One evening, after spending a few days camping out near the dunes with their donkey, Red Pope and DaRuDe were getting pretty frustrated. The donkey, which had been well ridden, was exhausted and lay on the sand refusing to get up and do his duty.

RP and Da were miserable.

All of a sudden they saw an Ostrich appear over the dune. It was just wandering about. They both had the same thought. To save any arguments they tossed a coin to see which of them would have the Ostrich that night.

Da won, and off he went to sneak up on the Ostrich. He tip toed up behind it and grabbed hold of it's tail feathers with both hands, launching himself into position for some fun.

The last RP saw of him was astride the Ostrich disappearing over the top of the dune.

Da was gone for AGES and RP was just beginning to wonder if he should go and search for him when Da appeared back over the dune.

Da staggered down the sand to RP. RP took one look at Da and was appalled at what he saw. Da's clothes were all rags and he was covered in sh1t and feathers.

"What on earth happened?" said RP

Da said "well, I was doing OK until I got out of step with it"

(hee hee I just love the picture that conjures up!)