clayman Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Back in cowboy times, a westbound wagon train was lost and low on food. No other humans had been seen for days, and then the pioneers saw an old Norwegian sitting beneath a tree. "Is there some place ahead where we can get food?" "Vell, I tink so," the old man said, "but I wouldn't go up dat hill und down de udder side. Somevun tole me you'd run into a big bacon tree." "A bacon tree?" asked the wagon train leader. "Yah, n bacon tree. Vould I lie? Trust me. I vouldn't go dere." The leader goes back and tells his people what the Norwegian said. "So why did he say not to go there?," a person asked. Other pioneers said, "Oh, you know those Norwegian < BR>people - they lie jus t for a joke." So the wagon train goes up the hill and down the other side. Suddenly, Indians attack them from everywhere and massacre all except the leader who manages to escape and get back to the old Norwegian. Near dead, the man shouts, "You fool! You sent us to our deaths! We followed your route, but there was no bacon tree, just hundreds of Indians who killed everyone but me." The old Norwegian man holds up his hand and says, "Vait a minute."He quickly picks up an English-Norwegian dictionary and begins thumbing through it. "Oof-da, I made such ah big mishtake! It vuzn't a bacon tree, it vuz a ham bush." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reloader Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: groaner Love it! but ya its a groaner... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: groaner Funny. Any Ohioans know how the Maumee River got its name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popgun Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: groaner Any Ohioans know how the Maumee River got its name? Is it because the Miami Indians couldn't spell? ....popgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tominator Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 Re: groaner [ QUOTE ] Any Ohioans know how the Maumee River got its name? Is it because the Miami Indians couldn't spell? ....popgun [/ QUOTE ] Close. Squanto was an Indian in the Miami tribe, and one day he was trying to cross the rain swollen river. Of course there were no bridges back then, so he walked up stream until he found a huge tree that had fallen that spanned to the other side. Well, Squanto very carefully walked out, but about half way across he tripped and fell and as he fell he was heard to say: MAUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! And from that day forward, it's been known as the Maumee River. True. Nut can back me up on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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