Utah Phillips told this in 1972---and I've never forgotten it.

An old distinguished Texan lounging in a Dallas hotel lobby, saw an extremely upset young woman. He asked her, "Little Missy, what could be the problem on this lovely Texas day?" She answered, "Oh, good sir, that cowboy over there just offered me $2.00 to join him in a lewd act!" The man looked nonplussed, to say the least. He walked over to the cowboy and yelled, "Young fella, did you offer that young woman two dollars to perform a lewd act???" The cowboy replied, "Sir, I did!!" ------- The old Texan drew his pistol and shot the cowboy dead!! The girl came running over and she said, "I didn't want him killed for asking me that. I just wanted him to get scared a little."

The old fella indignantly replied, "I didn't kill him for propositioning you, young lady. I shot him for raising the price of ass in Texas!!!!!"

Art Thieme