The Cowboy Baptist

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================== A cowboy walks into a bar in Texas, orders three mugs of beer and sits in the back room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more. The bartender approaches and tells him, "You know, a mug goes flat after I draw it so it would taste better if you bought just one at a time." The cowboy replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in Australia, the other is in Dublin and I'm in Texas. When we all left Wyoming, we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days we were together. So I drink one for each of my brothers and one for myself." The bartender admits that this is a nice custom and leaves it there. The cowboy becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way. He orders three mugs and drinks them in turn. One day, he comes in and orders only two mugs! All the regulars take notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your loss." The cowboy looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light dawns and he laughs. "Oh, no, everybody's just fine," he explains... "It's just that my wife and I joined the Baptist Church and obviously I had to quit drinking. Hasn't affected my brothers though."

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一个浸信会的牛仔

一个牛仔走进德克萨斯德一家酒吧，他要了三杯啤酒坐到了里屋，他每杯啤酒轮流喝一口，他喝完了以后，回到吧台那里又要了三杯。

卖酒的凑到他身边说：“啤酒倒出来以后就会慢慢跑味的，如果你一次把一杯喝完，我想味道会更好一点。”

牛仔说：“你看，我有两个兄弟，一个在澳大利亚，另一个在都柏林，而我在德克萨斯。当我们离开怀俄明时，我们相互承诺要通过这样的喝酒方式来纪念对方。所以我为兄弟喝一口，为自己喝一口。

卖酒的觉得这时一个不错的顾客，便由得他了。牛仔渐渐变成了酒吧里的常客，而且每次都是以同样的方式喝啤酒，每杯啤酒轮流喝一口。

一天他走进来，只是要了两杯啤酒。所有的常客都注视着他并停止了交谈。当他来到吧台前第二次要啤酒时，卖酒的对他说：“我并不想介入你的哀伤，我只是想对你逝去的兄弟表示哀悼。”

牛仔一脸的愕然，然后他明白了过来并哈哈大笑，他解释说：“大家都安好，只是我跟我妻子加入了浸信会，很显然，我必须戒点酒，我想这对我的兄弟不会有什么影响。”