Farmer Joe decided his injuries from a recent accident were serious enough to take the trucking company responsible for the accident to court.

    In court, the trucking company’s fancy lawyer was questioning farmer Joe.

    “Didn’t you say, at the scene of the accident, that you were fine?”

    “Well,” said the farmer, “I had just loaded Bessie, my favorite mule, into the trailer and was driving her down the highway when this huge semi-truck and trailer ran the stop sign and smacked my truck right in the side.

    “I was thrown into one ditch and Bessie was thrown into the other. I was hurting badly and didn’t want to move. I could hear Bessie moaning and groaning. I knew she was in terrible shape just by her groans.

    “Then a patrolman came on the scene. He went over to Bessie. After he looked at her he took out his gun and shot her between the eyes. Then the patrolman came across the road with his gun in his hand and looked at me. He said, ‘Your mule was in such bad shape I had to shoot her. How are you feeling?’”(SD-Agencies)