Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 09:49:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nora Violi
Subject: BLAGUES-L: Yodel Time


Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 08:07:59 -0400
From: Philippe Reid
From:	John Cardillo 
 
	Here were two brothers who were national yodeling champions.  One
day their car broke down out in the middle of nowhere and they had to put
up at a farmhouse.  As fate would have it there was a beautiful farmer's
daughter at the house. 
 
	The two brothers had a way of communicating over several miles by
yodeling to each other.  One articular yodel (ay-la-de-o-la-te-tu) 
signaled trouble, and meant for the other one to run.
 
	Anyway, the farmer warned the two brothers not to mess with his
daughter.  The next morning the farmer was up before dawn, and caught his
daughter in the bed with one of the brothers. He grabbed his gun and
shouted that he would start counting, and if the guy wasn't out of his
sight by the count of 5 he would shoot him.
 
	Well, the fellow high-tailed it out of there and was just jumping
over the fence when the farmer hit 3. He yodeled the tune to warn his
brother of impending doom, when the farmer suddenly shot him.
 
	The other brother came running out of his room and said, "What
happened?" 

	The farmer said, "I caught your brother sleeping with my daughter
and, although I gave him a fair chance, before he was out of sight he
yelled, "I laid the old lady, too," so I shot him.