The Packer and his mule:

One day an old mountain packer had stopped work and sat down to rest from packing the string and getting ready to head up into the hills. His wife saw him sitting there in the shade and stormed out of the house yelling at him about being so lazy. She ran toward her husband, giving him what for and ran right behind the old packers mule. She was still yelling at him when the mule kicked her and killed her dead on the spot.

Later, when the funeral was over, the preacher noticed that when the ladies would speak with the old packer, he would nod his head "yes." However, when the men would speak to him, the old packer would shake his head, "no." After a while, the preacher's curiosity got the better of him and he walked up to the old packer.

The preacher told the old packer that he was watching and wondering why whenever the ladies would speak to him, he would nod his head "yes," but when the men spoke with him, he would shake his head "no." The preacher said he didn't want to be nosey, but he was curious about what was being said.

"Oh," said the old packer, "t'aint much." "Them ladies was just telling me how nice a job the undertaker did and how nice my wife looked in her new dress before layin' her to rest and I was agree'in with them."

"What about the men?" asked the preacher, "you shook your head 'NO' to all of them."

The old packer replied, "them'er all married men preacher. They were all just askin' me if my mule was for sale."