The Pond

An elderly man in Florida had owned a large farm for several years. He had a large pond suitable for swimming in the back, with picnic tables, horseshoe courts, and some apple and peach trees.

One evening the old farmer decided to go down to the pond, as he hadn't been there for a while, and look it over. He grabbed a five-gallon bucket to bring back some fruit.

As he neared the pond, he heard girlish voices shouting and laughing with glee. As he came closer he saw it was a bunch of young women skinny-dipping in his pond. He made the women aware of his presence and they all went to the deep end. One of the women shouted to him, "We're not coming out until you leave!"

The old man frowned, "I didn't come down here to watch you ladies swim or make you get out of the pond naked."

Holding the bucket up he said, "I'm here to feed the alligator!"

          Moral: Old men can still think fast.