STUNTS
& APPLAUSES
Cheers and Applauses
Heart of America Council
Horse applause: Gallop in place saying clippety clop.
Cowboy applause: Raise hand in air as if waving hat, saying Whoopee!!
Santa Clara County Council
Cowboy Cheer: Put index finger in the air and make a circular motion as
you say, "Yeehaw!"
Circle Ten Council
Pioneer Cheer:
Wagons ho!
Pony Express Cheer: Gallop
in place and shout YIPEEE!
Covered Wagon Cheer: Divide the group into two.
One group shouts WESTWARD! And
The other
group shouts HO!
Jokes, Riddles and Run-ons
Viking Council
Boy 1: When you are on a wagon train trip, how will you know when
you are getting into wild country?
Boy 2: When you see a sign: "Bear to the Right."
Heart of America Council
Smoke Signals
1st Cub - Hey George, look over there, Smoke Signals.
2nd Cub - Oh yes Mike, what do they say?
1st Cub - Pretending to look through binoculars, says very slowly "Help..my...blankets
...on..fire"
2nd Cub - (Look at 2nd Cub)"Help my blankets
on fire?"
Heart of America Council
Tex: My uncle can shoot a gun faster than any other man in the
West.
He can even shoot without removing the gun from his
holster.
Rex; What do they cal! your uncle?
Tex:
Toeless Joe.
Cowboy: I broke three wild horses this morning.
Tenderfoot:
How
careless of you!
Little Louie:
What do you use that rope for?
Cowboy: I use it to catch cattle.
Little Louie:
What do you use for bait?
Cowboy AI: Why are you wearing only one spur?
Cowboy Hal: I figure that when one side of the horse starts
running, the other side will follow.
Cowboy 1: When I left the ranch I was a three-letter man
Cowboy 2: You mean there were on three athletic: teams there?
Cowboy 1: No, I sat on a hot branding iron.
Dude:
The flies sure are thick out here in the West.
Rancher: You prefer your flies to be thin?
Cowhand: Aren't you putting that saddle on backwards, sir?
Dude: How can you say that! You don't even know which way
I'm going,
Southern NJ
Council
# 1: Hey look
at that bunch of cows
# 2: Not a
bunch, a herd
# 1: Heard
what?
# 2: Herd of
cows
# 1: Sure I've
heard of cows
# 2: No, I
mean a cow herd
# 1:
What do I can what a Cow heard!
Dave Do you know how long Wild Appalachian Cows are milked?
Charlie No
Dave Same as short ones
Run-ons
Santa Clara County Council
Cub #1: What is a twip?
Cub #2: A twip is what a wabbit takes when he wides a twain.
Cub #1: Why did the horse sneeze?
Cub #2: Because it had a little colt.
Cub #1: In what kind of home do the buffalo roam?
Cub #2: A very dirty one.
Cub #1: What is the saddest piece of clothing?
Cub #2: Blue jeans.
Cowboy Phrases
Santa Clara County Council
Try adding these zippy cowboy phrases to your next
conversation:
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Above my huckleberry - Too hard for me
to do
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All horns and rattles - Someone who is
very angry
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Barkin' at the knot - Wasting your
time, trying to do something useless
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Doesn't use up all his kindlin' to make a
fire - Someone who doesn't waste words on small talk
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Don't go wakin' snakes - Don't make
trouble
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He's a featherheaded loco! - He's a
crazy fool!
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I'm busted! -I've spent all my money
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I'm sick of prairie strawberries every day!
- Not baked beans again!
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Let's hit the trail - Time to get
going!
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Looks like a goose-drowner - It's going
to rain cats and dogs
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Mad as a peeled rattler - Very angry
