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If your horse trailer cost more than your house trailer, you might be a cowboy If you refer to your spurs as the family silver. If you can jump from a moving horse on to the horns of a runaway steer and never lose your hat you might be a cowboy. If your son is named after your prized bull. If your bathtub is a stock tank. If your horse brush is also your hairbrush you might be a cowboy. If sleeping on the ground makes you feel rested. If you refer to Saturday night as " bath night " If you smell more like a horse than your horse does, you might be a cowboy. If your idea of fun is being tied to a two-thousand pound, snot slinging, raging bull... you might be a cowboy. If you do all your Christmas shopping at the feed and tack store. If your favorite fragrance is "Leather" you might be a cowboy. And last but not least, you know you're a real cowboy if you give your word, shake on it, and stand behind it, no matter what.

 Don't squat with your spurs on.

Don't interfere with something that
 ain't botherin' you none.

Timing has a lot to do with the outcome
 of a rain dance.

The easiest way to eat crow is while it's still warm.
 The colder it gets, the harder it is to swaller.

If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing
 to do is stop diggin'.

If it don't seem like it's worth the effort,
 it probably ain't.

It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a
 flock of sheep.

The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever
 have to deal with watches you shave his face
 in the mirror every morning.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some
 influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.

Don't worry about bitin' off more'n you can chew;
your mouth is probably a whole lot bigger'n you think.

Always drink upstream from the herd.

Generally, you ain't learnin' nothing when
 your mouth's a-jawin'.

Tellin' a man to git lost and makin' him do
it are two entirely different propositions.

If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look
back every now and then to make sure it's still
there with ya.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta
that comes from bad judgment.

When you give a personal lesson in meanness to a
critter or to a person, don't be surprised if they
 learn their lesson.

When you're throwin' your weight around, be ready
 to have it thrown around by somebody else.

Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier
 than puttin' it back.

Always take a good look at what you're about to eat.
  It's not so important to know what it is, but it's
sure crucial to know what it was.

The quickest way to double your money is to fold
it over and put it back into your pocket.

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

***Cowboy Unknown*** 

 

> > Accept that some days you're the pigeon,
> > and some days you're the statue.
> >
> > Always read stuff that will make you look
> > good if you die in the middle of it.
> >
> > Drive carefully. It's not only cars that
> > can be recalled by their maker.
> >
> > Eat a live toad in the morning and nothing
> > worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.
> >
> > If you can't be kind, at least have the
> > decency to be vague.
> >
> > If you lend someone $20, and never see
> > that person again, it was probably worth it.
> >
> > Never buy a car you can't push.
> >
> > Nobody cares if you can't dance well.
> > Just get up and dance.
> >
> > When everything's coming your way,
> > you're in the wrong lane.
> >
> > You may be only one person in the world,
> > but you may also be the world to one person.
> >
> > Some mistakes are too much fun
> > to only make once
> >
> > Don't cry because it's over;
> > smile because it happened.
 > > We could learn a lot from crayons:
> > some are sharp, some are pretty, some
> > are dull, some have weird names, and
> > all are different colors but they all
> > have to learn to live in the same box.
> >
> > A truly happy person is one who can
> > enjoy the scenery on a detour.
> >
> > Happiness comes through doors you
> > didn't even know you left open.
> >
> > Have an awesome day, and know that someone
 has thought about you>   today....