The Texas Cowboy

[Karl/Pa.]

An apparently drunken cowboy lay sprawled across three entire seats in the posh Amarillo movie theater. An usher came by and noticed this, he whispered to the cowboy, "Sorry, sir, but your ticket entitles you to only one seat."

Once again, the cowboy just groaned. The usher marched briskly back up the aisle, and in a moment he returned with the manager. Together the two of them tried repeatedly to move the cowboy, but with no success.



Finally they summoned the police. The Texas Ranger surveyed the situation briefly then asked, "All right buddy what's your name?" "Fred," the cowboy moaned. "Where ya from, Fred?" asked the Ranger. With terrible pain in his voice, and without moving a muscle, Fred replied, "The balcony!!"