The Adventures of Heath and Keith
Heath and Keith are the two fastest racing horses on the planet. However, Heath is just a bit faster than Keith. This means that poor Keith has never won a race.
One day, Keith asked Heath if he could just once hold back a bit, so that he, (Keith), could say we won. Heath thinks about it for a moment, and agrees. The day of the race came up, the trumpets blew, the bells rang, the gates opened, and the horses all shot out. The crowd went nuts as for the first time EVER Keith overtook Heath, and was pulling ahead. It looked like sure win for Keith, when suddenly, Heath sped up, shot past Keith, and won the race!
Well, Keith was upset, to say the least, and confronted Heath, who then claimed: "Oh, hell, I'm sorry, I just got caught up in the moment, and forgot!. I promise you next time, I'll let you win!" The day of that race came up, the trumpets blew, the bells rang, the gates opened, and once again, it looked like Keith was going to win. Alas, at the last moment, Heath put on a tremendous burst of speed, passed up Keith and won the race,
again!
Well, Keith was beside himself, and once again confronted Heath, who claimed: "Look, I'm sorry, but I realized that this was a qualifying match! It just wouldn't be fair to my jockey, trainer or owner not to do my best. I'm sorry, I had to do it. Look, the next race is just a regional, I'll let you win that one!"
But, to Keith's dismay, the same damned thing happened once again. At this point, he wouldn't even look at his friend Heath, but stomped off the field. Months went by, Keith refused to even speak with Heath. But, Heath persisted, asking: "Keith, dude, what's wrong?" "What's wrong?", asked Keith, "I'll tell you what's wrong. You're an ass that's what's wrong!. Three times you promised me you'd let me win. Three times you blew me off."
"Is
that what's bugging you? Look, ok.. Tell you what, we'll race to that tree over there, and I'll let you win!"
"Really? You're not going to just set me up and take it away again?"
"Buddy, I promise -- I'll even let you have a head start. Go!"
And so the race was on. But wouldn't you know, at the last moment, victory was snatched out of Keith's reach, as once again, Heath sped up at the last moment and won the race.
That's when the fighting
really started. The once good friends called each other vile names. Heath accused Keith of lacking a sense of humor, and being whiny. Keith accused Heath of being a pompous, selfish ass.
Just then, a Saint Bernard came up and said: "HEY, stop it you two! I've been watching this from the beginning. Heath, what kind of a friend does what you did to Keith? And Keith, c'mon man, you knew what Heath was all about all this time. Let bygones be bygones. Stop this!"
Well, Heath looked at Keith. Keith looked at Heath. They both looked at the dog, and Keith said: "Oh My GOD! A talking dog!"