heard many years ago on one of the more enlightened humor variety shows:

Jethro to Bill: "Hey par', y'heard the latest mule-skinner joke, well.."

Bill to Jethro: "I'm tah-erd of them jokes makin' fun of us mule skinners. I've been a hard workin' mule skinner all mah lahf an' I can't get no break of 'em. Hey, kin' ya tell-it on some other varmint. Make it mebbe a yarn on some other perfeshun?"

Jethro: "Well shore, pard' I kin make it a joke on taffy pullers"

Bill: "Taffy Pullers?"

Jethro: "Taffy Pullers!"

Bill: "Well hah!, I'd plumb luvvit if you'd make yore trick on some o' them dumb taffy pullers!"

Jethro: "Stand By!"

Bill: "I'm a standin' by"

Jethro: "Here it comes"

Bill: "I'm a hearin' ya!"

Jethro: "Well, there's two o' them dumb taffy pullers, see?"

Bill: "I see!"

Jethro: "And they're skinnin' this mule, see . . . . . ." !!!!