An old country farmer had a wife who nagged him unmercifully. From morning
till night. She was always complaining about something. The only time he got
any relief was when he was out plowing with his old mule. He tried to plow a
lot.
One day, when he was out plowing, his wife brought him lunch in the field.
He drove the old mule into the shade, sat down on a stump, and began to eat
his lunch. Immediately, his wife began nagging him again. Complain, nag,
complain, nag - it just went on and on. All of a sudden, the old mule lashed
out with both hind feet, caught her smack in the back of the head. Killed
her dead on the spot.
At the funeral several days later, the minister noticed something rather
odd. When a woman mourner would approach the old farmer, he would listen for
a minute, then nod his head in agreement; but when a man mourner approached
him, he would listen for a minute, then shake his head in disagreement. This
was so consistent, the minister decided to ask the old farmer about it. So
after the funeral, the minister spoke to the old farmer, and asked him why
he nodded his head and agreed with the women, but always shook his head and
disagreed with all the men.
The old farmer said, "Well, the women would come up and say something about
how nice my wife looked, or how pretty her dress was, so I'd nod my head in
agreement." "And what about the men?" the minister asked. "They wanted to
know if the mule was for sale."...... ..
