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A young southern boy goes off to college, but by about a third of 
the way through the semester he had foolishly squandered away all the
money his parents gave him to last the year.

He gets this great idea. He calls his father.

"Pa," he says, "you won't believe the wonders that modern education are
coming up with! Why, they actually have a program here at college that 
will teach our dog, Ol' Blue how to talk!"

"That's absolutely amazing," his father says. 
"How do I get him on to that program?"

"Just send him down here with $1,000," the boy says. "I'll get him
in to the course." 

So, his father sends the dog and the $1,000.

About two thirds of the way through the year, the money again runs out.
The boy calls his father again.

"So how's Ol' Blue doing, son?" his father asks.

"Awesome, Pa, he's talking up a storm," he says, "but you just will 
not believe this - they've had such good results with this program that
they've implemented a new one to teach the animals how to READ!"

"READ?" replies his father. "No kidding! What do I have to do to get
him in that program?"

"Just send $2,500, I'll get him in the class." 

His father sends the money.

The boy now has a problem. At the end of the year, his father will find
out that the dog can neither talk nor read. 

So he shoots the dog.

When he gets home at the end of the semester, his father is all excited.

"Where's Ol' Blue? I can't wait to see him talk and read somethin'!"

"Pa," the boy says, "I have some grim news. Yesterday morning, just 
before we left to drive home, Ol' Blue was in the living room kicking
back in the recliner, reading the morning paper, like he usually does."

"Then he turned to me and asked, 'So, is your daddy still messin'
around with that little redhead who down lives on Oak Street?'"

The father says, "I hope you SHOT that sumbitch before he talks to your 
Mother?!"

"I sure did, Pa!"

"That's my boy!"


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[Contributed by Peter Woods]

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.