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The constable of a small country town shows up at the scene of a terrible accident. A truck towing a trailer loaded with cattle has overturned and spilled its contents over the road. As he gets out of his car, he is approached by a local farmer who was nearby when the accident happened.
Walking up to the accident, the two come up on the first cow lying in the road. It is twitching and bawling loudly. "What's wrong with her?" the constable asks.
"She's got a broke leg, sir," replies the farmer. "She's in terrible pain."
"We can't have that," replies the constable. He chambers a round into his shotgun and points it at the suffering cow's head. BLAM!
They walk to the next cow. "And this one?"
"Broke leg."
BLAM!
"And this one?"
"Broke leg."
BLAM!
They repeat the procedure all around the truck until it is finally quiet. The constable then walks over to the truck driver who had been pulled from the truck and is propped up against a mailbox on the roadside. The driver is very pale and his right leg is turned slightly at an odd angle.
The constable looks down at the obviously distressed driver. "And what's wrong with you?"
"Not a thing," the driver quickly replies. "Not a damn thing's wrong."
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