| ARIZONA - Recent statistics have revealed a massive growth in the number of registered cowboys, despite repeated warnings on radio stations over the last 25 years. The same study has also found a reciprocal drop in the number of registered doctors and lawyers and such.
The research was prompted by Professor William Nelson, of Arizona State University, after he found a link between boys who pick guitars and drive them old trucks and the probability of becoming a cowboy. Dr Nelson was worried that a rise in the number of cowboys would produce a trickle-down effect, giving rise to smoky old pool rooms and clear mountain mornings, little warm puppies, children, and girls of the night. "My original line of research was completed over 25 years ago," said Dr Nelson, "and it was then that I issued a warning to Mammas all around the world. Yet, on the basis of these findings it appears that too many Mammas have failed to heed my advice and have gone on to let their babies grow up to be cowboys."  Doctor Willie Nelson |
| Cowboy numbers increase despite warnings |
Thursday, 01 February 2001 12:00
