Pigs

A farmer had five female pigs. Times were hard, so

he decided to take them to the county fair and

sell them. At the fair, he met another farmer who

had five male pigs he was going to sell.

After talking a bit, they decided instead of selling

them they would mate the pigs and split everything 50/50.

The farmers lived sixty miles apart. So they agreed to

drive thirty miles each, and find a field in which to

let the pigs mate.

The first morning, the farmer with the female pigs

got up at 5 a.m., loaded the pigs into the family

station wagon, which was the only vehicle he had,

and drove the thirty miles.

While the pigs were mating, he asked the other

farmer, "How will I know if they are pregnant?"

The other farmer replied, "If they're in the grass

in the morning, they're pregnant, if they're in

the mud, they're not."

The next morning the pigs were rolling in the mud.

So he hosed them off, loaded them into the

family station wagon again and proceeded to try

again. This continued each morning for more than

a week.

One morning the farmer was so tired he couldn't

get out of bed. He called to his wife, "Honey,

please look outside and tell me whether the pigs

are in the mud or in the grass."

"Neither," yelled his wife, "they're in the

station wagon and one of them is honking the

horn."