GETTING RELIGION

A cowboy walks into a bar in Texas, orders three mugs of brew 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 buddies! One lives near the coast in North Carolina, the other lives out in Texas and
I live near the mountains in Western No. Carolina. When we all got split up like that and could no longer meet at our favorite drinking place, we made a pact that each of us would drink this way to remember the days we could drink together. So I drink one for each of my buddies and one for myself."
The bartender admits that this is a nice custom and leaves the explanation at that. 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 of two, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your loss." The cowboy appears puzzled for a moment and then a light seems to come on and he laughs! "Oh, no, everybody's just fine." he explains...."It's just that
my wife and I got religion down at the Baptist Church last evening and obviously, I had to quit drinking! It hasn't affected either of my
buddies, though!!"