This morning as I scampered the 100 feet to my car with my scarf around my neck that was doing nothing to keep the icy wind from blowing down every crevice, it occurred to me that I am not yet a real “cowhand.” When the wind is so cold that my nose skips the dripping step and moves right on with forming snotcicles, I want to be in the house.
However, my husband comes from full-blooded cowboy stock. He thinks nothing of taking off his gloves to fix the water tank with his bare hands in January. This made me ponder the various ways to define just what is a cowboy? And here is what I came up with:
- The best anniversary present you wife ever gave you was helping you feed cattle that day.
- You know the primary use of a blow dryer is really to thaw frozen water tank pipes in the winter.
- It’s your birthday and you go feed anyway.
- School is cancelled due to snow and wind but you go feed anyway.
- You have won snotcicle contests in your youth.
- The roads are closed due to snow and ice but you go feed anyway.
- You have pneumonia but you go feed anyway.
- It’s Christmas but you go feed anyway.
- You have pneumonia but you won’t go to the doctor.
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As the saying goes, “Everyone wants to be a cowboy right up until they need to start doing cowboy things!”
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