ROFWL, that is just too much :-)

On Wed, 05 Mar 2003 10:57:14 -0600, YM1 <YM1@jnts-online.net> wrote:

YM1

COWBOYS AND MUSLIMS

A small airport in Texas, three strangers are awaiting
their shuttle flight. One is a native American
passing through from Oklahoma. Another, a local
ranch hand on his way to Ft. Worth for a stock show.
The third passenger is an Arab student, newly arrived
at the Texas oil patch from the middle east. To pass
the time they strike up a conversation on recent
events and the discussion drifts to their diverse
cultures. Soon the westerners learn that the Arab is
a devote Muslim. The conversation falls into an uneasy
lull. The cowpoke leans back in his chair, crosses
his boots on a magazine table, tips his big sweat
stained hat forward over his face. The wind outside
blows tumbleweeds and the old windsock flaps,
but no plane comes. Finally, the Native American
clears his throat and softly, he speaks: "Once my
people were many, now we are few." The Muslim raises
an eyebrow and leans forward, "Once my people were
few," he sneers, "and now we are many. Why do you
suppose this is?" The Texan shifts the toothpick to
one side of his mouth and from the darkness beneath
his Stetson says, "That's cause we ain't played
Cowboys and Muslims yet."