At a cattleman's convention in Denver, a Houston rancher was boasting for hours about how big and rich the Lone Star State is.

Finally a Denver rancher said, "Lookie here, Texas-man, we've got more water than we need in our pristine mountain lakes. Why don't we just run a pipe from them down to your barren areas.

If you Texans can suck as well as you can blow, your troubles are over!"