Here's a lesson in observation
First-year students at Texas A&M Vet School were receiving their first
anatomy class with a dead cow. They all gathered around the surgery
table with the body covered with a white sheet. The professor started
the class by telling them, 'In Vet Medicine it is necessary to have
two important qualities as a doctor: The first is that you not be
disgusted by anything involving the animal body. To demonstrate, the
Professor pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger in the butt of the
dead cow, withdrew it, and stuck it in his mouth. 'Now it's your
turn,' he told his students. The students freaked out, hesitated for
several minutes, but eventually took turns sticking a finger in the
anal opening of the dead cow and sucking on it. When everyone
finished, the Professor looked at them and told them, 'The second most
important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle finger and
sucked on my index finger. Now learn to pay attention. Life's tough.
It's even tougher if you're stupid.'
Three strangers strike up a conversation in the airport passenger lounge in Calgary Alberta, while awaiting their respective flights.
One is a North American Indian passing through from Lame Deer.
Another is a Cowboy on his way to Lethbridge for a livestock show.
The third passenger is a fundamentalist Arab student, newly arrived at the University of Calgary from the Middle East. Their discussion drifts to their diverse cultures. Soon, the two Westerners learn that the Arab is a devout, radical Muslim and the conversation falls into an uneasy lull.
The Cowboy leans back in his chair, crosses his boots on a magazine table and tips his big sweat-stained hat forward over his face. The wind outside is blowing tumbleweeds around, and the old windsock is flapping; but still no plane comes.
Finally, the Indian clears his throat and softly he speaks, "At one time here, my people were many, but sadly, now we are few."
The Muslim student raises an eyebrow and leans forward, "Once my people were few," he sneers, "and now we are many. Why do you suppose that is?"
The Alberta Cowboy shifts his toothpick to one side of his mouth and from the darkness beneath his Stetson says in a smooth drawl, "That's 'cause we ain't played Cowboys and Muslims yet, but I do believe it's a-comin'."







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