Two men, an American and an Australian, met in a bar and began a conversation.
"I have a cattle station at the top end of Australia," said the Aussie. "It's 5000 square miles, got 10,000 head of cattle. It's called the Lazy J.
"Well," replied the American. I've a cattle ranch in the southern states. It's big – 30,000 square miles."
"What's it called?" asked the Australian.
"ABC Mississippi Missouri XYZ"
"And how many cattle do have?"
"None," was the answer. "They didn't survive the branding."
Jim Shackleton, Australia A man walks into a hairdresser's shop and after working on his hair for a while the barber asks him "Do you want it cut round the back, sir?"
The customer replies "Why, is there no room in the shop to do it now?
Matt Lewis, PenicuikIf you have a joke you would like to share with us e-mail: letters_en@edinburgh news.comThe full article contains 160 words and appears in Edinburgh Evening News newspaper.
