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If I was a cowboy in a lynch mob, I think I'd try to stay near the back. That way, if somebody shamed us into disbanding, I could sort of slip off to the side and pretend I was window-shopping or something.  --Jack Handey

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If you're a blacksmith, probably the proudest day of your life is when you get your first anvil.  How innocent you are, little blacksmith.  --Jack Handey

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I'd like to be buried Indian-style, where they put you up on a high rack, above the ground. That way, you could get hit by meteorites and not even feel it.  --Jack Handey

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Even though I was their captive, the Indians allowed me quite a bit of freedom.  I could walk freely, make my own meals, and even hurl large rocks at their heads.  It was only later that I discovered that they were not Indians at all but only dirty-clothes hampers.  --Jack Handey

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I wish I lived back in the Old West days, because I'd save up my money for about twenty years so I could buy a solid-gold pick.  Then I'd go out west and start digging for gold.  When someone came up and asked what I was doing, I'd say, "Looking for gold, ya durn fool."  He'd say, "Your pick is gold."  And I'd say, "well, that was easy."  Good joke, huh?  --Jack Handey

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If you're a cowboy, and you're dragging a guy behind a horse, I bet it would really make you mad if you looked back and the guy was reading a magazine.  --Jack Handey

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If I lived back in the Wild West days, instead of carrying a six-gun in my holster, I'd carry a soldering iron. That way, if some smart-aleck cowboy said something like, "Hey, look. He's carrying a soldering iron!" and started laughing, and everybody else started laughing, I could just say, "That's right, it's a soldering iron. The soldering iron of justice." Then everybody would get real quiet and ashamed, because they had made fun of the soldering iron of justice, and I could probably hit them up for a free drink.  --Jack Handey

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The old-timers around here still shake their heads and chuckle about that city slicker who came through, trying to peddle "hair restorer."  He took everyone's money in a poker game, so when he tried to sell the bottles of hair restorer, nobody had any money left to buy it!   --Jack Handey

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