I think this was posted here or something, its kinda old.
But anyway here it is.
A young journalism graduate from Arkansas had gone to work for the
New York Times. His first assignment was to write a brief human
interest story. An idea came to him and he returned to one of the
most remote areas he knew of in his home state of Arkansas. Deep in
the woods, he came upon a farmers house and decided this would be a
good place to start. He introduced himself to the back country
farmer and explained why he was there. The farmer (named Farmer
Mahon) agreed to answer his questions. The reporter asked the
farmer what event in his life had made him the happiest? Farmer
Mahon replied, One time a neighbor lost one of his sheep. We all
formed a posse and found it. After we all screwed it we took it
back to the farmer that lost it. I cant print that, said the
reporter, Is there another event that made you really happy?
Farmer Mahon thought for a minute and said, Yep. One time the
daughter of another local farmer got lost. She was a good-lookin
young girl. We all formed a posse and found her. After all of us
screwed her, we took her back to her daddy. Again the reporter
knew he couldnt print the story and decided to take a different
tack. He asked Farmer Mahon, Is there any event in your life that
has made you really sad? Farmer Mahon hung his head and
replied,
Well, I got lost once.
