Salesman in the Country

A salesman was traveling through the countryside, selling bug spray. He came to a farmhouse and tried his pitch on the farmer.

"Sir, my bug spray is so good you will never be bitten again. I guarantee it."

The farmer was dubious. "Young man, I'll make you a proposition. I'll tie you out in my cornfield, buck naked, covered with bug spray. If there is not a single bite on you come morning, I'll buy the whole case from you."

The salesman was delighted. They went to the field and he stripped. The farmer sprayed him thoroughly with the bug spray, tied him to the stake and returned to the farmhouse.

The next morning, the farmer and his family trooped out to the cornfield. Sure enough, the salesman was there, hanging in his bonds, not a single bite on him.

The farmer was perplexed. "Son," he said, "now you don't have a bite on you, but you look like hell. What the devil happened?"

The salesman looked up through bloodshot eyes and croaked, "for the love of God, Mister, doesn't that calf have a mother?"