Russian Jokes - Cowboy Jokes

Cowboy Jokes

Cowboy jokes is a popular series about a Wild West full of trigger-happy simple-minded cowboys, and of course the perception is that everything is big in Texas. It is often difficult to guess whether these are imported or genuinely Russian inventions. Other times, it's pretty clear. Most of them depict American national traits that Russians adore and respect.

In a saloon.

— The guy over there really pisses me off!

— There are four of them; which one?

(The joke narrator imitates the sounds of three shots)

— The one still standing!

Another Version - The guy over there have saved my life yesterday, I am really grateful to him <...> - The one that has fallen!

• Two cowboys, a newcomer and an old-timer, are drinking beer in front of a saloon. Suddenly, there is a clatter of hooves, a great cloud of dust, and something moving extremely fast from one end of town to the other. The newcomer looks at the old-timer, but seeing no reaction, decides to let the matter drop. However, several minutes later, the same cloud of dust, accompanied by the clatter of hooves, rapidly proceeds in the other direction. Not being able to see what's behind the dust, and unable to contain his curiosity any longer, the newcomer asks:

— OK, what the hell was that?

— Oh, that's Elusive Joe.

— Really? He rides so fast that nobody can catch him? Wow!

— No... Nobody gives a fuck.

The "Elusive Joe" (Russian: Неуловимый Джо) has become an ironic nickname in Russia for various difficult-to-find persons (not necessarily unimportant ones). It is suggested that the nickname and the joke originated from a 1923 satirical novel An Elusive Enemy. American Novel by Mikhail Kozyrev (ru:Козырев, Михаил Яковлевич) which contained a funny song about a Joe who was elusive because no one needed him.