Here's The Joke

A group of country neighbors wanted to get together on
a regular basis and socialize. As a result, about 10
couples formed a dinner club and agreed to meet for
dinner at a different neighbors' house each month. Of
course, the lady of the house was to prepare the meal.

When it came time for Jimmy and Susie Brown to have
the dinner at their house, like most women, Susie
wanted to outdo all the others and prepare a meal that
was the best that any of them had ever lapped a lip
over.

A few days before the big event, Susie got out her
cookbook and decided to have mushroom smothered steak.
When she went to the store to buy some mushrooms, she
found the price for a small can was more than she
wanted to pay. She then told her husband, "We aren't
going to have mushrooms, because they are too
expensive."

He said, "Why don't you go down in the pasture and
pick some of those mushrooms? There are plenty of them
right in the creek bed.."

She said, "No, I don't want to do that, because I have
heard that wild mushrooms are poison."

He then said, "I don't think so. I see the varmints
eating them all the time and it never has affected
them."

After thinking about this, Susie decided to give this
a try and got in the pickup and went down in the
pasture and picked some. She brought the wild
mushrooms back home and washed them, sliced and diced
them to get them ready to go over her smothered steak.
Then she went out on the back porch and got Ol' Spot's
(the yard dog) bowl and gave him a double handful. She
even put some bacon grease on them to make them tasty.

Ol' Spot didn't slow down until he had eaten every
bite. All morning long, Susie watched him and the wild
mushrooms didn't seem to affect him, so she decided to
use them.

The meal was a great success, and Susie even hired a
lady from town to come out and help her serve. She had
on a white apron and a little cap on her head. It was
first class.

After everyone had finished, they all began to kick
back and relax and socialize. The men were visiting
and the women started to gossip a bit.

About this time, the lady from town came in from the
kitchen and whispered in Susie's ear. She said, "Mrs.
Brown, Spot just died."

With this news, Susie went into hysterics. After she
finally calmed down, she called the doctor and told
him what had happened.

The doctor said, "It's bad, but I think we can take
care of it. I will call for an ambulance and I will be
there as quick as I can get there. We will pump out
everyone's stomach and everything will be fine. Just
keep them all there and keep them calm."

It wasn't long until they could hear the wail of the
siren as the ambulance was coming down the road.

When they got there, the EMTs got out with their
suitcases and a stomach pump and the doctor arrived
shortly thereafter. One by one, they took each person
into the master bedroom and pumped out their stomach.

After the last one was finished, the doctor came out
and said, "I think everything will be fine now, and he
left."

They were all looking pretty peaked sitting around the
living room, and about this time, the town lady came
in and said "You know, that fella that ran over Spot never
even stopped."