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* There's an old joke that is the ''essence'' of this trope. A farmer who's been away from home for a week drives back into town, and stops for some cigarettes before he reaches his house. The sheriff pulls up and tells him some bad news...
* There's an old joke that is the ''essence'' of this trope. A farmer who's been away from home for a week drives back into town, and stops for some cigarettes before he reaches his house. The sheriff pulls up and tells him some bad news...


{{quote| '''Sheriff:''' John, I have some bad news for you. Your dog is dead.<br />
{{quote|'''Sheriff:''' John, I have some bad news for you. Your dog is dead.
'''Farmer:''' Aw damn, old Sport? What happened to him?<br />
'''Farmer:''' Aw damn, old Sport? What happened to him?
'''Sheriff:''' He died from eatin' too much horse flesh.<br />
'''Sheriff:''' He died from eatin' too much horse flesh.
'''Farmer:''' Horse flesh?...wait a minute, you don't mean MY horses?!<br />
'''Farmer:''' Horse flesh?...wait a minute, you don't mean MY horses?!
'''Sheriff:''' Yup, they perished when your barn burnt down.<br />
'''Sheriff:''' Yup, they perished when your barn burnt down.
'''Farmer:''' My barn?!<br />
'''Farmer:''' My barn?!
'''Sheriff:''' Oh, it was the spark from the house fire that done it.<br />
'''Sheriff:''' Oh, it was the spark from the house fire that done it.
'''Farmer:''' My HOUSE burned?!<br />
'''Farmer:''' My HOUSE burned?!
'''Sheriff:''' To the ground, thanks to those damn candles at your mother-in-law's funeral.<br />
'''Sheriff:''' To the ground, thanks to those damn candles at your mother-in-law's funeral.
'''Farmer:''' Mother Sloan is ''dead?''<br />
'''Farmer:''' Mother Sloan is ''dead?''
'''Sheriff:''' And buried! 'Twas the shock of her only daughter runnin' off with that hired man what did her in.<br />
'''Sheriff:''' And buried! 'Twas the shock of her only daughter runnin' off with that hired man what did her in.
'''Farmer:''' WHAT?! My ''wife'' has left me? You're telling me that on top of all that I have to raise three children without their ''mother?!''<br />
'''Farmer:''' WHAT?! My ''wife'' has left me? You're telling me that on top of all that I have to raise three children without their ''mother?!''
'''Sheriff:''' What? Oh, no, no... {{spoiler|your kids all died in the barn fire!}}
'''Sheriff:''' What? Oh, no, no... {{spoiler|your kids all died in the barn fire!}}
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Latest revision as of 13:59, 13 June 2020


  • There's an old joke that is the essence of this trope. A farmer who's been away from home for a week drives back into town, and stops for some cigarettes before he reaches his house. The sheriff pulls up and tells him some bad news...

Sheriff: John, I have some bad news for you. Your dog is dead.
Farmer: Aw damn, old Sport? What happened to him?
Sheriff: He died from eatin' too much horse flesh.
Farmer: Horse flesh?...wait a minute, you don't mean MY horses?!
Sheriff: Yup, they perished when your barn burnt down.
Farmer: My barn?!
Sheriff: Oh, it was the spark from the house fire that done it.
Farmer: My HOUSE burned?!
Sheriff: To the ground, thanks to those damn candles at your mother-in-law's funeral.
Farmer: Mother Sloan is dead?
Sheriff: And buried! 'Twas the shock of her only daughter runnin' off with that hired man what did her in.
Farmer: WHAT?! My wife has left me? You're telling me that on top of all that I have to raise three children without their mother?!
Sheriff: What? Oh, no, no... your kids all died in the barn fire!
 

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