[CS-FSLUG] The Talking Horse (Shades of Mr. Ed)

[Fred Miller]

The Talking Horse (Shades of Mr. Ed)

A man was driving through Wyoming one spring evening.  The road was
deserted and he had not seen a soul for what seemed like hours. 
Suddenly his car started to cough and splutter and the engine slowly
died away, leaving him sitting by the road in total silence.  He popped
the hood and looked to see if there were anything that he could do to
get it going again.

Unfortunately, he had a limited knowledge of cars, so all he could do
was look at the engine and feel despondent.  As he peered by the
gradually fading light of his flashlight, he was mad that he had not put
in new batteries, like he had promised.

Suddenly, through the inky shadows, came a deep voice, "It's your fuel
pump."  The man jumped up quickly striking his head on the underside
of the hood.
        
"Who said that?" he demanded.

There were two horses standing in the field alongside and the man was
amazed when the nearest of the two horses repeated, "It's your fuel
pump, tap it with your flashlight, and try it again."

Confused, the man tapped the fuel pump with his flashlight, turned the
key and sure enough, the engine roared into life.  He muttered a short
thanks to the horse and screeched away.  When he reached the next town,
he ran into the coffee shop.  "Large coffee, please!" he said.

A rancher sitting at the counter looked at the man's ashen face and
asked, "What's wrong?  You look like you've seen a ghost!"

"It's unbelievable," the man said and recalled the whole tale to the
rancher.

The rancher took a sip of iced tea and looked thoughtful.  "A horse,
you say?  Was it by any chance a white horse?"

The man replied to the affirmative.  "Yes it was!  Am I crazy?"

"Nope, you ain't crazy - you're lucky," said the rancher.  "The black
horse don't know squat about cars!"

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