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The old man and the bear.

One night, at the lodge of a hunting club, two new members were being introduced to other members and shown around. The man leading them around said,”See that old man asleep in the chair by the fire- place? He is our oldest member and can tell you some hunting stories you’ll never forget.”They awakened the old man and asked him to tell them a hunting story.”Well,” he began, “I remember back in ’44’, we went on a lion hunting expedition in Africa. We were on foot and hunted for three days without seeing a thing. On the fourth day, I was so tired I had to rest. I found a fallen tree, so I laid my gun down, propped my head on the tree, and fell asleep. I don’t know how long I was asleep when I was awakened by a noise in the bushes. I was reaching for my gun when the biggest lion I ever seen jumped out of the bushes at me like this, ‘ROOOAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!……’ Well… I just shit my pants.”The young men looked astonished and one of them said, “I don’t blame you, I would have shit my pants too if a lion jumped out at me.”The old man shook his head and said, “No, no, not then, just now when I said ‘ROOOAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!'”