dumber than........

the past few years there seems to be a trend among women at rodeos.  they are doing their best to see who can bring the most dogs, the ugliest dog, the bitenest dog, the barkenest dog.  never before in my life time can i remember so many dogs at rodeos!! if you walk down between the trailers your liable to get bit, barked at or just pee ed on!  every where you go you gotta be careful you dont step into a pile of dog  crap. of course horse crap and cow manuare is a different thing!!
    ive been settin in the grand stands during the slack, trying to eat my breakfast burrito when some ditzy blond comes by with "pookey" and the damn mutt is droolin or shedding or yappin. so much for the burrito!!
       we were at the sonoita arizona rodeo , it had been a wet weekend and the arena was deep and heavy. the gal who was goin with my son at the time had 3 dogs and insisted on bringing my sons catahoula along to boot!!it was a full time job watchin out for the dogs and not gettin tangled in the leashes!!you couldnt walk down through the grand stands with out steppin over, around or on a dog!!
   when the slack was over we decided to go over to the main grand stands and eat lunch there. they served a great steak dinner with home made dutch oven biscuits.  from where we were the closest way there was accross the arena.  my son and the girl friend were leading the way with 4 dogs dragging them along. the tractor had plowed the arena and the mud was clumped into big balls and making the going slow. the mrs. and i were following in the wake of the 4 straining mutts. the girl friend was being jerked and dragged along at will. comming to meet us from the other side was the father of the stock contracter whom i had known for ever. he had a tooth pick projecting out of the corner of his mouth which was proof positive that steak waitting for us was going to be good.
   as we neared each other we were trying to navagate our way through the mud clods. lawrence had gave way to the hounds and had a smile on his face as the girl friend dreww abreast of him. she smilled sweetly and spoke. lawrence in turn said said"do you know whats dumber than a dog at a rodeo?"  the girl friend smilled again and said no. lawrence then turned and started on and over his shoulder said"the woman that brought them!"