An old cowboy goes into the barber shop for a shave.
He tells the barber, “I’m lookin for a clean shave. All these wrinkles on my face from old age, the sun and the wind, I haven’t had a close, clean shave in years.”
The barber hands him a wooden ball and says, “Stick this in your cheek, like a squirrel.”
The old cowboy does as he is told and the wrinkles are stretched out smooth so the barber starts shaving. Then he switches to the other cheek and finishes the shave.
The barber hands the old cowboy a towel and the cowboy returns the wooden ball saying, “Wow, I haven’t had a shave that close in many years. Got a question for you though. What would have happened if I'd swallowed the ball?”
The barber quickly answers, “I reckon you'd have brought it back in a couple days, like everyone else does.”