Interpretation
Tourist: “Say, look at that big bunch of buffaloes.”
Ranch Hand: “Not ‘bunch’ — ‘herd.'”
Tourist: “Heard what?”
Ranch Hand: “Herd of buffaloes.”
Tourist: “Sure, I’ve heard of buffaloes. There’s a big bunch of ’em right over there.”
Overhearing
Some buffalo were grazing on the range when a tourist said, “Those are the mangiest, scroungiest beasts I have ever seen.”
One buffalo turned to the other and said, “You know…I think I just heard a discouraging word.”
Pastor’s blessing
Jack, a tourist from London goes to a Scottish horse race event and witnesses a pastor blessing one of the horses. To Jack’s astonishment, the horse wins. Not just that, the next 3 horses whom the pastor blesses also win. Then he finds the priest blessing a fifth horse and puts a good deal of money on it.
Unfortunately, the horse suffers from a stroke during the race and dies. Jack meets the pastor later and tells him what a disaster his bet had turned out to be. He also questions why the pastor’s blessings had not worked on the fifth horse.
The pastor questions him, ‘Are you a Protestant?’.
‘Yes, I am,’ replies Jack.
‘Well then,’ says the pastor. ‘You’ll not be knowing the difference between a blessing and the last rites.’
