Clive_Rigden
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Harking back to Yanita's "Al-Gebra" joke af the 19th., thought this one might amuse . . . /forums/images/icons/smile.gif
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Three Red Indian braves had all got married at the same time, and kept their wigwams close together. Their wives all fell pregnant immediately after the joint ceremony (it being winter, and very cold and dark). So, unsurprisingly, they all were preparing to give birth at about the same time - as it happens, on exactly the same day. Each of their Indian brave husbands presented them - as was tradition - with a brand new animal skin, on which to give birth.
Running Stallion presented his bride with the skin of a cougar and she, Little Flower, was very proud. Run-Like-The-Wind had tracked and killed the largest bison that anybody in the tribe had ever seen, so it was natural that he should present this skin to his bride - Laughing Voice. The third brave - Deep Thought - was acknowledged as the cleverest in the tribe, and fiercely ambitious (everyone knew he would be chief one day). So he had traded for his skin with one of the French backwoodsman who visited occasionally. Nobody knew what the skin was. The Frenchman said that it had come from a far-off land, where there were horses that lived in the rivers and only came out on to land at night. Nobody believed this, but the pelt was a strong thick one, and Deep Thought was very proud to give it to his wife - Strong Thighs.
Then the day came when all the children were born, and it was a triumphant day - for all were sons. Little Flower presented Running Stallion with a strong son at four in the morning. Two hours later Laughing Voice matched this, by also giving birth to the son of Run-Like-The-Wind. And then there was a long wait. Strong Thighs struggled and struggled, but it was not until nearly sunset that - at last - she brought into the world two strong, healthy, boys for Deep thought.
Which just goes to prove ........................................
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That the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides !
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/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif - well, I did anyhow !
<hr width=100% size=1>Khyber
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Three Red Indian braves had all got married at the same time, and kept their wigwams close together. Their wives all fell pregnant immediately after the joint ceremony (it being winter, and very cold and dark). So, unsurprisingly, they all were preparing to give birth at about the same time - as it happens, on exactly the same day. Each of their Indian brave husbands presented them - as was tradition - with a brand new animal skin, on which to give birth.
Running Stallion presented his bride with the skin of a cougar and she, Little Flower, was very proud. Run-Like-The-Wind had tracked and killed the largest bison that anybody in the tribe had ever seen, so it was natural that he should present this skin to his bride - Laughing Voice. The third brave - Deep Thought - was acknowledged as the cleverest in the tribe, and fiercely ambitious (everyone knew he would be chief one day). So he had traded for his skin with one of the French backwoodsman who visited occasionally. Nobody knew what the skin was. The Frenchman said that it had come from a far-off land, where there were horses that lived in the rivers and only came out on to land at night. Nobody believed this, but the pelt was a strong thick one, and Deep Thought was very proud to give it to his wife - Strong Thighs.
Then the day came when all the children were born, and it was a triumphant day - for all were sons. Little Flower presented Running Stallion with a strong son at four in the morning. Two hours later Laughing Voice matched this, by also giving birth to the son of Run-Like-The-Wind. And then there was a long wait. Strong Thighs struggled and struggled, but it was not until nearly sunset that - at last - she brought into the world two strong, healthy, boys for Deep thought.
Which just goes to prove ........................................
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That the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides !
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/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif - well, I did anyhow !
<hr width=100% size=1>Khyber