Texas Cowboy

[Ruffnek]

A Cowboy from Ft. Worth, Texas walked into a bank in New York City and asked for the loan officer. He told the loan officer that he was going to Paris for an international rodeo for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000 and that he was not a depositor of the
bank.

The bank officer told him that the bank would need some form of security for the loan, so the Cowboy handed over the keys to a new Ferrari. The car was parked on the street in front of the bank. The Cowboy produced the title and everything checked out. The loan officer agreed to hold the car as collateral for the loan and apologized for having to charge 12% interest.

Later, the bank's president and its officers all enjoyed a good laugh at the Cowboy from Texas for using a $250,000 Ferrari as collateral for a $5,000 loan. An employee of the bank then drove the Ferrari into the bank's private underground garage and parked it.

Two weeks later, the Cowboy returned, repaid the $5,000 and the $23.07 interest.

The loan officer said, "Sir, we are very happy to have had your business, and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a little puzzled. While you were away, we checked you out on Dunn & Bradstreet and found that you are a highly sophisticated investor and multimillionaire with real estate and financial interests all over the world. Your investments include a large number of oil wells in Texas and Oklahoma. What puzzles us is, why would you bother to borrow $5,000?"

The good 'ole Texas boy replied, "Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for only $23.07 and expect it to be there when I return?" Don't mess with Texas...

[Mark]

Oh, that's choice . . . . Touche'


Mark

[gomer]

Funny! I thought all us Texans were dumb as rocks. NOT. The drive -by media (as Rush calls them) would have the world believe it though. Note to world: You do not need to be educated in the NE to be smart. If that were true, they'd all be smart enough to get out of there.

[sdb777]

Apr 23, 2010 21:05:54 GMT -6 gomer said:

Funny! I thought all us Texans were dumb as rocks. NOT. The drive -by media (as Rush calls them) would have the world believe it though. Note to world: You do not need to be educated in the NE to be smart. If that were true, they'd all be smart enough to get out of there.

I was born and raised in Maine...see some of us are smart enough to not want to shovel snow anymore.


Thought the original version of this 'funny' was stating that the guy was from Mississippi? Funny, none the less!





Scott (just watch that snow melt in the morning is better) B

[maxwellsmart007]

I've also heard this as a blonde joke....

[gomer]

Scott, Maine huh?, That is one of the most beautiful places on earth, IMO. Arkansas ain't bad either. Two gorgeous states. You may need to spend some time in Kansas as payment for your blessings.

[sawduster]

Apr 24, 2010 10:17:04 GMT -6 gomer said:

Scott, Maine huh?, That is one of the most beautiful places on earth, IMO. Arkansas ain't bad either. Two gorgeous states. You may need to spend some time in Kansas as payment for your blessings.

Or Midland, TX. ;D

[Ruffnek]

Monahans

[gomer]

Or Midland, TX. ;D



Armpit of the state. At least that's what they say. It sure ain't beautiful that's for sure.

[Doug B]

Y'all have never been to El Paso, have ya?!? Armpit of TX is between El Paso and Fort Stockton. And it don't get much better after that! ;D

[rrich]

Come on guys! Y'all ain't being very nice.

I broke down (Rear wheel bearing) late one evening near Odessa. The service station called the guy that ran the parts counter for the Ford dealer at his home. The parts guy brought the Ford wheel bearing out to me. I replaced the wheel bearing, only to discover that the heat had melted the brake pistons. I drove on to Midland (no brakes except parking brake) and parked in the service driveway of the Ford dealer with a note on the windshield as to what the problem was.

The next morning, the service manager knocked on the window and woke us up with a couple of cups of coffee and danish. The mechanic was already working on the rear brake. (Re-hone the cylinders and replace pistons.) I pumped the brake while the mechanic bled the brakes. The cost of the repair was insignificant. At the worst, double the cost of the parts. (Maybe not even that.)

The amazing part was that a few months later, the other wheel bearing went out. When I purchased a new part at Volusia Auto Parts, it was a Ford part and about a dollar more than I was charged for the delivered part in Odessa.

There are some fine people in that area of Texas.

[gomer]

You are correct Rich. Some of the best people on earth are in West Texas (including panhandle). But the climate and scenery aren't much to speak of.

[sawduster]

Oh yeah, you'll find some of the nicest folks in the world in Texas, and Midland/Odessa/Monahans have their share even though they live in the armpit of the world. ;D

BTW, I've got a sister who lives in Odessa.

[gomer]

BTW, I've got a sister who lives in Odessa. [/quote]

Go Mojo! Not what they once were, but still an outstanding football program.

[Ruffnek]

I spent four weeks in Odessa back in the late '70's attending an oil industry training course. That was when Permian ruled high school football.

I realized I wouldn't like living anywhere I could see company coming three days before they arrived and with nothing between me and the North Pole except a barbed wire fence.

I gotta have some Pine and hardwood forests to break up the view and block the wind.

[rrich]

Big Bend

I've heard people say the most awful things about that area. I drove across I-10 and thought that the area was pretty and enjoyable from a scenery stand point. (That was West to East.)

Driving East to West, I felt that I needed some sort of diversion. I found a car driving in front of me, about 100 yards or so. They were using their cruise control. I set my truck's cruise control to exactly the same speed as theirs. And then by taking advantage of the highway, I passed them in about 10 minutes. On to the next vehicle using cruise control.

[Stretch]

I went on a dinosaur dig in Terlingua, TX once. That was a God forsaken place. I felt like I was on the moon, only it was HOT.

[Ruffnek]

Viva Terlingua!

Right at the height of the Austin outlaw movement.

[sachbvn]

Nice!!


Zac