NUGGETS OF COWBOY WISDOM...

  1. DON'T SQUAT WITH YER SPURS ON.

  2. ALWAYS DRINK UPSTREAM FROM THE HERD.

  3. AFTER EATING AN ENTIRE BULL, A MOUNTAIN LION FELT SO GOOD HE STARTED ROARING. HE KEPT IT UP UNTIL A HUNTER CAME ALONG AND SHOT HIM. THE MORAL: WHEN YOU'RE FULL OF BULL, KEEP YER MOUTH SHUT!

  4. IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A HOLE, THE FIRST THING TO DO IS STOP DIGGIN'.

  5. IF YOU GET TO THINKIN' YOU'RE A PERSON OF SOME INFLUENCE, TRY ORDERIN' SOMEBODY ELSE'S DOG AROUND.

  6. DON'T WORRY ABOUT BITIN' OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW. YOUR MOUTH IS PROBABLY A WHOLE LOT BIGGER'N YOU THINK.

  7. GOOD JUDGMENT COMES FROM EXPERIENCE AND A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM BAD JUDGMENT.

  8. ALWAYS TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO EAT. IT'S NOT SO IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT IT'S CRITICAL TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS.

  9. NEVER SMACK A MAN WHO'S CHEWIN' TABACCO.

  10. IF YOU'RE RIDIN' AHEAD OF THE HERD, TAKE A LOOK BACK EVERY NOW AND THEN TO MAKE SURE IT'S STILL THERE.

  11. WHEN YOU GIVE A LESSON IN MEANNESS TO A CRITTER OR A PERSON, DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY LEARN THE LESSON.

  12. WHEN YOU'RE THROWIN' YOUR WEIGHT AROUND, BE READY TO HAVE IT THROWN AROUND BY SOMEBODY ELSE.

  13. LETTIN' THE CAT OUTTA THE BAG IS A WHOLE LOT EASIER 'N PUTTIN' IT BACK.

  14. NEVER MISS A GOOD CHANCE TO SHUT UP.