LoL! That CJ? Now I understand what the laughing was about....
It's time I climb down and clean & store my spurs...get the little women to remove my boots and rub my toes.....and woop me up some grub/vittles/etc.... Brang me a brusky woman and brush down old Sally....wipe her down, feed and bed-er while your at it.... Clean em stalls too...they ain't been shoveled since Saturday...
Your funny posts brought something to mind that hadn't been mentioned so far. I've deescalated a fair number of situations that could have gone very bad (sometimes when armed, sometimes not) with a bit of humor. I've met very few folks who would rather fight when they could have a chuckle, and that includes cons, loud drunks, and inhabitants of several urban "war zones".