Fast Buck

Still moving
A dancer participated in many contest powwows. He tried and tried to win. He danced to the last drum beat every time, and made sure the judges saw him. But every time no one gave him the points to place in his category. Finally, at a big powwow, he wanted to win, and he gave it all he had, dancing to every beat, making the right body motions for the honor beats, and stopped exactly with the last beat. The judges looked at him carefully. He thought he was winning this time. But he didn’t place again. He went to the head judge and told him, he did everything right, and asked him why he did not win anything. The judge said, “Yes, you did everything right. Your dance was good. Your feet didn’t miss a beat.” The dancer interrupted, “Why then didn’t I get a place?” The judge replied, “Yes, you stopped with the ending beat, didn’t miss it, but your stomach was still moving when you finished.”


Can’t dance
A dancer and his wife were at the local country and western dance. While he sat and just watched, his wife went to dance a couple of times. Then his wife finally asked, “Come on, baby, let’s dance.” The dancer didn’t answer. He didn’t want to dance. His wife demanded, “Come on, let’s dance.” Finally the dancer replied, “I can’t dance; I have two left feet.” His wife looked at him, defeated, and said, “Is that why you dance in circles at the powwow?”


Playing with Cheerios
A hoop dancer put on a good dance at the powwow. He made sure that he did not miss a beat while he made designs with his hoops: the Mickey Mouse, world, eagle, stairs to heaven. Everyone enjoyed his dance. After he finished, he was interviewed by the emcee. The emcee asked, “You do a good dance with those hoops. When did you decide to become a hoop dancer?” The dancer replied, “When I was about six years old. I was playing with Cheerios on the kitchen table.”