Prompt: How did saloons keep beers cold in the Old West?
The Old West was hot. Extremely hot. But, everyone loved drinking. The only problem was that no one liked to drink warm beer, but no one knew how to keep beers cold. "Man, I am so tired of these warm beers," said Billy Joe. "Well, I can't do nothing about that, can I?" replied the Sally, the saloon owner. "You mean to tell me that you got no idea how to keep these here beers warm?" "Ain't that what I just said? I'll tell you what, you find me a way to keep my beers cold and I'll give you free beer for a year, got that?" "Oh I'll find a way." And so Billy Joe rode home with one goal -- find a way to keep beers cold. When he got home there was a problem, he had no idea where to start. So he started experimenting. Billy decided to cloister himself until he found a solution to his problem. The first thing he tried was wrapping some beers in a blanket overnight to see if the blankets would keep the heat out. Before you say anything, no one told you that Billy Joe was the smartest guy ever, I mean he just tried to use blankets to keep something cold. Anyways, that obviously didn't work, so he moved onto the next thing, keeping the beers in a bucket full of water overnight. This worked a little better, but the beers still weren't at a satisfactory temperature for him. Billy tried everything, keeping them in the darkest place, keeping them outside on the porch, keeping them inside on top of dresser, putting them in an empty bucket under his bed, but nothing seemed to work. Until one day Billy realized something while he was digging while fixing a tump in his yard. The lower he went, the colder the dirt seemed to be. So, Billy dug and dug, until he made a hole deep enough for him to put a bucket of beers in. He covered the hole back up and then left the beers overnight. When dawn came, Billy ran out of his house and dug up the beers, and when he took them out of the bucket and felt them, he jumped with joy. Billy hopped on his horse with a bucket of beers and a shovel. He banged on the saloon door and Sally opened it. "Sally I done it! I done it old woman!" cheered Billy. "Boy, I ain't no old woman, we coeval. And what is it that got you running around all agog.¨
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