Thread: Cowboy Up - A thing called Rodeo

"Boys, ain't but two things will get on a bull. Them's flies and fools and neither one of you little Sh%T HEADS got wings!" ~Fuzz Griffith R.I.P.

Fuzzy said that to his son Jimmy Dale aka "Nig" and me one morning after we'd been to the buck outs at the old Kowbell Rodeo in Mansfield, TX back in 68 or 69. Both of us
had gotten mudholes stomped in our young rear ends and then walked dry by the green bulls we tried to ride. Green bulls have never been bucked and they either explode or dink out.

Ours exploded.

Tried saddle bronc and bareback too.

Made a bit of money here and there, but never enough to get a RCA card. Rode open shows and jackpots until a pretty little brahma named "STANLEY" of all things, finished my career at
open show in Douglas, GA in '73. Two broken wrists, broken nose, hole cut all the way through my lower lip and some other bumps, cuts and bruises. That SOB did a J-O-B on my young rear end.

Been on plenty of rank horses since then but never got on another bull.

Too old for that kind of fun now. Takes too long to heal up. I'll still saddle up and ride the pastures at my sister's place, but they don't have any rank mutts. We're all too old for those games anymore.