Cowboy

Cowboys wear cool cowboy hats, drive cattle or horses from one coast to another and smoke Marlboro. – That's what we see in Europe.

The most interesting western movies are from italy I think. The cowboys there are dirty and have rusty guns instead of shiny ones.

Ventriloquist cowboy walks into town and sees indian sitting near his (Indian's) house.
Cowboy: Hey! Cool dog. Mind if I speak to him?
Indian: Dog no talk.
Cowboy: Hey, dog, how's it goin?
Dog: doin' alright.
Indian:
Cowboy: Is this your owner?
Dog: yep.
Cowboy: How's he treat you?
Dog: Real good. He walks me twice a day, feeds me great food, and takes me to the lake once a week to play.
Indian:
Cowboy: Mind if I talk to your horse?
Indian: Horse no talk.
Cowboy: Hey horse, how's it goin?
Horse: Cool.
Indian:
Cowboy: Is this your owner?
Horse: Yep.
Cowboy: How's he treat you?
Horse: Pretty good, thanks for asking. He rides me regularly, brushes me down often, and keeps me in the barn to
protect me from the elements.
Indian:
Cowboy: Mind if I talk to your sheep?
Indian: Sheep lie!!

Ian was born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1933. His father George Tyson had come to Canada in 1906 and went to work as a ranch hand in the Bowden-Innisfail area north of Calgary . Ian grew up reading Will James(external link) books about the wild west. The only thing Ian wanted to be when he grew up was a cowboy, a career that his father tried to discourage him from. When he was a teenager, he began riding broncs in local rodeos, that lead to a 20 year amateur rodeo career as a bronc rider and calf roper. Then in 1956 at a rodeo in Alberta, Ian had a accident that blew his ankle out, permanently damaging it. In a Calgary hospital, recovering from surgery that rebuilt and pinned his ankle, he learned how to play the guitar.

They are Real Cowboys at the Rafter S Timed Event Championship Roping and Cowboy Reunion in Cyril, Oklahoma. Real Cowboys who know how to work and how to have fun. They come together each 1st weekend in October for a full day of team roping and Cowboy Poetry and Chuck Wagon food. Each year they converge on the Rafter S Ranch to try their hand at winning the hand-made trophy buckles. Then they listen to the Cowboy Poetry and music of such western entertainment greats as Doc Stovall, David Moore, Debra Coppinger Hill, Chuck Milner, Randy Fischer, Jay Snider, Straw Berry, Hank Elling and Kevin Davis. It's a great day with REAL COWBOYS...

Is he real, the Cowboy?
Yes.
Is he contemporary?
Yes.
Can I find him even now?
Yes.
Where?
The West, my friend. He lives on in those principals that we all hold dear. Truth and duty and in the concept of Right over wrong. Look for him in the small towns and the rural areas that comprise what is truly America. In the heart of the people who long for the civil gentility of long ago. He lives simply because we refuse to let him die. He lives because he is our ideal. The Cowboy will always be as long as America stands. For everything is West from the Atlantic shore...and the West is the heart and soul of America. Yes, my friend, you can find the Cowboy...look no further than your own dreams. Look to Freedom...Look to the West...Look to the Cowboy.

on Nov 18th 2002, 14:28:56, Erin wrote the following about
cowboy

»Cowboys all over the world hold the same virtue's and honesty.«


Except, of course, for the Dallas Cowboys.