STAYING ALIVE

A COWBOY TOLD HIS GRANDSON

THE SECRET TO A LONG LIFE.

HE SAID, "YOU GOTTA SPRINKLE A LITTLE GUNPOWDER ON

YOUR OATMEAL, SEE. IF YOU DO,

YOU'LL LIVE TO A NICE RIPE OLD AGE."

SO THE COWBOY DID THIS RELIGIOUSLY EVERY DAY,

AND SURE ENOUGH, LIVED TO THE NICE RIPE OLD AGE OF 96.

WHEN HE DIED HE LEFT BEHIND 4 CHILDREN,

8 GRANDCHILDREN, 15 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN

...AND A 16 FOOT HOLE IN THE WALL OF THE CREMATORIUM.