There was these two old codgers, bragging about
who was the bigger liar. The first one said "You know last year
when it rained so hard and the bridge was washed out?
Well I was walkin home from the saloon, and came to that
washed out bridge. I figgered I could jump acrossed the river
so I backed up a bit, took a run at it and by golly, I jumped
all way acrossed that river".

The second old dude thought for a minute and said
"Funny you should mention it. You didn't see me but I come
along not too far behind you, and I watched, to my
amazement, what you had done. Well, I thought
to myself, "If'n he can do it, then so kin I!"
So, I backed up a bit, just like you did. And I took a
run at it, just like you did. And then, when I got
about half way acrossed the river, I realized
I wasn't gonna make it, so I turned around and come back!"