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Funny!
Elsewhere on Brokeback Mountain, a successful rancher died and left everything
to his devoted wife. She was a very good-looking woman and determined to keep
the ranch, but knew very little about ranching, so she decided to place an ad in
the newspaper for a ranch hand. Two cowboys applied for the job. One was gay and
the other a drunk.

She thought long and hard about it, and when no one else applied she decided to
hire the gay guy, figuring it would be safer to have him around the house than
the drunk. He proved to be a hard worker who put in long hours every day and
knew a lot about ranching. For weeks, the two of them worked, and the ranch was
doing very well.

Then one day, the rancher's widow said to the hired hand, "! You have Done a
really good job, and the ranch looks great. You should go into town And kick up
your heels."

The hired hand readily agreed and went into town one Saturday night. One o'clock
came, however, and he didn't return. Two o'clock and no hired hand. He returned
around two-thirty, and upon entering the room, he found the rancher's widow
sitting by the fireplace with a glass of wine, waiting for him. She quietly
called him over to her.

"Unbutton my blouse and take it off," she said.

Trembling, he did as she directed.

"Now take off my boots."

He did as she asked, ever so slowly.

"Now take off my socks."

He removed each gently and placed them neatly by her boots.

"Now take off my skirt."

He slowly unbuttoned it, constantly watching her eyes in the fire light.

"Now take off my bra."

Again, with trembling hands, he did as he was told and dropped it to the floor.

"Now," she said, "take off my panties."

By the light of the fire, he slowly pulled them down and off.

Then she looked at him and said, "If you ever wear my clothes into town again,
you're fired."