A Texas rancher bought 10 ranches and put them together to form one giant spread. His friend asked him the name of his new mega-ranch. He replied, “It’s called The Circle Q, Rambling Brook, Double Bar, Broken Circle, Crooked Creek, Golden Horseshoe, Lazy B, Bent Arrow, Sleepy T, Triple O Ranch.”
“Wow,” said his friend, “I bet you have a lot of cattle.”
“Not really,” explained the rancher. “Not many survive the branding.”
-by Joseph L. Rosas as found in Preaching magazine September/October 1998
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