an alternate story which might explain things also

This morning i posted something which was meaningful, but there is an alternate explanation

There was once an old farmer who sold his mule, telling the buyer that the mule was very obedient.

Well after numerous tries, the buyer found the mule would not even start to go home with him and went and got the farmer and asked what the deal was.

The Farmer picked up a nearby 4 x 4 and hit the mule over the head and the mule immediately went to the buyer.

The farmer explained "You got to get his attention first!".