friend were sitting in a tall tower stand near the highway. Suddenly, a huge buck walked out over the corn they had spread nearby. Moving quickly, the hunter aimed his rifle at the unsuspecting deer. As he was about to squeeze the trigger, his friend alerted him to a funeral procession passing slowly down the highway. The hunter pulled away from the gun stock, set the rifle down, took off his hat, bowed his head, and closed his eyes in prayer as the procession passed by. His friend was stunned. "Wow, that was the most thoughtful and touching thing I've ever seen you do." The hunter shrugged. "Yeah, well, we were married for 35 years."
I'm sure plenty of you are better joke-tellers than me, with a much broader repertoire of field-related material. Have one you'd care to share? (Try to keep 'em clean and don't forget to tip your bartenders.) -Kimberly Hiss
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Did you hear about the guy who went elephant hunting and ended up in the hospital? He got a hernia carrying the decoys.
Beau and Phil went bear hunting. While Phil stayed in the cabin, Beau went out looking for a grizzly. He soon found one. Taking aim, he fired his rifle, nicking the bear. Enraged, it charged Beau, chasing him back to the cabin. Just as Beau reached the open cabin door, he tripped and fell. The bear tripped over him and rolled into the cabin. Beau leaped up, slammed the cabin door shut and yelled inside to Phil, "You skin this one while I go get another one!"
I was out hunting bear for one afternoon, came across the sign outside a cave that said "bear left" So I went home.
Saw a cartoon once on MoldyChum.com. Showed a guy holding a fish with a bumper sticker on the car and one on the fish. The bumper sticker on the car said "Rather be Fishing" The bumper sticker on the fish said, "Rather be Swimming"
George and Henry went hunting together one day and each went to their own hunting spot. About noon George spied a nice buck and shot it. He found the deer and dressed it out. George couldn't contain his excitement and went off to tell Henry. Upon arriving at Henry's spot he was surprised to see Henry sitting on a log with his pants down, fast asleep. George thought of a wonderful trick to play on Henry so he ran back to his deer, gathered up some of the entrails, ran back to Henry's spot and placed them under the log where Henry was still asleep then hightailed it back to his spot and waited. About a hour later there was a blood curdling scream through the woods, soon Henry came running up. George asked him what was wrong. Henry said I must have fell asleep while I was going to the bathroom and I think I lost my insides. George ask him " what are you gonna do??" Henry said," Well, if it wasn't for the good lord and a crooked stick I'd have never got them back in.
My Friend Zeke normally tells this joke with a spot-on Norwegian accent...This joke is a "ole and Lena" joke, common in the midwest where many Norwegians and Swedes settled.
Ole is a farmer in Minnesota . He is in need of a new milk cow and hears about a nice one for sale over in Wisconsin
He drives to Wisconsin, finds the farm and looks at the cow. He reaches under to see if the cow gives milk.
When he grabs a teat and pulls...the cow farts. Surprised, Ole looks at the farmer who's selling the cow, then reaches under to try again. He grabs another teat, pulls, and the cow farts again. Milk does come out however, so after some discussion with the cow's current owner, Ole decides to buy the cow.
When he gets back to Minnesota , he calls over his neighbor, Sven, and says, 'Hey, Sven, come and look at dis ere new cow I yust bought. Pull her teat, and see vat happens.'
Sven reaches under, pulls the teat...the cow farts.
Sven looks at Ole and says, 'You bought dis here cow in Wisconsin, didn't yah?'
Ole is very surprised since he hadn't told Sven about his trip. Ole replies, 'Yah, dats right. But how did yah know?'
Sven says, 'My wife is from Wisconsin.'
Now those are some good ones!! :D I have heard the one from Laura B. though, but its still funny!
Here's one of my favorites.
A hunter was driving down an old dirt road when he came upon two deer standing in the middle of the road. He immediately stopped his pickup and eased the gun out of the truck window. After a few minutes of looking at the deer they stood perfectly still staring back at the pickup. With an illegal doe blocking his shot at the huge buck behind her the hunter decided the only thing to do was shoot the doe and let the bullet of his high powered rifle pass through her and harvest the largest buck he had ever seen.
With this thought he smiled to himself at his ingenious plan and squeezed off a round. His plan worked to perfection with the doe making it only to the roads edge and the buck, hit hard, managed to go a short distance into the thick woods bordering the road. Knowing the doe was dead and not going anywhere he headed straight for the thicket the buck had ran into to retrieve his trophy. A short distance down the road a game warden heard the shot and came to investigate. Seeing the dead doe on the side of the road he stopped and got out looking around for the guilty party.
Finding only the hunter's pickup on the roadside he sat down on the doe and waited. Shortly after the hunter dragged his buck to the road edge, he found the warden sitting on the doe. Without hesitation he smiled and told the warden "Congratulations, I see you got one too."
LOL,needed a chuckle this morning! Keep em coming!
Tragically, Ole suffers a fatal heart attack. Lena contributes his obituary to the local paper. For space reasons -- it's a small paper -- she is only allowed five words. She writes: "Ole died. Boat for sale."
i live in na pa
Boudreaux, a Cajun highlander from Rapides Parish in central Louisiana, was an older, single gentleman, who was born and raised a Baptist, now living in South Louisiana. Each Friday night after work, he would fire up his outdoor grill and cook a venison steak.
Now, all of Boudreaux's neighbors were Catholic... and since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on Fridays. The delicious aroma from the grilled venison steaks was causing such a problem for the Catholic faithful that they finally talked to their priest.
The priest came to visit Boudreaux, and suggested that Boudreaux convert to Catholicism. After several classes and much study, Boudreaux attended Mass... and as the priest sprinkled holy water over him, he said, "You were born a Baptist and raised a Baptist, but now you are Catholic."
Boudreaux's neighbors were greatly relieved, until Friday night arrived, and the wonderful aroma of grilled venison filled the neighborhood.
The priest was called immediately by the neighbors and, as he rushed into Boudreaux's yard, clutching a rosary and prepared to scold him, he stopped in amazement and watched.
There stood Boudreaux, clutching a small bottle of water which he carefully sprinkled over the grilling meat, and chanted: "You wuz born a deer, and you wuz raised a deer, but now you a catfish .......
These are great -- and very educational. Thanks to Gun Nut blogger Phil Bourjaily and dmayer4741 for the "Ole and Lena" installations. I hadn't heard those before. And Teufelhunden, I wonder if Boudreaux's Catholic neighbors in LA know Pat and Father Murphy in PA -- I think they'd get along. -K.H.
A guy walked into a bar and....oh, you already heard it.
An old farmer raises a few chickens and pigs and has a cow or two but his rooster is getting old. So he decides he is going to buy a new one. When the new young stud of a rooster meets the old rooster he says "get out of here old man this here is my barnyard and these are my hens." Well the old rooster knows he can't win a fight with this young stud and so he offers a compromise. The old rooster says "Sonny, how bout a race around the house, if you win I leave without any fuss but if I win you have to let me stay here, only catch is that since i am so old you have to give me a head start." The young rooster knows that even with a head start the old rooster can't win so he agrees to the race. They go up to the house and the old rooster takes off, he rounds the corner and heads out in front of the front porch, the young rooster is quickly catching up and when he is only a few feet behind BANG the farmer shoots the young rooster and mutters to himself, "dang, that's the third gay rooster I've bought this month."
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Did you hear about the guy who went elephant hunting and ended up in the hospital? He got a hernia carrying the decoys.
My Friend Zeke normally tells this joke with a spot-on Norwegian accent...This joke is a "ole and Lena" joke, common in the midwest where many Norwegians and Swedes settled.
Ole is a farmer in Minnesota . He is in need of a new milk cow and hears about a nice one for sale over in Wisconsin
He drives to Wisconsin, finds the farm and looks at the cow. He reaches under to see if the cow gives milk.
When he grabs a teat and pulls...the cow farts. Surprised, Ole looks at the farmer who's selling the cow, then reaches under to try again. He grabs another teat, pulls, and the cow farts again. Milk does come out however, so after some discussion with the cow's current owner, Ole decides to buy the cow.
When he gets back to Minnesota , he calls over his neighbor, Sven, and says, 'Hey, Sven, come and look at dis ere new cow I yust bought. Pull her teat, and see vat happens.'
Sven reaches under, pulls the teat...the cow farts.
Sven looks at Ole and says, 'You bought dis here cow in Wisconsin, didn't yah?'
Ole is very surprised since he hadn't told Sven about his trip. Ole replies, 'Yah, dats right. But how did yah know?'
Sven says, 'My wife is from Wisconsin.'
Beau and Phil went bear hunting. While Phil stayed in the cabin, Beau went out looking for a grizzly. He soon found one. Taking aim, he fired his rifle, nicking the bear. Enraged, it charged Beau, chasing him back to the cabin. Just as Beau reached the open cabin door, he tripped and fell. The bear tripped over him and rolled into the cabin. Beau leaped up, slammed the cabin door shut and yelled inside to Phil, "You skin this one while I go get another one!"
George and Henry went hunting together one day and each went to their own hunting spot. About noon George spied a nice buck and shot it. He found the deer and dressed it out. George couldn't contain his excitement and went off to tell Henry. Upon arriving at Henry's spot he was surprised to see Henry sitting on a log with his pants down, fast asleep. George thought of a wonderful trick to play on Henry so he ran back to his deer, gathered up some of the entrails, ran back to Henry's spot and placed them under the log where Henry was still asleep then hightailed it back to his spot and waited. About a hour later there was a blood curdling scream through the woods, soon Henry came running up. George asked him what was wrong. Henry said I must have fell asleep while I was going to the bathroom and I think I lost my insides. George ask him " what are you gonna do??" Henry said," Well, if it wasn't for the good lord and a crooked stick I'd have never got them back in.
Now those are some good ones!! :D I have heard the one from Laura B. though, but its still funny!
Here's one of my favorites.
A hunter was driving down an old dirt road when he came upon two deer standing in the middle of the road. He immediately stopped his pickup and eased the gun out of the truck window. After a few minutes of looking at the deer they stood perfectly still staring back at the pickup. With an illegal doe blocking his shot at the huge buck behind her the hunter decided the only thing to do was shoot the doe and let the bullet of his high powered rifle pass through her and harvest the largest buck he had ever seen.
With this thought he smiled to himself at his ingenious plan and squeezed off a round. His plan worked to perfection with the doe making it only to the roads edge and the buck, hit hard, managed to go a short distance into the thick woods bordering the road. Knowing the doe was dead and not going anywhere he headed straight for the thicket the buck had ran into to retrieve his trophy. A short distance down the road a game warden heard the shot and came to investigate. Seeing the dead doe on the side of the road he stopped and got out looking around for the guilty party.
Finding only the hunter's pickup on the roadside he sat down on the doe and waited. Shortly after the hunter dragged his buck to the road edge, he found the warden sitting on the doe. Without hesitation he smiled and told the warden "Congratulations, I see you got one too."
Tragically, Ole suffers a fatal heart attack. Lena contributes his obituary to the local paper. For space reasons -- it's a small paper -- she is only allowed five words. She writes: "Ole died. Boat for sale."
Boudreaux, a Cajun highlander from Rapides Parish in central Louisiana, was an older, single gentleman, who was born and raised a Baptist, now living in South Louisiana. Each Friday night after work, he would fire up his outdoor grill and cook a venison steak.
Now, all of Boudreaux's neighbors were Catholic... and since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on Fridays. The delicious aroma from the grilled venison steaks was causing such a problem for the Catholic faithful that they finally talked to their priest.
The priest came to visit Boudreaux, and suggested that Boudreaux convert to Catholicism. After several classes and much study, Boudreaux attended Mass... and as the priest sprinkled holy water over him, he said, "You were born a Baptist and raised a Baptist, but now you are Catholic."
Boudreaux's neighbors were greatly relieved, until Friday night arrived, and the wonderful aroma of grilled venison filled the neighborhood.
The priest was called immediately by the neighbors and, as he rushed into Boudreaux's yard, clutching a rosary and prepared to scold him, he stopped in amazement and watched.
There stood Boudreaux, clutching a small bottle of water which he carefully sprinkled over the grilling meat, and chanted: "You wuz born a deer, and you wuz raised a deer, but now you a catfish .......
I was out hunting bear for one afternoon, came across the sign outside a cave that said "bear left" So I went home.
Saw a cartoon once on MoldyChum.com. Showed a guy holding a fish with a bumper sticker on the car and one on the fish. The bumper sticker on the car said "Rather be Fishing" The bumper sticker on the fish said, "Rather be Swimming"
LOL,needed a chuckle this morning! Keep em coming!
i live in na pa
These are great -- and very educational. Thanks to Gun Nut blogger Phil Bourjaily and dmayer4741 for the "Ole and Lena" installations. I hadn't heard those before. And Teufelhunden, I wonder if Boudreaux's Catholic neighbors in LA know Pat and Father Murphy in PA -- I think they'd get along. -K.H.
A guy walked into a bar and....oh, you already heard it.
An old farmer raises a few chickens and pigs and has a cow or two but his rooster is getting old. So he decides he is going to buy a new one. When the new young stud of a rooster meets the old rooster he says "get out of here old man this here is my barnyard and these are my hens." Well the old rooster knows he can't win a fight with this young stud and so he offers a compromise. The old rooster says "Sonny, how bout a race around the house, if you win I leave without any fuss but if I win you have to let me stay here, only catch is that since i am so old you have to give me a head start." The young rooster knows that even with a head start the old rooster can't win so he agrees to the race. They go up to the house and the old rooster takes off, he rounds the corner and heads out in front of the front porch, the young rooster is quickly catching up and when he is only a few feet behind BANG the farmer shoots the young rooster and mutters to himself, "dang, that's the third gay rooster I've bought this month."
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