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I walked into the riding stable where I was learning "horse" in time to see the vet finishing up his yearly health check visit. The stable manager said, "We need a manure sample from ole Texas Red." Tex was my favorite rental horse, my special buddy.
"Is he sick?" I asked, alarmed.
"We aint rightly sure" the manager replied. "But if you get one o' them styrofoam chili bowls and a fork and get the doc his sample..."

After digging around in a fresh pile of manure which Texas Red dropped as if on cue, I presented a steaming bowl full to the vet who thanked me and said, "Now about that urine sample..."

I looked at the stable manager and said, "Tex never pees in the barn."
"Well ya better saddle up then...and take a plastic cup with you." He replied.

After saddling Tex, with cup in hand I was ready to head out on my mission. I felt a hand on my shoulder. The stable manager laughingly said, "There aint nuthin wrong with ole Tex...we was just funnin ya. Sure was funny, you digging in that manure."

I unsaddled Texas Red, and headed to the barn fridge with my plastic cup and said to the stable manager, "I don't know what I'll do to get even with you, but I have a urine sample to deliver to the vet."

At the vet's office, holding a cup of lemonade with a dash of coffee creamer in it for effect, I frantically told the receptionist, I need to see the vet. Here is the urine sample that he needed from Texas Red.

With a dubious look at my plastic cup, the receptionist sent me into the vet's office.
"Doc, I got it." I panted, and before he could reply I continued, "I'm REALLY worried about ole Texas Red. This sample looks really funny...and it smells bad...and..." I took a loud slurpy sip keeping an eye on the shocked look on the veterinarian's face, and said "...it tastes bad too!"

It was a moment of pure joyful revenge. Watching the vet's look of horror and disbelief as he struggled for a proper response to a crazy lady ingesting a totally needless urine sample because he had participated in a practical joke.

"Hey Doc...I'm the new kid on the block at the riding stable, but this time the joke's on you. I gotcha back!"

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