Not in Texas Anymore...
A young man who left his home in Texas at an early age, finally purchased
his own ranch in Oklahoma. He invited his father out for a visit,
and took him on a tour of the property.
Driving along in the son's pickup truck, a jack rabbit hopped onto
the road in front of them.
The son stopped the truck to let the rabbit pass, and the father
queried: "What in tarnation is that!?"
The son incredulously replied, "That's a jackrabbit, Dad, what
did you think it was?" The father shrugged and said, "We
grow 'em a lot bigger'n back home in Texas."
So they went on and a little farther on they came to a few buffalo
roaming the range. The son stopped the truck and the father again
said in a puzzled tone "What are those?"
The son hesitantly said "Those are buffalo, Dad; you gotta be
kiddin me, you really don't recognize them?" The father replied
"Well, I guess they're kinda familiar-it's just that we grow
'em so much bigger back in Texas."
The son, a bit disgruntled, drove on in silence. At length they approached
a low part in the road with marshy wetlands on either side. A large
snapping turtle lumbered onto the road. The father peered intently
at the creature and said "Now what one earth is that thing!?"
Without missing a beat, the son replied, "wood tick"...
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