BIG HOLE

Two men are walking through the woods and come across this big
deep hole.

"Wow... that looks deep."

"Sure does. Toss a few pebbles in there and see how deep it is."

They pick up a few pebbles and throw then in and wait. There is
no noise.

"Jeez, that is REALLY deep. Here... throw in one of these great
big rocks down there. Those should make a noise."

They pick up a couple of football-sized rocks and toss them into
the hole and wait... and wait. Nothing.

They look at each other in amazement. One gets a determined look
on his face and says, "Hey... over here in the weeds, there's a
railroad tie. Help me carry it over here. When we toss THAT
sucker in it's GOTTA make some noise."

The two drag the heavy tie over to the hole and heave it in. Not
a sound comes from the hole.

Suddenly, out of the nearby woods, a goat appears, running like
the wind. It rushes towards the two men, then right past them,
running as fast as its legs will carry it. Suddenly it leaps
into the air and into the hole.

The two men are astonished by what they've just seen. Then, out
of the woods comes a farmer who spots the men and ambles over.

"Hey... you two guys seen my goat out here?"

"You bet we did! Craziest thing I ever seen! It came running like
crazy and just jumped into this hole!"

"Nah," says the farmer, "That couldn't have been MY goat. My goat
was chained to a railroad tie."

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