LIFE IN THESE UNITED STATES II

Reader's Digest 

Quoted by Garrison Keeler on

"A Praire Home Companion"

Minnesota Public Radio

   Buck, a rancher in Montana, hated to wear a seat belt, but one day he spotted a state policeman behind him and decided to quickly put one one. "Here, take the wheel," he told his wife. She did, but it was too late, and the trooper pulled them over. 

   "I noticed you weren't wearing your seat belt," the officer said.

   "Yes, I was," the rancher said, "but don't take my word for it. Ask my wife."

   "So how about it, ma'am?" the state policeman asked. "Was he wearing it?"

   "Officer, I've been married to Buck for 20 years," she replied. "And one thing I've learned in all that time is: never argue with him when he's drunk."