The cowboy ordered a steak at a restaurant and it was served rare, very rare. He looked at it and ask that it be returned to the kitchen and cooked.

The chef came out to inform him that the steak was cooked.

"Cooked? You call this cooked? I've seen cows hurt worse than this and they get well."

A newcomer to the neighborhood consulted one of the established residents in regard to a doctor.

"My little daughter," she explained, "has swallowed a gold piece and has got to be operated on. I wonder if Dr. Robertson is to be trusted?

"Without a doubt," her neighbor assured her, "he's absolutely honest."