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2)
To prevent the abuse of facilities, i.e., corrals, calf chutes, barb wire,
aluminum gates, telephone poles, old car bodies, split rails, or electric
fence. When properly placed, the cowboy can be sandwiched between these
inanimate objects and the cow, to soften the blow and lessen the damage.
3)
To serve as one of the few sources of amusement in the life of a cow.
4)
To serve as an example of a job description that is routinely excluded
from such actuary lists as ‘most dangerous,’ ‘lowest paid,’ ‘longest
hours,’ and ‘life expectancy’ because they can’t afford insurance
anyway. I mean, who would insure a bootjack, a plastic whip, or a rubber
hubcap hammer.
5)
To stand as a reminder of what you can become if you don’t do well in
math, English or study hall.
6)
There will always be a need for laboratory rats in experiments examining
the chaos theory, Murphy’s Law and, what is loosely called ‘Job’s
affliction.’
7)
To act as a buckle bunny magnet.
8)
To serve as inspiration for all the Charlie Russell, Roy Rogers, and Louis
L’Amour wannabes.
9)
To prove that no matter how good you are at somethin’, you can always
get bucked off!
10)
To show that being a male chauvinist pig doesn’t pay well.
11)
To shine as an icon of truth, justice and the cowboy way.
12)
To lend credence to the belief that underneath that stoic romantic image
painted on the silver screen is a simple human being with feet of cow
manure.
13)
And finally, the world needs cowboys for the same reason we need knights,
punt returners, banjo players and Marines. You have to have someone you
can send in first. |
