On the Edge of Common Sense
By Baxter Black, DVM
“Roy, can you show us the scar? It’s gotta be a big one!”
“What scar?”
“Where they took your conscience out!”
“Aw Kendall, you’re full of it! What would an order buyer know about a conscience anyway!”
“I was just down to the fair office. I noticed that you put a floor bid on all the kids’ show steers. I’ve never seen anything so low! It’s shameful! Little kids came up to me with tears in their eyes. It broke my heart. And you, the owner of one of the biggest auction markets in the state!”
“I’ll have you know that I was the first one to price them and it was left open for two hours if . . .
